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 Unified in One Workspace | Owldo

Tasks & Notes Unified in One Workspace

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

Spaces: Lightweight Organization | Owldo

Spaces: Lightweight Organization

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

Offline-First Sync | Owldo

Offline-First Sync

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

Built-in Pomodoro Focus Timer | Owldo

Built-in Pomodoro 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.

Publish Notes & Newsletter | Owldo

Publish Notes & Newsletter

Turn any note into a live web page. Bring your own domain. Let readers subscribe.

Customize Your Published Blog | Owldo

Customize Your Published Blog

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

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) | Owldo

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE)

Keep your thoughts entirely private. Owldo offers End-to-End Encryption so your data is unreadable to anyone but you.

Habits & Streaks Built Right In | Owldo

Habits & Streaks Built Right In

Build habits with Owldo. Recurring tasks automatically track streaks, display visual habit strips, and roll forward gracefully.

Automated Task Sections | Owldo

Automated Task Sections

Never organize your inbox again. Owldo automatically sorts your tasks into Overdue, Today, Later, Anytime, and Someday.

Curated Themes for Deep Work | Owldo

Curated Themes for Deep Work

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

Local Vault Backup | Owldo

Local Vault Backup

Your data is yours. Generate automated, local, human-readable backups of your entire workspace.

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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