A project per course
Each course gets its own project; milestones are the term paper, midterm, final. Tasks are weekly readings, problem sets, lab reports. The active milestone is whichever exam or paper is closest.
For students
Every course, every deadline, one clean view.
Milestones gives students a calm planner for the semester: a project per course, milestones for exams and term papers, tasks for the readings. Works on iPhone in line, iPad in the lecture hall, Mac at the desk.
Download on the App Store Free · Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
What's not working today
- Notion templates take longer to set up than the actual coursework.
- Reminders is great for groceries, useless for a 14-week term paper.
- Five different syllabi PDFs, zero overview of what's due when.
- You missed a deadline because it lived in a Moodle email three weeks ago.
- Free student plans expire mid-semester and lock you out of your own notes.
How Milestones fixes that
For students
Today view across all courses
See everything due across every course in one list, sorted by date. Far better than five Notion pages or a planner that only knows one course at a time.
Works in the lecture hall
Local-first. No Wi-Fi in the basement seminar room? No problem. Capture todos on iPad during class, sync the moment you're back on coffee-shop Wi-Fi.
Yours forever — no student plan to expire
Free for everything you need. Optional Pro upgrade. No annual subscription that quietly locks your old semester out.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is there a discount for students?
The free tier is enough for most students — every course, every deadline, every task. No nag screens. The optional Pro upgrade is a one-time purchase you keep forever, not a recurring subscription.
Can I use it for a thesis?
Yes — many students do. Make a 'Thesis' project with milestones for proposal, lit review, methodology, drafts, defense. Each chapter or experiment becomes a task. Sturdy enough for a year-long project.
Does it sync with Google Calendar / Outlook?
No — by design. Milestones is a planner, not a calendar replacement. Most students keep lectures and meetings in their school calendar and use Milestones for the actual coursework.
What happens at the end of the semester?
Move the course project to the archive when grades are in. The Pro archive is great for keeping past coursework — useful when you write a recommendation request or apply to grad school.
Will it work on my old iPad?
Runs on any iPad / iPhone on iOS 17+, and any Mac on macOS Sonoma+. Native SwiftUI, so it stays smooth on older hardware.
Privacy?
Your iCloud, your data. No school account, no analytics on your coursework, no shared workspaces.
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
Apple Reminders
Reminders is the free list app that ships with every Apple device. Milestones is a native planner built around Project → Milestone → Task. Same ecosystem, very different shape.
Make this semester less chaotic.
Free to download. Works offline in lectures. Private iCloud. No student plan that expires when finals start.
Download on the App StoreFree · No account required · Private iCloud sync