In short
Rinse is Gantt chart software for agencies and freelancers. Each client project gets its own Gantt chart, a timeline where every task is a bar. On desktop, you drag to move or resize tasks, link them with finish-to-start dependencies, lock dates that mustn't move and see the original plan as ghost bars. Late tasks push the tasks that depend on them. Rinse isn't live yet, so join the waitlist to hear first.
What Rinse's Gantt chart does
A Gantt chart is a timeline where every phase or task is a bar, placed on the weeks it happens. It answers the questions agency projects keep raising: what happens when, what depends on what, and what moves if something slips.
Rinse gives each client project its own Gantt chart. You plan on the desktop by dragging tasks into place, stretching them to the right length and drawing links between them. Rinse keeps the original plan as ghost bars behind the live one, so you can always see how far the project has moved since you agreed it with your client.
Website project
On trackWhy Gantt chart software matters for agencies
Client projects are chains. Design waits for content, build waits for design approval, and launch waits for everything. A task list hides those links. A Gantt chart shows them.
- Design can't start until content arrives, and a chart makes that visible to everyone
- Clients think in dates, and a timeline speaks their language
- When one task slips, you need to see straight away what else it moves
- You need to know whether you're still on the original plan or drifting from it
- A plan you can export or share saves you writing the same status email every week
How it works in Rinse
- 1Start from a template: Start the project from a template you've built. Its phases, task names, checklists and date locks carry over, and calibrated task lengths suggest how long each task should take.
- 2Arrange the timeline: Drag tasks to move or resize them, and drag from one task to another to draw a finish-to-start dependency, so one can't start until the other finishes.
- 3Lock what can't move: Lock dates such as a launch or an event, and use the critical chain to see which linked tasks decide your finish date.
- 4Share and export: Share the read-only version on the client page, export the Gantt chart to PDF or the list view to CSV, and subscribe to the calendar feed.
- 5Track against the baseline: As work happens, ghost bars show the original plan and overrun tails show where tasks ran long. Late tasks automatically push the tasks that depend on them.
One project per Gantt chart, and how to see across projects
Each Gantt chart in Rinse covers one project. That keeps every client plan readable, and it means the chart you share with a client is only ever about their project.
When you're juggling several clients, you still need a sense of the whole week. "My week" lists your tasks across every project, so you can see what's due without opening each plan. On a phone, the plan becomes an agenda view you can tap to edit, which suits checking in between meetings, while dragging and the full chart stay on the desktop.
Use cases
Website builds
Chain content, design, build and testing with dependencies, so late copy visibly moves the launch.
Brand identity projects
Give every feedback round its own bar, so review time is planned rather than squeezed in.
Video production
Lock the shoot date and let pre-production and the edit rounds sit around it.
Campaigns with a fixed go-live
Lock the launch and use the critical chain to see which tasks decide whether you hit it.
Client onboarding
Put the client's tasks on the chart as "client does this", so late access or answers push the plan.
A Gantt chart built around client work
Agency timelines often move because of the client, not just the work, so Rinse puts both on the chart. Mark the tasks your client owns as "client does this", and if one is late, the plan moves with it. When you approve a change request, the plan extends to fit the extra work. Your client follows along on a read-only Gantt chart on their client page, reached through a share link with no login, where they can approve work, request changes, comment, upload the files you ask for and tick off their own tasks.
The chart also feeds what we call repeat project intelligence. Rinse compares planned against actual on every project, and its calibrated task lengths come from your own finished work, so estimates get closer to reality as your history grows. Next time, tasks that match one of your task types blend in how long that kind of task has really taken you.
Features that help
- Project estimationBase new task lengths on your own past projects, with client waiting and agreed extra scope taken out, and see planned against actual on every project.
- Client portalA share-link client page for every project, with your logo, a read-only timeline, approvals, comments and the files you ask for. No client logins.
Templates to start from
- Website project templateA seven-phase website project plan you can follow or copy, with tasks, deliverables, example timings and the client sign-offs that keep it on track.
Frequently asked questions
Can I see all my projects on one Gantt chart?
No. In Rinse, each Gantt chart covers one project, so every client plan stays clear and readable. To see work across projects, 'My week' lists your tasks from every project, and the dashboard shows up to 6 projects over 8 weeks, read-only and approximate. It's a quick overview, not a combined Gantt chart.
Can I use the Gantt chart on my phone?
On a phone, Rinse shows the plan as an agenda view, and you can tap a task to edit it. There's no dragging and no full Gantt chart on mobile, so do your planning on a desktop and use your phone to check and update tasks when you're away from your desk.
Can my client see the Gantt chart?
Yes, a read-only version. Each project's client page, reached through a share link with no login, shows a read-only Gantt chart with simple statuses: done, underway, planned or rescheduled. Internal dates, assignees and comments are never shown to the client.
Can I export the Gantt chart or add it to my calendar?
You can export the Gantt chart to PDF and the list view to CSV. There's also a one-way calendar feed (.ics) you can subscribe to in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, so project dates sit alongside your meetings. Because it's one-way, changes made in your calendar don't flow back into Rinse.
Is Rinse available yet?
Not yet. Rinse is still in development and nobody can use it yet. Join the waitlist at rinseapp.io/waitlist to hear when it opens.