Minimal Monthly Task Planner
Ranked 6 of 14 task managers by recommenders
Recommended as a simple, offline monthly task planner with notes and a printable layout. Critics report print and layout problems, including the calendar not fitting A4 and missing notes.
Recommended as a simple, offline monthly task planner with notes and a printable layout. Critics report print and layout problems, including the calendar not fitting A4 and missing notes.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 79%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, minimal design
“Great idea, simple, I like the side notes”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)” “Looks great. I like simple, useful tools.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)” Monthly to-do list with notes
“I use it in paper form. A to-do list for the selected month, along with notes, is helpful.”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)” “Great idea, simple, I like the side notes”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Print output shows buttons or overflows
“Next/Previous month buttons appear in the print output.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)” “the calendar is too wide to properly fit on A4”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: A Minimal Monthly Task Planner (printable, offline, no signup)”
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| Minimal Monthly Task PlannerThis page | 11 | 3 | 79% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use it in paper form. A to-do list for the selected month, along with notes, is helpful.”
“it is not showing any notes in the preview”
“the calendar is too wide to properly fit on A4”
“Next/Previous month buttons appear in the print output.”
“Right now everything works fully offline, and that's part of the appeal.”
“Also got half-height on Google Chrome.”
“On Firefox it just gets stuck on "Preparing Preview" when pressing the print button”
“Wonderful. I wish there was the possibility to sync data among browsers”
“It seems not possible to drag and drop from one day to another.”
“Looks great. I like simple, useful tools.”
“the layout gets a bit tight on very small screens”
“Great idea, simple, I like the side notes”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.