Decide less
Now, Next, Inbox and Later are separate states, not one endless list. Everything doesn’t become equally urgent, and the next thing is already chosen.
Windows desktop app · v0.1.21 available
Stop managing your task list.
Know what to do next.
PrioNudge combines task priorities, realistic time estimates, and built-in activity tracking to eliminate the friction of deciding what deserves your attention. Local-first, keyboard-driven, and built for Windows.
Design Philosophy
Most task lists ask you to be disciplined.
PrioNudge asks less of you.
The work isn’t organizing tasks. The work is doing them. PrioNudge is built to keep the deciding small so you can stay in flow.
Work with time, not just checkboxes
Duration estimates, focus sessions, and built-in activity tracking make your real workload visible before burnout sets in.
Stay out of the tool
Quick Capture, global keyboard shortcuts, and system tray controls keep capturing and finishing work from interrupting the work itself.
One app · One workflow
The parts you’ll actually use.
One connected workflow from deciding what deserves attention to seeing where your time actually went.
Stage 01 · Dead-Time Optimizer
Optimize a spare window into an executable plan.
Tell PrioNudge how much time you have, where you are, and how much energy you’ve got. It ranks what fits and builds a single plan you can start immediately.
- Matches tasks to available time, location (Home, Work, Outside) and energy
- Ranks a single next step instead of leaving you staring at a long list
- Directly turns “I have twenty-five minutes” into completed momentum
Stage 02 · Quick Capture
Type it once. PrioNudge parses the rest.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Space from anywhere on Windows. Natural dates, durations, priorities, recurrence, and target sections are extracted in milliseconds so you can get right back to work.
- Global Ctrl+Alt+Space capture accessible across any Windows app
- Natural date, priority, and duration parsing (e.g. “Friday 30m !high !now”)
- Understands recurring cadences like “every Monday” or “every month”
Stage 03 · Focus mode
One task. One timer. Zero distractions.
Pick a duration preset, start the timer, and let everything else fade away. Focus mode keeps the active task in front of you with ambient soundscapes to mask environmental noise.
- 15, 25, 45, or 60 minute presets plus custom targets
- Pause, resume, and complete tasks directly from the timer interface
- Built-in ambient soundscapes (Gentle Rain, Ocean Waves, Pink and Brown Noise)
Stage 04 · Activity Tracker · v0.1.21
Tasks tell you what you planned.
Tracker shows where your time actually went.
Close the loop between planning and reality: task estimate → focus session → tracked actual time. Start one-click stopwatches for saved activities, record sessions as you work, and unlock Personal Estimation Accuracy Insights.
- Personal Estimation Accuracy Insights: Compares baseline estimates against real timer sessions to reveal whether you tend to underestimate, overestimate, or stay on target
- Baseline Estimate Protection: Locks your initial estimate when work begins, keeping historical accuracy insights trustworthy
- Daily target goals with target-met indicators and rolling 7-day velocity sparklines
- Configurable day rollover so late-night sessions count toward the previous day’s goals
Stage 05 · Project Intelligence · v0.1.21
Assign activities to projects.
See automatic rollups across tasks and time.
Project Intelligence unifies your task backlog with your tracked time. Assign activities to projects to see aggregate hours, open commitments, and smart activity suggestions. When your schedule gets packed, Balance Today provides clear decision guidance to reshape your workload calmly.
- Automatic Project Rollups: Tracked today, 7-day total, open tasks, and remaining time calculated automatically
- Smart Project Activity Suggestions: Prompts the most relevant activity when working on project-linked tasks
- Balance Today: Proposes today-only adjustments without disrupting your permanent target schedules
- Skip Today: Pause any activity target for the rest of the day without changing your permanent schedule
Stage 06 · Recurring tasks
Set it once. It comes back when it should.
Daily routines, weekdays, weekly work, and monthly tasks recreate themselves automatically as each occurrence is completed, while completed occurrences remain permanently preserved in your history.
- Daily, weekdays, weekly, and monthly cadence options
- Captures naturally with phrases like “every Monday” or “every month”
- Completing an occurrence creates the next one on schedule while keeping past records in history
Recurrence schedule
Next occurrence on completion
Daily
Weekdays
Weekly
Monthly
History
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Built for Windows · Local-First Foundation
A dedicated desktop app,
not another browser tab.
PrioNudge installs directly on Windows as a dedicated desktop app with native window controls, tray prewarming, and local-first storage. Your productivity data stays on your PC — no accounts required, no telemetry, and zero cloud task syncing.
Local-first SQLite storage
Your tasks, notes, and tracker sessions stay on your machine in an ACID SQLite database with WAL durability. Your productivity data is never synced to the cloud or analyzed. The app uses the network only for signature-verified update checks and license validation.
Signature-verified updates
New releases download and install safely only after the update payload passes cryptographic signature verification (Tauri minisign).
Keyboard-first ergonomics
Ctrl+K for command palette, Ctrl+Alt+Space for global capture, J/K navigation, and 1/2/3 to move between Now, Next, and Later.
Windows native architecture
Custom dark titlebar with native window controls, system tray integration with instant prewarmed tray mini-window, and global shortcuts built specifically for Windows 10 & 11.
Native timed reminders
Timed tasks deliver native Windows desktop notifications even when PrioNudge is minimized or running quietly in the tray.
English & Romanian UI
Full bilingual support across the entire interface. Switch smoothly between English and Română in Preferences.
Founder Early Access
€14.99 one-time
Handled securely by Creem as Merchant of Record. Major cards, Apple Pay & Google Pay.
PrioNudge Founder Early Access is available as a one-time purchase — a perpetual license for the purchased software version, up to three Windows device activations, and no subscription.
Every download includes a full 14-day local trial with no account required so you can evaluate the complete app before or after purchasing.
Perpetual license
Up to 3 activations
14-day trial included
No subscription
Windows 10 & 11
Local-first privacy
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about PrioNudge.
How does the 14-day free trial work?
Every download includes a full 14-day local trial with all features enabled (tasks, tracker, optimizer, soundscapes). The trial begins automatically when you first launch PrioNudge on your Windows PC. No account registration, email signup, or credit card is required.
What does the perpetual license include?
The Founder Early Access license is a one-time purchase of €14.99 with no recurring fees. It provides a perpetual entitlement to use the purchased version of PrioNudge indefinitely on up to three of your personal Windows devices. It does not carry an unsupported promise of lifetime major future updates.
Does PrioNudge work completely offline?
Yes. All tasks, priorities, notes, and activity tracking history are stored locally in an on-disk SQLite database on your device. PrioNudge never sends your productivity data to the cloud. The network is used only for license activation/validation and signature-verified update checks.
How do device activations and transfers work?
A single license key can be simultaneously active on up to three Windows machines. If you get a new computer or reinstall your operating system, you can deactivate a machine directly inside PrioNudge (Settings → License) to free up an activation seat.
What are the system requirements?
PrioNudge is built for 64-bit Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11. It installs as a lightweight, performant desktop executable with native system tray and keyboard integration.
Spend less time deciding.
Start with PrioNudge.
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