OS X: Clear, the elegant color-coded to-do manager for iPhone, is now available for your Mac. The app syncs with iCloud, looks a lot like its iOS cousin, and focuses on simple to-do lists organized by color and have specific items in them so you can focus on the task without being distracted by buttons and widgets.

The Mac version looks and works much like the iOS version. Your to-dos organize themselves based on the priority you set, but all of that happens behind the scenes—you're only presented with a list of things you have to get done, from most important to least, in a neat windowed view. Your to-dos also sync with iCloud automatically, so if you use Clear on another Mac, or an iPhone or iPad, you can access them anywhere.

Since the desktop version doesn't benefit from the gestures you can perform on the iPhone, Clear comes with a host of keyboard shortcuts to easily add to-dos, switch lists, and rearrange items. If you prefer the mouse, clicking and dragging works too, as does clicking where you want a to-do to go so you can start typing. The whole app is elegant and simple, and has made the transition from mobile to desktop nicely.

Here's the catch: Clear for the Mac is $14.99 in the Mac App Store, although it's on sale for $6.99 today and will be up for $9.99 for a short period tomorrow (Friday.) The iOS version is $1.99. If your interest is piqued, grab it now while it's on sale, but we can understand how that can be steep for a to-do manager when our picks for Mac and for iOS—not to mention Reminders, built-in to both—are completely free.

Clear | Realmac Software via The Next Web and TechCrunch