Sumi vs TaskPlate

The most beautiful thing an app can do is get out of your way. Sumi sits quietly on cream paper, holds your attention for an hour, and asks for nothing back. Set a length. Put your phone face down. Pick it up before the time is done and the session breaks — not as a punishment, but as a commitment kept. No ads. No notifications. No streaks-as-slot-machines. No weekly subscription trap. Just deep work, and the quiet record of the hours you've given it. — THE RITUAL — Set an intention and a length. Put the phone down. Sumi keeps watch: lift it, or leave the app, and the session ends. When the time is held, the line completes, your lifetime hours grow, and the session is logged. Silent while you work. Quietly rewarding when you finish. — A CALM LEDGER, NOT A GAME — The number that only goes up: your lifetime hours focused. A streak, if you want one. A week that fills, a line that climbs. No characters to feed, no points, no dark patterns. Progress you can feel, with nothing engineered to hook you. — MADE FOR DEEP-WORK PEOPLE — For writers, developers, designers, students of a craft — anyone who already romanticizes focus and resents apps built to fracture it. Graphite and cream. Monospace. Paper grain. A single calligraphic mark. — PAY ONCE — Your focus shouldn't be a recurring charge. Sumi is free to use, with an optional one-time Lifetime unlock (or a subscription, if you prefer) for custom lengths, full history and trends, themes, and session intentions. Put the phone down. Pick the work up. ——— Privacy Policy: https://dayonefoundry.com/sumi/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://dayonefoundry.com/sumi/terms

TaskPlate is a straightforward task manager built around one idea: get things done without the clutter. CAPTURE IT FAST Tap + at the bottom, type, and press Return — saved, with the next blank line already waiting. Empty your head in one go, and add the details later if they matter. BOARD YOUR WAY Organize every task across three simple stages — To Do, In Progress, and Done. Swipe between them or tap to switch, and move tasks forward as you make progress. BREAK IT DOWN Add a checklist to any task and tick off the steps as you go. Press Return to move to the next step, check or uncheck the whole list in one tap, reorder items however you like, remove the ones you don't need, and see your progress right on the task list — "2 of 5" at a glance, without opening anything. STAY ON TOP OF WHAT MATTERS - Pin your most important tasks to the top of To Do or In Progress - Drag to reorder tasks exactly how you want them - Search instantly across task names, notes, and checklist items - Filter any list by due date — this week, month, quarter, or year — sorted earliest first - Select several tasks and move them to another list in one go - Add due dates and set alerts — local reminders 5 minutes, 15 minutes, an hour, or up to a week ahead, your choice - Tap an alert to jump straight to that task, and clear it when you're ready — it stays counted on the app icon until you do NOTHING GETS LOST Deleted a task by mistake? It's not gone — recover it anytime from the Deleted Tasks view before it's permanently purged. Set your own auto-cleanup schedule, or clear things out manually whenever you're ready. MAKE IT YOURS Choose Light, Dark, or System appearance, and pick your own accent color — from curated presets or a full custom color picker. In Light appearance, go further with Color Scheme: four warm, hand-picked palettes that recolor the whole app. Changed your mind? One tap puts it all back the way it started. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS TaskPlate doesn't require an account, doesn't use the cloud, and doesn't collect your data. Every task lives only on your device. No sign-up, no syncing servers, no tracking — just a private, fast to-do list. Please note: because nothing is sent to the cloud, your tasks are stored separately on each device and do not sync between your iPhone and iPad. Works great on iPhone and iPad.