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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finalist, a paper-inspired daily planner, comes to iOS 27 and macOS 27: lots new with Siri AI, powered up Tags, Pencil support, full page widgets, and tons more www.finalist.works/4-1/

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Finalist ❤️ iOS 27 / macOS 27

Talk to Siri, plan your week on two facing pages, sketch on any note, and put a full page widget on your Home Screen.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Getting ready for iOS 27, voting is on in our Discord (thanks @matthewskiles.com 👏)

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Another beta just landed: Time-keeping Tags, iOS 27 full page widget

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In today's Installer, David Pierce on Finalist 4: "This app has slowly but surely turned into one of the most robust and clever planner / to-do apps out there." 🤩

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Finalist 4.0.1 is now live with a few fixes, and Finalist 4.1 Beta has already started for those of you with iOS 27 😉

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today's the day: four months, 40 builds, and 1,000 beta testers later, Finalist 4 is out with Notes (compatible with Obsidian Vaults), an Apple Watch app and tons more. www.finalist.works/4-0/

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Say Hello to Finalist 4

Four months, 40 builds, and 1,000 beta testers later: Finalist 4 is out, with Notes, an Apple Watch app, and lots more.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

There's a setting called Add timed tasks to Calendar (in Settings > Calendar), which does this :)

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

And simple way to peek at your bookmarked calendars

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The latest beta 618 is now bringing some fun UI to all the new features (like the swimlane timelines for markdown tasks)

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A quick demo of tasks from markdown files inside Finalist Beta #obsidian

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The latest beta has new Smart Lists in Notes tab (might move them to Lists tab) which might work for you?

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Thank you! I’d love to but Apple doesn’t allow it

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Sorry for the slow reply but yes, the idea is that the markdown tasks will appear in the right days in Finalist.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Make sure to go to Layout menu and enable Notes tab along the bottom of that window, I'm going to fix that for next build. It accesses folder-based Obsidian vaults, let me know how it goes!

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Global search and the Tags section in the Notes tab pull from native notes and file notes in the same space. Tags from your markdown files show up next to native ones. Create Note and Append to Note are Shortcuts actions, hands-free capture from anywhere on your devices.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Want every task in a note due on a specific day? Name the file `2026-04-28.md` and Finalist treats those tasks as due that day. Frontmatter is bidirectional. Edit a tag chip or the pin-date in Finalist and the `.md` file updates underneath. Anything Finalist doesn't recognize stays untouched.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Any markdown tasks inside a file note show up as real tasks in Finalist. Check them off in either place. They support dates and tags using the Obsidian-style format: `- [ ] write the thing 📅 2026-04-28 #finalist`

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Now the second flavour. File notes are markdown files, frontmatter and all, that live in a folder you choose. iCloud, Dropbox, an Obsidian vault, anywhere. Edit them in Finalist (iOS or macOS) or in another app. Both stay in sync because there's no copy.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Date a note and it joins your day. It shows up on Daily next to your dated tasks and calendar events. Useful for meeting notes, ongoing thoughts, anything tied to a specific day. Want an undated note on Today? Just Pin it. Shows up in Today, tap to open, unpin when you're done.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Native notes are super flexible. With a simple markdown editor, they hold their own tasks and even other notes (sub-notes). Tag them, date them, pin them. They sync via CloudKit like everything else. There's also an Inbox. For the "uncategorized" thoughts. Capture first, file later (or never).

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Finalist 3.8 beta just started, with a new very-demanded tab: Notes. It's something I've been working on for a while, as I wanted to blend native notes with Obsidian-style markdown files. Simplest way to try it out: hold the big PLUS on Daily and start talking. Your dictated note appears.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Can you go to About and hit Support button? I can see what's going oN!

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Finalist 3.6 launched this week, here's a few of the changes in 52 seconds

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Beta 7 adds Calendar Bookmark bar + more

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Beta 5 is here with some big updates: Lists tab and Outstanding Tasks got a major overhaul and Subtasks are here (after a lot of convincing). It's still early days for subtasks, please share your feedback and Happy Valentines!

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

3.6 Beta has just started, journaling with a pulse ❤️

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

- Fixed an intermittent crash on macOS - Fixed “Ignore events” to also match non-titled events if left empty - Changed Cmd+N to create new Task instead of open new window

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

- Tapping on map locations in Daily now presents a menu, with ability to Share the location - Fixes to improve iCloud sync frequency for some users, let me know how you find it - Fixed capitalization on Copy Tasks menu item - Improved task entry toolbar for macOS

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

- Fixed editing journal entries on macOS - Fixed Journal “Copy to clipboard” button on macOS - Fixed new tasks in Lists in Minimal theme getting date assigned - Fixed widget in some configurations not showing Date correctly - Added Location field for calendar events

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Beta 119/319, Jan 13, 2026: A few fixes and improvements: - Calendars and Reminder lists are now grouped by account they belong to; you’ll see the change in hopefully every field that shows calendars and reminder lists - Fixed a bug that sometimes added daily tasks to recently used list

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

macOS version just got an update to 3.5.7: ⦾ Improved menu bar window, with reminders, weather, calendar and planner highlights ⦾ Tapping on the menu bar window header opens the app ⦾ Better default window sizing ⦾ Nicer display of sidebar dates ⦾ Improved Add Task sheet

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The last of the holiday code drops 🥳

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Nope, it's a full version! Do you maybe have an API key filled out for OpenAI? If you have a free key, they often don't allow access to OpenAI's more advanced APIs.

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

We're getting down to the wire, the last drop tomorrow #planner #2026

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

You're all so quick, watch this space - there might be more 😀

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Just email me from About box, will see what we can do :)

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Something special to end this year and start the new one. Follow for more drops in the coming days and tell your friends 🎁

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

You can actually delete the folder, just not iCloud data (if you go to iOS Settings, under iCloud). These are not visible to Files app

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Finalist Day Planner @dayplanner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Congrats and thank you! 🙏 The license is attached to your iCloud data internally, so it syncs with your data and follows you around. If you ever need AppleID entitlement for some reason (lets say you want to delete your iCloud data and start fresh) just email me.

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