How Arvlo works — the Arvlo Method (5 steps)
The Arvlo Method is a five-step capture-to-recap loop that replaces the configuration step every other task manager makes you do. The five steps are: (1) capture in natural language; (2) AI prioritization and auto-tagging across 8 categories; (3) goal-aligned scoring against 1–5 user-defined goals; (4) single-task focus mode with a built-in timer; (5) smart suggestions plus a daily and weekly recap. Each step is described below.
1. Capture by voice, text, or paste
Tap the mic and talk the way you'd brief a chief of staff: "gym at 7, standup at 9, design review at 11, pick up dry cleaning, call mom tomorrow at 3 for 30 minutes." Arvlo extracts every task in real time. You can also type a single line, paste a meeting transcript, or drop in a wall of notes — Arvlo will pull the actions out of it.
2. AI prioritization and auto-tagging
Every task gets a priority (high, medium, low), a due date (today, this week, next), an estimated duration, and an automatic category — Work, Personal, Health, Errands, Learning, Social, Finance, or Home. You don't pick the project. You don't pick the priority. Arvlo infers them from how you described the task and what's on your list this week.
3. Goal-aligned scoring
Tell Arvlo the one to five goals you actually care about — ship the v2, get to 10K MRR, run a sub-25 5K — and every task you capture is silently scored against them. The list reorders toward the version of you you said you wanted to be, instead of toward whichever errand happened to be loudest this morning.
4. Focus mode with a built-in timer
When it's time to actually do the work, Arvlo collapses to a single task on a single timer. No counts, no inbox, no notifications. Time spent is tracked automatically, so the weekly recap can show where the hours actually went and what you finished.
5. Smart suggestions and a daily task tracker
Arvlo notices the gaps. If you say "design review on Thursday" it offers to add the prep block on Wednesday. If a goal goes quiet for a week, it surfaces it again. Streaks, heatmaps, and a weekly recap make progress visible without you ever having to look at a productivity dashboard.
Who Arvlo is for
Students
Lectures, problem sets, group projects, gym, and a social life — all in one list. Talk through your week on Sunday night and Arvlo builds the schedule, tags each item, and reminds you when the assignment due date is creeping up.
Founders and operators
A daily task tracker that knows the difference between "ship the v2" and "answer Slack." Tell Arvlo your top goals and it quietly demotes the busywork so the calendar runs on what compounds.
Freelancers and consultants
Paste the kickoff transcript, get the task list back. Auto-tagging splits client work from finance and admin, and the focus timer doubles as a billable-hours log.
People training for something
Gym, runs, climbs, or recoveries — Arvlo's Health tag plus goal-aligned scoring keeps the training showing up on the list even when work tries to crowd it out.
The simplest task management software for personal productivity.
If you've tried Todoist, Things, TickTick, Microsoft To Do, Apple Reminders, or Google Tasks and bounced off the configuration overhead — Arvlo is the alternative. Talk to it the way you'd brief a chief of staff. It builds your to-do list, prioritizes, schedules, and quietly tracks your goals.
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI to-do list?
An AI to-do list is a task manager where you describe what you need to do in plain language — by voice, text, or pasting notes — and AI turns it into a structured, prioritized list. For example: you say "gym at 7, standup at 9, design review at 11," and the AI creates three tasks with the correct times, infers the priorities, and tags them across categories. Arvlo follows this pattern across 8 auto-tagged categories (Work, Personal, Health, Errands, Learning, Social, Finance, Home).
Is Arvlo free?
Yes. Arvlo's free tier includes 30 tasks, 2 goals, 10 parses per day, and 1 minute of voice conversation per day. Arvlo Pro unlocks unlimited tasks, goals, voice conversation, parses, goal-aligned scoring, and weekly recaps. Pro pricing is $9.99 per month, or $4.99 per month billed annually ($59.88 per year — a 50% saving versus monthly).
How is Arvlo different from Todoist, Things, or TickTick?
Other task management apps make you configure every task by hand. Arvlo turns a sentence into a fully structured to-do list and scores each task against the goals you actually care about, so the list reorders toward what matters.
Does Arvlo work on iOS, Android, and web?
Yes — Arvlo is a cross-platform task manager. Tasks, goals, and history sync across iOS, Android, and the web so the list you build on your phone is the same one waiting on your laptop.
Can I use Arvlo by voice?
Yes. Voice is a first-class input. Tap the mic and talk; Arvlo extracts every task, asks for the missing piece if it has to, and writes the list. Voice-to-text and conversational mode both work on iOS, Android, and the web.
Does Arvlo have a focus timer?
Yes. Every task has a built-in focus timer — one task, a timer, no other UI — and the time you spend is logged automatically into the daily and weekly recap.
What kinds of tasks can Arvlo organize?
Anything you'd put on a to-do list. Arvlo auto-tags across Work, Personal, Health, Errands, Learning, Social, Finance, and Home, so students, founders, parents, gym-goers, and freelancers can all use one list without manual project setup.
How does Arvlo handle goals?
You tell Arvlo the one to five goals you actually care about. Every task you capture is silently scored against them, and the list reorders toward the ones that move the needle — so you finish the week feeling done, not just busy.