Watermelon — slice your goal, don't choke on it
You don't eat a watermelon in one bite. So why does every to-do app pretend you finish a task in one tap? Watermelon is built around progress, not checkboxes.
Progress that matches the task
Every task tracks how far along you are, not just whether it's done. And because tasks come in different shapes, Watermelon picks the right format automatically:
• A grocery run becomes a checklist (Milk, Eggs, Bread)
• A product launch becomes ordered stages (Spec → Build → Test → Ship)
• 50 pushups or 30 pages becomes a counter (17/50)
• A long, open-ended project becomes a percentage you nudge as the work piles up
Hold to record, get structured tasks back
Press and hold the record button and talk like you're texting a friend. Your ramble comes back as clean, structured tasks. Mention groceries, an email to Sarah, a launch with three stages, and 50 pushups in one breath — you get four cards back, each with the right due date, priority, list, and subtasks already filled in.
Or speak just one goal — "Plan my mom's 60th birthday" — and get back one card with the checklist already inside: pick the restaurant, send invites, order the cake, dig up old photos for the slideshow, write a toast, arrange rides home for the older relatives.
One press, one ramble, an afternoon planned. No typing.
Edit by speaking, not tapping
Press and hold any task card and say the change — "push it to Friday," "add buy milk," "mark high priority." The card updates itself. Hold without speaking and it just moves, like before.
Daily Summary, morning and evening
Open the app in the morning for a plain-English summary: what's due today, what's slipping, what you finished yesterday. Come back at night for the recap — what you finished, what to roll into tomorrow. Your day, bookended.
Calendar Diary — your week, with the photos
Tap any date, drop in a photo and a line. Browse the month and the days that mattered light up. The to-do list shows what you did; the diary shows why it was worth doing.
Everything you'd expect from a serious planner
• Lists for daily contexts (Work, Personal, Studies, Family, Health, Creative)
• Projects for multi-week work — subtask progress rolls up to the parent
• Kanban, List, and Calendar views, swap with a tap
• Two-way calendar sync — deadlines land on the calendar you already use
• Home Screen widgets — your Today list, a Project, or a single list; pick the layout that fits your home screen
• Smart status sync — start a task and it moves itself across the board
One app, every Apple device
Native iPhone, iPad, and Mac. iCloud sync, offline-first.
• iPhone is for capture on the go — a giant record button built for "I have ten seconds at a red light."
• iPad and Mac give you the full picture: a Kanban board you can drag tasks across, side-by-side detail, room to think.
Private by design
No account. No tracking. No ad network getting fed your to-do list. Your data lives in your iCloud — not ours.
Built for people who:
• Half-finish things all the time and want a way to actually say so
• Are tired of an unchecked box pretending nothing happened today
• Want a planner that matches real life — where most things live in the middle, not at "done"
Free to start. Pro unlocks more.
Use Watermelon free. AI runs on-device with Apple Intelligence if your phone has it — free, private, gets smarter as Apple updates. Don't have it? Pro adds cloud AI for the bigger model. Pro also unlocks unlimited projects, iCloud sync, and two-way calendar sync. 7-day free trial, cancel anytime — no email, no upsell wall.
Download Watermelon Todo and start making real progress on your week.
Terms of Use: https://feiou.github.io/WatermelonTodo/terms_of_use.html
Privacy Policy: https://feiou.github.io/WatermelonTodo/privacy_policy.html
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