A better daily planner
Ellie helps you organize your thoughts and plan your day in a beautiful and simple app.
No credit card required
"This is hands down the best app for timeboxing your day"
Sarah N.
Student @ Uchicago
"The brain dump feature is insanely useful..."
Jonathan S.
Startup founder
"...this app should not be free"
Tiffany W.
Med school student @ NYU
How I use the app to plan my day 👇
Here is a quick video showing how I (app creator) personally use the app to plan/timebox my day
Simple, but powerful
Time blocking
Drag tasks from the Kanban into your calendar to visualize your day
We even have (optional) Google and Apple calendar integrations 👀
Brain dump
Free up mental space by offloading tasks
Recurring tasks
Great for morning or night routines and other rituals
Analytics
Combined with our built in time tracker, truly visualize how you spend your time
A gorgeous native iOS app
And so much more ✨
Frequently asked questions
I already use Trello, Notion, Airtable, etc... how is this different?
Those are great! The difference between these tools and Ellie is that Ellie was specifically built as a day planner / brain dump. You can "hack" together a system like this with Notion or Airtable, but the UI won't be the same. The biggest thing that is hard to replicate is the "infinite" Kanban view where you can scroll between dates infinitely. Ellie also has a great timebox view that you can't replicate with other apps. There are also some features like Google & Apple calendar integration, Siri shortcut support, advanced filtering, focus mode, task roll-over, recurring tasks and other little things that you won't find in most systems. As time goes on, I'll be adding more features such as calendar integrations and basic anlaytics.
Who would be a good fit for Ellie?
If you want a simple app, Ellie is a good fit. If like this "Braindump + Daily Kanban" planning system, Ellie is a good fit. If you want a beautiful native iOS app, Ellie is a good fit.
As a one person operation, how can I trust that you will be around in a year or two?
The costs of the app are very low and I am using profits from my other apps (example: Mogul) to fund things for now. I have no plans to raise money or make my apps a big thing so you don't have to worry about things shutting down because they aren't growing fast enough/generating enough returns for investors. My other app Mogul has been around for almost 5 years and is very much alive. I plan on keeping this app up and running indefinitely.
Do you guys have an iOS/Android app?
We do have an iOS app! There are no plans currently to make an Android app due to time constraints (the Ellie team is just 1 person 👀) but maybe in the future. If you are interested in working on the Android app feel free to message me: chris@aloa.co
Hey 👋 I'm Chris and I built Ellie because I needed a simple system to organize my day.
I multi-task a lot and there would always be things that slip my mind or I would forget to take care of. Ellie solved this for me by giving me a space to offload and organize tasks. It is literally like a second 🧠 to me.
My hope is that this app improves your life as much as it has improved mine.
(PS check out my other app Mogul if you want to be better at networking or my startup Aloa if you need some software development 😉)
- Chris Raroque
