Organize your chaos. Barely.
A tiny, free Kanban board for Apple Reminders. Built for personal sanity, not startup scale.
Kando turns your native Apple Reminders lists into a simple Kanban-style task board, with an optional Eisenhower Matrix view for pretending you are prioritizing like a responsible adult.
Minimal, personal-use software. If it helps, excellent. If not, at least it did not ask for venture funding.
What it does
It stores tasks as real Apple Reminders, so your tasks stay in Apple’s ecosystem and sync through your existing Reminders/iCloud setup. No accounts, no custom backend, no “productivity platform,” no mysterious cloud database eating your todo list.
- Kanban board backed by Apple Reminders.
- Backlog, Doing, and Done-style columns.
- Customizable columns with colors, visibility, order, and WIP limits.
- Optional Eisenhower Matrix view of the same tasks.
- Task editing for title, notes, due date, priority, and completion.
- Light, dark, and system appearance modes.
- Native iOS and macOS support.
- Free, because apparently some software can just be chill.
Setup notes from the README
The app creates or reuses native Reminders lists with names like Kando - Kanban - Backlog, Kando - Kanban - Doing, and Kando - Kanban - Done.
This app does not implement its own cloud sync or database. Tasks are saved as native Apple Reminders via EventKit. Sync happens through your Apple Reminders/iCloud configuration. If iCloud Reminders is disabled, tasks remain in the configured local or account-backed Reminders store.
Matrix quadrant assignments are local app settings and are an alternate view of the same native Reminders tasks. The Kanban list/status remains the source of truth for where the reminder is stored in Apple Reminders.
The tiny disclaimer parade
This app is minimal and was made primarily for my own personal use. It is provided as-is, with absolutely no grand promises, guarantees, or solemn oaths that it will work perfectly for your workflow, device, iCloud mood, or general life situation.
Use it if it helps. Ignore it if it does not. Either way, the price is hard to beat.