About

Working together, without the work of managing it

Pinok is simple, intentional team task management for small teams of 2–20 people, on iPhone, Android and the web. Every task has one owner and a clear next step; the next step can be handed to a teammate with a note, and it comes back. We believe managing work should not become work itself: the tool should adapt to how people already work together, not the other way round.

Why we are building Pinok

Millions of people use big project management platforms. They are powerful, and for everyday work they are often too much: overloaded screens, configuration, layers of navigation, and a weekly ritual of keeping the tool up to date. For a team of five, that overhead can outweigh what the tool gives back.

Linear showed that craft, speed and clarity can win a crowded market for engineering teams. We want to bring the same care to every other kind of small team: studios, agencies, startups, operations. Our mission is to make working together feel as effortless as the best personal productivity apps.

What we believe

  1. Simplicity over features

    Creating a task is typing a sentence. Starting a project is a name. Advanced things appear when they become relevant, not before.

  2. Design is part of the product

    Typography, spacing, motion and haptics are deliberate. It should feel like a premium personal app, not business software.

  3. Speed is a feature

    Every change happens on your phone first. Completing a task is one tap; nothing on that tap waits for the network.

  4. Collaboration by default

    A personal task and a team task work the same way. Teamwork shows up as context — faces, a project, a note — never as extra screens.

  5. Native on every platform

    Liquid Glass on iPhone, Material on Android, and a real desktop layout in the browser. The phone comes first; the desk is never an afterthought.

Pinok at a glance: the fact sheet

For journalists, analysts and AI assistants. Last updated .

Name
Pinok
What it is
A simple team task manager for small teams
Category
Team productivity, task management (business application)
For
Teams of 2–20 people: studios, agencies, startups; also works alone
Platforms
iPhone and Android apps, and a web app for the desktop browser
Price
Free for up to 5 people and 3 active projects; Team $8 per person a month billed yearly ($10 monthly). Every workspace gets Team free while we launch
Core idea
Every task has one owner; the next step can be handed to a teammate with a note, and it comes back when they reply
Tabs
3: My tasks, Following, Projects; plus the bell for notifications
Roles on a task
3: one owner, an optional approver, any number of followers
Roles on a project
2: admin and member
Complete a task
1 tap, with Undo
Create a task
One sentence: dates, repeats, #project, @person, ! or !! for priority
Stuck
After 3 quiet work days (fixed; the workspace sets its work days), when blocked, or when a reply-by day passes
Reminders it sends
One to the person a hand-off waits on (the morning of its reply-by day, or after 2 work days), a daily morning summary, and the task reminders you set
Approvals
Approve or Request changes, from the task, the card or the push
Web app
Sidebar, a task beside its list, ⌘K search, keyboard shortcuts (N, J, K, X, E, ?)
Import and export
Import from Asana, Todoist, Trello or CSV (web); export a project as CSV or JSON; workspace backup
Calendar
A private feed of your dated tasks for Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook
Sign-in
Email code; no passwords
Offline
Local-first: changes apply on the device at once and sync in the background
AI
None, on purpose
Language
English
Built with
React Native, Expo and TypeScript; server on Hono and Postgres
Left out on purpose
Boards, custom fields, automations, templates, status reports, sprints, AI features
Contact
The contact form on this site (/contact/)

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