Daily planner
A daily planner that doesn't need you to block out your calendar hour by hour. It just answers: what needs my attention today, and where should I start?
It's for days that start with a list rather than a schedule: students with several assignments due, freelancers juggling clients, anyone whose tasks don't fit neatly into time slots. Free, in your browser, no account.
What your day actually needs
Most days don't need a rigid schedule — they need a clear read on what's overdue, what's due today, and roughly how much of it there is. Pomop's Tasks page gives you exactly that in three numbers: overdue count, due-today count, and total estimated minutes, without asking you to time-block anything.
Is today actually doable?
The minutes figure is the one most planners leave out. It adds up the time estimates of everything due today or overdue. Compare it with the time you really have after meetings, classes, and everything else. If the Tasks page says 240 minutes and you have about two free hours, today's list won't all get done, and it's better to decide now what moves than to find out at 6pm.
To move something, open the calendar, select today, and change that task's date in the day's list. It drops out of today's count straight away. Tasks without a time estimate don't count toward the total, so add rough estimates if you want the number to mean something.
Context, then a decision
Seeing what's due today is context, not a decision — if you have five things due today, which one first? That's where the Decision Engine takes over: it weighs priority, urgency, and how long each task has been waiting, and recommends one, with the reasoning shown right alongside it. See how that ranking works on thetask prioritizer page.
A day, start to finish
Planning tomorrow the night before
If you like to end the day knowing what's next, add tomorrow's tasks now and give them tomorrow's date. They wait under Upcoming tonight, and by morning they've moved into Today on their own, so there's nothing to re-sort when you sit down. Undated tasks stay out of Today entirely. They still get recommended when nothing more pressing is due.
Frequently asked questions
How many tasks should I plan per day?
There's no fixed number that works for everyone, and most advice on this varies wildly (1-3, 3-5, up to 6). Pomop's answer is to not pick a number at all — add everything you're aware of, and let the Decision Engine surface one at a time. That way an ambitious day and a light day both work without a plan that's wrong by 10am.
Do I have to plan my whole day in advance?
No. Pomop doesn't ask you to schedule every hour. You add tasks with deadlines, and each time you're ready to work, it recommends the single best next task for right now.
What counts as "due today"?
Any task with a deadline of today, plus anything already overdue. Both are treated as high-urgency by the Decision Engine and surfaced first.
Can I see tomorrow and next week too?
Yes — the Upcoming filter on the Tasks page lists every open task with a due date that isn’t overdue, and the Calendar shows a full month at a glance, with each day’s tasks one click away.
Related
For the full productivity loop — capture, decide, focus, and track — see theproductivity planner. If today's list already feels like too much, read what to do when you have too many tasks. Still deciding between a to-do list and a calendar for planning? Seeto-do list vs. calendar.