Native macOS & iPhone · lives in your menu bar and your pocket

Your NOW,
always on top.

A menu-bar task stack for fast heads. Push what matters on, knock it off one-by-one — keep a fresh mind and stay focused on your single NOW, with everything else waiting underneath.

Download on theMac App Store ☁ Sign in & sync

Open from anywhere with ⌃⌥⌘N · macOS 14+ · syncs to iPhone & web

NowStack showing the current NOW task on top of the stack

Your NOW, always on top — one keystroke away.

Why a stack

A to-do list rewards collecting. A stack rewards finishing.

No priorities to fiddle with, no endless backlog guilt. Last in, first out — exactly how your attention actually works.

Top task at a glance

Your current task shows right in the menu bar. Glance up, remember what you're doing.

Push in a second

New thing landed? Push it on top — it instantly becomes your NOW, the rest waits.

Knock them off

Finish the current one, or any task. Bump anything back to the top when plans change.

Global hotkey

⌃⌥⌘N opens it from any app — no Accessibility permission required.

Tag & group

Add #tags as you type, or edit them per task. Flip a switch to group the stack by tag.

Connects to Apple Reminders

Push your whole stack into a Reminders list, or set a timed reminder — +5m to +4h — that fires with an alert.

Export to Calendar

Give a task a start and end and drop it straight into Apple Calendar. Back the stack up as JSON too, anytime.

Focus timer

Time-box a task — 5 to 60 minutes — watch the live countdown, and get a nudge when it's up. A fresh mind, one thing at a time.

Cloud sync & login

Sign in with email + password or a magic link and your stack follows you across Mac, iPhone and the web.

See it in action

From a cluttered head to a single NOW.

The same stack, native on macOS and iPhone — capture it, focus it, schedule it, reorder it.

NowStack popover hanging from the macOS menu bar
Menu bar · right where you already look

How it works

Three moves. That's the whole app.

No projects, no tags, no setup. Open it, push, done.

Push

Type a task and hit return. It goes on top of the stack and becomes your focus.

Focus

The newest task is your NOW. The menu-bar icon keeps it in front of you all day.

Finish

Check it off. The next task surfaces automatically. Repeat until the stack is empty.

Now on iPhone

Your stack, in your pocket.

The same NOW-on-top focus, native on iOS. Capture a task on the go, get a nudge when it's time, and watch it sync straight to your Mac.

Native iPhone & iPad app

Fast and dark, built natively. Push tasks, lock onto your NOW, knock them off — anywhere.

Timed reminders

Set a reminder in a tap — +5m to +4h — and get notified. Send tasks to Apple Reminders & Calendar too.

Syncs with your Mac

Sign in once and your stack stays live across iPhone, Mac and the web.

App Store iPhone (coming soon)

Get it

Clear your head. Keep one thing on top.

Free, native, and lightweight — on Mac and iPhone. Grab it from the App Store.

Mac App Store App Store iPhone (coming soon)