Hour Blocks: Day Planner

Needs to be able to sync with iCloud for use with multiple devices

If you are looking for a simple day planner then Hour Blocks is almost the app I would recommend. Sadly it is missing basic functionality that makes a simple app to use to simple that it is frustrating and misses the target by a long way. 1. If you miss doing the task assigned before or within the hour assigned then forget about trying to edit it afterward to gain access to sub blocks or reassign it to another future time. You miss it because of a distraction during the assigned hour then forget about it. 🥶🤯 2. Sub blocks are uneditable after creating???? Delete and recreate is the only solution!!!! 3. If you want to move the hour block to another time then the only option it seems is a frustrating multiple button entry to move it to future. Drag and drop which is basic functionality for touch device seems to be missing??? 4. It would be nice to have a notes field for entry of stuff to remind you at time of doing the task. Forced to use sub blocks which can be a little messy. 5. Appointments made in Apple Calendar app get assigned to top of schedule instead of the hour block it correlates to. Good way to double book your time. While the app has potential for making an app which dovetails with Calendar for planning your free time for those daily tasks which aren’t so time dependant sadly it looks like I will need to keep searching for the calendar app that works for me. Hour Blocks almost made it for me but the missing functionality is a deal breaker and I suspect for most people.

Buggy as

This is a great app. I use it everyday now to plan my day. I'd love it if we could rearrange the order of subblocks. Rather than having to delete them to reorder when you forget something

1/2 hr blocks is not a catchy title but it would be more useful for me to have this app with 30 minute chunks of time. Otherwise it’s great!

I’m in love with this app. I have ADHD, and I need something SIMPLE, fast, clean - with my hourly schedule and a to do list in one single app. The ability to easily add sub blocks to each hourly block is PERFECT. It’s invaluable in helping me remember what I need to do or take or organise for each thing. I also love that it’s so easy and fast to add items. The only things I’d like to see added are - - the ability to see parts of the day that have already passed (maybe greyed out). This way, if I’m running behind or have woken up late, I can still see what I might still need to attend to. - the ability to repeat or duplicate blocks to the following day / certain days of the week. This would be so helpful in creating things like morning routines, where I need to do the same 5-10 steps every day, etc. Otherwise this app is fantastic and I plan to use this for many years to come! Thank you so much for creating it!

Used this app to plan a trip for my birthday and honestly saved a lot of hassle. The sub blocks are by far the best feature of this app.

and effective. I like it. 5/5

This has really helped oleo my days planned

Update: Through starting to use the app more I’ve noticed a few UX issues I’ve experienced 1️⃣ Rescheduling things feels like a chore. The icons on the rescheduling screen aren’t intuitive for me Example: I wanted to move something from 6pm to 3pm, pushing the rest of the items down the list. I wasn’t able to do this effectively. I was confused by the arrows and their purpose, took me a while to figure it out. 2️⃣ I really want to interact with things I keep trying to drag the blocks and tap into the blocks for more options or info, but I can’t Having to long press everything feels like more work 3️⃣ Duplicating blocks isn’t a great experience If I’m doing the same task for 2 blocks in a row and have reminders turned on, it’ll remind me to do what I’m already doing 4️⃣ Repeating your schedule I want to build good habits and get into a routine - having to fill out the whole diary every day makes this a chore 5️⃣ Remember what I did yesterday Related to step 4 - the app has examples of what you might want in this block, but it doesn’t consider what I did yesterday and I might want to do that again 6️⃣ I want to review my past schedule I appreciate the app putting the next item at the top of my schedule, but I don’t like that it removes everything I’ve already done that day - it’d be nice to be able to review these Original Review - Really fluid, nice to use, simple app. Love how it embraces Apple design language and uses the best of it, rather than reinventing the wheel. Please add the ability to assign to-do items as a sub-block ☺️ I made a reminder to make a phone call but the call won’t take an hour, so I don’t need to assign it a whole block. Will add more feedback as I use it more!