Yasa Todo is a Mac task application built around choosing today's work from a larger backlog and keeping the current action visible. The official description combines lists and boards, a menu-bar task and a user-controlled file. Its useful distinction is between when you intend to work on something and when it is actually due.
This First look uses the App Store listing. We have not edited a task file, tested merging or connected an AI agent. The local-file and optional-assistant routes need to be understood separately, especially if a task list contains client information or another person's details.
Based on official store information. We have not tested this app hands-on.
What it does
My Day and This Week gather selected tasks from different lists and put them in order. Unfinished work is offered again the next morning for review, movement or release. Suggestions surface overdue, due-soon and planned work, while planning and deadlines remain separate fields. That can help avoid treating every chosen workday as a contractual deadline.
The current task appears in the menu bar and can be completed, skipped or pushed to tomorrow without changing apps. A small floating window can stay above full-screen applications, with optional click-through behavior. These are visibility controls, not an automatic decision about which task should be prioritised.
Each list can also appear as a Kanban board, with default or custom columns and work-in-progress limits. Dragging and keyboard actions support movement. Markdown descriptions can include checklists, links and tables, while a command palette and natural-language deadlines provide additional entry routes.
Tasks live in a chosen Yasa file containing readable JSON according to the developer. Placing it in a selected cloud-drive folder can make it available on other Macs. The app is described as noticing external changes and merging fields, with local backups and restoration of deleted tasks. Those are claims to test rather than a guarantee that no conflict can ever matter.
The source also describes a built-in MCP server that lets an AI agent on the Mac read and update lists on demand, with nothing listening on the network. That provides another access path to the data, not evidence that every connected assistant has identical privacy or behavior.
Before you install
A local file and a cloud-drive sync route are different arrangements. Yasa is described as having no account or server and not going online on its own, while your chosen storage service can have its own handling. Keep the provider's access and retention conditions in the decision instead of reducing every setup to local-only.
An AI agent's ability to read or update tasks also deserves a deliberate boundary. The on-demand local connection does not establish that the assistant's own model processes everything locally. Review what your chosen agent can access and how it handles the material before granting it important lists.
Merging is an operational feature to evaluate with harmless examples. The developer's statement that nothing gets lost should remain an attributed claim, not an independent result. We have not tested simultaneous edits, interrupted sync or every storage provider.
Optional password protection is listed in Pro, using AES-256. The source says protected documents can still open with or without Pro. That is an access-model statement, not a claim that a password can be bypassed or that every ordinary JSON file is encrypted automatically.
Accessibility options include high contrast, zoom, larger targets, reduced motion and labelled controls according to the developer. We have not assessed screen-reader behavior or the usability of every arrangement. Check the actual Mac and assistive setup you use rather than treating a feature list as an accessibility certification.
Price and access
The US App Store offer is free. The developer says the described core tools remain free, while a one-time Yasa Pro purchase adds password-protected documents and extra appearance choices without a subscription. The retained source does not give a current Pro amount. Confirm regional purchasing and storage-service terms separately from the free application.
Our take
The strongest idea is giving a long backlog and today's commitment different roles. A visible current task can make that choice tangible, while a readable file supports control over where the record lives. Boards and optional AI access add capabilities that should be adopted only when they serve the actual workflow.
Start with a small list, one planned action and a separate deadline. Test a backup and a harmless cross-Mac edit before relying on sync. If you connect an assistant, inspect a bounded change and preserve a known original.
We have not verified merging, security or assistant interoperability. Our take is a source-based introduction to a flexible file-based planner, with chosen storage and explicit permission as important as the menu-bar convenience.
A task carried forward is a suggestion to review, not proof it still deserves today's time. Decide whether it remains necessary before moving an entire unfinished list into another day.
For a work-in-progress limit, choose a number that describes how the work should flow. A board setting can make a constraint visible without deciding which task is blocked or what another person has agreed to do.
Sources
App icon from the official store listing.
