Principal Task

Most task apps were built for simplicity. That’s fine until your work isn’t simple — until you’re managing multiple domains simultaneously, carrying a mix of short-term deadlines and long-horizon projects, and the gap between what you’re capturing and what you’re actually finishing starts to feel like a problem you can’t name. Principal Task was built for that gap. It’s a GTD-native task manager for iOS, Android, and web — designed for knowledge workers who need a system that can hold the full complexity of their work without demanding constant maintenance to keep it coherent. The organizing layer is flexible but structured: folders separate domains, contexts let you filter by where or how you work, and a fixed set of statuses (next, active, waiting, someday, and more) give every task a meaningful state without requiring you to invent your own taxonomy. The only required field on a task is the title — everything else is added when it’s useful. Subtasks are unlimited and nested. Recurring tasks are supported. Quick capture is fast — designed for the moments when you need to get something out of your head and organized later. The standout feature is Task Velocity: a 30-day rolling ratio of tasks completed versus tasks created, displayed as a multiplier. At 0.8x, you’re falling behind. At 1.3x, you’re clearing more than you’re adding. It’s not a streak, a score, or a gamified reward — it’s a honest signal about whether your system is working. Free users see their current score; premium users get the full filterable history. Principal Task also ships with an MCP server, making it possible to connect your task data directly to AI tools and agents in your workflow. It’s the first step toward a task system that can participate in how you think — not just store what you need to do. Freemium. Free tier covers core task management. Premium is ~$3/month or ~$24/year and unlocks Task Velocity history, Kanban, and additional features. What users can expect: • A system that holds complex, multi-domain work without collapsing into clutter • Honest visibility into whether their workload is under control • Fast capture with zero friction — title is all that’s required • Filtering by folder, context, status, priority, due date, or time frame • Native iOS and Android apps with full feature parity • MCP integration for AI-connected workflows Principal Task is for people who take their work seriously enough to build a real system around it — and who want that system to cost less energy than it returns.