What it is, where your work is stored, and what we can and cannot see.
What is QuestLog?
A simple task board. Make your own lists, drag cards between them, all in your browser. Nothing to install.
Do I need an account?
No. No sign up, no email, no password.
What does it cost?
Nothing.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. Any modern browser, and it adapts to small screens.
Can I use it like an app, not a website?
Yes. Add it to your home screen and it gets its own icon and opens full screen, with no browser bars. It looks and behaves like an installed app.
iPhone. In Safari, tap the three dots, then Share, then Add to Home Screen. Leave Open as Web App switched on, then tap Add.
Android. In Chrome, tap the three dots, then Add to Home screen.
On iPhone it also keeps your work safe from Safari's 7 day clear out, described below.
Where is my work stored?
Only in the browser on your device. Nothing is sent to us and we keep no copy.
That changes only if you connect an API key, which puts your projects on our servers so your code and your other devices can reach them. Disconnecting stops it.
Will my work still be there later?
Yes. Closing the browser or restarting will not remove it. It goes if you clear this site's browser data, or use a private window that clears itself.
Safari has one extra rule. If you do not open a site for 7 days, Safari deletes what it stored, and that includes your board and any API key you connected. Add QuestLog to your home screen and it is exempt, which is the simplest way to keep it. Chrome, Edge and Firefox do not do this.
How do I back up my projects?
Export, the down arrow in the bottom right, and choose JSON. That saves everything: projects, cards, descriptions, checklists and comments.
What can I export?
.ics of unfinished deadlines, for Google, Apple
or Outlook.How do I move my projects to another device?
Export JSON on the first, Import on the second.
Can I import from another app?
Yes. JSON and CSV, from tools like Todoist, Trello, Asana, Notion, or a spreadsheet.
Common column names are matched for you: Card Name, Name, Task and Content become the title, List and Column become the list, and Due Date, Labels and Notes find their own fields.
A Todoist CSV needs no editing. Sections become lists, notes become comments, and priorities are flipped, since Todoist counts them the other way round.
JSON replaces everything, because it is a backup. CSV merges, so existing cards are updated rather than duplicated.
Does QuestLog sync automatically?
Not on its own. Your data sits in your browser and nowhere else, so there is nothing to sync.
Connect an API key and it does. Click the small light in the bottom right and paste your key, on every device you want. Changes appear within a second, including ones your own code makes, with nothing to refresh.
You stay connected until you disconnect. Updates to the site never sign you out, since the key lives in your own browser and nothing we deploy touches it.
Without a key, export and import moves your work across.
I deleted something by mistake.
Undo, the arrow in the bottom left. It brings back deleted cards and remembers your last five changes.
What do P1 to P4 mean?
Priority, P1 being the most urgent. Filter or sort by it from Options.
What is effort?
How big a job it is: Easy, Medium or Hard. It helps you find something that fits the time you have.
What can a card contain?
A card can include:
Can I have multiple projects?
Up to 20, each with up to 20 lists.
Are there keyboard shortcuts?
Not yet. Everything is reachable on screen. Enter saves text.
Can you see my tasks?
No. They sit in your browser and are never sent to us, so there is nothing on our side to look at. That changes only if you connect an API key, covered below.
What do you collect?
Which pages get visited, and nothing that identifies you.
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics. It counts page views and records about what a server log holds: the page, where you came from, your browser and your country. It sets no cookies, stores nothing on your device, and cannot follow you elsewhere.
There is no Google Analytics, no ad network, no trackers, and nothing is sold or shared.
None of it touches your board.
What changes if I use the API?
Your code needs somewhere to reach your data, so connecting a key puts your projects on our servers instead of only in your browser. That is the whole trade.
We can technically read what is stored there, like any hosted service. We do not look at it, and it is never shared or sold.
Your email reaches us when you ask for a key. It is used to send the key and to warn you about changes that would break your code. It is never shared, and QuestLog itself stores no email address anywhere.
Disconnecting stops the syncing and leaves the last copy in that browser. Clear the site's data too if you want it gone from the device.
How do I delete everything?
Clear QuestLog site data in your browser. Your projects are stored locally, so that removes the only copy. If you use the API, email us to delete the API account too.
Can I access my projects with code?
Yes. One key gives read and write access.
Paste that same key into the sync light on the board and the two join up: a card your code creates appears within a second, outlined green, with nothing to refresh.
The API docs have examples you can copy and run.
How do I get a key?
Ask. Email api@questlog.today and we send you one. It is free and there is nothing to fill in.
Keys are made by hand right now, so a person reads your message. Self service is coming.
Questions, bug reports, API requests, or anything else.