# Set · ADHD Task Manager — Plan your day, keep it moving.

> Plan your day, keep it moving. (iPhone/iPad app by MATTHEW PETER DICKERSON.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/set-adhd-task-manager/id6753867602 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [MATTHEW PETER DICKERSON](https://appshunter.io/developer/1827579572)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 18.4 · 68 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-11-04
- Data updated: 2026-10-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/set-adhd-task-manager/id6753867602/reviews.md

## What is Set · ADHD Task Manager?

Running late? Tap once and your whole day rebuilds itself.

Set is a planner built around time. Every task has a length and a start time, so you always know what is next and when your day will really finish. When the morning slips, you don't redo the maths in your head. You tap Reschedule, and everything moves.

ONE-TAP RESCHEDULE

- Everything overdue moves forward from right now, in order
- Meetings and tasks pinned to a time keep their slot, and the rest fit around them
- Plan more than a day can hold and Set tells you, then moves the overflow to the days ahead
- Nothing is quietly shortened to fit: six hours of work never becomes four
- Drag to reorder and every start time updates as you go

YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS, IN ONE PLAN (PRO)

- Calendar events sit in your timeline at their real times, so a meeting at eleven is never a surprise at ten to
- Events stay in your calendar. Nothing is copied, so nothing is duplicated
- Tasks you create in Set can add events to a calendar of your choosing
- Reminders sync both ways, and each list can arrive as its own project
- Prefer hands off? Import Only reads your calendar and reminders and never writes to them

A TIMER THAT BLOCKS DISTRACTIONS

- A continuous timer, not rigid Pomodoro blocks, that records the time you really spent
- Overtime counts into the negative for a little deadline pressure
- App Blocker (Pro, iPhone and iPad): block chosen apps while the timer runs, or allow only the ones you need
- Or pick "Until Today is clear", where finishing your plan is what unlocks your phone
- Breaks are never blocked
- Ambient sounds, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and a menu bar timer on Mac

NOTES THAT DO MORE (PRO)

- Write notes in Markdown: headings, checklists, highlights, links, code and more
- A formatting toolbar and live preview, so you never need to learn the syntax
- AI rewriting with on-device Apple Intelligence tidies messy notes or turns them into clear steps

EXPORT TO PDF

- Export Today, any project or your Inbox as a clean, styled PDF, ready to print or send
- Include notes and subtasks, or go black and white for printing
- Markdown and Rich Text too, or email a list with both attached
- PDF export is free for everyone

SCAN ANY LIST (PRO)
Photograph a handwritten list or planner page and Set turns it into scheduled tasks, with durations and dates. On device, with Apple Intelligence.

APPLE WATCH

- Today's timeline on your wrist: tap to complete, drag to reorder, add breaks, Reschedule
- The timer runs on the watch when your iPhone is out of reach, then hands back
- Complications, Smart Stack and dictated tasks

PROJECTS, STAGES AND INBOX

- Capture anything in the Inbox and sort it later
- Break big work into projects and stages, with progress bars
- Subtasks and templates (Pro), repeating tasks with streaks, due dates
- Type "45m", "tomorrow" or "at 2pm" and Set fills in the details
- Swipe down for the week strip to plan any day, and drag a task onto a date to move it

MADE FOR ADHD MINDS
Time blindness is easier to fight when time is visible. Focus mode shows only the task in front of you, and Sort mode takes a long list one question at a time. No more "wait, it's already 8pm?"

EVERYWHERE YOU ARE
iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced through your own iCloud with no account to create. Widgets, Live Activities, Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button. Stats and achievements, themes and accent colours (Pro). Undo and redo everywhere.

FREE, WITH PRO WHEN YOU WANT IT
Free: 8 tasks a day, 3 projects, one-tap Reschedule, the full timer, repeating tasks, widgets, iCloud sync and PDF export.
Pro: no limits, plus Calendar and Reminders sync, App Blocker, Markdown notes with AI rewriting, Scan Tasks, subtasks, templates, stats, themes and sounds. One subscription covers your household with Family Sharing.

Not a medical device. Consult healthcare professionals for medical advice.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Set Pro Annual | $34.99 | per year |
| Set Pro Monthly | $4.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Set Pro Lifetime | $79.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.0.1 — 2026-09-28

Polish and small improvements, including a refreshed welcome animation.

### 4.0 — 2026-09-26

Set 4 is the Apple Watch release.

APPLE WATCH
Your whole day on your wrist: three crown-scrollable pages with Today in the middle, the timeline in order with priority colours, overdue times in red and the day's finish time under the list. Tap the circle to complete, drag to reorder, and every start time follows.
Reschedule from the watch rebuilds your day from now, exactly as the phone does.
The timer works with or without your iPhone. In range it mirrors the phone live. Out of range the watch runs it alone, tells you when time is up, and hands the session back at the right elapsed time.
Breaks are first class there too: place one between tasks, drag it, time it, complete it.
Complications put the next task's time, title and colour on your watch face, with a second complication for your stats.
Dictate a task straight onto today's plan.
The watch reads your calendar itself, so today's events sit in the timeline whether or not your phone is nearby.

HEY SIRI, ADD A TASK
Say "add a Set task" and it lands at the end of today's plan, with durations understood from what you say. It works from Shortcuts, the Action button and Spotlight, without opening the app.

YOUR CALENDAR, IN TODAY
Events are no longer imported as tasks. Today reads your calendars and draws each event in place, so nothing is copied into Set and duplicates cannot happen. Reschedule treats events as fixed and fills the gaps around them. Tap an event to edit it, swipe to skip or clear it, and repeating events ask before a change touches the whole series.
Tasks you create in Set now get their events on a dedicated Set calendar by default, or per priority, per project, or any calendar you choose.

REMINDERS
Turn on Import lists as projects and each list becomes a project, rather than everything landing in the Inbox. Your Set projects can become lists in the other direction.

A HUGE PERFORMANCE BOOST
Typing and rearranging are dramatically faster, however big your library. Names save when you finish editing instead of on every keystroke, switching days is instant, and the app opens straight away.

ALSO NEW
Family Sharing: one Pro subscription covers your household.
A None priority, for tasks that do not need one.
Log tasks as you finish them, and clear finished events the same way.
Import a project from markdown, and email any list to anyone.
Links in notes are tappable.
A countdown to done in the Live Activity, with a progress bar.
Undo a quick delete.
Pick your overdue alarm sound, with the sound menus finally sorted.
A new welcome tour, and a What's New that leads with the watch.
Diagnostic reports, for when something needs chasing down.

Plus a long list of fixes. The full changelog is in Settings, About, What's New.

### 3.2 — 2026-07-23

Set 3.2 adds an interactive tutorial and a major UI overhaul, plus three ways to stay on top of your day: a rapid sort mode that files your Inbox one tap at a time, a draggable + button that drops tasks exactly where you want them, and an optional overdue alarm for overrun tasks.

NEW FEATURES

Interactive Tutorial
A hands-on, two minute tour of the app using practice tasks. Rescue an overdue day with one tap, complete and reorder tasks, skip one to tomorrow, try Sort Mode and focus mode, and see the timer and stats in action. Each stop includes a short note on why the feature helps ADHD brains. New users get the tour on first launch, and you can replay it anytime from the top of Settings.

A Cleaner Open Task
Opening a task now swaps the tab bar for a floating action bar: start its timer, star it, move it, delete it, or close it. Pin a note or subtasks so they show on the collapsed card, or Isolate a task, from its menu or a swipe, for a distraction-free view of just that one card.

Sort Mode
File a messy Inbox or a whole project fast. Tap the Projects tab again, choose Sort Inbox from the toolbar, or use Sort Tasks inside a project. Pick what to set (project, stage, priority, duration, date) and how to move through it: task by task, or one topic at a time across every task. Set then walks you through with big tap targets and nothing else on screen. Tap a task's name mid-sort to complete or delete it, and skip, step back, or exit anytime.

Drag the + Button
The + button now drags. Pull it into your list to create a task exactly where you drop it: between tasks in Today or the Inbox, into a stage, or onto a project card. A dotted line shows where the task will land. Inside a project, tap a stage's header to select it: the + takes on the stage's color and new tasks land there until you tap it again.

Overdue Alarm
An optional firmer nudge for overrun tasks. Turn it on under Settings > Timer and the timer alarm repeats at an interval you choose (every 1 to 30 minutes) once a task runs past its estimate, until you complete or pause it. It keeps nudging in the background too, via notifications.

IMPROVEMENTS

- Progress comes alive: the ring fills around its circle as you complete tasks, and finishing one while the overview is scrolled off floats a filling ring at the top.
- The reschedule button spins as it rebuilds your day, and can be turned off under Settings > Interface.
- Cleaner project overview tinted with your project's color: tap the name to edit, or the progress ring for the exact percent.
- Completed tasks swipe to log, or Log All to clear a view's completed tasks at once, in Today, Projects, and the Inbox.
- Notes and subtasks open automatically when you expand a task, pinned notes show in full, and a new Show Notes in Focus Mode option keeps them visible while you focus.
- Better drag and drop: a dotted line shows where a dragged task will land, dragging an Inbox task over a project highlights it, cards no longer show through each other, and reordering is smoother.
- Cycling color modes shows a quick toast, and Color Mode now lives in Settings > Interface. The reorder-stages banner and + button take on the color of what you are doing.
- New Hide Status Bar options: hide it everywhere, or only in Focus Mode, Sort Mode, while isolating a task, or in the Timer, under Settings > Interface.
- New Inbox Color options: None or Grey (Flat) for a cleaner, flatter Inbox, under Settings > Interface.
- Regenerate the Welcome to Set project anytime from Settings for a fresh, up to date copy.
- Better on the Mac: the open task card matches iPhone (one star, Move restored, five actions in a footer), Sort Mode wears your project's color, and selecting a stage aims the quick-add bar at it.
- First-time tip popups share one card style, dim the whole screen, and wait for the keyboard; starred tasks keep their star with Hide Details on.
- The full guide on our website has been refreshed: https://get-set.app/docs/getting-started/

### 3.1 — 2026-07-14

Set 3.1 is a focused round of quality-of-life upgrades: a distraction-free focus mode, swipe to clear finished tasks, faster deleting, adjustable title lengths, and a new quick-add bar on Mac.

NEW FEATURES

Focus Mode (iPhone & iPad)
Tap the empty space below your Today list, or tap the Today tab again, to enter a distraction-free view that hides everything but your tasks and start times. Rows go read-only: tap a task to reveal its circle and check it off, and the estimated finish time shows at the bottom. New options under Settings, Interface can also hide completed tasks and the status bar in focus mode. Tap the exit button or the background to leave.

Clear Completed, One at a Time
Swipe any finished task in Today to log it (iPhone & iPad), or right-click it and choose Log Task on Mac. It moves to your stats and clears from the list, so you no longer have to log the whole day at once.

Quick-Add Bar on Mac
A persistent "Add a task" bar now sits at the bottom of Today, every project, and the Inbox on Mac, adapting its label to where the task will go. Type and press Return to capture tasks without reaching for the toolbar, and keep going to add several in a row. It parses durations, dates, and times from what you type ("45m", "tomorrow", "10.15") just like the inline editor, and the buttons on the right set the priority (click to cycle, right-click to choose) and default duration for new tasks.

IMPROVEMENTS

- Quick Delete: turn it on under Settings > Interface to delete tasks instantly, with no confirmation popup.
- Adjustable title length: choose how many lines task and subtask titles show before they truncate, from one to five, under Settings > Interface.
- Swiping a blank, just-created task now deletes it instead of running your usual swipe action.
- Mac toolbar: a new option under Settings > Interface always collapses the Today toolbar into a single menu, instead of only when the window is narrow.
- Auto-Simplify Timer: a new option under Settings, Timer strips the running timer down to just the countdown and task name; pausing brings the controls back. A companion option can hide the status bar while the timer is simplified.
- The timer screen is tidier: the countdown sits dead centre, the ambient-sound and subtask buttons moved to matching top corners, and the app-blocker shield badge is gone. You can still pause or turn off the App Blocker anytime from Settings.
- The More Apps section in Settings now pulls my latest apps straight from the App Store, so it stays up to date on its own.

BUG FIXES

- Fixed a crash that could happen when resetting all data.

MAC NOTES

- The quick-add bar is Mac only. Focus mode and swipe actions remain on iPhone and iPad.

### 3.0 — 2026-07-07

Set 3.0 is the biggest update yet: turn photos of any list into tasks with Apple Intelligence, block distracting apps until your day is done, export any list as a PDF, Markdown, or Rich Text, and a major iCloud sync overhaul that fixes duplicates for good.

Huge thanks to everyone who wrote in with feedback. A lot of 3.0 was shaped directly by your suggestions.

NEW FEATURES

Scan Tasks from Image (Pro)
Photograph or import any list (handwritten notes, whiteboards, screenshots) and Set turns it into tasks. Durations, dates, and times ("45m", "tomorrow", "10.15 - Jogging") are picked up automatically. On-device Apple Intelligence on supported devices, with smart parsing everywhere else. Review and edit before adding. Find it in the Today and project toolbars.

App Blocker (Pro, iPhone & iPad)
Block distracting apps with Screen Time, whether individual apps or whole categories. Block while a task timer runs, or choose "Until Today is clear," where apps stay blocked until your list is done (with a daily pause escape hatch). Turning it off requires typing a short focus sentence.

AI Notes Rewriting (Pro)
In any notes editor, tap the sparkles button to clean up messy formatting or rewrite notes as a clear step-by-step checklist. Runs on-device, and one tap reverts to your original.

Export Your Lists (PDF, Markdown, Rich Text)
Export Today, any project, or the Inbox as a PDF, Markdown, or Rich Text file. Projects export with stages as sections, stage colors, and a progress summary; Today and the Inbox export as clean checklists. There's also a one-tap Email to Self that sends the list as text with the PDF attached to an address you set in Export Options. The Export Options sheet adds black & white printing, include notes and subtasks, full markdown styling in notes, and a Pro option to hide Set branding.

IMPROVEMENTS

- iCloud sync overhaul: fixed duplicate tasks, events, and reminders across devices; deletions now stick everywhere; sync no longer resets your times or task order.
- Auto-starred tasks (recurring, due, calendar) keep the start time you gave them.
- Choose your completed-task icon (classic tick or Set's slash) under Settings > Interface.
- Undo & Redo across the app.
- Drag a task onto the week strip's arrows to page to any week and drop it on any day.
- Recurring fixes: every-other-week weekday repeats space correctly; monthly-on-a-date lands on the right day; opening some recurring stats no longer freezes.
- The Welcome tutorial gains a "New in 3.0" stage, added for existing users too.
- Add Set's timer to Control Center on iPhone (iOS 18 and later) for one-tap access to the Timer, showing the task you're timing.
- Get a notification when a task or break timer reaches its estimate while Set is in the background.

BUG FIXES

- Dragging a task upward in a project now auto-scrolls at the screen edge; reordering no longer stalls near expanded cards.
- The evening plan reminder updates correctly when you change its style or time.
- Fixed reminders firing for completed or deleted tasks, and reminders lost after relaunch.
- Fixed a crash when deleting a recurring task as it completed.
- Tasks scheduled just before midnight now get the correct start time.
- Fixed rising memory use when browsing timer sounds.
- "Reset to Defaults" now resets every setting.
- The timer no longer stops counting when a task runs far over its estimate.
- Background timers and Live Activities no longer freeze, and a running timer restores correctly after relaunch.
- The home screen widget clears yesterday's tasks at your day end without needing to open the app.
- Typing in long notes no longer lags, and undo now works while editing notes.

MAC NOTES

- Scan Tasks supports drag & drop, file picker, and paste. The App Blocker is iPhone and iPad only (Apple doesn't allow it on Mac). Keyboard Shortcuts are reachable from the sidebar, and you can right-click a task to move it to a project or set a repeat.

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