Focus Matrix – Task Manager

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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4.6 1586 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5This app keeps my mom brain organized

   This app takes my insanely long to do list from overwhelming to organized and my overwhelmed exhausted heart couldn’t be more grateful 😆. It literally helps me relax knowing my top priority to dos are so easy to see amid the million other things . I can focus on those first yet still see all the others if I have extra time . I love the Eisenhower method and I love this app . I’ve tried two others and this one is the best for me. I did have to add a little extra step to my weekly routine though … to purposely do one or more of the important but not urgent things on the list even if I had to stay up a bit later at night because my important and urgent priorities take up most of my time and then things like schedule a mammogram ( important but not urgent due to no preset deadline) keep getting pushed aside . That’s not the apps fault of course . If anything the app helped me see how to squeeze in self care and why that kept getting pushed aside . 5 stars for helping a mom schedule the all important mammogram 😆

   christina2987 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5So Helpful

   I can’t believe an app like this was free to download and use. It has been a game changer in terms of belong me sort out my schedule. I used to see a long list of tasks and shut down, but this app helps me sort out the things that matter most. Now, I can see how important tasks are, and I can add tags to filter them out, depending on what I want to focus on. I just discovered that you can also add a due date to tasks, and have them automatically move over to the important and urgent” section of the chart. I also really appreciate that the ad free version (with syncing) is available as a one time purchase. I can support the developers, while also not having a charge every month. $15 for an app like this may sound like a lot, but that’s like paying $3 a month for 5 months, except you get to use it forever. The integration with “Be Focused” is also great. Overall, I’m glad I discovered a simple, yet powerful tool to aid my productivity.

   Dunder Muffin · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5Quick, Easy, Straightforward, and customizable- for free!

   I’ve told almost all of my friends about this app. My favorite feature: if you tap the three dots (…) on the bottom right, there’s the handy option “Export To PDF”. I have used this feature more times than I can remember. Sorted categories with each task, a checkbox, and the notes you added in the “details” or “description” (can’t remember which one 😹) makes this a very handy tool! If this doesn’t convince you, you can set notification reminders and specific due dates/times with a date to auto-bump the task to Urgent & Important. If it’s repeated activity, no problem! It’s got that too! Only noticed a few minor bugs, that I later tested after I downloaded update, and found they were fixed! 5/5. If you’re distracted and wanna turn your calendar and reminders into a single, efficient, fancy shmanchy app? This is the one. 🙏

   SoulPortalFrequencies · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5Franklin Covey Fans Rejoice

   If you used the paper-based Franklin Covey planning system you will love Focus Matrix. After years of using more complicated apps to follow the GTD system, I find Focus Matrix helps guide me in choosing fewer tasks with bigger payoffs. I find myself moving away from frenetically cramming in every task possible in a given time to instead doing a few tasks that will take me furthest for that day. The sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac works great. If you pair it with the same developer’s BeFocus pomodoro timer you can send your tasks into that app and be super productive with pomodoro sessions and still not be exhausted at the end of your day. I’m taking off one star because the app is limited by having no place for projects. Currently there is only an Inbox and each of the quadrants. There is no place to look at something at the project level and assign the tasks from there. If there were a “Projects” list (sort of how the Inbox is implemented) that could help.

   Lance, the AppAddict · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Five stars but...

   Would like to be able to set to delete completed tasks immediately or in a few hours. As of now when I review tasks in the evening and mark them completed, they are still taking up screen space all the next day unless I go back in and manually delete them. Many great features and functionality, though. Just make it easier to clear the screen of completed tasks. At least move completed tasks to the bottom of the list so focus is on what is left. Also, changing to a strike though font on completed tasks would be nice. Let’s do that...strike through and move completed tasks to the bottom of the screen and have them disappear into an archive after a few hours or in the wee hours of the morning.

   bruntj · 31 Jul 2026

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