# NowStack — The focus task stack

> The focus task stack (iPhone/iPad app by Alexander Fitterling.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowstack/id6782610202 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alexander Fitterling](https://appshunter.io/developer/1536322689)
- Category: Productivity, Developer Tools
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Released: 2026-07-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowstack/id6782610202/reviews.md

## What is NowStack?

NowStack turns your to-do list into a stack — and puts one task on top: NOW.

Instead of staring at forty things, you see the one that matters. Do it, and the next rises to the top. No projects to configure, no due-date guilt, no endless nesting. Just momentum.

HOW IT WORKS
• Push a task onto the stack — type it, add #tags inline.
• The top card is your NOW. Everything else waits its turn.
• Finish it with one tap; the next task takes its place.
• Bump any task to the top the moment priorities change.

FOCUS TIMER
Give the current task 5, 10, 25, 50 minutes, or an hour. NowStack counts down and nudges you when time's up — a built-in time-box without the ceremony.

STAY ON TOP OF IT
• Tag and group tasks (#work, #home, #calls).
• Drag to reorder; drop a task on top to make it NOW.
• Set an Apple Reminder or block time on your Calendar.
• Open links right from a task, and share anything into NowStack from Safari and other apps.

SYNCS WITH YOUR MAC
NowStack keeps your stack in sync across iPhone, iPad, and the NowStack Mac app over iCloud. Start on your phone, finish at your desk.

Free for everyday stacks. A one-time unlock adds the focus timer, reminders, calendar, and export — no subscription, ever.

Stop managing your list. Start doing the next thing.

What's New (release notes)

• Faster, smoother task stack
• Tap the link icon to open a task's URL in your browser
• Cleaner focus-timer and task editor
• Bigger, easier-to-tap row buttons
• Fixes to reordering and NOW focus

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Unlock | $5.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.6.0 — 2026-08-12

What’s New in Version 1.6

  - Bring back tasks you repeat every day with recurring tasks.
  - Rename tasks directly in the list.
  - Enjoy a smoother, more consistent task-creation experience.
  - Various reliability and interface improvements.

### 1.5.1 (19) — 2026-08-07

What's New — iOS 1.5.1

Bigger jump — this is the first iOS release since 1.4.8:

• "Not now" — move tasks, or a whole #tag, out to Apple Reminders in one go.
• "Multi tag" — tag several tasks in a single edit.
• Mute a task for a few hours; it comes back at the bottom of the stack.
• The free stack limit is now 12 tasks, up from 10.
• An Unlock button in the header, and a header that stays on one line at large text sizes.
• The paywall can be closed while a purchase is in flight, and no longer locks features you've paid for when the App Store is signed out.

### 1.4.8 (14) — 2026-07-26

• Redesigned for iPhone: text that follows your Dynamic Type setting, full-size controls, and cards that match the system look in light and dark.
• Swipe a task left to finish it, or right to focus or mute it.
• A task's timer, schedule, reminder and tags now sit on a single line.
• Header tidied into one menu, and the add field has a visible send button.
• Dates and times follow your region's format and 24-hour setting.

### 1.4.6 (11) — 2026-07-18

• Redesigned Focus, "set on top," and muted-tasks pop-ups as full-width sheets.
• Mute tasks for a few hours — they return to your stack automatically.
• Erase all tasks everywhere (iPhone, iCloud, every device) in one step.
• Better Apple Reminders export: default list or pick one, with confirmation.
• More reliable two-way iCloud sync.

### 1.4.5 (10) — 2026-07-15

No release notes.

## More apps by Alexander Fitterling

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- [NipStash](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nipstash/id6787630207)

All apps by Alexander Fitterling: https://appshunter.io/developer/1536322689

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