![]() But with back-to-back lectures, endless readings, extended assignments, ten-page term papers, and time-intensive group projects…it’s challenging to stay afloat as you tread the deep waters of academic achievement. Armed with the best of intentions at the start of the semester, it’s easy to promise yourself not to procrastinate: never missing a lecture and always working ahead. For now, I’m sticking with Things3.Being a student can be stressful. Todoist’s UI is horrible by comparison and I don’t think the company is doing much to support it at this point. I’ve tried to go back to Todoist several times since getting Things and just couldn’t do it. I do wish I could customize the amount of text I see or font size, but can live without it for now. I love how clean and streamlined the app is. I use links inserted into notes as a workaround for attachments. Yes, it lacks some customization and features, but I ultimately found that these things weren’t as big of a deal for me as I thought they were. I hated it.Īfter many attempts to try other apps and going back to Todoist, I finally have Things3 a try. Also, using TickTick always felt like I was working in a mobile website. TickTick seemed cool but I hated how it dealt with Siri (just pulled in anything from Reminders, which made it impossible to also use Reminders for other apps that use it as a backend for Siri import). Also, I thought cross-platform was a necessity because I work on a PC during the day (but always have my iPhone and iPad with me). Todoist is probably the one I used the longest and, like you, it was really the natural language input that kept me using the app. It dabbled in TickTick, Goodtask, the native Reminders app, Any.do, and probably a few others I’m forgetting. Neurotic productivity app person checking in. PS: CEO of Todoist said on Twitter that Todoist will have a big update in October, which will give Todoist a big user interface overhaul, I’m really looking forward to it. Overtime, my system got more complicated, so months after using Things I started considering switching to other apps, and finally Todoist became my choice. But it’s a good one to started with for a beginner like I was back then. I tried Todoist, tick tick, Things 3, built in reminders app on my iPhone, Google keep, and Things 3 finally became my choice. When I just started implementing GTD in my life, I was searching all around the internet for a todo app that suits me best. I might be as picky as you are on productivity apps. Plus you can collaborate with others in Todoist, which is something you can’t do in Things, I often collaborate with my girlfriend on some projects so collaboration feature is pretty handy for me. I recently switched to Todoist and I miss the UI of Things 3, it’s just so beautiful. It’s basic and powerful enough, but not as robust as Todoist definitely. But after months of use, I found out that Things works better when you use it as a personal to-do list. I gotta say it’s the easiest todo list app I’ve ever tried and the most eye-appealing one. I started to implement GTD in my daily life with Things 3. ![]() The progress pie bugs me.Īnd of course, as mentioned above, natural language parsing is important.Īnyhow, this is more of a rant than anything. I really hate that I need to click on a task to read the entire task. I’d suck it up and deal with the lack of natural language parsing in Things if it did a few things a little different. Todoist’s natural language is superior to all other apps and that’s what keeps bringing me back. I work in a fast paced environment and I need to create to-dos fast. TickTick’s app on the other hand is really appealing. I even recently tried TickTick but the web and Mac app bugged the shit out of me. I keep going back to Todoist although I’m not 100% satisfied with the app. I really want to use Things and have given the app a handful of chances. Sometimes I think I waste more time reading and researching to-do apps more than focusing on the tasks at hand. I often wonder if anyone is as neurotic as me when it comes to productivity apps. I’m posting this to hear what others have to say about their to-do apps.
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