Tasks
Drag what matters into today.
An Active / Upcoming split keeps today clean. Pull a task from any project folder into focus — same task, two places, done once.
- Active Today vs. backlog
- Drag from any folder
- Priority dots + manual order
Your entire day, in one place.
Tasks, habits, deep work, goals, journaling and an infinite canvas — in one keyboard-first workspace. No tab-juggling. No subscription.
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Launching soon on Mac & Windows · $19 at launch, pay once.
One window replaces your whole stack
Notion
Todoist
Akiflow
Things
Sunsama
Apple Notes
Google Calendar
Obsidian
TickTick
One window beats six tabs
Tasks, habits, focus, goals, journal and a canvas in one calm place — not scattered across a dozen apps and logins.
Fast is a feature
Keyboard-first, every section one keystroke away. Built to get out of your way, not to gamify your attention.
You own your tools
Pay once, keep it forever, data stays on your machine. No subscription, no renewal emails. Ever.
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One window, every part of your day.
Timeline
See your plan across time.
A reimagined way to plan: your projects laid across days, weeks and months — where planning stops being a list and becomes a picture. Drag tasks and events straight onto any day, then flip the same plan between a timeline and a calendar.
- Drag tasks & events onto days
- All projects at once, or focus one
- Timeline ⇄ calendar views
Habits
Streaks that forgive a slip.
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.” Build streaks with a flame that climbs — and a weekly Restore so one slip never breaks a 12-day run.
- 30-day history heat-strip
- Weekly Streak Restore
- Per-category icons & streaks
Time Blocking
Lay your day out in blocks.
Plan when things happen, not just what. Drop reusable templates, tie blocks to tasks, and watch your day take shape.
- Visual day timeline
- Reusable templates
- Blocks linked to tasks
Deep Work
Measure focus, not busywork.
Run a focus session, rate it on a Poor→Peak scale, and log it. Monk Mode blacks out everything but the timer. The data shows when you really focus.
- Pomodoro → 90-min blocks
- Poor→Peak quality rating
- Monk Mode blackout
Goals
Goals without systems are just wishes.
Track the objectives that take weeks or months. Nudge progress with a tap (+10%) or the slider, and watch the gold bar fill.
- Tap +10% or drag the slider
- Category + target date
- Surfaces on the dashboard
Daily Journal
Rate the day, then get better.
One entry a day: log what happened, rate productivity 1–10, then answer the one question that improves tomorrow. With its own writing streak.
- 1–10 productivity score
- “What could improve?” prompt
- Writing streak + export
Spaces
Think on an infinite canvas.
A fluid whiteboard in the spirit of Apple Freeform. Drop notes, connect ideas, sketch with the pen — then turn a planning canvas straight into your task list.
- Pannable, zoomable dot-grid
- Edge-anchored connectors that redraw live
- Pen, eraser, drag-to-color, undo/redo
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Make it yours
Tuned to you.
Your accent
Your accent. Your vibe.
Recolour the whole app — gold, blue, green, white. It cycles on its own; tap a swatch to lock it in.
Keyboard-first
Never reach for the mouse.
Press a key — watch it light up.
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What you get today — and what's coming.
Available at launch
Optima 1.0
All nine modules, fully unlocked, on Mac & Windows. Yours for one payment — every 1.0 update included.
Coming next
AI assistant
An optional subscription add-on that plans your day, breaks down goals and drafts your journal. Separate from the app you buy — which stays yours forever.
On the way
Mobile companion
Capture tasks, check habits, and review your day from your phone — synced with your desktop workspace.
Buy Optima now and the app is yours forever. The AI assistant and mobile app will arrive as optional additions — your one-time purchase is never affected.
Tell me you'd use it — every tap shapes what I build next.
Why people switch
Made for people sick of app-hopping.
★★★★★
“Optima's features are so underrated, especially the time blocking! I can't even remember my life before this app, it's helped me so much. Thank you Optima (please make a mobile app!)”
★★★★★
“It's so nice having everything in one place instead of a bunch of different apps. And it's a fair price too, that's pretty rare these days.”
★★★★★
“The timeline is such a refreshing way to plan things out, and with Spaces you can actually visualize all your ideas. Time blocking makes planning my day super easy too.”
Pricing
Pay once. Yours forever.
No monthly fee. No lock-in. One license unlocks the full app on Mac and Windows — every 1.0 update included.
Launch price · ends when 1.0 ships
$19$29
One-time purchase · lifetime license
14-day free trial first · no card, no account
- All nine modules, fully unlocked
- Mac & Windows — one license, both platforms
- Your data stays local on your device
- Free 1.0 updates · optional AI add-on later
Local-first Lifetime updates
Your key activates on one OS. Need it on both Mac & Windows? Email meand I'll unlock your second platform.
5 years of productivity apps
Typical subscriptions · ~$8/mo$480
Optima · once$19
Same five years. Only one of them keeps charging.
Your data stays yours
Local-first, by design.
Lives on your machine
Your tasks, notes and journal are stored locally — not on someone else's server.
Works fully offline
No connection required. Optima is a real desktop app, not a website in a wrapper.
No account required
No sign-up, no profile, no tracking your every click. Just open it and go.
Your workspace
is almost here.
Optima lands on Mac & Windows soon. Join the waitlist and get the download the day it ships.
Join the waitlist
Launching soon on Mac & Windows · $19 at launch, pay once.
Questions
Good to know.
Yes. $19 at launch ($29 after), paid once. No subscription for the core app — and every 1.0 update is included.
Yes — a 14-day free trial of the full app, with no credit card and no account. Download it, use everything for two weeks, and only buy the $19 license if you want to keep going.
On your machine. Optima is a local-first desktop app, so your tasks, notes and journal stay with you.
One purchase covers both. Your key activates on one OS to start — if you also need it on the other platform, just email me at hello@optimaplanner.com and I'll unlock your second activation.
Optional. An AI add-on is planned after launch as a separate, low-cost subscription. The app you bought never gets paywalled.
Deeply. Pick your accent and background, swap line icons for emoji, reorder the dashboard, and drive everything from the keyboard.