Where to find it
- Feed → Tasks tab: filtered list of all tasks.
- Entry detail screen: full controls for one task.
- Calendar: tasks appear on their due dates.
The Tasks tab opens on active tasks. Use Filters & options to switch between Active, Overdue, and Completed, filter by importance, or choose one of four clear orders:
- Newest first: when you recorded the task, newest to oldest.
- Oldest first: when you recorded the task, oldest to newest.
- Due soon first: upcoming deadline first; tasks without dates come last.
- Most important first: AI-estimated importance, with newer tasks first
when the estimate is tied.
The default is Newest first. The app never secretly mixes deadlines or importance into that order.
On Active tasks, Up next is a small collapsed shortcut showing how many tasks are due today or within seven days. Tap the row to see those tasks, then tap it again to fold them away. Upcoming tasks also stay in the normal list under Newest tasks, Oldest tasks, or Most important tasks, so a new recording never disappears into the shortcut. Choose Due soon first if you want the whole active list ordered by deadline; Up next then hides because it would repeat the same view.
Creating a task
Most tasks come from recordings, just say something like "I need to pay the electricity bill by Friday" and tellmint extracts the type, title, and due date automatically. You can also switch a thought to a task from the detail screen.
Setting a due date
- Open the entry, tap the due date field.
- Pick a date. The task will appear on the calendar and in the Tasks tab.
- Tap Remove to clear the date.
Recurrence
From the entry detail screen:
- None: one-off task.
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Yearly
- Custom: opens a recurrence builder. Examples of patterns it can handle: every other Monday, the first weekday of each month, every weekend, every third Saturday. You pick the frequency (daily/weekly/monthly/yearly), the interval (every N), and for weekly patterns which weekdays to include.
Recurring tasks have a repeat marker and a short readable schedule in the feed. The repeat marker is also included in the task's screen-reader label.
Completing a task
- Swipe right on the card, or tap the big check on the detail screen.
- For recurring tasks you get a choice:
- This one only: just today's instance.
- This and all future: deletes every future occurrence in the series.
Reminders
Tap Set reminder on the detail screen. You'll see:
- Cancel: no reminder.
- Standard: notifies you in the morning of the due date. No special permission needed.
- Exact: fires at a precise time you choose. On Android this needs the Schedule exact alarms permission. If you haven't granted it, tellmint will fall back to Standard and explain how to enable exact alarms in Settings.
Strength can be set separately (Low / Normal / High), affects vibration and banner prominence.
Snooze
When a reminder fires, the notification has a Snooze action. Snoozing clears the scheduled notification and pushes it to the time you chose. It works for standard reminders; exact reminders use the system's own snooze.
Good to know
- Active tasks exclude old overdue tasks. This keeps today's list readable. Use the Overdue filter when you want to clean up unfinished tasks from earlier days.
- Recurring tasks keep their real creation date. A series recorded in 2025
still belongs in 2025 under Newest/Oldest, while its current occurrence can appear in Up next or Due soon.
- Reminders are not created automatically. AI extracts the due date, but you decide whether to also get a notification. This is intentional, some tasks don't need a ping.
- Deleting a recurring task also asks "This one only" vs "All occurrences".
- Snooze timing survives a reboot: the scheduled time is stored, not just the alarm handle.
- Time zones: if you travel, reminders fire at the local time of your device when they're scheduled, not at the time zone where they were set.
- Task completion is instant in the UI and confirmed with the server in the background. If the server rejects the change (rare), you'll get a small error banner and the checkmark reverts.
Plan & limits
No plan gating. Unlimited tasks and reminders on every plan.
Related
- Recording a voice note
- Entry detail screen
- Notifications, where to tune all notification settings
- Calendar