OmniFocus is The Omni Group's task management app for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. See features, Standard vs Pro pricing, and FAQs.
Category
Task Management
Pricing
Free to download with a 2-week trial, then one-time in-app purchase: Unlock Standard $74.99, Unlock Pro $149.99 (or a legacy $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr subscription).
OmniFocus is a task and project management application made by The Omni Group, an employee-owned Seattle software company that has built Apple-platform productivity apps since the early 1990s. OmniFocus positions itself as a "second brain" that lets busy professionals capture tasks the moment they come to mind, then organize them into projects, tags, due dates, and custom perspectives so nothing falls through the cracks. Rather than a shared team-collaboration tool, it is built around a personal workflow: a quick-entry inbox for capturing items, a Forecast view that blends tasks with calendar events, a location-aware Nearby view, and a structured Review system for periodically reassessing projects. Power users can extend the app with Omni Automation plug-ins (cross-platform) or AppleScript (Mac only). OmniFocus runs natively on Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, with a web-based client (OmniFocus for the Web) for browser access, and a single purchase or subscription unlocks the app across all of those platforms. It ships in two tiers — Standard and Pro — with Pro adding Focus Mode, custom perspectives, extra Forecast options, and automation support.
Key Features
Inbox, Projects & Tags — Quick-entry capture with flexible organization via projects, tags, flags, and repeat schedules.
Forecast & Nearby Views — Blends tasks with calendar events and surfaces location-relevant to-dos.
Custom Perspectives & Focus Mode — Pro-tier filtering/grouping into custom views, plus a mode that hides non-essential items.
Omni Automation / AppleScript — Extends the app with cross-platform Omni Automation plug-ins or Mac-only AppleScripts.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Deep, flexible organization through tags, custom perspectives, and nested projects suited to GTD-style personal workflows
Offers a one-time "Unlock" purchase as an alternative to a subscription, unusual among modern productivity apps
Native, tightly integrated apps across the entire Apple ecosystem — Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro — plus a web client
Extensible via Omni Automation plug-ins and AppleScript for power users who want custom workflows
Backed by The Omni Group, a long-running (since the early 1990s), employee-owned company with a track record of sustained app support
Cons
Apple-only — no native Windows, Android, or Linux app, which limits it for cross-platform teams or Windows-based users
Pro-tier features (Focus Mode, custom perspectives, automation) cost significantly more than the Standard tier, and the depth of customization brings a real learning curve
Built for individual task management rather than team collaboration — no evidence of shared boards, assignments, or real-time multi-user editing
Pricing is fragmented across one-time "Unlock" purchases, a Standard-to-Pro upgrade fee, and a legacy monthly/annual subscription, which can be confusing to compare