Why AltoFocus exists

I'm Petr Štichauer. I've practised David Allen's GTD for years, most of them in OmniFocus. It's a great tool — sequential projects, defer dates, perspectives. But it only lives on Apple devices, can't really be shared, and knows nothing about why I do what I do.

In GTD, Allen describes horizons of focus: from today's actions through projects, areas and goals up to vision and purpose. On paper it makes sense. In every app I tried, though, it wasn't connected — goals lived in one document, tasks in another app, and there was no thread between them.

So I started building AltoFocus for myself: with OmniFocus's discipline, with horizons as a real part of the app, and with AI that helps but never does anything risky without you. I borrowed the altitude metaphor from Allen and added one more level on top — legacy, what you leave behind.

AltoFocus is now in open beta. I use it every day and build it with feedback from the people using it alongside me. If something's missing, write to me.

Petr Štichauerfounder of AltoFocus