For Things, TickTick, Todoist & Linear power users · Native macOS
Open your Mac.
Your day is already planned.
Compass reads your Things, TickTick, Todoist, Linear, and calendar the moment you open it — and hands you a Morning Brief: a proposed Big 3 with receipts (“PR #482 — the review Andrew asked for yesterday”), your real capacity, and what's already handled. Native macOS. Silent on the days you have nothing.
macOS · Free during alpha · No credit card
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Nobody Taught You How to Run a Life Around Your Craft.
You're exceptional at what you do. But your days fill up with everything around the work — the admin, the coordination, the endless small decisions — until the craft you're actually great at keeps getting squeezed to the edges. The result: guilt, avoidance, and less and less time on what matters.
One Screen. Drag Your Day Into Place.
Prefer to plan by hand? The Planner is your whole day on one screen: Big 3 and Other on top, Inbox and every pillar below. Drag a task up and it's planned. No AI required.
What is Compass?
Compass is an AI daily planner for macOS. It connects to Things 3, TickTick, Todoist, Linear, and Google Calendar, reads what's already on your plate, and proposes a daily Big 3 — the three tasks that matter most today — in a two-minute Morning Brief. You can also plan by hand: the Planner puts your whole day on one screen, and you drag tasks into your Big 3. The assistant, Finn, is optional. Built for independent professionals. Free during alpha.
It Does the Ritual, So You Don't Have To
Your Brief is waiting: a proposed Big 3 with receipts. Approve, adjust, or overrule.
Compass shows what happened. Carry forward or let go.
Compass reviews your task list and asks: is this still you?
How It Actually Works
Wake up to the Brief
Open Compass and it's already there: a one-line verdict, your Big 3 with the receipts behind each pick, your capacity, and what's already handled.
Pick your Big 3
Every morning, Compass surfaces your weekly priorities and asks one question: what are the three things that matter most today? Two minutes. No overwhelm. Just clarity.
Confront what's stale
Ask Finn about any task that keeps slipping and it tells you why — then offers a way out: recommit, release, or someday. Once a week it does the same for your whole list. Finn is optional; turn it off and Compass is a calm, fast planner.
All Your Tools, One Compass
Two-way sync with the tools you already use — complete it in Compass, it's done in TickTick.
Compass isn't another task manager. It's a focusing lens for the ones you already have.
How Compass treats your data
- Two-way sync with TickTick, Todoist, and Linear — complete a task in Compass and it's done at the source.
- Things 3 is read-only at the database level: Compass never writes to your Things database. Every change goes through Things' own automation interface, so Things itself applies it.
- Local-first: your tasks live in a database on your Mac and sync to your private Compass account. Google Calendar is read-only — Compass never edits your events.
The Method
Ideas behind the product
Explore all →That task has been sitting there for 4 months.
You've never touched it. You keep it because letting go feels like giving up. Compass helps you face those stale commitments and make a conscious choice: recommit, release, or someday. Not a tool problem — a boundaries problem. And you can learn to fix it.
From the Founders
Alex Tinyaev
Co-FounderBuilt Compass because he lived the freedom trap — went independent, drowned in admin, and realized no tool addressed the real problem.
Andrew Kozey
Co-FounderA design-driven engineer building the calm, intentional planning experience he wished existed when he went solo.
Questions, Answered
Is Compass another task manager?
No. Compass is a daily planning layer that sits on top of the task managers you already use — Things 3, TickTick, Todoist, and Linear. Your tasks stay where they are; Compass reads them, plans your day, and syncs completions back.
Which apps does Compass integrate with?
Things 3, TickTick, Todoist, Linear, and Google Calendar. Sync is two-way for TickTick, Todoist, and Linear. Things 3 changes go through Things' own automation interface, and Google Calendar is read-only.
What is the Big 3?
The Big 3 is a daily planning practice: each morning you pick the three tasks that matter most today. It's grounded in cognitive science — working memory holds only three to four items — and Compass proposes your Big 3 automatically in its Morning Brief. Read the essay.
Do I have to use the AI?
No. Finn, the assistant, is optional. Turn it off in Settings and Compass is a calm, fast planner: Today, the Planner, and your synced tasks. Turn it back on any time.
How much does Compass cost?
Compass is free during alpha, with no credit card required. Pricing will be announced before general availability.
Is my data private?
Your tasks live in a local database on your Mac and sync to your private Compass account. Compass never writes to your Things database directly, and it never edits your calendar events.
What platforms does Compass run on?
Compass is a native macOS app. iPhone, iPad, and Windows versions are not available yet.
How is Compass different from Motion or Sunsama?
Motion auto-schedules your calendar for you; Sunsama guides you through a manual daily planning ritual. Compass does the ritual for you: it reads the tools you already use, proposes a Big 3 with the reasoning behind each pick, and stays silent when there's nothing to say.
Join the Alpha
Free during alpha. Download it, point it at your tools, and see tomorrow's Brief.
macOS · Free during alpha · No credit card