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Thanks to the fine folks at Doist, the makers of Todoist, for giving me 6 months of Todoist Premium so I could write this review. So if you’re one of those handful of disaffected OF users, or if, heaven forbid, you’re not keeping track of your commitments in writing at all– and if you have $30/year to spend–Todoist Premium might just be your new, sole task management app. Sure, OF beats it in some regards, but Todoist outperforms OmniFocus in other key areas. When I set out to write this review, I was planning to conclude it with, “Yet another app falls short of OmniFocus….” But Todoist really doesn’t. But the subscription model is just something I can’t latch on to. How does Todoist Premium rate with apps like OmniFocus and 2Do and Things? It’s right up there, and maybe-given its cross-functionality and fast sync-the best of the batch. If I were to stop using Apple products tomorrow, I’d get Todoist up and running right away. But it won’t be a deal breaker for a lot of folks. And their GTD page has suggestions for something like a weekly review (it would be easy enough to set up a recurring task for it, employing Filters and Labels as needed), but I have gotten so used to OmniFocus’s Review function that not having one already in the app is tough. Todoist’s Karma is fun, but feels gimmicky. My weekly review–a built-in feature of OmniFocus–is what allows me to set due dates sparingly, a key practice for effective project and task management. You’re pretty tied in to the layout Todoist gives you. You can change your start screen, but not on iOS, that I could find. If you don’t have Premium, or let it expire, you can no longer add notes or attachments to your tasks–serious GTDers (and other task management obsessives) will need Premium. But what users otherwise want to pay $150 to use the app for the next five years? Other apps with one-time purchases end up being cheaper. Sure, if you work for a big company that’s paying for it, I can see it working. Here’s some of what is in Premium, which is about $29/year:īut I’ve never liked subscription-based models.

#Todoist vs things review free#

There is a free Todoist, but it’s limited. It would be ridiculous to expect a sophisticated app with task notes, attachments, email reminders, fast sync, etc. What I Don’t Particularly Like about Todoist But even though I’m seeing the same task twice (maybe a GTD no-no?), I have found the added reminder helpful. At first I thought this was redundant (well… it is). Speaking of email… you can also have Todoist email you reminders of your tasks. This is a must-have for me in a task management app. Todoist assigns an email address to a Project of your choice, so I can email tasks (or forward actionable emails) directly to my Inbox. It’s easy to enter tasks in rapid-fire fashion, too, so you can do a brain dump well with Todoist. Todoist understands natural language, so entering tasks intuitively is no problem. So check out this page and this page for more. I’m sure there are Label and Filter ninja reading this post, and there’s much more to say about them–Todoist can do quite a bit here. So one label of mine is now “Waiting_For.” I’m sure I’ll get used to it, but it feels a little AOL-ish. Then you can filter your tasks by Labels or priority or any other saved search:Īnnoying is the fact that when you create a new Label, if there are two words or more, Todoist automatically inserts an underscore. But Labels allow you to assign contexts and anything else you like to your tasks (expected task duration?). Yeah, you can set up different Projects for organizing your tasks. Sure, there’s an Inbox you can use for GTD-style capture (from anywhere). I don’t know Todoist like I know OmniFocus, but Labels and Filters would appear to be the app’s heart and soul.

#Todoist vs things review mac#

Todoist doesn’t offer a Mac Mail plug-in, but as you’ll see below, you can email a task right into a Todoist project, so that’s not a big deal. This, unfortunately, is only available with Chrome–which is too much of a CPU hog for me. It’s the most ubiquitous and app-integrated task management app on the market. I don’t even really think about it, which is what you hope would be true. It’s much more like Things than (previous versions of) OmniFocus. Todoist’s sync across devices is natural and fast.

(And you can tweak the color scheme, too.) No clutter, easy to read, pleasing to the eyes. But the more I’ve used Todoist, the more I appreciate the layout. Here it is in landscape mode on an iPad mini:Īt first I thought it was overly simple, sort of blasé.