A voice to-do list for your Mac

Written 29 September 2026. The spoken to-do list is part of Go.

Hold a key, say the thing you just remembered, let go. It is on your list with the time set, and your cursor never moved — so you can capture it in the middle of a sentence and carry on writing.

A second key that writes things down

Bunso's main key types what you say wherever your cursor is. The to-do key runs the same speech recognition and cleanup, and then files the words instead of typing them. Your opening words decide where they go:

• "Remind me to pay the loan on Friday" becomes a task with the time set.
• "To-do: print the drafts" becomes a task with no date.
• Anything else is kept as a note.

When it is unsure, it keeps a note rather than a task, because a note in the wrong list is a nuisance and a task you did not ask for can put an alarm in your evening. The list slides out from the edge of the screen to show you what it caught, then tucks itself away.

Reminders that actually remind you

A task with a time fires a notification on your Mac, with a follow-up if you miss it. Nothing is registered with anyone, so it works offline. Bunso asks for notification permission the first time a task gets a time, not at launch.

On your phone, through Apple Reminders

Switch on the Apple Reminders mirror and your tasks are copied into a Reminders list you pick — including one you already keep — so they reach your iPhone through your own iCloud. Tick one off there and it is ticked off in Bunso too.

Bunso marks every reminder it creates and only ever changes the ones it made itself, so your shopping list is safe in the same list. The wording and time are edited in Bunso; Reminders sends back only the tick. Whether Reminders syncs through iCloud is your own Reminders setting.

Notes are plain Markdown

Notes are Markdown files in a folder you choose. Point it at an Obsidian vault and your edits there are read back. Bunso's own editor handles headings, lists and links with the usual shortcuts, and notes and tasks are tagged from what they say — "water bill" is finance, "dentist" is health — with your corrections teaching it.

In your own words

The built-in phrases are English, but you can bind your own to add a to-do or write a note in Settings ▸ Words ▸ Spoken commands — paalala, say, if that is what comes out of your mouth. Your phrases work on the to-do key only and never while you are dictating, because Bunso types Taglish and paalala is a word you will sometimes want written down.

More than a list

• A focus timer runs against the same tasks and writes a timesheet as you go. How the timer works.
• Your own Shortcuts, by voice. Bind a phrase to one of your Shortcuts and say it on the to-do key; whatever it hands back lands in the list, and Bunso can read it out loud.
• Claude Code can read it. With coding agent access on, Claude Code or any other MCP tool can read your tasks and notes, and add to them if you allow it.

Questions

How do I add a to-do by voice?

Hold Bunso's second hotkey, the to-do key, and speak. "Remind me to pay the loan on Friday" becomes a task with the time set, "to-do: print the drafts" becomes a task with no date, and anything else is kept as a note. Nothing is typed at your cursor.

Will it remind me?

A task with a time fires a notification on your Mac, with a follow-up if you miss it. Nothing is registered with any server, so it works offline.

Does it sync with Apple Reminders?

Yes, if you switch it on. Bunso copies your tasks into a Reminders list you pick, so they reach your iPhone through your own iCloud. Ticking one off in Reminders ticks it off in Bunso. Bunso only ever changes reminders it made itself.

Where are notes stored?

As Markdown files in a folder you choose, Bunso Notes in your Documents unless you pick another. Point it at an Obsidian vault and your edits there are read back.

Can I use my own words, like Tagalog?

Yes. In Settings ▸ Words ▸ Spoken commands you can bind your own phrases, such as paalala, to "add a to-do" and "write a note". They work on the to-do key only, never while you are dictating.

Is it free?

The spoken to-do list and the Apple Reminders mirror are part of Go, a one-time $19 licence with no subscription. Dictation is free and unlimited without it.