TaskLaunch Help

User Guide

Simple how-to steps for each module and feature in the current app.

HomeSign In

Start Here

Search for a task, pick a module from contents, then follow the numbered steps.

Open Tasks

Guide Format

Each module has a short purpose, direct action steps, and compact notes for things that are easy to miss.

Search -> choose module -> follow steps -> open the app module

Find Help

Filter by module area or search for an action such as manual entry, friend requests, or notifications.

Contents

Jump straight to the module you are using now.

NavigationTasksScheduleDashboardHistory ManagerFriendsLeaderboards and XPAccount and ProfileSettingsFeedback
Showing 10 of 10 modules.

Navigation

Move between the main TaskLaunch modules from the desktop rail, mobile footer, and profile menus.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch navigation screenshot showing module links and the profile menu.
  • The desktop rail holds the main modules: Dashboard, Tasks, Friends, and Leaderboards.
  • The profile summary card opens secondary actions such as Settings, User Guide, and Sign Out.
  • On smaller screens, the footer keeps core modules reachable while the hamburger menu holds account-level actions.

Helpful Notes

If you are unsure where to start, open Dashboard first and use its summaries to choose the next task.

The profile menu is reserved for account, help, and sign-out actions rather than daily workflow tools.

Open the User Guide from the app

  1. On desktop, select the profile summary card at the bottom of the rail.
  2. Choose User Guide from the profile menu.
  3. On mobile, open the hamburger menu in the top bar and choose User Guide.

Return to core modules

  1. Use Dashboard for progress and summaries.
  2. Use Tasks for active timers and task setup.
  3. Use Friends and Leaderboards for social progress views.

Tasks

Create tasks, start focused work sessions, set goals, add notes, and review per-task history.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Tasks screenshot showing task cards, timers, and task actions.
  • Tasks are the main work items in TaskLaunch. Each task can track elapsed time, completion progress, milestones, and history.
  • Task cards expose quick actions for start, stop, edit, reset, history, manual entry, sharing, and export where supported.
  • Focus sessions can carry notes, checkpoint alerts, and time-goal completion flows into your history.

Helpful Notes

Short, concrete task names make dashboard and history summaries easier to scan.

Use manual entries when you forgot to start a timer but still want an accurate history.

Create and run a task

  1. Open Tasks.
  2. Use Add Task and enter a clear task name.
  3. Choose Schedule this task only if you want it placed on the Schedule view.
  4. Start the task when you begin working.
  5. Stop the task when the session ends so elapsed time and XP can be recorded.

Edit task setup

  1. Open the task action menu.
  2. Choose Edit.
  3. Update the task name, milestone, checkpoint alerts, schedule details, or color.
  4. Save and confirm the task card still shows the expected setup.

Add missed work time

  1. Open the task action menu.
  2. Choose Manual Entry.
  3. Enter the date, start time, elapsed time, and optional session note.
  4. Save the entry, then open History if you want to confirm it was recorded.

Review task-specific history

  1. Open the task action menu.
  2. Choose History to expand inline history.
  3. Select View Summary for a session summary or pin the chart if you want it to reopen later.

Share or export a task

  1. Open the task action menu.
  2. Choose Share Task when you want a friend to see the selected task summary.
  3. Choose Export Task when you need a file copy of the task data.
  4. Review the confirmation text before applying the action.

Schedule

Plan tasks across the week using scheduled placement, optimal productivity days, and drag previews.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Schedule screenshot showing a weekly task planning board.
  • Schedule gives Tasks a calendar-style planning view without replacing the single task list.
  • Tasks can be arranged by day and time, with visual placement previews while moving scheduled items.
  • Settings can highlight optimal productivity days so recurring planning fits your preferred work rhythm.

Helpful Notes

Use Schedule for intention, not punishment. Move work when your day changes.

Set optimal productivity days in Settings when you want scheduled work to prefer your strongest days.

Place a task on the schedule

  1. Open Tasks.
  2. Choose Schedule from the Tasks and Schedule switch.
  3. Drag the scheduled task to the intended day and time block.
  4. Use the preview position to check timing before you release the task.
  5. If a conflict appears, choose whether to change the placement or keep the current plan.

Create a scheduled task

  1. Open Tasks.
  2. Use Add Task.
  3. Turn on Schedule this task.
  4. Choose the planned start, duration, and recurrence options.
  5. Save the task and open Schedule to confirm the block appears where expected.

Sort Tasks by schedule

  1. Open Tasks.
  2. Open the task ordering menu.
  3. Choose Schedule/Time.
  4. Use the ordered task list to start the next scheduled item.

Dashboard

Read today, weekly progress, momentum, activity heatmaps, task completion, and productivity summaries.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Dashboard screenshot showing progress cards and activity summaries.
  • Dashboard turns task history into progress indicators, charts, and summaries.
  • Cards emphasize today, weekly progress, momentum, task completion, and activity overview.
  • Dashboard modules are designed for scanning, comparison, and deciding what to do next.

Helpful Notes

Dashboard is most useful after a few logged sessions because charts need history to summarize.

Treat low activity as context, not failure; the app is built around recovery and restarting.

Use Dashboard to choose your next task

  1. Open Dashboard.
  2. Review today and weekly progress.
  3. Check the task completion and activity cards for gaps.
  4. Return to Tasks and choose the next useful session.

Read momentum and activity

  1. Open Dashboard after you have logged work sessions.
  2. Use Momentum to see whether recent sessions are building consistency.
  3. Use Activity Overview to spot days or times that are underrepresented.
  4. Use the result as planning input, not as a score to chase.

History Manager

Review, sort, summarize, manually add, bulk-select, and delete historical task sessions.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch History Manager screenshot showing dated history rows and bulk controls.
  • History Manager is the full-screen workspace for task history maintenance.
  • Rows can be grouped by task and date, sorted by Date/Time or Elapsed, selected hierarchically, and bulk deleted.
  • History summaries and notes help explain what happened during specific work sessions.

Helpful Notes

Sort Date/Time and Elapsed columns when auditing unusual history entries.

Use summaries before deleting entries if you need to understand what the session represents.

Add a manual history entry

  1. Open History Manager.
  2. Find the task that should receive the missing time.
  3. Choose manual entry for that task.
  4. Set Date/Time, Elapsed, and optional notes, then save.

Bulk edit history safely

  1. Choose Select.
  2. Select a task, date group, or individual rows.
  3. Review the selected count and delete summary.
  4. Confirm only when the selected rows are exactly what you intend to remove.

Sort and inspect history

  1. Open History Manager.
  2. Use the Date/Time header to move between newest and oldest sessions.
  3. Use the Elapsed header to find unusually short or long sessions.
  4. Open a row summary when you need notes, timing, or session context.

Analyse selected columns

  1. Open inline history from a task or History Manager where analysis is available.
  2. Lock-select at least two columns.
  3. Choose Analyse.
  4. Review the comparison, then clear locks when you are done.

Friends

Manage friend requests, view friend profiles, and share selected task summaries.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Friends screenshot showing friend cards and request actions.
  • Friends adds optional social accountability without changing your private task list by default.
  • Friend profiles can show display identity, rank context, and shared task summaries where sharing is enabled.
  • Friend request alerts appear in navigation badges when there is pending activity.

Helpful Notes

Share only the task summaries you actually want another person to see.

Use Friends for accountability when it helps, and keep the workflow solo when it does not.

Send and manage friend requests

  1. Open Friends.
  2. Search or enter the username for the person you want to add.
  3. Send a request and wait for acceptance.
  4. Use the Friends screen to review incoming requests and current friends.

Review a friend profile

  1. Open Friends.
  2. Select a friend card or profile action.
  3. Review their public profile, rank context, and shared task summaries.
  4. Close the profile to return to Friends.

Share task progress with a friend

  1. Open Tasks.
  2. Open the task action menu for the task you want to share.
  3. Choose Share Task.
  4. Select the friend or sharing option shown in the modal.
  5. Confirm only after checking what will be shared.

Leaderboards and XP

Understand XP, ranks, badges, weekly standings, global standings, and rival leaderboards.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Leaderboards screenshot showing XP rankings and rank badges.
  • XP is awarded from recorded task effort and supports rank progression.
  • Leaderboards include global, weekly, and rival views so progress can be compared at different scopes.
  • Rank badges and promotions are visual feedback, while the underlying value comes from logged effort.

Helpful Notes

Weekly views are better for fresh motivation; global views are long-term context.

Rank progress follows logged effort, so accurate task history matters.

Check rank progress

  1. Open Leaderboards or select the XP/rank header.
  2. Review current XP, rank, and progress toward the next rank.
  3. Use weekly and rival tabs to compare short-term progress.

Switch leaderboard views

  1. Open Leaderboards.
  2. Choose Global for all-time XP context.
  3. Choose Weekly for the current weekly period.
  4. Choose Rivals to compare against users near your rank.

Open a leaderboard profile

  1. Open Leaderboards.
  2. Select a visible user row, avatar, or profile target.
  3. Review the public profile details.
  4. Close the profile modal when finished.

Account and Profile

Manage username, avatar, rank badge, plan status, sign-out, and account deletion.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Account screenshot showing profile identity, XP, rank, and account actions.
  • Account shows the signed-in identity, username, email, member date, XP, rank, and selected badge.
  • Avatar and rank controls affect how your profile appears in supported app surfaces.
  • Sign out and account deletion live here because they affect the whole signed-in workspace.

Helpful Notes

Use a recognizable username if you plan to use Friends or Leaderboards.

Delete Account is permanent; export or review data first if you need a record.

Update profile identity

  1. Open Account from the profile menu or mobile top bar avatar.
  2. Choose the avatar or username control you want to change.
  3. Save the change and wait for the profile sync notice.

Sign out

  1. Open Account or the profile menu.
  2. Choose Sign Out.
  3. Confirm the sign-out prompt.
  4. Wait for the app to clear the local workspace cache and land on Login.

Delete account

  1. Open Account.
  2. Read the always-visible Delete Account warning.
  3. Expand the disclosure control to reveal the Delete Account button.
  4. Follow the confirmation steps only if you intend to permanently delete the account.

Settings

Configure preferences, appearance, sounds, alerts, notifications, privacy links, data tools, and reset options.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Settings screenshot showing settings modules and preferences.
  • Settings is split into modules such as Preferences, Appearance, Sounds & Alerts, Notifications, Data, and About.
  • Desktop layouts show the settings list and detail pane together; mobile layouts open details after selecting a module.
  • Data tools include backup, import/export, History Manager access, and local reset actions.

Helpful Notes

Settings choices are meant to reduce friction; revisit them when your workflow changes.

Use Reset All Data only when you intentionally want to remove local app data from the device.

Change productivity preferences

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Choose Preferences.
  3. Adjust task behavior, dashboard options, or optimal productivity days.
  4. Return to the relevant module and confirm the behavior matches your workflow.

Manage data

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Choose Data.
  3. Use History Manager, export/import, or reset tools according to the maintenance task you need.

Change appearance

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Choose Appearance.
  3. Adjust display or menu button preferences.
  4. Return to the app and confirm the updated appearance is readable.

Configure alerts and notifications

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Choose Sounds and Alerts or Notifications.
  3. Turn on only the alerts you want to receive.
  4. For mobile push alerts, allow the system permission prompt if the device asks.

Feedback

Send bug reports, feature ideas, general feedback, and optional PNG screenshot attachments.

Open Module

What This Is For

Sanitized TaskLaunch Feedback screenshot showing feedback form fields and submission controls.
  • Feedback helps report bugs, request enhancements, and explain workflow issues.
  • You can submit with an email address or choose anonymous logging where supported.
  • Pasted screenshots are processed as PNG attachments so visual issues can be understood more quickly.

Helpful Notes

For bugs, include what you expected, what happened, and how to reproduce it.

For feature requests, describe the workflow problem rather than only the desired button or screen.

Submit useful feedback

  1. Open Feedback.
  2. Choose bug, feature, or general feedback.
  3. Add a short title and detailed reproduction steps or context.
  4. Paste screenshots into the details field when they clarify the issue.
  5. Submit after the form validation message is clear.

Attach a screenshot

  1. Copy a PNG screenshot from your device.
  2. Open Feedback.
  3. Click inside the details field.
  4. Paste the screenshot and wait for the attachment preview or status message.
  5. Submit the feedback after the image and written context are both present.