Nirvana Release Notes
April 15, 2026
Android / iOS, version 3.18
- Widgets are here! See your tasks at a glance right from your home screen.
April 13, 2026
Android / iOS, version 3.17
- Share to Nirvana: Send links, text, or content from any app straight into your Nirvana Inbox.
- Share from Nirvana: Share a task or an entire project or list out to other apps.
- Paste Tasks: Copy any list and paste it into Nirvana — each line becomes its own task.
March 31, 2026
Web — version 3.16.6
- Fixed an issue where some new users were not shown the onboarding wizard after signing up, while others were seeing it repeatedly.
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements.
February 22, 2026
Android / iOS, version 3.16.5
- Calendar Events: You can now select which device calendars appear in Focus view from Settings.
- Task Display: Fixed alignment and cropping issues with multi-line task names.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
January 21, 2026
Android / iOS, version 3.16.4
- Manage Tags: You can now manage your tags directly from Settings.
- Project Behavior: Restored support for Sequential vs Parallel projects.
- Area Filtering: Sidebar items now correctly respect the Global Area filter.
- Task Assignment: "Assign tasks to current area" preference is now supported.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
January 1, 2026
All Platforms, version 3.16
- New Login / Signup Flow: Includes Sign-in with Google / Apple.
- Onboarding: Updated screens for new users.
- Sidenav: UI to show/hide projects and tags now consistent across all apps.
- Settings: Modernized "Settings" screens across all apps.
- German Support: Added full German (
de) language support.
November 14, 2025
Android / iOS, version 3.14.5
Performance improvements around sync, leveraging server-side events to keep device data in sync with the cloud.
November 12, 2025
macOS, version 3.14.47
Performance improvements around sync, leveraging server-side events to keep device data in sync with the cloud. Also, sidebar icons are now the same as in the mobile apps. ⭐️
November 10, 2025
Desktop browser web, version 3.14.48
Fixed an issue where some browsers would get caught in a loop redirecting between two login screens.
November 9, 2025
Windows, Desktop web, version 3.14.47
Performance improvements around sync, leveraging server-side events to keep device data in sync with the cloud. Also, sidebar icons are now the same as in the mobile apps. ⭐️
October 26, 2025
Android / iOS, version 3.14.4
Fixed an issue with reminder time selection dropping the PM when not in 24h mode; Added keyboard shortcuts for connected keyboards, such as on iPad or Android tablets (press “k” to see them in the app); plus a number of minor bug fixes and performance improvements.
October 12, 2025
Desktop browser web, version 3.14.5
Fix – app hang when viewing projects with scheduled tasks or tasks with due dates.
October 2, 2025
Desktop browser web, version 3.14.4
Fix – rapid entry!
October 1, 2025
Mobile Android / iOS, version 3.14.2 Desktop browser web, version 3.14.0
Bug fixes & performance improvements.
August 23, 2025
Android / iOS, version 3.10.8 Windows / macOS / web, version 3.10.4
Now available en Français everywhere. ⚜️We also updated the Android app for edge-to-edge support.Please let us know if any of our translations don’t land or if the app renders strangely on your device. Merci!
August 20, 2025
iOS, version 3.10.6
Bug fixes and improvements
August 19, 2025
iOS, version 3.10.5
Restored compatibility with iOS 15 and 16.
July 15, 2025
Windows, version 3.10.3
Fix – Restored Print (Ctrl+P) in File menu.
July 14, 2025
Android / iOS, version 3.10.4 Windows / macOS / web, version 3.10.2
We’re bringing Nirvana to languages beyond English! 🌐
First up, Spanish, with more languages coming in the weeks ahead. Please let us know if you find words or phrases that didn’t get translated quite right.
The app also launches faster than before.And we squashed a bunch of bugs. 🙂↔️
June 9, 2025
Android / iOS, version 3.9.23
Bug fixes! All Day calendar events (and events that begin and end on different days and time zones, long international flights for example) now appear in Focus as expected. Also, when filtering for items that are “due” the button now toggles on/off as it used to.
May 28, 2025
Web App, version 3.9.12
Search now responds immediately upon hitting [return] or [enter] key. Starred items within Inactive Projects are now surfaced in Focus, always. Moving between lists in the side nav correctly “clears” any tags that may have been selected.
May 23, 2025
Web App, version 3.9.11
Minor bug fixes, plus forward looking prep (under the hood) for upcoming features.
May 12, 2025
Android & iOS, versions 3.9.20
New: Filter by (not) Tag — As before, tap on a tag to filter the current list to only those items containing that tag. Tap again to get the inverse… the list refreshes with items that do not have that tag.
April 30, 2025
Windows & macOS, version 3.9.10
New: Filter by (not) Tag by clicking on tags twice — the first click will filter to show only tasks containing that tag. Click again to get the inverse… all the tasks that do not have that tag. Ctrl+click (Windows) / Cmd+click (macOS) to combine multiple tags.
New: Copy Tasks in current view (or just selected tasks) for pasting into other apps on your computer. The format is “light-markdown” in that it’s easy to read as plain-text, but has just enough formatting for markdown compatible apps. Ctrl+C (Windows) / Cmd+C (macOS).
New: Print Tasks in current view from desktop app. Finally, no need to switch to the web-browser version of Nirvana for printing. Ctrl+P (Windows) / Cmd+P (macOS).
Fix: Update Notifications when new desktop versions become available is now less aggressive.
April 19, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.19
★★★★★ Nirvana may prompt you for a review every now and then. Please be supportive! The more positive reviews we receive the more likely people are to install Nirvana, which leads to the resources we need to continue improving the app! 🙏🏼
April 17, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.18
Minor bug fixes
April 16, 2025
Web App, version 3.9.9
Minor bug fixes
April 3, 2025
Web App, version 3.9.8
Bug fixes 🐞 and performance improvements.Clicking Refresh now fetches all changes from the past, not just incremental changes since the last sync run — which addresses some rare wonkiness that can arise when devices are not properly aligned with network time protocol (aka, device date/time has drifted too far from actual date/time).
March 31, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.17
Fixed – Reminder Notifications. 📳We were relying on Push Notifications before, but now schedule reminder notifications locally on the device. Added benefit? Reminders now work properly on planes and in tunnels where network connections might be intermittent. ✈️ 🚇 👍🏼
March 26, 2025
Web App, version 3.9.7
The web app at https://focus.nirvanahq.com is now fully aligned with the downloadable Nirvana desktop apps, sharing the same code-base for feature parity + future improvements! 🚀
March 11, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.16
Added ability to perform a full data re-sync… via Settings » About » Re-sync all data
March 9, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.14
This release fixes a bug where new project tasks would sometimes get created in the Inbox, rather than inside the project you intended.
Big thanks to those who reported this!! 🙏🏼
March 5, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.12 Windows & macOS, version 3.9.6
• Bug fixes related to sync
February 25, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.11
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
February 23, 2025
Windows & macOS, version 3.9.5
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
February 11, 2025
Windows & macOS, version 3.9.4
New color themes for 2025 to match mobile apps 🤩 Bug fixes
January 21, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.8
• Bug fixes
January 10, 2025
Android & iOS, version 3.9.7
New color themes for 2025 🎉 Option to increase font size Bug fixes!
November 11, 2024
macOS & Windows, version 3.9.2
Fixed – Tag renaming and merging Fixed – Search text input losing focus during sync Fixed – Rapid Entry removed from Search and Trash views Fixed – Error when converting a Reference List to a Project Prep for API migration
October 8, 2024
macOS & Windows, version 3.9.1
Fixed – Search resets when clicking on lists in left sidebar Fixed – Tasks in search results respond properly to mouse clicks Fixed – Alert and Confirmation dialogs no longer cause Windows app to stop responding to user input
September 22, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.9.4
Fixed a rather persistent bug where the app could get stuck in a loop refreshing itself after a password change.
September 7, 2024
macOS & Windows, version 3.9.0
Default settings are now consistent across webapp and desktop on initial account creation.
September 2, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.9.2
Fixed a rare bug where the app would sometimes keep reloading itself.
September 1, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.9.1
Invisible bug fixes 🙂 … but they were important nonetheless.
August 29, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.9.0
New: Tap “share” from other Android apps to create new to-do’s directly in Nirvana (text and urls only, for now). Updated a bunch of stuff under the hood to keep current with latest Android requirements.
July 30, 2024
Windows & macOS, version 3.8.9
Significant rewrite of cloud-sync, aligning Windows and Mac apps with Android and iOS apps. Code optimization and bug fixes.
July 23, 2024
iOS, version 3.8.7
Fixed an iOS specific issue where local cache would sometimes become inaccessible due to a low-level bug in iOS webkit.
June 29, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.8.6
Bug fixes!
June 24, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.8.5
Bug fixes!
June 1, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.8.4
Improved resilience for users with intermittent network connections Updated several underlying libraries to support upcoming features
March 8, 2024
iOS, version 3.8.3
Fixed a sync issue that was impacting users when device was running low on memory Fixed unresponsive “sign out” button in Settings.
February 8, 2024
Windows & macOS, version 3.8.6
Fixed a sync issue that was impacting some users with large amounts of data.
February 7, 2024
Web app, build 1707331858
Fixed an issue with login that was affecting certain browsers.
Windows & macOS, version 3.8.4 Web app, build 1707275958
Maintenance release / bug fixes Incremental migration to new cloud infrastructure
January 22, 2024
Android & iOS, version 3.8.2
Maintenance release / bug fixes
December 18, 2023
Android & iOS, version 3.8.1
Cloud sync has been optimized for better performance Pull-to-refresh now does a full data fetch (rather than incremental) Fixed swipe-left gesture on the date-picker popover (used to assign due dates, scheduled and recurring dates, and reminders) iOS 17+ now requires full access to your calendar in order to show calendar events inside Nirvana
June 25, 2023
Android, version 3.7.7
Fixed a bug on Android where Nirvana would render in Dark Mode when the OS Theme was set to Dark, even if Nirvana Settings > Appearance was explicitly set to Light.
June 21, 2023
Android, version 3.7.6
Fixed a bug on Android where “long-press to select/copy/paste” was illegibly rendering black text on black background.
June 17, 2023
Android & iOS, version 3.7.5
Fixed a bug that affected some users where the app would freeze or continually reload itself.
June 15, 2023
Android & iOS, version 3.7.4
Fixed a bug where some changes weren’t being saved under certain low memory conditions.
June 15, 2023
Android & iOS, version 3.7.3
UI / UX tweaks – New buttons to filter by tag, effort, due – Word-wrap long task names (toggle on/off) – Cleaner layout of task and project details – Easier to edit checklists in task notes – Reduced haptic buzzing
New Settings – Leave completed to-dos in place – Create new to-dos at the top of lists – Cleanup/Log completed to-dos ‘daily’
Bug Fixes – Fixed a bug where Nirvana would crash on some Android devices if Calendar Events were enabled but no default calendar could be found (e.g. disabled in native Calendar app settings) – Fixed a bug where switching between Light and Dark modes on certain Android devices wouldn’t take – Fixed an issue that was preventing new users from creating an account with email addresses ending in longer TLDs (such as .digital)
June 15, 2023
Windows & macOS, version 3.7.0 Web app, build 1686810202
Feature alignment with updated Mobile apps, including a new setting to “Log completed items: Daily” as well as accommodating the inserting of newly created tasks at the top of lists.
And we squashed number of minor bugs. 👾
January 25, 2023
Windows & macOS, version 3.5.18 Web app, build 1674633485
Fixed a few right-click sub-menus that were rendering wonky.
January 23, 2023
Web app, build 1674555662
Fix: Right-click menus now scroll vertically for all sub-menus with more items than can fit in viewport (aka if you have a lot of projects or tags); Fix: Right-click menus now reposition into viewport if invoked at bottom of screen; Fix: Next options menu > project actions > show > top N now renders correctly to the right.
January 20, 2023
windows & macOS, version 3.5.17
Regression fix: clicking a URL opens page in external browser.
January 19, 2023
macOS, version 3.5.16
Fixed a bug where Nirvana wouldn’t launch for users with the latest Apple Silicon (M1/M2) machines. If you use a Mac and the app won’t launch, please re-install Nirvana from our downloads page. 🙏🏼
January 18, 2023
macOS & Windows, version 3.5.15 Web app, build 1674022846
When creating or editing a task, assigning the task to a different project or state (via the pulldown menus on the right) now correctly places the task at the end of the destination project or list.
Shout out to power user Kevin for his persistence and patience on this one.
January 1, 2023
Android & iOS, version 3.6
New Feature — Reminders! Set a date/time to be reminded of a pending to-do, and you’ll receive a push-notification when that moment arrives. 🎉 🥳
We’ve also tweaked the user interface in a number of places to make Nirvana easier to use. You’ll find subtle adjustments throughout the app.
You can read more about these changes here.