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Open Manage Tasks from Settings. Everything is there: edit, reorder by dragging, enable, disable, delete. The Focus screen deliberately never becomes a list, because the list is the thing that makes a to-do app tiring.

It moves that task to the back of the current queue and shows the next one. The task is not deleted, not marked done, and not penalized. Skipping is a normal, expected way to use the app.

Skips last for the current pass only. Changing the queue order, the focus window, or the list clears them and starts again at the first task.

Yes. Settings gives you three orders:

• In Order — your manual order, top to bottom. Drag to rearrange it in Manage Tasks.
• By Due Date — dated tasks first, soonest first. Undated tasks come after them.
• Random — a shuffle, reshuffled when you finish a task or start a new session.

The focus window narrows the queue to what is due soon. It is separate from the order, so you can combine any window with any order.

• No filter — everything active.
• Due Today — tasks due today or earlier. Overdue tasks are included.
• Due This Week — tasks due on or before the end of this week.

Both windows hide tasks with no due date. If your list looks empty, this is the usual reason. Set the window back to no filter in Settings.

Yes, with lists. Each list has its own queue, so Focus only ever shows you tasks from the list you are in. Switch lists from the list picker. Which list a device is showing stays on that device, so your Mac can sit in Work while your phone sits in Home.

A task can hold a short checklist. Tick subtasks off in Focus as you go. Completing the parent task marks every subtask done, so a finished task never leaves open steps behind.

Set a repeat in the Add or Edit screen: daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly, every one or more intervals, optionally ending on a date or after a number of times.

Choose what the next date is measured from:

• From the schedule — a fixed rhythm, like every Monday. The schedule keeps time whether or not you did it.
• From completion — a floating rhythm, like 90 days after you last did it. The clock restarts each time you finish.

The next occurrence appears only when you complete the current one. Leave the app closed for a month and you will not come back to thirty missed copies. That is deliberate.

To the Completed screen. They leave the Focus queue immediately and stay available to look back at or restore.

A streak counts consecutive days on which you finished at least one task. It is shown in Settings and mentioned once when you clear your queue. It is reflective, not a lever: the app has no "don't lose your streak" warnings, no goals, no scores, and no red badges. Break it and the app will not mention it.

Settings has a Done & Skip preference: swipes only, buttons only, or both. If the swipe directions feel backwards, turn on Swap swipe direction.

Change Focus Mode in Settings. Zen strips the card to the task alone, Compact fits more on screen, and Balanced sits between them. It is a display setting, so each device can differ.

Pick any of thirteen accents in Settings. The Home Screen icon changes to match. Appearance is separate: System, Light, or Dark, set per device.

Settings has How Just One works for the short version and Full Tutorial for the guided walk through the app. Replay either as often as you like.

Yes, through your own iCloud account, with no account to create and nothing to switch on inside the app. Sign your devices into the same Apple Account and the app keeps them in step. Tasks, lists, and your accent travel. Display settings such as appearance, focus mode, and which list a device is showing stay on each device.

Settings shows one quiet line. It says one of these:

• Synced just now, or Synced 5 minutes ago — everything is up to date.
• Syncing… — a change is on its way.
• Offline changes saved — your edit is safe on this device and will go up next time it can.
• Sign in to sync across devices — this device is not signed into iCloud.
• Sync paused — data too large — see the fix below.

You will never be asked to resolve a conflict. When two devices change the same task, the most recent edit wins and a deletion always beats an older copy coming back.

No. There is no sign-up, no password, no subscription, and no in-app purchase. Just One is free.

Settings, then Export backup. The share sheet opens and you choose where the file goes — Files, Mail, anywhere. The file is a plain, readable snapshot of your tasks, lists, and settings. Keep it wherever you like; the app does not keep a copy.

Settings, then Restore from backup. Choose the file, then choose what happens to what is already on the device:

• Merge — combine the backup with your current tasks. Nothing is thrown away.
• Replace — the backup becomes the whole list.

Either way the app saves a safety copy of your current state first, and it refuses files that are not Just One backups, so picking the wrong file cannot wipe your tasks.

Not today. Just One is an Apple-platform app: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Sync, widgets, the watch app, and the share extension are all built on Apple frameworks, so a version for another platform would need a different way to move your data between devices.

Ask for it anyway if you want it. Knowing how many people are waiting is how that decision gets made.

There are three kinds, and each can be turned off separately:

• Daily reminder — one gentle nudge on days when you have something waiting. It arrives at a varying time between 9am and 9pm, and it is skipped entirely once you have finished your one thing for the day.
• Scheduled-time reminders — for tasks where you set both a date and a time.
• Milestone moments — occasional, quiet acknowledgements, such as your first completed task.

No counts, no digests, no badges, no sounds. Tapping any of them opens Focus.

Settings, then Notifications. Turn off Enable notifications for all of them, or switch off Daily reminder, Scheduled-time reminders, or Milestone moments one at a time.

Yes. A reminder set for a specific time names the task, so it can appear on a locked screen. Open the iOS Settings app, then Notifications, then Just One, and set Show Previews to "When Unlocked" or "Never." The daily nudge never names a task.

• Current Task — your one thing, with Done and Skip you can tap without opening the app.
• New Task — straight into adding something.
• Due Today — what is due today.

Each one is set to a list of your choosing: hold the widget, tap Edit Widget, and pick. There are Lock Screen sizes and, on iOS 18 and later, Control Center controls for New Task and One Thing.

Yes. Share text or a link from any app, choose Just One in the share sheet, and it becomes a task. Siri can also add a task, ask what your one thing is, and mark it done.

It shows the current task, its due line, its position in the queue, and its subtasks, with Done and Skip. You can switch lists and tick subtasks off. Your iPhone stays in charge of the data, so the watch is a companion rather than a separate app.

Tap Done out of range and the watch holds the action, then sends it when the two reconnect. Adding tasks on the watch is not supported yet.

It is a focus companion, not an editor. Current task, Done, Skip, Undo, list switching, and a few settings, laid out to read from across a room. Add and edit tasks on your phone or Mac; they arrive through iCloud.

It is a native Mac app rather than a stretched phone app, with real menus, keyboard shortcuts, and window behavior. The focus loop, lists, subtasks, repeats, Completed, backups, and iCloud sync all match the iPhone.

The public App Store release sends us no task data and enables no analytics, advertising, or tracking. There is no account or task server of ours. Your tasks live on your device and sync through your own iCloud account, where we cannot see them. The privacy policy spells out every detail, including the limited beta-analytics exception and the information we receive if you join the waitlist or email us.

It is free, with no ads, no subscription, and no in-app purchase. There is no catch and no upsell waiting at task fifty. It is a small app made by one person who wanted it to exist.

Delete the app and its data goes with it on that device. To remove the copy held in your iCloud account, delete your tasks inside the app first, let that change sync, and then delete the app. Export a backup first if there is anything you might want later.