To-do list app for students
See each deadline coming a week before it's due.
Give each assignment a deadline and a day to start it, see the next 14 days in one list, and study in 25-minute rounds.
30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.
- Installs from your browser
- iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows
- Buy groceries for the weekToday
- Write the cover letterToday
Six moments
Your term, from the first assignment to exam week
01When the assignment is set
Give it a deadline and a day to start.
The essay is due on the 15th, but you'll start next week. Give it both. The task shows "In 6 days" until it's due, so the date can't sneak up on you.
- A deadline apart from the start day
- A countdown on the task
- Group your list by deadline
Tue 29 Sep
- Book the vanDeadline Sat 3 OctIn 4 days
Wed 30 Sep
- Send back the reply slipDeadline Fri 2 OctIn 3 days
Sat 3 Oct
- Fill in the tax formDeadline Mon 5 OctIn 6 days
Mon 5 Oct
- Renew the passportDeadline Thu 29 OctIn 30 days
02The week ahead
See the week with two deadlines and a test.
Upcoming shows the next 14 days in one list, so a week with two deadlines and a test shows while you can still move things.
- 14 days in one list
- A dot on every busy day
- Move what won't fit
On today's list: 3 tasks
Today, Tue 29 Sep
- Buy groceries for the week
- Write the cover letter
- Bins out8pm
Tomorrow, Wed 30 Sep
- Call Jane
Thu 1 Oct
- Buy Mum's birthday present
- Dinner with Jane7:30pm
- Book the van
- Order the cake
- Ask Mei to sign the card
Fri 2 Oct
- Dentist3pm
- Weekly review5pm
Sat 3 Oct
- Haircut11am
- Pick up the dry cleaning
Sun 4 Oct
No tasks
Mon 5 Oct
- Redirect the post
Tue 6 Oct
- Bins out8pm
Wed 7 Oct
- Cancel the gym
Thu 8 Oct
- Parents' evening6pm
Fri 9 Oct
- Hand back the keys
Sat 10 Oct
No tasks
Sun 11 Oct
No tasks
Mon 12 Oct
- Sort out the tax return
03Every class
A project for each subject, with its steps.
Give History and Biology their own project and colour. Split the essay into research, outline, draft and references, and tick each one off.
- A project per class
- Steps with their own dates
- The task above counts what's done
Before
- Book the vanSat 3
- Redirect the postMon 5
- Pack the flat2/5Wed 7
- Kitchen
- Books
- Clothes
- Bathroom
- Living room
Moving day
- Hand back the keysFri 9
- Take the meter readingsFri 9
After
- Cancel the gymSat 10
- Change my address at the bankSun 11
04In the library
Study in 25-minute rounds.
Start the timer from the task you're on. Twenty-five minutes, then a five-minute break. Tap Done at the end and it's off the list.
- 15, 25 or 50 minutes
- A 5-minute break after each
- This week's study minutes
Working on: Write the cover letter
05In the lecture
Keep the notes next to the work they're for.
Type the notes, or record a voice note and your words are typed in. On a computer, add a photo of the whiteboard and its text goes into the note.
- Folders for each class
- Voice notes typed for you
- Text from a whiteboard photo
Walking home, Sep 27
Passport and the rail pass.
Plug adapters, two of them.
Taxi to the airport at 6am.
06Around classes and shifts
Fit study time between the things already booked.
Connect Google Calendar and your classes and shifts sit beside your tasks. Drag the essay into a free hour, or let Plan my day fill the gaps.
- Your Google events beside your tasks
- Drag a task into a free hour
- Plan my day fills the gaps
Today
Tomorrow
And the rest
And the small stuff, for term time
Goes well with
Put this week's deadlines in.
Start with the next one due, and give it a day to start.
30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.
Before you start
Questions
One that shows the deadline coming while there's still time to start. Look for a separate deadline and start day, a view of the weeks ahead, and somewhere for your notes. That's what Palby Planner is built around.
If it's in Google Calendar, connect it and your classes sit beside your tasks. Or put each class on the timetable as a block that repeats every week.
No. It plans the work: deadlines, study time, notes and reminders.
Plan your share of it in a project with its steps and dates. Share a note by link with your group, so everyone can read it or edit it.
Give the task a reminder, like a day before, and your phone tells you. The task itself counts down the days to its deadline.
Not yet. Palby Planner installs from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, and opens from its own icon like any other app.