What’s new in The Hit List

The Hit List for iPhone & iPad 2.5

iPad support

Manage your tasks effectively from the iPad of your choice (iPad 2 and newer), including the iPad Pro. With multitasking support.

Apple Watch support

See the status of today's tasks from the convenience of your wrist with The Hit List for Apple Watch, included in the iPhone app.

Today Extension

Swipe down from the top of the screen to see the Today widget for The Hit List in Notification Center. The widget is live updating and it gives you a quick overview of what's on your plate today.

Sharing

Conveniently take text and URLs in other apps, and use them to create new tasks in The Hit List. See it in action on our blog. On your iPad, share lists with friends and colleagues by email. Also available: URL Scheme for creating tasks.

iPhone-Optimized Shortcuts

Manage those tasks quickly with shortcuts! Swipe right in a list to schedule a task. Swipe left to move, cancel, or delete. Flick between viewing lists and tags. On iPhone 6s, press the Hit List icon on the Home screen for Quick Actions to immediately create a new task, or go straight to your Today list.

Syncing Included

Our sync service — speedy as ever — is now included with The Hit List. Synchronize seamlessly and automatically between your Apple devices.

Fast Editing

Edit tasks at a single touch — no edit mode to switch in and out of! Dates are adjusted using an integrated calendar. Repetition and priority controls stay out of your way but are there instantly, in-line, with a simple tap. Type in subtasks, right there on the card.

Good News for Existing Customers

The Hit List 2.5 is a Universal app, running on iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch, so existing customers of Version 2 get full iPad support for free. Still using Version 1 and looking to upgrade? Learn how to import your data using our sync service. It's quick, easy, and of course, free.

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The Hit List for Mac

Maintenance releases to The Hit List for Mac published by Karelia Software are now available. Note that our sync service is now included, so it’s easy and fast to synchronize between The Hit List for Mac and The Hit List for iPhone.

Latest Version

Release Notes

The Hit List for iPhone & iPad

Version: 2.3, June 3, 2015

New Features

  • Support for Apple Watch
  • Today widget for Notification Center
  • 1Password support when signing into The Hit List Sync Service

Improvements

  • Tasks still being worked on from a previous day are placed a little lower down the Today list.
  • When using the Share extension to create a new task, it syncs to your other devices immediately, without needing to launch The Hit List app.
  • Simplified sorting options for the Today and Upcoming lists.
  • Added animations when using task list shortcut to adjust a start date, and when deleting a list, folder or tag.

Bug Fixes

  • When checking off tasks, the option to go to dedicated ?Completed Tasks? screen only appears if needed.
  • The ordering of tasks within the Today list could, under certain circumstances, be slightly randomized.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could happen on launch or after a full sync, if an incomplete repeating task had somehow ended up on an archived list.

Version: 2.2.2, May 5, 2015

Completed Tasks

  • When you go to a list's Completed Tasks screen, any completed tasks are automatically cleared away from the previous screen
  • Fixed bug which prevented downloading of completed tasks in Inbox and Someday lists
  • Fixed crash which could happen if downloading completed tasks fails

Other Changes

  • Smarter suggested title when creating a task in The Hit List's Share extension
  • All Tags screens now show a nice placeholder if you have no tags yet
  • Corrected layout of Settings for the iPhone 6 Plus
  • Addressed issue where a task's notes could unexpectedly appear and behave as a link
  • Switching to secondary sync service host is less likely to happen in situations which don't benefit from it

Version: 2.2.1, April 10, 2015

Sync Service

  • Improved reporting of errors when syncing
  • After performing a full or initial sync, lists will download completed tasks on-demand
  • Improved flow if you need to sign in again due to a password change
  • Initial sync could leave the Inbox and Today badges displaying the wrong value
  • Fixed a crash when switching to a different sync account

Settings

  • New customers are no longer immediately informed of there being news to read
  • Fixed a bug where swiping to exit a screen could leave your old selection still in place

Other Changes

  • Tapping “New Task” for a second time when creating a task will collapse that bit of the UI again
  • Upon switching out of The Hit List for another app, if you were in the middle of editing a task’s title or notes, that change is now immediately saved
  • Fixed glitch where, upon launching, the back button was mislabeled

Version: 2.2, March 31, 2015

The Hit List includes a new Share extension. Now, it's easy to take text or a URL in another app, and share it to add a new task to one of your lists. For example, in Safari you could save a web page for reading later, as part of a project you're working on.

Bug Fixes

  • Changes to an existing task's title or notes could be accidentally discarded mid-editing
  • Tasks due soon, and without a start date are properly formatted in task lists
  • Some types of change to a task's repeat rule weren't syncing to other devices
  • Better organized sections for smart lists (and tags) that are sorted by priority

The Hit List for Mac

Version: 1.1.15, May 18, 2015

New Features

  • The "Start Today" section is now shown above the "Still Working On" section in the Today list. It should make new tasks to the Today list less likely to escape your attention.

Version: 1.1.14, April 23, 2015

  • Fix a bug related to repeating tasks that resulted in the user getting the "task is a required value" error
  • Don't be as eager to switch to secondary sync service host when connecting to primary sync host fails
  • Use a different way to line break tags when displaying tasks
  • When launching for the first time, add a task to check out THL for iPhone in Inbox

Version: 1.1.13, March 19, 2015

  • Fix some recurrence rule changes not getting synced over
  • Fix next start date is not getting filled in automatically sometimes when toggling repeat after completion off while editing task recurrence
  • Fix Expand All menu item in main menu displaying the wrong keyboard shortcut
  • Improvements to crash reporting mechanism

Version: 1.1.12, March 5, 2015

  • In Quick Entry window, you can now use command-shift-f to open the list pulldown menu
  • If the Quick Entry window is open and has a typed task in it, save it when the Quick Entry shortcut is pressed again
  • Show URLs in notes synced over from iOS as links
  • Fixed a sync bug related to repeating tasks
  • Fixed notes in task list moving down temporarily when checkbox is clicked
  • Fix a crashing bug in OS X 10.8 related to Reminders sync

Version: 1.1.11, February 20, 2015

New Features

  • Sync now works in China
  • Reliability improvements to automatic sync after Mac awakes from sleep
  • Help documentation updated to explain custom thehitlist:// URL scheme
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements

Version: 1.1.10, December 15, 2014

  • The Hit List Sync Service is now included with purchase
  • Added an announcement for The Hit List 2 for iPhone
  • Minor improvements

Version: 1.1.9, November 28, 2014

  • Fixes problem of tasks view's scroll point jumping after a task inside is modified in OS X Yosemite

Version: 1.1.8, November 7, 2014

New Features

  • When using OS X 10.9 and above, weekends are colored correctly in the date picker for places whose weekends do not fall on Saturday and Sunday

Bug Fixes

  • Reminders sync bug fixes
  • Fixes problem of all folders getting expanded after filing a task to a list in OS X Yosemite

Version: 1.1.7, October 21, 2014

  • Fixed tasks view scrolling down by a bit when adding tasks near the top of the list under OS X Yosemite
  • Other minor changes for Yosemite compatibility

Version: 1.1.6, October 16, 2014

  • Yosemite compatibility fixes
  • Improved calendar control
  • In repeating task input, recognize "annually"
  • Fixed bug in the URL parsing engine that didn't recognize some empty unicode characters properly
  • Other bug fixes and minor improvements
  • OS X 10.6 is no longer supported

Version: 1.1.5, August 20, 2014

  • Improved data consistency check when restoring from library backup
  • Wording changes in "Learn The Hit List" tutorial list
  • Fixed a bug where the app can freeze during launch due to an invalid repeating task
  • Fixed tabs becoming black when the window is moved between a retina and a non-retina screen
  • Fixed a OS X 10.8 compatibility issue in the task timer

Version: 1.1.4, May 28, 2014

  • Fixes and improvements to Reminders syncing
  • List names are no longer included in the title of the reminder that gets created if Reminder Sync is turned on
  • Fixed not being able to add tasks to Upcoming list (Added tasks get tomorrow as the Start date.)
  • Fixed issue where a double click in an empty area of the Today list would sometimes not create a new task
  • Fixed a sync problem with repeating tasks where completed tasks would be recreated if a device that had not synced for a long time was then synced again
  • Fixed bug where if a repeating task with subtasks were all completed in the Today list, the next recurring copy got created with some subtasks missing
  • Fixed crash that could happen when a timer in remaining time mode reached 0
  • Fixed a crash that could happen under rare circumstances while writing to the system log
  • Fixed showing “Press return to add task here” in an empty archived list
  • Fixed multiple identical tasks being created from a selection in Mail.app when creating context based tasks (This happened when two identical emails were sent to a user’s multiple email addresses. Mail.app showed the emails as a single selected email.)
  • Numerous other bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Updated branding to Karelia Software

Version: 1.1.3, December 5, 2013

  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks compatibility changes.
  • Other bug fixes

Version: 1.1.2, July 2, 2012

  • Retina display support
  • Minor bug fixes

Version: 1.1.1, May 4, 2012

  • Fixed repeating task bugs
  • When in fullscreen mode, don't move the window when dragging on empty areas in the task list
  • If the Keychain is not accessible, don't log out from sync account
  • Fixed Quit button not working on the "Can't open library" error message window
  • When using AppleScript, you can access the Archive group
  • When using AppleScript, lists now have an "archived" property
  • Improved error checking when moving lists and tasks using AppleScript

Version: 1.1, April 23, 2012

New Features

  • Quick Entry with Context. You need to set a keyboard shortcut in the preferences window first
  • New menu item for "Due Today". Keyboard shortcut is shift-T.
  • New keyboard shortcuts for raising and lowering task priority (; and ')
  • Added a menu item to open links in notes. Keyboard shortcut is "V". Shift-V to open in background.
  • Added "Copy with Notes" menu item. You must hold down the option key to see it
  • Improved "Create Task" system service to use the context of the active application
  • You can show and hide the sidebar now
  • Fullscreen support in Lion

Changes

  • No longer Mac OS X 10.5 compatible. Requires Snow Leopard or Lion and an Intel based CPU.
  • The app is now signed with Apple's Developer ID in preparation for the launch of Mountain Lion
  • On systems with a discrete GPU, use the built-in GPU if possible to perform animations
  • Improved recurrence rule parser to recognize partial words such as "tues" and "decem"
  • Show the entire notes field when adding a task through the Quick Entry window
  • Use a bullet unicode character instead of a dash as prefix when copying tasks
  • When copying completed and canceled tasks, use the "?" and "x" prefixes
  • When copying just one task into the pasteboard, copy just the task text, omitting any prefix
  • Renamed system service
  • Don't bring The Hit List to the foreground after adding a task through the services menu
  • Improved automatic library cleanup process
  • Save any pending data first before syncing when forcing a sync manually
  • Ask for a different library at launch if only the option key is held down
  • Other small improvements

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed notes getting assigned to the wrong task sometimes when editing while filtering a list
  • Fixed parent task getting collapsed sometimes when it shouldn't be.
  • Fixed exception that can happen when pasting a titled link into task notes
  • Fixed tabs animating briefly when the right-most tab is closed
  • Fixed not relaunching correctly after modifying Core Data indexing preference
  • Fixed outline view columns not getting the correct size sometimes after the window is resized
  • Fixed toolbar button not getting drawn correctly when pressed
  • Fixed lines getting drawn incorrectly in the tasks view after checking for update
  • Fixed various crashes and other minor bugs