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A goal tracking app that breaks goals into milestones (and an AI that remembers them)
"Learn Spanish" has been on somebody's todo list since 2019. Not because they're lazy, but because a todo list is the wrong container for it: a goal isn't a task, and when it sits between "buy milk" and "email accountant" it gets skipped every single day until you stop seeing it.
Taskelo treats goals as their own thing, with their own structure, and then does the part most goal apps skip: the AI assistant actually uses them.
Goal, milestones, today
A goal in Taskelo has three layers. The goal itself is the long-term commitment ("run a half marathon"). Under it, milestones split the goal into stages you can actually finish ("run 5k without stopping", "run 10k", "pick a race and register"). Each milestone holds its own checklist of concrete items, and you drag milestones and items around as your understanding of the goal changes, because it always changes.
There's a capture field at the top of each goal's roadmap, so when a next step occurs to you mid-run, it's two seconds to get it in. Goals also carry their own notes, separate from your main canvas, for the thinking that doesn't fit a checkbox.
| Layer | The question it answers | What Elo does with it |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | what am I committed to? | keeps it in view when you plan |
| Milestone | what's the next stage? | knows which stage you're in |
| Checklist item | what can I do today? | suggests it when you ask what's next |
The part that makes it work: an assistant that remembers
Structure alone doesn't keep a goal alive. What keeps it alive is something noticing when you've gone quiet on it.
Elo, Taskelo's assistant (powered by Claude), gets your goals and their milestone state as context in every conversation. Ask "plan my week" and the plan doesn't just shuffle your todos, it makes room for the goal you said mattered. Ask "how's the half marathon going" and you get an actual answer, because the milestones and their checked-off items are right there in the context.
And once a day, the daily brief picks one goal and nudges it, by email or push. That single line is the difference between a goal you're tracking and a goal you're merely storing.
What this is not
There's no team goal-setting, no OKR dashboards, no manager roll-ups. Taskelo is a single-player app. There's also no gamification: no streaks, no badges, no confetti. If a streak counter genuinely motivates you, apps like Habitica lean into that on purpose and do it well. Taskelo's bet is quieter: structure plus an assistant that remembers beats a dopamine loop over a span of months.
Try it
Goals, milestones, and the roadmap are part of Taskelo's free workspace: sign in at taskelo.com with a magic link, no card, and they're yours forever. Elo, the assistant that makes the goals feel alive, is free for your first 14 days and then part of the $8/month plan. Write down the goal you've been carrying around, split it into three milestones, and let the brief nudge you tomorrow morning. Details at pricing and the feature list.