Cut the day into pieces.
A personal task list for iPhone and Mac
Cut the day
into pieces.The task app for building solo — three priorities, three sizes, no busywork.
Private by default. Lives in your iCloud, not our servers.
Try it in your browserFree · no download · syncs with your iCloud
Zoro works the way you do — list or board, your call. No account, no backend, nobody in the middle. Free forever with unlimited tasks and iCloud sync; Pro is $59.99 once — or from $2.99/mo — when you want the deeper weekly practice.
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PERSONAL
Today.
6 active
6 tasks·Thu, Jul 23·iCloud · synced
Todo
4
Wire CloudKit sync for projects
Landing v3P1L
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Empty-state copy for the Today view
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Pick three Lucide icons for the sidebar
BrandP3S
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Decide what 'archive' means for subtasks
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In Progress
2
Draft the Friday review
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Drax cross-column drag on iPad
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Done
3
Switch from rounded to sharp corners
BrandP3S
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Pick a name. Roronoa-approved.
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Two devices, same iCloud, in sync
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三 · The manifesto
We don't crush goals. We don't unleash productivity. We name three things for today, finish them, and tomorrow we name three more. The week takes care of itself.
Discipline, not hustle
The reward for cutting a task is silence and a strikethrough. No confetti.
One swordsman
Zoro is built for one person. No teams, no standups, no @-mentions.
Sharp by default
Sharp corners, hairline borders, a single brand color. Everything else gets in the way.
Three verbs
Three verbs do most of the work.
Zoro is built around three actions and almost nothing else. They show up in the UI, in the gestures, and in the way you'll plan a day once you stop thinking in tickets.
01
Cut.
Finish a task by cutting it. The card strikethroughs and slides to Done. No confetti, no streak counter, no nudge to share it.
Tap to cutin the app
02
Sharpen.
Review what's open. Drop what's stale. Resize what grew. The board doesn't ask you to do this — but it makes it obvious when it's time.
Drag, drop, resizein the app
03
Focus.
Pick a small number for today. A short active list is focus — anything more isn't focus, it's a list of things you're avoiding.
keep it smallin the app
How it works
A day, in three moves.
I.
Pick a desk.
Personal or Business. Two spaces, hardcoded, no setup screen. Your work life and your home life keep their own boards and never bleed into each other.
Two spaces
II.
Add a task. Size it.
Title, P1–P3 priority, and Small, Medium, or Large. If you can't size it, it isn't a task yet; it's two tasks pretending to be one.
P1·P2·P3
III.
Cut what's done.
Drag to Done, or tap the card. The row strikethroughs and slides. That's the daily loop — and your iPhone and your Mac stay in step through your own iCloud.
Local · iCloud sync
What's on the desk
Four sharp tools. Nothing else.
Every Zoro feature has to earn its place on the board. If it isn't visible from the list or the kanban, doesn't move a task, or doesn't help you finish one, it isn't in.
01 · Two spaces
Personal and Business. Two desks.
Your work board and your home board live in the same app and never see each other. No workspace creation, no permission tier, no settings page to wire it up — switch with one tap and the rest of the UI swaps with you.
Personal·Business·Tap to switch
02 · Sizes
Three sizes. S, M, L.
No points, no Fibonacci, no story-point theatre. If a task isn't a Small, a Medium, or a Large, it isn't ready — it's two tasks pretending to be one. Cut it apart first.
Sunder an hour·Ma sitting·La day or more
03 · The board
List or kanban. Same tasks.
Three columns by default — To do, In progress, Done. Drag between them; the order survives because the app uses fractional indexing under the hood. Pro adds custom statuses if three columns isn't enough.
StatusDrag, drop, reorder
04 · iCloud sync
Your tasks, your iCloud.
No account, no login screen, no server we run. Zoro syncs your iPhone and your Mac through your own iCloud — your tasks never touch a Zoro database, because there isn't one. If we ever shut the lights off, the app keeps working and your data stays exactly where it already is.
↻iPhone ⇄ iCloud ⇄ Macnobackend
Pricing
Three options. One app.
Zoro is a personal tool, not a SaaS platform — no per-seat math, no admin tier, no annual-only trap. Free is genuinely free. Pro is three options, one app: $59.99 once and you never see another invoice — or $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year while you decide.
Free.
Forever
$0/forever
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects to sort them into
- List view and kanban board
- iCloud sync — your iPhone and your Mac stay in step
- P1, P2, P3 priority and S, M, L sizing
- Dark and light mode Download free
- The weekly review insight engine — History & Trends
- Subtasks — one level deep, no nesting theatre
- Stats dashboard — completion rate, velocity, mix
- Custom statuses beyond the default three
Pro.
3 options, 1 app
$59.99onceyours forever
$19.99/yearyearly
$2.99/monthmonthly
Questions, sharpened
Things people ask before they download.
Is this just Linear for one person?+
No. Linear is built for teams sharing a roadmap. Zoro is built for one person trying to finish a day. There are no assignees, no @-mentions, no roles, no comments thread. The unit of work is the task — and a task is small enough to cut today.
What's actually free?+
Unlimited tasks, unlimited projects, iCloud sync across all your devices, the list and kanban board, P1/P2/P3 priority, S/M/L sizing, task aging, and a basic weekly review. No task caps, no timer, no trial. You only see a paywall for going deeper into the practice: the full weekly insight cards, History, Trends, the Stats tab, subtasks, and custom statuses.
What if I miss a day?+
Nothing happens. The cards stay where they are, the board doesn't lecture you, there's no streak to break. Come back tomorrow, cut what's done, drop what's stale, keep moving.
Why a board, not just a list?+
Because lists pretend everything is equal until you've finished it. A board makes In progress take up the same visual weight as To do, which is honest — the Large card you've been dodging for three days has nowhere to hide. Zoro gives you both views over the same tasks.
Will there be teams support?+
No. Zoro is single-player on purpose. If you need teams, every other tool in the productivity category is for you. We're staying in our lane.
Where is my data?+
On your device, and in your own iCloud — specifically, your CloudKit Private Database — so your iPhone and your Mac stay in step. There's no Zoro server, no Zoro account, no Zoro database. Apple does the syncing; we never see your tasks either way. If you stop using the app, your data leaves with you.
What happens to my tasks if Zoro shuts down?+
Nothing. The app keeps running on your device, and your tasks keep living where they already are — on the device, and in your own iCloud. There's no Zoro server to go dark, no account to lock you out, no database we could lose. The worst outcome of us closing up shop is that you stop getting updates — not that you lose a week of work.
Why iPhone and Mac only?+
Because we're one person too. CloudKit gives us sync for free if we stay inside Apple's house — and that's how we can charge $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year, or $59.99 once without a backend bill. Android and the web aren't on the v1 list.
Why the name?+
After Roronoa Zoro, the swordsman who fights with three blades and never picks up a fourth. The brand keeps the focus and the edge, drops everything else. The user is the swordsman; the app is the desk.