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Restore "What's Next" Priority in the iOS Widget

Features & Improvements Request

Please consider rolling back this behavior or introducing a configurable option so users can choose whether all-day events are prioritized. Restoring the previous ordering would greatly improve the widget's usability and better support day-to-day workflow.

Posted by Javier ·
Status: Not planned3 comments

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  • Tadej J.

    Team•

    Jul 2

    Thanks for the feedback. We recently changed the widget intentionally so it matches the calendar more closely: all-day events appear at the top of the day, followed by timed events and tasks in chronological order.

    We believe this is the clearer behavior for a calendar-based widget, because it reflects the actual structure of the day instead of hiding or deprioritizing all-day events. The previous behavior could make all-day events feel missing or inconsistent.

    I understand this changes the “what’s next” feel you were used to, but for now we’re keeping the new ordering.

    • Javier

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      Jul 9

      Hi Tadej, thanks for explaining. I understand the logic of matching the calendar order more closely.

      The issue for me is that the widget’s main value is quick visibility into what is coming up next. When I have several all-day events, they can fill the entire widget for the whole day, which means upcoming timed events are hidden unless I open Akiflow.


      That makes the widget useless in practice, because I usually only need to acknowledge all-day events once, while timed events are the things I need to stay aware of throughout the day.

      Would you consider limiting how many all-day events are shown in the widget to 1?

      Other solutions might be either collapsing all-day events or adding a setting to prioritize upcoming timed events?

      That would preserve the calendar logic while keeping the widget useful as a “what’s next” view.


      Thanks again.

      • Tadej J.

        Team•

        Jul 9

        Great feedback. What size of the widget you currently use?