Private beta

Flume

The GTD app that runs itself.

Capture anywhere. Flume plans your day, clears your inbox, and runs your weekly review. You just approve.

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Finally, a task manager that runs itself.

OmniFocus is powerful, but it's all on you. The new AI apps talk a good game, with no real engine underneath. Things is calm, but it won't move your work forward. Flume brings it together. A rigorous engine. A capable copilot. Every way to capture. So the app can run the method for you. You just approve.

OmniFocus

Powerful. All on you.

AI to-do apps

Talk. No engine.

Things

Calm. No power.

Flume is all three. The engine, the copilot, and every way to capture.

The name

A channel for everything on your mind.

A flume is a channel built to carry water. Swift, steady, always moving toward where it's meant to go. Flume does the same for your work. Thoughts flow in, find their place, and keep moving. Nothing pools. Nothing stalls.

What makes Flume different.

The Ritual Engine

Three guided flows that do the practice of GTD for you. Not summaries. Decisions, one tap each. And it all works even without an AI key.

▸Morning Brief. A plan for your day, as simple accept, defer, or skip cards.
▸Evening Shutdown. See what slipped. Set up tomorrow.
▸Weekly Review. Flume reads every project first and flags what's stalled or missing.

Pilot

A copilot built into the app. It reads from the engine, and it never changes a thing without your tap. Want the wheel? Bring your own AI key.

▸Capture in plain language. Split a big brain dump into real tasks.
▸Triage your inbox, catch duplicates, learn your estimates.
▸Plan your day as cards you approve. Never a silent change.

Email, made for doing

A full email client built for getting things done. Turn a full inbox into next actions with the keyboard. Then keep an eye on what you're waiting for.

▸IMAP, Gmail, and Outlook. Compose, reply, send, drafts, signatures.
▸Keyboard triage on Mac. Inbox to action in one pass.
▸A Waiting for Reply view that tracks your open loops.

Make it yours.

Eight app icons across the spectrum. Pick the one that fits your home screen. Change it whenever the mood does.

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Amber
Citrine
Emerald
Turquoise
Amethyst
Rose
Ruby

Everything a serious task manager should do.

It's all here. The foundation everything else is built on. Nothing the copilot does would work without it.

Structure

·Inbox, Folders, Projects (sequential / parallel / single-action)
·Nested action groups
·Hierarchical multi-tags with on-hold / dropped / location

Time

·Three date types: defer, planned, due
·Three repeat modes (fixed / after-completion)
·Estimated durations, Forecast with calendar events

Practice

·Rule-based Custom Perspectives
·Per-project Review intervals
·Flags, notes, attachments, batch edit, search

System

·Notifications, Quick Entry, App Intents (Siri / Shortcuts)
·Widgets, Watch app + complications
·Importers for Things, Todoist, Apple Reminders

How Flume compares.

Every serious app does some of this. We couldn't find one that does all of it.

Feature	Flume	OmniFocus	Things	Todoist	TickTick	Reminders	Motion	Sunsama
The GTD engine
Sequential & parallel projects	✓	✓
Nested action groups	✓	✓	◐	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hierarchical tags	✓	✓	✓	◐	◐
Separate defer & due dates	✓	✓	✓	◐	✓		◐	◐
Rule-based custom perspectives	✓	✓		✓	◐	◐
Formal project review	✓	✓						◐
Batch editing	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	◐	✓	✓
Apple platform & capture
Native iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch	✓	✓	✓	◐	◐	✓
Widgets & Live Activities	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Siri & Shortcuts	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Windows & Android				✓	✓		✓	✓
Web app		◐		✓	✓	◐	✓	✓
Intelligence
Write-capable AI copilot	✓			◐			✓	◐
Natural-language capture	✓	◐	◐	✓	✓	◐	✓	◐
AI plans your day	✓						✓	◐
Auto-schedules onto your calendar	◐						✓	✓
Bring your own AI key	✓
Every AI action gated by approval	✓			◐				◐
The rituals
Guided morning planning	✓						◐	✓
Evening shutdown	✓							✓
Guided weekly review	✓	◐						✓
Mail
Built-in email triage	✓							◐
Email to task	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	◐	◐	✓
Data & trust
Syncs on your own iCloud	✓					✓
End-to-end private	✓	✓	◐			◐
Daily local backups & undo audit	✓	◐	◐	◐	◐
Two-way calendar sync	✓	◐	◐	✓	✓	◐	✓	✓
Pricing
Free tier	✓			✓	✓	✓
One-time purchase option		✓	✓			✓
No subscription for the core	✓	✓	✓	◐	◐	✓

✓ Full◐ Partial None

Compared against each app's standard offering as of 2026. Things change, so check current details.

Trust isn't a feature. It's the whole point.

Your data is yours

Everything syncs through your own iCloud. There's no server holding your tasks. Nothing to breach. Nothing to sell.

Nothing happens without a tap

Every suggestion waits for your yes. The copilot reads from the engine, and it never writes on its own.

Fast, and honest about it

A one-second launch, every time. Full undo history, clear sync, and a local backup made every day.

Free to start. Smarter when you want it.

Engine

Free

Everything you need, forever.

✓Every way to capture, every project, tag, and perspective
✓Forecast, Review, custom perspectives, batch edit
✓iCloud sync across all your Apple devices

Pilot

Subscription

The copilot and the rituals.

✓Pilot: capture, triage, and plan your day
✓The rituals: Morning Brief, Evening Shutdown, Weekly Review
✓Bring your own AI key, if you like

For you and a trusted few, over iCloud sharing. No accounts. No servers. No team plan, for now.

Let Flume run your system.

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