A calm to-do app for work and life. Through picks what to do next, helps you get started, and makes it easy to move things when the day changes. Add tasks by typing, talking, or snapping a photo of your paper list.
Install it on iPhone, Android, Mac or PC straight from your browser, no app store needed. Everything syncs. See the 2-minute setup guide.
The fastest way in
Most to-do lists fail at the very first step: writing things down. With Through you can just say it out loud, or snap the list you already wrote on paper.
Tap the mic and say it like you’d say it to a friend. “Gym at 7am, call mom tomorrow evening and pay rent every month” becomes three tasks, each with the right day and time.
Write your list on paper like you always have. Take a photo, and every line becomes a task: a star means important, an arrow means tomorrow, a tick means done.
Work tools want you to manage projects. Simple lists let everything pile up until you stop opening them. Through sits in between: enough structure to plan a real day, light enough for groceries and films, and kind when the day doesn’t go to plan.
Hi, I’m Divyanshu. I design things for a living, and for years my to-do lists went the same way: they grew, I felt behind, and I quietly stopped opening them.
I didn’t want another project tool, and I didn’t want a list that turns into a guilt pile. I wanted something that would tell me what to do next, help me actually start, and let me move things to tomorrow without feeling bad about it. So I built it, for myself first.
Everything below is something I needed. If you need something that isn’t here, write to me at [email protected]. I read every message.
Divyanshu, maker of Through
Through doesn’t just store your tasks. It helps you get through them, one at a time.
No scanning a long list wondering where to start. Through looks at what’s due, what matters and how much time you have, then shows one task with the reason why.
Pick what matters and Through lays it out with real start times, around your meetings, with short breaks in between.
Tap the mic and say it the way you’d say it to a friend: “gym at 5, call mom tomorrow evening, pay rent every month”. Through splits it up, finds the days and times, and lets you check before anything is added.
Focus mode shows one task, a timer and nothing else. Big task? Start with five minutes. Starting is usually the hard part.
Ticking something off should feel like something. You get a small celebration, a buddy who’s happy for you, and a streak that counts any day you finish at least one task.
Tabs keep work, home, the gym and the films you want to watch apart, without juggling three apps.
Every morning, Through shows what’s left from yesterday and asks you to pick your top three. Every evening, it shows what you finished and moves the rest to tomorrow in one tap.
Coins, levels, badges and a buddy you can dress up. They’re there to make showing up a little more fun, and one switch in Settings turns them off for a plain task list.
Your week at a glance: what you finished, how long you focused, and where your time went.
Type “dentist friday 3pm #personal” and it lands in the right tab, on the right day, at the right time.
Through picks out the tab, priority, date, time, estimate and how often it repeats.
See a tab by status, by day or as a list, and drag tasks between columns.
Books to read, places to visit, things you might do one day. Park them in Someday so they stop cluttering today.
Alerts arrive on your phone and computer, even when the app is closed.
Love pen and paper? Snap the page and every line becomes a task, ticks and arrows included. Print a Through page.
Capture first, decide later. Through suggests a day and a tab for each one, or sort them one by one.
Share a tab with a code. Everyone sees the same list, and you can see who did what.
Count up, track a percentage, or link a tab. Through tells you if you’re on track.
Every day, weekdays, chosen days or monthly. The next one appears when you finish.
On Android, share text or photos from any app and they become tasks.
Estimates adjust to how long things really take you.
Pick your accent colour, light or dark mode, or a quieter look.
Streaks and coins sit quietly at the side, or switch them off.
Sign in with Google or email. Edit on your phone and laptop at the same time; both changes are kept.
Add it to your Home Screen or Dock. It opens full screen and works offline.
No ads, nothing sold. Export a backup any time, or delete your account in Settings.
Thirteen of them, one for every kind of tab. They blink, follow you with their eyes, and get grumpy when things are overdue. Go on, tap one.
The maker
I'm a brand and motion designer. My days are spent on motion graphics, campaigns, presentations and the little tools that make design teams faster.
The problem was, I kept writing lists and not following them. Work tools like Asana felt far too heavy for "watch this movie" or "go to the gym", and simple list apps turned into backlogs I stopped opening.
So I designed the app I wanted: one place for work and life, honest about how much fits in a day, and built so that finishing a task feels as good as a well-timed animation. That's Through. I hope it helps you finish what you start.
Divyanshu
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