What's new

FloatTask updates itself, so you'll usually have these already. Here's what changed, newest first.

Oct 21, 2026Version 0.4.7

  • Sign in with your email. Choose Email me a code, type the 6-digit code we send you, and you're in. Google sign-in works as before, and you can still connect a Google calendar.
  • The widget can show the time you gave a task today, which starts at 0:00 each morning, or its total. Pick one in Settings, under Widget. Today's time is the new default; the other figure sits under the goal.
  • Open a task in the app to see its time spent: today, this week, in total, and day by day for the last two weeks.
  • Task and meeting names in the widget wrap onto up to three lines instead of being cut off. Hover one to see all of it.
  • Drag the open widget by its top, or any empty space, to move it.
  • The collapsed circle's shadow is round, with no square corner behind it.

Oct 20, 2026Version 0.4.6

  • The time in the widget's ring has room to breathe. It sits in the middle, a little bigger than before, and no longer runs into the ring once you pass an hour.

Oct 20, 2026Version 0.4.5

  • Notes on My Day now sit in a small card under your list, so they don't push the day off the screen.
  • Wrap up day moved to the top, next to Edit day.

Oct 20, 2026Version 0.4.4

  • My Day is simpler. One card holds the task you're on; everything else for today is a plain list. Hover a task and click Start this to switch.
  • Finished tasks fold away into a single “N done” line.
  • There's one done button now, unless the task still has steps left.
  • Notes on Overview is a ruled page with room to actually write.
  • The timer pill on the collapsed ring no longer gets cut off once you pass an hour.

Oct 20, 2026Version 0.4.3

  • The Mac app is signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other app. No more trip to Privacy & Security.
  • Connecting Google Calendar asks for less: read-only access to events on calendars you own, nothing else. If you connected before, you'll be asked once more.

Oct 20, 2026Version 0.4.0

  • The app opens on My Day.
  • Reflections arrived under Insights: one for each month, one at mid-year and one at the end of the year.
  • Timers stop counting while your computer is asleep.
  • Assist asks you to click before it deletes anything.
  • Your sign-in is encrypted on your computer, and Settings has an Export data button.
  • Plan & billing has its own place in Settings, and says exactly what a plan change costs.

Oct 16, 2026Version 0.3.0

  • A new Overview page with everything that isn't today's work.
  • Pick Work, School, Personal or any mix. School adds a Classes page with your timetable and homework by due date.
  • A fourth painted scene: Science, with lab notes and star charts.
  • The FloatTask mark replaces the old sun icon.

Oct 8, 2026Version 0.2.0

  • Assist is built in. Sign in with Google and it works, with no API key to set up.
  • FloatTask Pro, with a 7-day free trial.
  • floattask.com went up.

Oct 6, 2026Version 0.1

  • The first builds, for a few friends: a widget in the corner, a timer on every task, and your Google Calendar meetings beside them.

Every build is on the releases page.