A task manager for freelancers who work alone.
You're juggling five clients, three deadlines this week, and a dozen half-finished deliverables — by yourself. You don't need assignees, approvals, or a shared roadmap. You need to capture every client task in one place, decide what ships today, and finish it without the tool getting in the way. Zoro is a single-player task manager for iPhone and Mac built for exactly that.
The short answer
One board for every client.
The best task manager for a freelancer is a focused personal one, not team project-management software. You work alone, so collaboration features are dead weight and per-seat pricing is money wasted. Zoro gives each client a project, tags every task with a priority (P1/P2/P3) and an effort size (S/M/L), and shows the whole workload on one board — so the most urgent work rises to the top no matter whose logo is on it. Cross-platform alternatives worth knowing: Todoist for fast capture, Trello for a free visual board, and Indy if you want tasks bundled with invoicing.
Why team tools don't fit
You're not a team of one. You're just one.
Asana, Monday, ClickUp, and Jira are built to get a group to agree on what's done — assignees, comment threads, approval flows, workflow automation. For a freelancer, every one of those fields is a box you fill in for an audience that doesn't exist. Worse, they bill per seat with seat minimums, so you pay team rates to manage your own work. A freelancer's real problem isn't coordination; it's triage across clients and actually finishing. That calls for a fast, quiet tool, not a project-management suite.
How Zoro fits a freelance workflow
Built for client work, priced for one.
A project per client.
Give each client their own project and keep everything for them in one place — deliverables, revisions, follow-ups. Switch context in a tap; nothing bleeds between clients.
Priorities that cross clients.
P1/P2/P3 runs across your whole board, so a P1 for Client A and a P1 for Client B sit side by side. You plan the day by what's actually urgent, not by which app you happened to open.
Effort sizing for quotes.
S/M/L on every task gives you a fast read on the week's real load — useful when you're deciding whether you can take on one more project or what to quote for it.
Your clients' data, your iCloud.
Zoro syncs through your own iCloud, not a vendor's database. Client work stays in your Apple account — nothing to leak, sell, or shut down. Native iPhone + Mac apps mean you capture a task the moment a client emails.
At a glance
Zoro vs typical freelancer task tools.
| What you need | Zoro | Team PM tools |
|---|---|---|
| Built for one person | Yes | No — designed around teams |
| Per-client organization | Project per client | Yes (with overhead) |
| Priorities + effort sizing | Native (P1–3, S/M/L) | Custom fields |
| iPhone + Mac native apps | Yes | Web wrappers |
| Your data in your iCloud | Yes | Vendor servers |
| Team collaboration | No (by design) | Yes (the point) |
| Per-seat billing | None | Per user, per month |
| Price (1 person) | $0, $19.99/yr or $59.99 once | $100–300+/yr |
Prefer cross-platform? Todoist and TickTick run everywhere with strong free tiers; Trello is a free visual board; Indy and Bonsai bundle tasks with freelance invoicing. Zoro's trade is deliberate: Apple-only and single-player, in exchange for being faster and quieter than any of them.
Pricing
Not another monthly subscription.
Freelancers already stack enough recurring bills — accounting, storage, design tools. Zoro doesn't have to be one of them. It's free with unlimited tasks and iCloud sync included, and Pro adds the weekly review + insight engine — history, trends, and aging analysis — plus a stats dashboard, subtasks, and custom statuses for $2.99/month, $19.99/year, or $59.99 once. Pay the one-time price and you never see another invoice for it. No per-seat math, no annual-only trap.
FAQ
Freelancer task management, answered.
What is the best task manager for freelancers?
It depends on how you work. For focused solo execution on Apple devices, Zoro (a single-player kanban with a one-time option). For fast capture everywhere, Todoist. For tasks bundled with invoicing, Indy. For a visual board, Trello. Most freelancers are better served by a lightweight personal task manager than by team PM software — you work alone, so you don't need assignees, comments, or per-seat billing.
Do freelancers need project management software?
Usually not. Team PM tools like Asana, Monday, or ClickUp are built for collaboration — assignees, approvals, shared roadmaps — which is overhead when you're the only one working. A freelancer needs to capture every deliverable, triage across clients, and finish. A focused task manager does that with far less setup and no per-seat cost.
How do freelancers track tasks across multiple clients?
Use one board with a project per client and a single priority scheme across all of them, so the most urgent work surfaces no matter which client it's for. In Zoro, each client is a project, every task carries a priority and an effort size, and one board shows the whole workload — so you plan the day across clients instead of tool-hopping.
What is the cheapest task app for freelancers?
Apple Reminders, Microsoft To Do, and Google Tasks are free. Todoist, TickTick, Trello, and Notion have capable free tiers. To skip subscriptions, Zoro is free with unlimited tasks and iCloud sync, plus a one-time $59.99 Pro option (or $19.99/year), and Things 3 is a one-time purchase per Apple platform.
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One board. Every client. No team.
Zoro is a single-player kanban for iPhone and Mac — three priorities, three sizes, your data in your own iCloud, $19.99/yr or $59.99 once. It opens in summer 2026. Join the waitlist for the App Store link on launch day, plus a code for half off Pro for life — $29.99 once, not $59.99.
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