Where did your time actually go?
Cadlo is a daily planner with time tracking that scores every task by importance and urgency, then shows where your hours actually go — estimated vs actual time, broken down by project. It's a free task prioritizer with no signup: start planning in your browser in seconds.
A scoring engine that ranks tasks by importance and urgency
Cadlo scores strategic importance across five signals — revenue, career capital, compounding effect, goal alignment and risk — and time sensitivity across four — deadline pressure, who's blocked, cost of delay and escalation risk. A leverage multiplier lifts work that unlocks other work, so the to-do list that ranks tasks always surfaces your highest-leverage move next.
Auto-escalation and a Parking Lot for the rest
Hard deadlines and blocked colleagues automatically escalate to Critical, so nothing urgent slips. Low scorers drop into a Parking Lot where you can consciously park them for later or kill them outright — keeping your daily plan focused on work that earns its place.
Estimated vs actual time, kept honest
This is the estimated vs actual time tracker at the heart of Cadlo. Every task records what you planned against what it really took, runs a live timer while you work, and visualises the free-time gaps in your day. Over time you calibrate better estimates and see which work consistently runs over.
Tagging and time-allocation reports: see where your time goes
Wondering where does my time go? Tag tasks by project, type, goal or billable vs non-billable, and Cadlo turns them into a time-allocation report. Track time by project, compare time spent vs free time, and break totals down by tag, project and period — day, week or fortnight — with completion rates and estimated-vs-actual variance.
- Tag by project, type, goal, or billable vs non-billable status.
- Time-allocation report: time spent vs free, by tag and project.
- Track billable vs non-billable time across day, week or fortnight.
Free, no signup — local first, sync when you want
Cadlo works instantly in your browser as a free task prioritizer with no signup and no account. Your tasks stay on your device until you choose to sign in and sync them across devices, so your plan follows you from laptop to phone.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cadlo?
Cadlo is an intelligent task planner that scores every task by strategic importance and time sensitivity before it reaches your schedule, then builds an honest daily plan around the work that actually matters. It runs in your browser with no account required.
How does Cadlo decide which tasks are most important?
Cadlo scores strategic importance across five signals — revenue, career capital, compounding effect, goal alignment and risk — and time sensitivity across four — deadline pressure, who is blocked, cost of delay and escalation risk. A leverage multiplier boosts work that unlocks other work.
What is the importance × urgency score?
It is a single ranking that multiplies how important a task is by how time-sensitive it is, so the tasks with the highest combined leverage rise to the top of your day. Hard deadlines and blocked colleagues auto-escalate a task to Critical.
Is Cadlo free, and do I need an account?
Yes, Cadlo is free and works instantly in your browser with no signup. You can start prioritising and planning immediately; creating an account is optional and only needed to sync across devices.
Does Cadlo sync across devices?
Yes. Cadlo works locally without an account, and when you sign in your tasks sync across your devices so your plan follows you from laptop to phone.
How is Cadlo different from a normal to-do list?
A normal to-do list just stores tasks. Cadlo ranks them by importance and urgency, auto-escalates deadlines and blockers, drops low-value items into a Parking Lot to park or kill, and tracks estimated versus actual time so your plan stays honest.
Can Cadlo track how long tasks actually take?
Yes. Cadlo records estimated versus actual time, runs a live timer per task, and visualises free-time gaps in your day so you can see where your schedule is realistic and where it is not.
Is my data private?
Cadlo works entirely in your browser by default, so your tasks stay on your device until you choose to sign in and sync. Nothing is shared publicly.
Can I tag tasks by project, type, or billable status?
Yes. You can tag any task by project, type, goal or billable versus non-billable status, and reuse those tags across your planner so your time is organised the way you actually work.
Can Cadlo show me where my time actually went?
Yes. Cadlo reports total time spent versus free time and breaks it down by tag, project and period, so you get a clear time-allocation report instead of guessing where your hours went.
Does Cadlo report time spent vs free time by project or week?
Yes. Reports total time spent against available free time and group it by project, tag and period — day, week or fortnight — alongside completion rates so you can spot where your effort concentrates.
Does it compare estimated vs actual time?
Yes. Cadlo tracks estimated-versus-actual time per task and surfaces the variance in its reports, so you can calibrate future estimates and see which work consistently runs over.
Plan a more honest day with Cadlo
Score what matters, track estimated vs actual time, and see where your hours go — free, in your browser.