Features​

• Time-blocking and a new calendar view are now available in the mobile app, allowing you to plan your day upfront minute by minute. The new calendar features drag-and-drop moving of time blocks, touch-based event resizing, pinch-to-zoom to see more or less events, actions to mark things as complete directly from the calendar, an option to join videoconference calls, and more. This is the initial release of this feature on mobile platforms, and it will be improved going forward. The main limitation of the new calendar is that time-blocking is available only for the current day.
• You can now more easily interact with your task list and move tasks around using a new long-press actions menu – simply long-press a task in the list and move the task where you want it to be or pick from a few of most common actions like placing the task onto the calendar or starting a timer for 25 minutes

Improvements​

• Drawers (the left one with search and the new calendar drawer) can now be closed by pressing the back button on Android
• When the task timer is running, the mobile app shows a purple bar above the tasks. This bar now stays visible even when you switch to another part of the app, above the note list, journal, etc.
• A task's age is now shown in task detail on iOS and Android
• The "open link" button on tasks in the list in our desktop app was redesigned into an icon, taking up less space and visually differentiating it from the goal badge
• When looking at tasks belonging to a certain goal, the mobile app shows an arrow icon in the toolbar on the top, taking you to the list of all tasks for a given area – this button is now shown there as well, taking you again one step above into the "Next to work on" overview
• Gestures for opening drawers by sliding from the edge of the screen now have improved thresholds so they do not conflict with gestures for, for example, swiping left to delete a task
• Other minor onboarding and visual improvements

Fixes​

• The issue causing the app layout on iOS and Android to get broken when screen orientation changes from portrait to landscape and back was fixed
• The height of the task scheduling dropdown no longer jumps when switching months in the dropdown in the desktop app
• Fixed vertical line in the journal overflowing last happy memory in some cases in the desktop app
• Fixed incorrect message shown in the desktop app's logbook when a user has between 43 and 100 completed tasks
• Drag and double-click behavior in the main menu on the top of our desktop app was improved to prevent accidental window moves and maximizations when clicking menu items

Improvements​

• You can now set a short name for goals on iOS and Android. When set, tasks in the list will show what goal they belong to.
• Improved Wayland support on Linux

Fixes​

• Fixed text/note fields in the relationship tracker not updating properly when switching between different people on iOS and Android
• Fixed setting for enabling PIN protection on relationships not working correctly on iOS and Android

I'm happy to not have touched pricing for so long – actually since August 2021 when Lunatask got out of beta and pricing was introduced. I'm against frequent pricing updates and would ideally like to stick with one forever.

However, after three years of development and countless new features added, including support for all various platforms, I’m making a one-time adjustment to simplify and standardize our pricing.

When we set up our first payment gateway (Paddle), we displayed prices excluding VAT and sales tax – those are added during checkout based on your region. In contrast, prices in the App Store include taxes upfront. This led to discrepancies depending on where you subscribed.

To address this as well, we’re unifying our pricing while keeping a way for you to stay as close as possible to the original rate of $6/mo. If you switch to the yearly plan, you continue paying $6/mo even after the adjustment.

Here’s a breakdown of the adjusted pricing:

The new pricing will take effect on December 6th. There’s nothing you need to do – on your next renewal, you will automatically be charged the new price. All percentage discounts, like our education discount, stay in place and the new price will be calculated accordingly.

As always, I appreciate your support as I continue developing the app that helps you get stuff done, everyday.

P.S. Stay tuned! This change comes alongside exciting new features like time blocking and a calendar in mobile apps, as well as a redesigned and vastly improved note-taking experience that is coming early in 2025 and more! 🚀

Improvements​

• Desktop notifications were added for birthdays and anniversaries happening today (mobile notifications will come further down the road)
• Your journal is now one endless scrollable timeline in our desktop app – no more showing just the last 30 days
• Minor onboarding improvements

Fixes​

• Fixed Outlook calendar integrations not authorizing since the last update
• Fixed task estimate picker setting a wrong estimate on iOS and Android
• Red badge counting coming up tasks in an area no longer counts in recurring tasks moved out of the "coming up" section, for example, into "next"

Features​

• You can now connect your Facebook Events and see them on your calendar in Lunatask, and not just that – Proton, Hey, or any other calendar offering an iCal/ics feed are now also supported

Improvements​

• G and Shift-G keyboard shortcuts were added to cycle between goals within a current area
• There's a new chart above the habit tracker showing three most common emotions in a selected period
• 17 new emotions were added to our mood tracker, including ambivalent, avoidant, bearable, confident, courageous, disappointed, disoriented, efficient, focused, foggy, fragile, guilty, irritated, pain, satisfied, sleepy, sloppy, and thoughtful
• The emotion picker was redesigned a bit and emotions are now sorted alphabetically
• The data sync was improved so fast subsequent changes do not arrive to other devices out of order, which previously might have happened occasionally

Fixes​

• Fixed feelings picker sometimes unselecting previously selected emotions when selecting new ones on iOS and Android
• Logbook's area filter is now cleared when jumping to search results in the logbook
• Fixed Ctrl+N emacs keybinding is now working and creating a new task instead
• Scroll to cursor functionality of the editor was improved on iOS and Android

Lunatask for iOS and Android, our mobile apps, are now officially out of beta and available on the App Store and Play Store.

Features​

• iOS and Android apps are getting notifications (for time-blocked tasks and scheduled habits only for now). Notifications for birthdays and anniversaries will arrive later. Notifications right now also do not include end-to-end encrypted data like task or habit names. You can enable notifications by visiting the notifications section in the mobile app's settings.
• You can now filter the logbook to show only completed tasks for a specific area (this feature is available in the desktop app)
• You can now pause a reconnect reminder for any person without removing the reconnect rule altogether
• You can now schedule at what times of the day you perform your habits in the mobile app
• The people hierarchy/grid can now be filtered to show only business/work contacts
• There's now a Habit Tracking API

Improvements​

• On iOS and Android, there's now a new button in the list of tasks beneath each goal that will take you to the list above, the main list of tasks for the area
• All entered settings for newly created CalDAV integrations are end-to-end encrypted (see the note below)
• Improvements to new user onboarding

Fixes​

• Fixed record streak calculation for weekly habits not working correctly
• Fixed partitioning habits between active and not occurring on the day not handling weekly habits well in the mobile app
• Fixed the scroll-to-cursor functionality of the mobile app's editor on certain devices

Encryption for iCloud, Fastmail, and CalDAV integrations​

Previously, iCloud, Fastmail, and CalDAV integrations encrypted entered passwords end-to-end but not usernames or server URLs (in the case of CalDAV integrations). All newly created iCloud, Fastmail, and CalDAV calendar integrations now encrypt end-to-end all configuration settings entered (including server URLs).

To keep backward compatibility, all iCloud, Fastmail, and CalDAV integrations created in the past will be marked as "legacy" integrations in the settings and show a warning message recommending upgrading the integration to a fully end-to-end encrypted version.

Versioning update​

As of this update, we are unifying the versioning of both desktop and mobile apps. From now on, all future versions of Lunatask will be released on all platforms simultaneously under the same version number. As of this update, changes in the mobile app are being published as part of the changelog on the website, not just in the Slack Community.

Improvements​

• The behavior of many-times habits in the habit widget at the bottom of the calendar was improved. Now the habit widget will continue suggesting habits until their goal is met or "skip today" is pressed.
• Double-clicking on the main menu toolbar on the top now maximizes the window

Fixes​

• Fixed a wrong label on the badge indicating a subscription's state saying "canceled," even for some active subscription
• Fixed completing habits in the habit tracker marking wrong time blocks as complete
• Fixed completing habits in the habit tracker duplicating a time block on the calendar sometimes
• Fixed notifications being triggered for already completed time blocks on the calendar
• Fixed the habit widget at the bottom of the calendar offering many-times habits even when their week's goal was already met
• Fixed in-app success notification after deleting areas being shown twice
• Fixed protected notebooks, journal, and relationship tracking not locking when the app is backgrounded due to a change in Electron where turning off background throttling prevents the app from reading its background/foreground status
• Fixed good morning messages not being shown anymore for the same background throttling reason
• There's now an option to disable GPU acceleration in the diagnostics section of the settings (enabled by default for Linux users to avoid issues and visual glitches some snap users experience caused by a specific combination of using snaps, Electron, and certain GPU drivers)

Notes​

The v2.0.8 update is a re-release of this update with one additional regression fixed.

Improvements​

• Completed time blocks are now kept on the calendar
• In the settings, there's now an option to auto-start the app on boot (on Windows)
• You can now jump to a person's profile from the people picker available on memories in the journal
• Tasks in the logbook can now be duplicated (on desktop platforms)
• All subtasks now get unchecked when duplicating a task
• The names of sections in the Eisenhower Matrix workflow were updated slightly to make them clearer in the context of personal task management
• Future time blocks are now removed from the calendar when skipping current occurrence of recurring tasks
• Notes now provide the option to show metadata (currently, only timestamps of creation and last update)
• You can now lock a protected notebook via a new lock icon in a note header, not just via the button in the notebook picker

Fixes​

• Fixed habit time blocks reappearing when moved on the calendar from tomorrow to today or vice-versa
• Fixed archived goals showing among active goals in the "set goal" right-click context submenu
• Fixed calendar open task button not jumping to task when in another goal
• Pulsing task timer badge animation was disabled for now because of high CPU usage
• Missing right-click context menus were added to journal entry, memory, and note name inputs
• Desktop shortcut is now recreated on reinstall (on Windows)
• There's now a warning that a "once" habit was already completed before when tracking activities from the calendar instead of the button doing nothing
• The mini calendar in the dropdown for selecting a last reconnect date now always opens on a current month for easier entering of the new date, instead of the month of the previous last reconnect date

Notes​

Two calendar-related issues sneaked into this update and v2.0.6 was released fixing these regressions.

Improvements​

• Reconnects due today are now also shown in red and count into the red badge on the menu item
• The integrations settings section now also lists community integrations
• Minor visual improvements

Fixes​

• Fixed the badge on the relationship tracking menu item not counting into the global app icon menu badge
• Fixed the option to skip the current occurrence of recurring tasks not working for future tasks with repeat after completion set
• Fixed the option to hide future reconnects hiding reconnects due today by mistake