A project per client
Each client engagement is a project. Standard milestones — Kickoff, Concepts, Revisions, Handoff, Invoice — repeat across clients so every gig has the same backbone.
For freelance designers
One client per project. One milestone per phase. No agency tools.
Milestones gives freelance designers a clean way to track every client engagement — kickoff, concepts, revisions, handoff, invoice — without a 12-seat agency PM tool that bills by the user.
Download on the App Store Free · Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
What's not working today
- Asana and ClickUp price for agencies, not for one designer with eight clients.
- Notion ends up with a doc per client and no shared structure.
- You forget which client is in revision round 2 vs. handoff.
- Invoices ship late because 'final approval' lives in someone's Slack.
- Switching tools every time a client uses a different system is exhausting.
How Milestones fixes that
For freelance designers
One active milestone tells you what's next
No more wondering whether you owe Client A concepts or Client B revisions. The active-milestone view across all projects is your daily plan.
Tag by client type, scope, status
Tag projects with `branding`, `web`, `retainer`, or by client. Pull up every retainer client in one tap — perfect for monthly billing day.
Private — no client logins
Your iCloud, your business. Clients never get a login or a board. You communicate with them however you already do (email, Slack, Figma comments) and run your own ops here.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Should clients see this?
No, and that's the point. Milestones is for your side of the work — scheduling, what's owed, what's billed. Clients keep getting Figma links and emails. You get a clear plan.
Can I template a 'standard client engagement'?
Not as one-click templates yet, but the four standard milestones (Kickoff, Concepts, Revisions, Handoff) take 30 seconds to set up. Most freelancers spin up a project the moment a contract is signed.
Does it integrate with Figma / Linear / invoicing?
No integrations by design — Milestones stays focused on planning. Most freelancers run Figma + their invoicing tool of choice + Milestones for the schedule, and that's the whole stack.
How does it handle retainers?
Retainer clients get a project with one milestone per month. Tasks are the deliverables for that month. Tag the project `retainer` so monthly billing day takes 5 minutes.
What if I have 20 clients?
Sidebar handles it; tags handle it; the active-milestone view collapses 20 projects into the 3-5 things that actually need attention today. That's the whole point.
Is there a Pro plan?
Free for personal use. An optional Pro upgrade unlocks the project archive (great for past clients you want to keep around) and custom icons.
How does Milestones compare?
Side-by-side with the apps you might already be using.
Milestones vs
Notion
A focused native Apple project planner vs the everything-app document and database tool. They aim at very different problems — here's how to choose.
Milestones vs
Todoist
A native Apple project planner vs the most-used cross-platform to-do app. They overlap on tasks but diverge on structure, privacy, and where they live.
Milestones vs
Trello
A native Apple project planner with milestones and tasks vs a cross-platform Kanban board. They solve different problems — here's the honest breakdown.
Stop running your studio out of email.
Free to download. Built native for Apple silicon. Private iCloud — no client portal, no agency overhead, just a plan.
Download on the App StoreFree · No account required · Private iCloud sync