Suggestions for improving Amplenote

Kanban view

It would be great if you could check your tasks in Kanban view based on their statuses. Every status could be a column in the Kanban view. You could change the tasks ...
Suggested by: Buma (06 Jan, '21) Upvoted: 27 May Comments: 12
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Add a task with a START date without requiring a specific START time.

I would like to be able to add a task with a due date without having to add a specific due time. Perhaps you could add a “none” option to the due time drop down list. ...
Suggested by: Chris (14 Aug, '20) Upvoted: 26 May Comments: 18
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Preserve task hierarchy in Tasks view

Currently task hierarchy is not preserved in the Tasks view, that is tasks are not visually indented under their parent task. I think this would make a good voting ...
Suggested by: Lucian (05 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 17 May Comments: 16
Planned tasks

Preserve task position when marking a completed task as uncompleted

If you complete a task, then from the "Completed" tab mark that same task uncomplete (by unchecking the task), the task will be placed at the bottom of the note. ...
Suggested by: Franz (12 Jul, '24) Upvoted: 17 May Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Mirror Bullet items in the same way we can mirror tasks

The task mirroring function has been a really great feature, I'd like to be able to see that in the bulleted items as well. I use start dates in bullets to make them ...
Suggested by: Joe Baxter (25 Feb, '25) Upvoted: 17 May Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Undoing recurring tasks should restore task to note like regular tasks

Currently, if you undo or uncheck a recurring task it won't restore to the note and instead it will just create the next scheduled task and the task you undo ...
Suggested by: Polymathical (24 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 11 May Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

More control over recurrence interval

Allow different intervals (every hour, every quarter, every year, every other Monday, the third Monday of the month, the last day of the month, etc) and allow ...
Suggested by: Will Griffin (07 Aug, '20) Upvoted: 01 May Comments: 15
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Outlook Integration

I would really love to see something where I click a button in outlook an it adds a task for me to complete in amplenote.
Suggested by: Erik (07 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 13 Apr Comments: 5
Not planned tasks

Bulk editing of tasks

1. User should be able to via shift click or other mechanism select a number of tasks. 2. User should then be able to alter attributes of collection of tasks in ...
Suggested by: robb (04 Oct, '21) Upvoted: 11 Apr Comments: 20
Under consideration effort-high tasks

An option to sound Alarm for reminders.

It would be nice to have an alarm sound on me if there's something that needed to be done, especially when notifications just won't cut it. This is true ...
Suggested by: Elijah Eumague (11 Mar, '25) Upvoted: 06 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Improved date/time selection

Right now setting the date is an irritating experience if you don't use "typical" (predefined) event dates: early morning, afternoon etc. Home Assistant for ...
Suggested by: Tomasz (05 Feb, '25) Upvoted: 25 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Display a timeline alongside each task showing due date

The calendar icon when clicked could show a slideout timeline (see example image mockup screenshot) A bonus would be to make it interactive - so moving the slider ...
Suggested by: Dave (01 Aug, '19) Upvoted: 18 Feb Comments: 3
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Implement account-wide setting to enable 'default reminder'

As with other to-do-list and task management apps and systems, to implement a default account-wide setting (if a user so wishes): That every task created should ...
Suggested by: M L (22 Dec, '22) Upvoted: 12 Feb Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Task Dependencies should work with recurring tasks

Currently, recurring tasks do not work properly with task Dependencies. I was excited for this update, but I haven't been able to use it since I mainly use recurring ...
Suggested by: Polymathical (24 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 03 Feb Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Add tasks to bottom of note on pc/web

I've heard that this is possible on mobile but it would be useful to have a similar function on the Web app/desktop app. Whenever I add a task and move it to a note ...
Suggested by: David (05 Jan, '24) Upvoted: 13 Jan Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Manually Assigning Colors to Events/Tasks on the calendar

My main organizational schema has my tasks on a single note and I want to get the benefit of being able to color co-ordinate my notes while being able to keep them on ...
Suggested by: A (02 Apr, '25) Upvoted: 22 Dec, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Grey out crossed-out bullet list items

https://www.amplenote.com/help/using_checklists Under the above link, it is suggested that we can cross out bullet list items and use it as a checklist. However, ...
Suggested by: king (01 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 20 Dec, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-low tasks ui

Allow custom reminders, or reminders longer than 1 day

I would like to be able to set reminders for a week in advance or possibly longer, especially for really important tasks.
Suggested by: Noah (10 Sep, '24) Upvoted: 15 Dec, '25 Comments: 2
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Repeatable Tasks That Appear Unscheduled Each Week

Repeatable tasks should have the option to appear unscheduled by default each week. These tasks would regenerate automatically on a set day (e.g. every Sunday) and ...
Suggested by: Ahmad (16 Apr, '25) Upvoted: 15 Dec, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Customizable Task Score Colors

Allowing users to customize the colors associated with task scores—currently red, yellow, blue, and none for high to low scores—would enhance the task view by letting ...
Suggested by: Peter Mattingly (12 Nov, '24) Upvoted: 14 Dec, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Remove completed tasks from external synced calendar

Hi. Recent subscriber having moved from Todoist + Tascaly for timeblocking but really enjoying Amplenote. I'm using Amplenote pretty heavily for time-blocking now ...
Suggested by: Steve (21 Oct, '22) Upvoted: 20 Nov, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Dismiss single instance of recurring task without changing the others

I want to dismiss recurring task for particular dates, say I have a recurring task of "workout", but it conflicts with another event on a particular day in the ...
Suggested by: Alexander (30 Jun, '23) Upvoted: 13 Nov, '25 Comments: 3
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Add “enjoyable” to task scoring

Based on the passage below from “How to Take Smart Notes,” consider adding an ‘enjoyable’ flag to tasks that factors into the score (like important/urgent). I’m much ...
Suggested by: Andre Robitaille (23 May, '24) Upvoted: 02 Nov, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

More task sorting inside notes view

It would be very useful to add more sorting options in notes, start date sorting would be a must for some of us but maybe some others like A-Z or Z-A too.
Suggested by: P (21 Jun, '24) Upvoted: 20 Oct, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Allow to set several reminders for a single task

Currently, a task can have one reminder. It could be relevant to be able to set up more than one. Use cases are many, but here is a simple example: have a reminder a ...
Suggested by: Tonio (05 Nov, '21) Upvoted: 13 Oct, '25 Comments: 7
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Create tasks from Events

I need to create tasks from a calendar feed, also create an event from a calendar, and automatically convert it to a task.
Suggested by: Johan Tualombo (29 Jul, '21) Upvoted: 01 Oct, '25 Comments: 2
Not planned tasks

Consolidate subtasks and goal tasks

Hello, Amplenote added goal tasks feature, which is awesome. It is very similar to sub-tasks though, that's why I'd suggest some improvements in UX: - sub-tasks ...
Suggested by: Tomasz (14 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 15 Sep, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration tables tasks

Crossed out task should not cross out child bullets.

Say i have a main task. And 5 bullet points indented under it. One of the 5 bullet points is a mini task. Crossing out the main task will cross out all the above. ...
Suggested by: aerosol0 (10 Apr, '25) Upvoted: 15 Aug, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Hide Until should always include "until Start Date" as an option

- Shouldn't Hide Until always include "until Start Date" as an option? Sometimes it is there, sometimes it is not. (The attached screen shot is from a task that has a ...
Suggested by: Pat Nims (22 Dec, '22) Upvoted: 14 Aug, '25 Comments: 2
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Recreate children tasks for new instance of parent recurring tasks

I have a task that has quite a few subtasks. The task is a daily repeating task that I would like for the subtasks to follow once it's checked as done. I would like ...
Suggested by: Shelly Middleton (31 Mar, '23) Upvoted: 01 Aug, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Quick add reminder or Natural language input for reminders/notifications

I would be able to type ‘remind me in 45 minutes to hang out the laundry’ in the quick add box to create a task ‘hangout the laundry’ that has a start time 45 minutes ...
Suggested by: Lieke (03 Jun, '23) Upvoted: 28 Jul, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Warn user when completing a parent task with incomplete subtasks

Either have a popup warning that some steps aren't done or disallow the parent task to be completed until the children are checked off.
Suggested by: Kyle (19 Oct, '23) Upvoted: 25 Jul, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Make the default start time for tasks configurable

When I use natural language (i.e. "today", "tomorrow") to add a start time to a task, the time always defaults to 9:00 am. I would like this to be configurable ...
Suggested by: Matthew Cobbs (19 Aug, '22) Upvoted: 22 Jun, '25 Comments: 4
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Manual sort option in Task view

If tasks are manually sorted in a note, this is lost in Task view and it is not an option to sort by order in note. Either preserve it by default or add it as a sort ...
Suggested by: Craig (30 Mar, '21) Upvoted: 11 Jun, '25 Comments: 6
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Allow searching for tasks by start date & saving those searches as shortcuts

I like the "Due This Week" shortcut for tasks, but would love the ability to create my own shortcuts using some time-based filtering options. An example would be the ...
Suggested by: Mateo (20 Mar, '22) Upvoted: 15 Apr, '25 Comments: 7
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Record time working on tasks

When working on a task, it would be useful to tell the system when we start and stop. Then, reports could be created in a semi-automatic way, by specifying the day, ...
Suggested by: Tonio (13 May, '22) Upvoted: 09 Apr, '25 Comments: 4

Built-in Spaced Repetition System

To facilitate learning through our notes, we often use the Spaced Repetition System. Amplenote has some preliminary example to do this by setting the question as a ...
Suggested by: ocind (21 Aug, '21) Upvoted: 09 Apr, '25 Comments: 4
Not planned tasks

Display Task Duration in Task View

Displaying the estimated "duration" of tasks in the task view would help users select tasks based on their available time, especially when time is limited or for ...
Suggested by: Peter Mattingly (12 Nov, '24) Upvoted: 05 Apr, '25 Comments: 2
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Show hidden tasks greyed out within the note instead of in the bottom tab

Hidden tasks being invisible in the note I think undermines one of Amplenotes key benefits of gathering tasks from across different notes into a single list. I'd ...
Suggested by: Stuart (13 May, '22) Upvoted: 20 Mar, '25 Comments: 4
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Add the 'quick to-do' box to the peek viewer (so we can add tasks anywhere)

As you can see in the picture, the 'quick to-do' box appears in the Calendar view. In order to add a task anywhere in the app, this box should also be available in ...
Suggested by: Josh (05 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 23 Feb, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Customize default hide times

Currently, hiding a task has a default of 9am. I'd rather be able to set this default to 6am so the tasks are unhidden automatically when I'm prepping for my day. ...
Suggested by: Scott (22 Feb, '21) Upvoted: 18 Feb, '25 Comments: 2
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Move past events to "Completed" tab in Notes

I've started using Events, and they're great. However when an event has passed, it remains in the main section of the note it was created in. I use the same note for ...
Suggested by: Richard (17 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 12 Feb, '25 Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-high tasks

add an action to "Complete and move" a task at same time

reviewing the inbox/jots still have a friction when i want to mark a task completed AND move it to its final note (projet, shore, etc..). If i complete the task it ...
Suggested by: jejous (09 Sep, '22) Upvoted: 14 Jan, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Make recurring linked tasks recur in linked notes

Per your help file: Each instance of a recurring task has a unique identifier, so when you link to a recurring task, you are only linking to the current version of ...
Suggested by: Nik (05 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 05 Jan, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

make hide until evening

there is option to hide untill afternoon. it would be very good to have same quick button "to hide untill evening" (may be 6 p.m. ir 7 p.m)
Suggested by: andrey (08 Jul, '24) Upvoted: 04 Jan, '25 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Intuitive Task Prioritization through Drag-and-Drop Reordering

Adding drag-and-drop functionality to the task view when sorted by task score would allow users to intuitively adjust task priorities by simply rearranging tasks. ...
Suggested by: Peter Mattingly (12 Nov, '24) Upvoted: 30 Dec, '24 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-medium tasks

Task's own visited notes history

I find it useful for tasks to remember which notes they've been moved from into their current note (like an itinerary or history). It would be nice to be able to ...
Suggested by: Matei M (29 Dec, '24) Upvoted: 29 Dec, '24 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-high tasks

Setting Dates: Remember previous selection

When setting due or hide dates it would be great if one of the options to select from would be the previously selected date. This is the same as how it works with ...
Suggested by: Dan Williams (15 Sep, '21) Upvoted: 23 Dec, '24 Comments: 0
Under consideration effort-low tasks

Text field (description) for each task

The length of task name is compact in my usage. Would be useful if there is a text field for each task to allow users put some additional notes or a URL link for ...
Suggested by: Wan (02 Nov, '24) Upvoted: 19 Dec, '24 Comments: 1
Under consideration effort-medium tasks