TaskPocket is a to-do app for browser and iPhone with start dates, deadlines and repeats, plus an MCP server instead of AI. Free plan available.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
TaskPocket is a to-do list app that runs in any web browser and on the iPhone. It is made by one person, Bohdan, who built it after work gave him a Windows laptop and his long-time task app, Things 3, was no longer available to him. He used it for almost a year before releasing it.
The app is deliberately small. Its structure rests on a handful of concepts: tasks, areas, projects, an Inbox and Someday, plus two dates, a start date and a deadline. The site describes this as seven words and no method to learn, and the aim is to keep users from spending their time maintaining the system.
TaskPocket contains no AI assistant. Instead, it exposes an MCP server and a REST API so users can connect Claude, ChatGPT or another tool they already use. The company states that it makes money only from subscriptions and sells nothing about its users.
New tasks usually land in the Inbox until you decide where they go. Tasks live in exactly one place: the Inbox, a project, or Someday. Projects have an end and a progress ring and sit inside areas such as Work or Home, which keeps the sidebar short. Finished projects are archived with their history instead of deleted.
You type tasks the way you would write them. If the title contains a date, a time or a repeat, such as 'Pay rent every month on the 1st', TaskPocket sets it and removes the phrase from the title. A fixed grammar does this, not a language model, so it works offline and you can edit the result.
Today shows tasks whose start date is today or earlier, with loose tasks first and then tasks grouped by project. Upcoming, Deadlines, Someday and Completed sit beside it. Keyboard shortcuts cover capture, search, jumping to a view and completing tasks.
The standout design choice is two separate dates. The start date decides when a task appears in Today, while the deadline records when it is actually due and has its own view. Repeats are the other focus: they can follow a fixed schedule or count from the day you complete the task, end after a number of times or on a date, and be undone by unchecking the task.
Each task can hold formatted notes, a checklist you can reorder, tags typed with a hash sign, and up to 20 files. Smart projects are saved filters, such as every task tagged #call or #meeting, that update as tasks change and sit in the sidebar.
For automation, the MCP server lets an assistant list, create, update and move tasks and projects once you approve access. The REST API offers JSON access with read, write or combined tokens and an OpenAPI document. Reminders attach to the start date, and the site says they can arrive with the browser closed.
TaskPocket is a to-do list app for the browser and iPhone. It offers start dates, deadlines, repeating tasks, tags, reminders and file attachments, and it has no AI built in.
Yes. The free plan needs no credit card and includes unlimited tasks, recurring tasks, tags, JSON export, the MCP server and the REST API. Files are limited to 10 MB each and 100 MB in total.
The source pages reviewed do not state a Premium price. Premium adds the deadline field and Deadlines view, smart projects, and larger file limits of 100 MB per file and 5 GB in total.
No assistant is built in. TaskPocket provides an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client can plan your day or create tasks after you approve access. Nothing is shared until you connect one.
The start date, labelled When in the app, decides which day a task shows in Today. The deadline is the day the work is due; it schedules nothing and appears in the Deadlines view. The deadline is a Premium feature.
It runs in any web browser and on the iPhone. Android is in development and a desktop app is planned after that. A browser extension is also available for saving pages.
Yes. The REST API covers tasks, projects, areas and tags over JSON, with tokens scoped to read, write or both, and an OpenAPI document. It is free on every plan and has no webhooks, so clients poll with updatedSince.
Yes. You can export your whole list as JSON at any time, and export is available on the free plan.