![]() Generally speaking, my tasks don’t need a date or time assigned to them, and I only do so to plan my week evenly. Meetings, family events, birthdays etc – Anything that has to happen on that date, goes in the calendar. I still check my calendar regularly, and it contains all of the time sensitive information. I want to see my calendar entries in my task manager (I never usually have more than 4 or 5 calendar entries in a day), but I don’t want to see my tasks in my calendar. However, I’ll note one important aspect here…. I’ve never seen the point of having a task manager to plan certain things, without the ability to see what is in your calendar…… It means I have to check 2 different places, and I’m less likely to get it right. I don’t like my apps to be bloated, but I long for an app to “run my life” – That 1 app you pick up to tick off little tasks, check ongoing/repeating reminders, plan for larger work and home projects, and also view important dates in the calendar. Todoist does not have a calendar view anywhere to be seen. Let’s start with the biggest drawback, and arguably the “over before it began” feature…. I’ll also try and focus on the things that are slightly more specific to my needs, as there are plenty of reviews and walkthroughs on Todoist on the web. It’s worth bearing in mind that I likely use my to do apps slightly differently to you, so you’ll need to take that into consideration when weighing up the options. I’ll start with arguably the more popular and well known option, Todoist. It was evident that neither of the apps would be perfect, so it was simply a case of using them both and seeing if anything stood out. But what that comes bugs, inconsistencies and frustrations. TickTick suffered from the opposite problem – It was more of a “new kid on the block”, and had developed a very attractive offering in a relatively short space of time. If it doesn’t have what you want now, look elsewhere. Whilst there is no doubt the app is very well made, I wouldn’t bank on new features coming thick and fast. People were very tired of waiting for Todoist to be developed and updated – The company had teased various new features earlier in the year (like kanban boards), and had released nothing since then. The overall feeling I got from the various online communities were…. Everyone uses these apps in a different way, and it’s a case of weighing up the compromises, to see which ones you can live with (or can’t live without). I did far more research than I needed to do for this, but the ultimate conclusion was…. Things 3 is very aesthetically pleasing and feels extremely Apple when it comes to the navigation – Although it’s significantly better than any native Apple app I’ve used.īut recently, my wife has started a new business, and I thought it was a good time to at least try and make ourselves a little more productive and in sync when it comes to some of the tasks we need to do (we already use a shared calendar for most things).īecause of that, Things 3 was out of the question (no collaboration), and after a few days of research, it came down to TickTick and Todoist. I typically haven’t needed any sort of collaboration, which is why I’ve been using Things 3 from Cultured Code for the past year or so. I’m an Apple house – Everything is Apple, including my wife’s stuff. ![]() I’d no doubt have accomplished a lot more.īut there you are, it’s all a process and I thought I’d jot down a few of my observations on these two extremely popular task managers. ![]() In fact, I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that if I’d spent as much time being productive, rather than looking for ways to be productive…. My major point is in asking if Tick's implementation in our organization will actually make a difference, time will tell.I have spent the best part of 4 years looking for the perfect to do app/ task manager for myself. However I can see how it is a useful tool, it is nice to catalog and see where my time is being spent. On a personal note, so far I don't find it very insightful. I can't really comment on the "Value for Money" as our director/CEO are footing the bill and I don't know how much we are spending. As mentioned previously I find Tick extremely easy to use through the Chrome extension, but I tend to not use the Tick website for our organization. I think for what Tick tries to accomplish the current features and functions are complimentary, I don't find myself wanting something more. It didn't take very long (a day or two) to get into the habit of using Tick (again through the Chrome extension). This process is still being adopted by our organization to identify major time constraints in our department. So far I've used Tick exclusively through its Chrome extension (which works amazingly).
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