What Do You Need to Use Mission Control, and How Does It Fit With Existing Todo Apps?

Mission Control is a Chrome extension that turns your New Tab page into a dashboard for organizing bookmarks and focusing on important tasks. To use it, you need the Chrome browser and the extension installed; it is designed to sit alongside your existing todo manager rather than replace it, so you can keep your current task system and use Mission Control as the surface where priority tasks and bookmarks stay visible.

What you need to get started

• A Chrome browser. The site presents Mission Control as a Chrome extension with an “Add to Chrome” install action, and the page states it is free.
• The extension installed. Mission Control works by replacing your New Tab page, so the core experience appears when you open a new tab after installing it.
• Your existing bookmarks and tasks. The product is built around organizing bookmarks and surfacing important tasks, so it is most useful if you already have both to bring into your workflow.

The site does not describe account creation, a separate web dashboard, or platform support beyond Chrome, so treat the New Tab extension as the primary entry point.

How it fits with existing todo apps

Mission Control is explicitly positioned as a complement, not a replacement. The site says it “does not replace your existing todo managers” and instead “helps you to focus on your important tasks to improve your productivity.” That distinction matters when deciding whether to adopt it:

If you already use a todo manager you like, Mission Control can act as a lightweight focus layer: you keep planning where you plan, and use the New Tab page to keep the few tasks that matter visible. If you are looking for a full task manager with projects and collaboration, this is not that product.

What the bookmark side adds

The site frames bookmark organization as a response to a common problem: people install bookmark managers but still end up searching Google for a site whose name they have forgotten. Mission Control puts bookmark organization into the same New Tab interface as your tasks, so the two live together rather than in separate tools. The page does not detail folder structures, tagging, or search behavior, so evaluate the bookmark experience after installing rather than assuming specific features.

Data privacy and backup

According to the site, your bookmarks and tasks never leave your system: data is stored locally in browser storage, and the company says it does not collect or sell personal information. For backup, Mission Control offers synchronization of your data to GitHub, which the site describes as a way to keep data safe in the event of an unfortunate event. One user testimonial on the page calls the backup feature “sweet.” If you want a safety net beyond local storage, the GitHub sync option is the documented path; the page does not describe other backup destinations.

A practical way to decide

Use Mission Control if you work in Chrome, want your important tasks and bookmarks on the New Tab page, and are happy to keep your existing todo app for planning. Skip it if you need a standalone task manager, use a browser other than Chrome, or require backup options beyond local storage and GitHub sync. The fastest check is to install the extension, open a new tab, and see whether the focus-on-important-tasks approach matches how you actually work.