Releases
Every version of ZenTask, documented.
v1.5.0
Latest October 2026The Insights & Tablets release. Your completion and focus history is now stored and synced, powering a new Insights experience — heatmap, best hours, category breakdowns and a personal insight feed. Plus tablet layouts and a refreshed identity.
What's New
- Deep Insights — A 12-week activity heatmap, your most productive hours and weekdays, category breakdowns, focus-time trends, on-time performance and a personal insight feed. Synced through Google Drive; deep insights are part of ZenTask Pro.
- Tablet & Foldable Layouts — Navigation rail with two-pane All Tasks and Calendar from 600dp wide.
- New Look — Adaptive launcher icon with proper mask padding and a refreshed Play Store icon.
- Review Prompt — A gentle "enjoying ZenTask?" prompt after leveling up, at most once every 90 days.
- Backup v2 — Local backups and Drive sync now include completion and focus history.
v1.4.2
September 2026The Drive Sync Fix. Cloud sync now asks for Google Drive permission in context and retries automatically, and baseline profiles make first launches faster.
What's New
- Drive Consent Flow — No more "Unable to obtain Google auth token": approve Drive access once and the sync retries automatically.
- Baseline Profiles — Bundled AOT profiles for faster cold starts and smoother first-run scrolling.
- Clearer Sync Errors — Failures explain what to do, and the real cause is logged for diagnosis.
v1.4.1
September 2026The Timers & Speed update. Task timers became trustworthy end-to-end, onboarding explains notifications, and a performance pass made lists, search and sync leaner.
What's New
- Live Timer Countdown — Running timers show remaining time on the task card and survive app restarts.
- Full-Screen Timer Alert — A clock display with completion time and Dismiss / Mark done actions.
- Onboarding Notifications — A dedicated step explains why reminders matter, then opens the system prompt.
- Database Indices & Search — Room v9 indexing, 250ms debounced search and animation hot-path fixes.
- Smaller Downloads — Per-language splits and symbol-table debug info.
v1.4.0
September 2026The Reliability Update. Notifications and timers actually fire, templates become manageable, and the core task loop gained exact XP, safe undo, and crash-proof sync.
What's New
- Scheduled Notifications — Daily reminders at your chosen time plus per-task deadline alerts.
- Real Task Alarms — Timers schedule exact alarms, re-arm after reboot, and complete the task from the alert.
- Templates & Task Detail — Create, use and delete templates; open a full task detail screen from search and calendar.
- Undo & Archive — Swipe-to-delete Undo works, and archive/restore/permanent delete are reachable.
- Paywall Restore — Working "Restore purchases", legal links and a scrollable layout.
- Exact XP & Streaks — Un-checking refunds exactly what was awarded; streaks are DST-safe and expire correctly.
- Analytics & Updates — Funnel events plus Play in-app updates (critical updates block, others download quietly).
v1.3.0
August 2026The Play Compliance Update. ZenTask moved to Android 16 APIs and the latest Play Billing library, with a streamlined closed-testing pipeline.
What's New
- Android 16 (API 36) — Edge-to-edge and predictive back support.
- Play Billing 9.1 — Latest purchase APIs with pending purchase support.
- GPP Pipeline — Gradle Play Publisher configured for closed-testing deployments.
- Signing Hygiene — Keystore and service credentials moved out of version control.
v1.2.0
March 2026The Motion & Productivity Upgrade. ZenTask now features organic spring-based animations, an in-app onboarding tour, and powerful task management tools like recurrence, dependencies, and templates.
What's New
- Organic Spring Animations — Physics-based spring transitions for a natural, premium feel across all interactions.
- In-App Onboarding Tour — Guided spotlight with animated "moving border" to highlight key features.
- Task Recurrence — Automatic Daily, Weekly, or Monthly task regeneration.
- Task Dependencies — Block tasks until their prerequisites are completed.
- Task Templates — Save and reuse common task configurations.
- Focus Mode — Distraction-free timer-based task execution screen.
- Quadratic Gamification — 100 rank tiers with animated level-up celebrations.
- Dynamic XP Card — Auto-collapsing progress bar with streak tracking.
- Expandable Task Cards — Inline Edit, Delete, Timers, and Subtask management.
- Advanced Filtering — Multi-dimensional filter by Status, Priority, and Date Range.
- Cloud Sync v3 — Back up tasks, subtasks, templates, and preferences to Google Drive.
- Pro Subscription — Ad-free mode and AI task breakdowns via Google Play Billing.
- Snappier Navigation — 200ms transitions with slide, fade, and scale effects.
- Performance Optimizations — Reduced redundant computations for smoother scrolling.
v1.0.0
March 2026The initial launch of ZenTask — a beautifully crafted task management app built entirely with Jetpack Compose.
Features
- Task Dashboard — Categorized lists with real-time checkbox updates and chip-based filtering.
- Performance Insights — Weekly consistency score charts for tracking productivity.
- Theme Support — Light, Dark, and AMOLED themes.
- Swipeable Onboarding — Interactive 3-step introduction flow.
- Google Sign-In — Account authentication via Google.