Owldo — Features

One app for what you
do, think, and share.

Most people run a task manager, a notes app, a focus timer, and a publishing tool — four subscriptions, four silos. Owldo is all of it, offline-first and fast, in one app.

Owldo features overview
Owldo desktop app — a Space open with the task list on one side and a note on the other. Show the unified layout.
One window. Tasks, notes, and focus — no tab-switching.

The big ones

Tasks & notes, one app

Tasks & notes, one app

Stop paying the two-app tax. Capture a thought and turn it into a task without switching contexts.

Spaces

Spaces

A lightweight way to separate work, life, and projects — without folders-inside-folders ceremony.

Offline-first sync

Offline-first sync

Instant local storage. Syncs across Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android in the background — and works on a plane.

Focus timer

Focus timer

A real Pomodoro timer built in — with streaks and stats — so you don’t need a second app to actually do the work.

Publishing & newsletter

Publishing & newsletter

Turn any note into a live web page. Bring your own domain. Let readers subscribe. Your private notes and your public writing, finally in one place.

Customize Your Published Blog

Customize Your Published Blog

Turn your notes into a beautiful, personalized blog. Upload custom avatars, covers, favicons, and connect custom domains with Owldo.

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)

Keep your thoughts entirely private. Owldo offers End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) so your notes and tasks are unreadable to anyone but you.

Habits & Streaks Built Right In

Habits & Streaks Built Right In

Build habits with Owldo. Recurring tasks automatically track streaks, display visual habit strips, and intelligently roll forward missed days without guilt.

Automated Task Sections

Automated Task Sections

Never organize your inbox again. Owldo automatically sorts your tasks into Overdue, Today, Later, Anytime, and Someday sections based on dates and flags.

Curated Themes for Deep Work

Curated Themes for Deep Work

Personalize your workspace with 11 beautifully curated themes including Nord, Catppuccin, Gruvbox, and Midnight Purple.

Secure Your Ideas with Vault Backup

Secure Your Ideas with Vault Backup

Automatically mirror your notes, images, and tasks to a local folder in standard Markdown and JSON formats.

What makes Owldo different

Every task app is notes-blind. Every notes app is task-blind. And none of them let you publish. Owldo is the only place where your private to-dos, your second brain, and your public writing live together — and it’s built to stay light instead of slowly becoming another sprawling workspace.

Unified, not bolted-on. A note becomes a task in one keystroke. A task carries its context.

Yours, on your device. Data lives in a local database first, then syncs and backs up across your devices. Cancel anytime and keep everything.

It publishes. No other tasks-and-notes app turns a note into a live site with a custom domain and a subscriber list. That’s the part competitors can’t copy without becoming a different product.

Go deeper

See how Owldo stacks up against the tools you already know — vs Notion, vs Obsidian, vs Todoist. Built for a job? Writers, developers, founders, and students each have a page. Or read the thinking behind it on the blog.

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