Finalist
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Finalist, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Finalist's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Finalist Monthly | — | — |
| Finalist Pro Monthly | — | — |
| Finalist Yearly | — | — |
| Finalist Pro Yearly | — | — |
| Finalist Lifetime | — | — |
| Finalist Pro Lifetime | — | — |
| Annual subscription | $29.99 a year | covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch · $29.99 USD a year after six months free |
| Lifetime license | $59.99, paid once | covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch · $59.99 |
The facts
Each one read from Finalist's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Apple Watch
- The Apple Watch app shows the day’s events, tasks, reminders, and habits, and requires watchOS 26 for the described complications and capture options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile platforms
- ioschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Platform scope
- The About page describes native apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro.checked 12 Oct 2026
What it does
- Calendar and Reminders
- Apple Calendar events and Apple Reminders appear in Finalist and remain available in their respective Apple apps.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Calendar sync
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Capture
- Finalist can extract dated tasks from handwritten lists or screenshots using Apple on-device models, according to its site.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Daily view
- Its Daily page brings events, tasks, reminders, habits, weather, and journal entries together.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Design limits
- Finalist is organized around days and says it has no project hierarchies, inboxes, or overdue guilt lists.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Finalist lists integrations with Calendar, Reminders, HealthKit, Shortcuts, Siri, and widgets.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notes
- Notes supports notebooks, an inbox, tags, search, and Markdown folders including Obsidian vaults and iCloud Drive folders.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says Finalist has no server containing users’ data; its privacy policy lists diagnostics and in-app purchase history as collected data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Finalist combines tasks, calendar, notes, habits, and a journal in a daily planner.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recurring tasks
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says the owner takes appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and community
- The maker says a Discord community of more than 700 people tests features, suggests ideas, and shapes the app.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sync and account
- No account is required; tasks, habits, lists, notes, and journal entries live in the user's iCloud and sync across Apple devices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Timeline
- The Timeline lets users pencil in tentative task times and accept them to write those times into tasks.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- British Columbia, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Finalist is built by Slaven, an indie developer in Vancouver, British Columbia, and launched in 2023.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Planning method
- time blockingchecked 22 Sep 2026
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