Notifications

Both our desktop and mobile apps support notifications. On desktop, notifications are triggered locally by the running app, while mobile platforms use traditional push notifications.

Apple Watch support

To receive notifications on your Apple Watch, enable notifications for Lunatask app in the Watch app.

Supported desktop notifications

Desktop platforms	Supported?	Enabled by default?
Scheduled (time-blocked) tasks	✅	✅
Scheduled habits	✅	✅
Calendar meetings and events	✅	❌
Birthday and anniversaries	✅	✅
Task timer finishes	✅	✅

Notifications are disabled by default for events coming from external calendars, as most people likely already receive them from their full-featured calendar app like Apple Calendar.

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On Mac, be sure to allow notifications in System Preferences → Notifications → Lunatask. On Linux, notifications are supported in any desktop environment that follows Desktop Notifications Specification.

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Note that notifications are shown only when Lunatask desktop app is running. This usually isn’t a problem on Mac or Windows where Lunatask minimizes into system tray on close, but it’s worth noting if you’re on Linux.

Supported mobile notifications

Mobile platforms	Supported?	Enabled by default?
Scheduled (time-blocked) tasks	✅	✅
Scheduled habits	✅	✅
Calendar meetings and events	❌
Birthday and anniversaries	Coming soon
Task timer finishes	Coming soon

Users on alternative Android distributions

Push notifications are delivered via FCM and therefore require Google Play Services enabled.