Lifegrid
The Lifegrid is Scope's bird's-eye view across time. A single dashboard with tabs for day, week, month, and year - each showing the tasks, plan slots, reflection slots, and statistics for that period. It's where most of your daily app use happens.
What the Lifegrid Shows
The Lifegrid's job is to show you "what's happening at this time scale." Depending on which tab you're on:
- Tasks pinned to that period.
- Plan and retrospection slots for that period - filled once you write a journal.
- Completion progress - a visual summary of how many tasks are done.
- Period status - color-coded based on whether you're on track, overdue, or caught up.
The same underlying data (tasks, journals, habits) shows up at different resolutions across the four tabs. It's one view of your life, zoomed to different scales.
How to Read a Lifegrid Card
Each period gets a card showing:
- The period's label (e.g., "Week 14," "March 2026," "2026").
- A progress indicator - green if done, red if overdue, neutral if in progress.
- A list of tasks in that period, each with a completion checkbox.
- A plan slot - empty placeholder or filled with a headline if you've written one.
- A retrospection slot - only appears during its window (end of period).
- An expand/collapse toggle for deeper inspection.
You can tap any item to open its detail sheet, complete tasks directly from the card, or add new items with the "+" button.
When to Use It
The Lifegrid is your primary workspace. Most daily interactions happen here:
- Morning - check the day tab, see what's on today's list.
- Adding tasks - "+" on any period card to drop a task into that time scale.
- Completing tasks - tap the checkbox right on the card.
- Writing plans and retrospections - the slots lead directly into the journal flow.
- Weekly or monthly reviews - switch tabs to zoom out and see the bigger picture.
Project Filter
A filter at the top of the Lifegrid scopes the view to a single project. Pick "All" to see everything, "Personal" for unaffiliated tasks, or a specific project to narrow focus.
The filter is persistent across tabs and sessions. Pick "Work" in the morning, and the Lifegrid stays filtered to Work through the Day, Week, Month, and Year views until you change it.
Use the filter to commit to a context
If you're trying to focus on one area of your life, setting the project filter is a small ritual that removes the other areas' noise. You see fewer tasks, but the right ones.
Why One Dashboard Instead of Separate Pages
The design intent
Scope could have built separate pages for daily planning, weekly review, monthly overview, and yearly goals. Instead, it's all one Lifegrid with tabs. The reasoning: those views aren't separate things - they're the same life, looked at from different distances. Putting them behind one surface lets you fluidly zoom in and out without losing context. The Month tab isn't a different app; it's the Day tab with more distance.