A to-do app that works in airplane mode
The moments you remember something you have to do are rarely the moments you have a good connection. On a plane. In a lift. In a basement car park. On a train going through a tunnel.
Most voice features quietly depend on a server: your audio is uploaded, transcribed somewhere else, and the text comes back. Without a connection they either fail or queue your note for later. Tasuke AI was built so that none of the core app needs the network at all.
What works offline
From the very first launch, with Wi-Fi and mobile data switched off:
- Voice capture. The speech model is built into the app, so there is nothing to download after you install it and nothing to upload when you speak.
- Splitting and dates. Turning the transcript into separate tasks with dates and times happens on your phone.
- Your task list, search and history. Stored in a database inside the app's private storage.
- Reminders. They are local notifications scheduled by your phone's operating system, not push messages from a server.
You can check this yourself: switch on airplane mode, open the app, and speak a task.
What goes online
Only the subscription. Viewing the Tasuke Pro plans, buying, and restoring a purchase go through the App Store or Google Play, which needs a connection. A few links, such as Manage subscription, open in your browser or the store app.
The free version — one capture a day, with unlimited reminders, search and history — never needs the internet.
The trade-off
Putting the speech model inside the app makes the download bigger than a typical to-do list app. We think that is the right trade: you download it once, on Wi-Fi, and after that the app works anywhere.
It also means no account. There is no server to sign in to, so there is nothing to sign up for — you open the app and start talking.
A side effect: privacy
When nothing is uploaded, nothing can leak from a server, be analysed, or be sold. Your voice, your transcripts and your tasks exist only on your phone. We wrote more about that in Why Tasuke AI has no account and no cloud.