TaskPlate User Guide

This is the same guide you will find inside the app, under Settings → About → TaskPlate Guide. Read it start to finish, or jump to the part you need.

The Three Lists

Every task lives in one of three lists, shown as tabs at the bottom: To Do, In Progress, and Done. Add a task to To Do, move it to In Progress when you start it, and move it to Done when it’s finished. There’s no extra hierarchy — just three honest states that match how you actually work.

Adding a Task

Use the + button to add a task. Give it a name — that’s the only required field. You can optionally add a due date, a time, a reminder, and notes, but none of that is necessary to quickly capture something on your list.

Due Dates & Times

Turn on “Due Date” to schedule a task; the time switches on at the current moment so you can fine-tune it or leave it as an all-day date. Tasks with a due date show it right on the list, and anything past due is clearly flagged as Overdue in red so nothing slips by unnoticed.

Reminders

Any task with a due date can have a reminder — from the specified time to a week ahead, in steps of minutes, hours, or days. Reminders are delivered as local notifications directly on your device, so they work instantly with no account, login, or internet connection required. Open a reminder when it arrives and TaskPlate goes straight to that task.

Checklists

Break a task into steps with a checklist. Use the + in the Checklist header to add a sub-item, and its box to tick it off. When a task has more than one item, the reorder icon lets you drag them into any order — both when creating a task and when editing one later. Use the trash icon to select and remove several items at once. The task’s row shows your progress at a glance — like “2 of 5” — so you can see how far along you are without opening it. Want completed steps to collect at the bottom automatically? Turn on Auto-Sink Completed Items in Settings — it’s off by default, and turning it on immediately tidies up every existing checklist, not just new ticks.

Notes

Every task has a free-form notes field for the extra detail that doesn’t belong in the title — a link, a list, a reminder to yourself. It’s there when you need it and invisible when you don’t.

Moving Tasks

Long-press (or open) a task to move it between To Do, In Progress, and Done at any time. Progress isn’t locked into a single direction — move a task back if you’re not ready, or straight to Done if you finish it early. However a task moves, it lands at the top of its new list, so you always see it right away. Switching to a different tab while a task is open automatically saves your changes and closes it, so you never have to remember to back out manually.

Pinning & Reordering

Pin your most important task to the top of To Do or In Progress so it’s always the first thing you see. A pin sticks when you move a task between To Do and In Progress, and clears automatically once a task reaches Done. Use Reorder from the toolbar to drag tasks into whatever order makes sense to you — TaskPlate doesn’t force a sort order on your priorities.

Search

A simple search bar filters the current list by task name or notes as you type, so finding one task among many never takes more than a few keystrokes.

Deleting Tasks

Swipe or use the contextual menu to delete a single task, or choose “Select to Delete” to remove several at once. Deleted tasks aren’t gone forever — they move to a Deleted Tasks archive (found in Settings) where they can be restored or removed for good.

Cleaning Up Automatically

If you’d rather not think about deleted tasks piling up, turn on Auto-Delete in Settings → Delete Configuration and pick a retention period — 7 days through 6 months, or a custom length. TaskPlate then quietly removes anything older each time the app opens. You can also choose Delete Permanently Now to clear the whole Deleted Tasks list at once.

App Lock

If your list holds anything sensitive, turn on “Lock TaskPlate” in Settings → Security. The app then locks on launch and whenever you switch away, and opens only with your device’s passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID. Turning App Lock on or off requires authenticating too, so it can’t be disabled behind your back. It’s off by default — flip one switch when you want the privacy.

Appearance

Choose Light, Dark, or System appearance, and pick an accent color — including a fully custom color — from Settings. It’s a small amount of personalization on top of an interface that otherwise stays out of your way.

App Configuration

In Settings → App Configuration, set which list — To Do, In Progress, or Done — opens first each time you launch the app, so TaskPlate starts exactly where your day does. The same section also holds Auto-Sink Completed Items, for checklists.

Simple by Design

TaskPlate intentionally leaves out projects, tags, collaborators, and syncing. Everything is stored privately on your device — there’s nothing to configure, nothing to learn, and nothing standing between you and your list. That’s the whole idea.

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