Let's take a quick tour at the different views of the Routine app.

📋 Dashboard

The

is not a screen per se but kind of an app in itself.

The dashboard is powerful because it can be opened from anywhere on your desktop through the ^ ⎵ (i.e CTRL+SPACE) hotkey.

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Note that the Routine symbol (above the menu) can also be used to open the dashboard. We however recommend using the

Keyboard shortcuts

as much as possible to perform actions more quickly.

At any time (even during meetings 😉), you can check your upcoming events and tasks for the day but also use the

Console

to write down a task to be performed later (see

Create & manage tasks

🎯 Today

The Today screen’s purpose is to force you to concentrate on what matters right now, the upcoming events, the tasks you've decided to complete today etc.

This is the most central screen of the application, the one you should be referring to the most when in execution mode. See

Events & tasks of the day

for more information.

📅 Planner

The Planner screen combines both your tasks and events through a weekly visualization.

The tasks for which you have not set a specific date are displayed on the left-hand side along with the events & task allocations of the weeks from all your calendars. Under each day are listed the tasks you have scheduled for that specific day.

You can read more about how to plan your work through

Organize your week

and

Postpone tasks

📥 Inbox

The Inbox is a view that comes from the GTD methodology.

The idea is that everything you need to remember should be stored in a reliable system instead of staying on your mind.

On the app, everything you capture through the

Console

is stored in your Inbox for you to organize later. You can think of it as your second memory.

From time to time,

Capture everything

the same way you go through your email inbox to get it all cleaned up, also referred to as

Inbox Zero

🕑 Upcoming

The Upcoming view contains all the tasks that have been scheduled for later. In other words, this screen offers a glance into the future when it comes to tasks (not events).

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For more information on regular and recurrent tasks, please refer to

Create & manage tasks

⌛ Journal

The Journal provides a history of your past activity with events you attended, tasks you completed, pages and people you archived.

This screen is particularly useful to review what took place on a particular day, such as notes you took for a specific meeting.

The journal also allows for restoring tasks or pages that you may have archived by mistake.

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For more information about the journal, please refer to the

Access past activity

and

Restore archived items

articles.

📚 Pages

The Pages view allows you to organize long-term information without being forced to treat that information as a list of todos.

Pages are similar to what notes taking apps (Evernote, Bear etc.) provide but with a modern approach allowing to:

Embed media-rich content (videos, images etc.)
Turn non-actionable information (e.g text) into a task

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Unlike most notes taking apps, checkboxes in Routine represent full-fledged tasks that can be scheduled, postponed, delegated and even extended with a description of their own. For more information, please refer to

Write & edit notes

You can use pages to organize a trip, to list your favorite movies, to plan the renovation of your house etc.

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You can read more about pages in the

Create and organize pages

article.

⚙️ Settings

The Settings view is quite straightforward, allowing you to change the

Keyboard shortcuts

, turn on Dark Mode, enable/disable calendars, connect accounts and activate integrations.

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Something missing? Send us a message by email, chat (see

Contact

) or through the app.

Quick tour