Most task apps give you a list and leave it at that. MagicTask V3 is a full task manager, but your work also powers a game. Using it moves you forward, unlocks rewards and builds a world that’s yours. V3 gets new features with regular updates, so here’s what’s in the app today.
If you want to see where the design started, take a look at the V3 concept art.
Pick your Realm and Dungeon
When you start, you choose the Realm your work lives in, and a Dungeon within it. Each Realm has its own look and feel, but the task system underneath is the same. The Realm Picker lets you browse them one at a time and see which Dungeons you’ve unlocked. New Realms are added over time.
Move through your Dungeon
Using MagicTask day to day fills your progress bar and moves you through your Dungeon toward the next chest. You don’t need to hunt for points or check a scoreboard. Your progress shows up as you work, so there’s always a next step in view.
Fight the boss and collect avatars
When you reach a chest, you fight the boss to open it. Inside are avatars to collect: skins, pets and backgrounds you can equip. Got something good? Share the chest on X or LinkedIn and a bonus chest is waiting when you come back.
Badges, Easter Eggs and MagicTokens
Hit a milestone and you earn a badge. Team badges like Team Player recognize people who work well together. Easter Eggs are hidden triggers you set off just by working in certain ways. Complete three tasks in a row that start with the same letter and you unlock Trifecta. Each one unlocks a collectible for your profile.
MagicTokens are your in-game currency. You earn them with daily login streaks, and when a chest gives you something you already own. Spend them to unlock new Realms.
Tasks, subtasks and projects
Under the game sits a proper task manager. Create tasks, subtasks and projects in seconds, or paste a list and turn every line into its own task. Break work into sections that match how you think, and drag tasks into the order you want to tackle them. Duplicate a task when you need another like it, and archive a project when it’s done.
Task sizes and due dates
Give each task a size, S, M, L or XL, for a quick sense of how much effort it needs. Sizes are a relative estimate, not a timer. Add a due date so nothing slips, and use tags and filters to find what you need.
List and Board views
Some days you want a straight list. Other days you want to see work move across stages. Switch between List and Board views whenever it suits you.
My Tasks
My Tasks pulls everything assigned to you into one place, across all your projects. Open it at the start of the day and you can see exactly what’s on your plate.
Recurring Tasks
Set up repeating work once and it shows up on schedule. Recurring Tasks follow the time zone of the person they’re assigned to. Editing the master task updates future copies, and finishing one copy never affects the others.
Time Blocking, with Google Calendar
A due date says when a task is due. Time Blocking says when you’ll actually do it. It puts a weekly calendar beside your task list, so you can drag tasks into time slots, or give a big task several blocks. Drag a block to move it, stretch it or remove it, and the task itself stays put.
MagicTask warns you when two blocks overlap. Connect Google Calendar and every block also appears there as an event, with changes carrying over in both directions.
Project Templates
Create a template once, with the sections, tasks and members you want, and start a new project from it whenever you need one. You stop rebuilding the same project over and over.
Analytics
Analytics comes in three layers. Workspace Analytics gives owners and managers a Health Score from 0 to 100 and shows which projects are at risk. Project Analytics shows whether a project is keeping up with incoming work and who’s contributing. Individual Analytics is your own view: your work and completion rate, plus your MagicTokens, Realm and Dungeon progress.
Inbox and email updates
Assignments, completions and other task activity all land in your Inbox, where you can filter, clear or snooze them. If you’re away from the app, a recurring email sums up what’s happened, and your Inbox stays exactly as you left it.
Work together
Share projects with your team and assign tasks. The conversation happens right on the task, with comments, @mentions and attachments, so nothing gets lost in another app. Everyone can see who’s doing what. Workspace leaderboards are coming soon.
Make it yours
User Preferences lets you set the layout and spacing, and choose how much animation and sound you want, from everything on to completely off. Keyboard Shortcuts let you run the whole app without reaching for your mouse.
Web and mobile
Use MagicTask on the web or with the mobile app on the App Store and Google Play. Your tasks, Realms, progress and rewards stay in sync across your devices.
The bottom line
MagicTask V3 does the work of a task manager and adds a game that makes you want to come back to it. Pick your Realm, clear your list and see what’s waiting in the next chest.
