Planzu
Important things don't arrive when it's convenient. They show up as passing thoughts, half-formed ideas, quiet intentions you don't want to lose
Planzu gives you a place to set them down—so you don't have to keep carrying them
Important things don't arrive when it's convenient. They show up as passing thoughts, half-formed ideas, quiet intentions you don't want to lose
Planzu gives you a place to set them down—so you don't have to keep carrying them
You know the relief of writing something down. You know the clarity that comes from asking "What does this actually mean?" You know that some decisions require distance, not speed.
The problem isn't you. The problem is tools that force you to decide what something is before you're ready. Tools that demand categorization when you need capture. Tools that optimize for their structure, not your thinking.
What if you could capture a thought without immediately filing it, tagging it, prioritizing it, or explaining what project it belongs to?
What if the system let you decide what things mean when your mind is clear, not when they first appear?
What if your weekly review felt like thinking, not homework?
Planzu is built around how thinking actually works
You don't need to know what something is to write it down. Capture means trusting that you'll figure it out later. Planzu's inbox holds everything without demanding answers.
Later, when your mind is clear, you decide. Is this a task? A goal? A reminder? Three separate things? Clarifying isn't sorting—it's understanding what you actually meant.
Your weekly review isn't a status check. It's an opportunity to ask: What still matters? What changed? What can wait? Planzu offers a prompt drawn from a wide range of human thought—philosophy, craft, tradition, practice—not to tell you what to do, but to help you see clearly.
What you just read is the core of David Allen's GTD methodology. Capture without deciding. Clarify when ready. Review with intention.
Planzu doesn't reinvent this. It implements it faithfully—and adds one thing: philosophical reflections during review. Not prescriptive. Not algorithmic. Just perspective when you need it.
Here's what the loop looks like when you're actually using it
Inbox accepts everything. No fields to fill. No decisions to make. Just type and move on.
Process your inbox when you're ready. Assign contexts (@desk, @phone, @errands), set dates, or defer to Someday.
Check your contexts when they matter. Philosophical reflections offer perspective: "In jazz, silence is as important as sound."
Work organized by context, not urgency. @desk items for desk time. @errands for when you're out. @phone for when you're making calls.
Organize work by where it happens or what it's for. @work, @inbox, @errands for things like "Review Q1 campaign metrics" or "Pick up dry cleaning." Color-coded, flexible, and easy to adjust as your thinking evolves.
When you review, Planzu may offer a reflection — a short prompt drawn from across centuries of human thought. Philosophy, craft, music, sport, tradition. Randomly selected, never algorithmic. Sometimes an unexpected angle is exactly what helps you think.
Not everything is ready now. Someday holds ideas that aren't actionable yet. Ticklers surface work at a specific future date. Your system remembers so your mind doesn't have to.
When capture is frictionless, clarify is thoughtful, and review offers perspective:
That idea you had in the shower, that thing your colleague mentioned in passing, that errands you need to run this weekend—they all land safely in your inbox. Nothing falls through the cracks.
When you trust your system to remember, you stop running a mental background process of "things I can't forget." That cognitive load disappears.
Clarifying later means you're not deciding under pressure. You're deciding when you have time to think. Better context, better choices.
Contexts organize by situation, not deadline. When you're at your desk, you see desk work. When you're running errands, you see errands. No more "what should I do next?"
Most productivity apps track everything you do. Planzu doesn't.
Planzu doesn't track what you do, when you do it, or how you work. No analytics. No behavioral profiling. Your workflow is your business.
Your data stays on your device. Optional iCloud sync is encrypted end-to-end. No servers processing your tasks. No third parties.
$19.99. No subscription. No upsells. No "premium features" locked behind paywalls. You own it.
Works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Same app, same data, synced via iCloud. Capture on your phone, review on your Mac.
Planzu works best for people who:
Your partner asked you to handle something. Your boss mentioned something in passing. You told yourself you'd follow up. Planzu is the place to put it so "I've got it" actually means something.
Work, home, errands, side projects, family. You're not one person doing one thing—you're several people doing several things. A system that sorts by context helps you show up as the right person at the right time.
You're done trading your attention and data for features. You want something that works for you, not an app that studies your habits to sell you something.
You don't need a methodology lecture. You don't want to be gamified or coached. You just need a reliable place to put things so your brain can stop holding on so tight.
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