Changelog

Fixed a critical bug that would make all data disappear if iCloud Sync was turned off. Affected users should get their data back upon updating to this version if they didn’t uninstall/reinstall the app in the meantime.

New:

• New App Icon: The same Milestones app, but with a refreshed branding
• Search: instantly find any task, milestone, or project, with tap-to-jump that scrolls to and highlights the result (iPhone, iPad & Mac)
• Apple Watch app & complications: see what’s due and check off tasks right from your wrist
• Siri & Shortcuts: add and complete tasks hands-free with Siri, or build your own automations in the Shortcuts app
• Spotlight: your tasks, milestones, and projects now show up in system search and open straight to the right place

Improvements & Fixes:

• Fixed freezes and slowdowns when working with large projects - the app stays smooth no matter how much you track
• Faster task creation and smoother scrolling in Upcoming and your lists
• Fixed a bunch of missing or wrong translations
• Mac: added a back button to Manage Statuses
• Streamlined iOS Settings and moved project/milestone creation into the toolbar for a cleaner, more native feel
• Polished design throughout, including onboarding and refreshed styling on iOS 26
• Adjusted some UIs to conform to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines

New:

• Connect Claude and other AI agents to Milestones on Mac with the new built-in MCP server
• The task you’re editing is now highlighted so you never lose your place
• Mac & iPad now restore your last selected project and milestone on launch
• Refined composer design across the app

Improvements & Fixes:

• Fixed a CloudKit sync issue that could discard recent edits
• Fixed an app hang that could occur after large iCloud syncs (e.g. reopening the app after a long time)
• Fixed Mac task rows freezing (swipe-to-edit, tap-to-complete, and menus) when the composer held focus
• Fixed Mac File menu commands and shortcuts for New Project / New Milestone, plus per-tab selection isolation
• The paywall close button is now tappable immediately, with no countdown
• Quick-capturing in smart lists no longer dims the row you just added
• Improved layout proportions on iPad
• Stability and correctness fixes for milestone activation, reordering, and Pro entitlement handling (Pro status no longer drops on a temporary network glitch)

• Crash reports and analytics toggle: You can now completely disable crash reports or analytics during onboarding or in the settings
• Bugfix: Custom Project Icons can now be picked again on iPhone and iPad
• Minor performance improvements

• Completely new onboarding experience
• UX improvements on all platforms
• Performance improvements
• Bugfixes

• The task list can now also be displayed as a kanban board on all platforms
• Completely redesined task creation experience
• Tasks can now have dedicated priorities (tags aren’t needed for that anymore)
• You can now write due: to set a due date for the task that’s being created (e.g. due:2026-12-24 for December 24th, 2026)
• New Learning Hub to show you all the hidden features and gestures that Milestones offers
• CMD + T on macOS allows you to quickly capture tasks from anywhere in the app
• Bugfix: Duplicate projects/milestones/tasks due to iCloud Sync

• Bugfix: Fixed sorting of milestones and tasks

• Projects can now be archived
• Milestones can now be archived
• Archived projects and milestones are read-only
• On macOS and iPad, tasks can now be dragged and dropped over different milestones or the backlog to move them there
• Haptic feedback (Can be toggled from settings)
• Bugfix: Finished tasks in Inbox now appear in the Inbox as well

• iCloud Sync is now free
• Tagging tasks is now free

• Bugfix: The due date dialog on macOS was broken
• Bugfix: Fixed a possible crash on iOS
• Bugfix: Default milestone statuses were not applied
• Bugfix: Restore purchases on macOS should work now
• Bugfix: Missing translations were added
• Important performance and stability fixes
• Revamped onboarding for iOS and macOS

• “Today”-List: List of tasks across all projects that are either due today or overdue
• “Upcoming”-List: List of tasks across all projects that are due in the near future
• “Inbox”-List: List of tasks that aren’t assigned to any project
• All three lists also come with a quick capture feature that allows you to add tasks to these lists quickly.
• Project Settings: Each project now has a dedicated settings screen (accessible from the project’s milestone list). The first option lets you control how milestone progress is calculated — by default, in-progress tasks count for 50%, but you can switch to counting only completed tasks.
• Custom Milestone Statuses: Each project’s milestone statuses (Draft, Planning, In Progress, In Review, Released) can now be renamed, recolored, reordered, added to, or removed from the project settings. When deleting a status that’s still in use, you can reassign affected milestones to another status (or to no status).
• Recurring Tasks: Tasks can now repeat on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly schedule, with optional per-occurrence reminders and a configurable lead time. Recurrence can be set up directly from the task input bar while creating a task, or from the context menu of an existing task.
• Bugfix: You could set more than one milestone as active

• macOS version
• Due dates for tasks and reminder notifications
• Fix tags for non-Latin languages
• UI improvements across all platforms

• You can now use a custom icon for projects
• iCloud Sync support
• UI improvements for iOS 26+
• iPad support improvements
  • Fixed visual bugs and issues
  • Fixed UI when the app is running in split-screen mode
• Improved translations across almost all languages

• Improved UI for iOS 26+
• Fixed visual bugs: tips are now displayed correctly, and the onboarding now has the correct background
• Fixed a crash that affected around 5% of users (tapping on a task caused it)
• Smaller fixes and improvements

• Attempt to fix crashes in task lists
• Fixed a bug where adding a tag did not work on very rare occasions

• Fixed a bug where tapping on a project led to an empty milestones page

• Fixed task input for Chinese keyboards
• Fixed potential crashes in the backlog screen
• Fixed potential crashes when tapping on a milestone
• Fixed potential crashes when tapping on a task

• Fixed a potential crash when tapping on a task
• Fixed potential crashes after purchasing the pro version
• Fixed potential crashes when deleting a task
• Performance improvements, especially in the task list

• Fixed a bug where the description field would break after adding a task with a description
• Minor improvements and performance enhancements
• Improved translations

• Fixed a bug that prevented users from entering a milestone, going back, and entering the same milestone again
• New links to privacy policy and terms of use

• Bug fixes and improvements

• Revamped the UI for iPads, now using a three-column layout
• Slight UI improvements
• You can now move tasks to other milestones or the backlog by long-pressing on them
• Fixed the “New Milestone” button overlapping with the bottom milestone if you have a lot of milestones
• Small bug fixes and improvements