Sort of a poll: What is your favorite task manager/to do app?

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jan 14, 2019 at 03:37 PM

I agree with Steve that Agenda isn’t a true notes manager (like my ongoing fave, Notebooks); but increasingly, I’m using it as a task management app precisely because you can manage tasks and notes separately.

As Paul mentions, it’s got a number of clever features for differentiating/categorising notes; it also supports links between notes, which (again) is ideal for task management purposes. For example, I have various projects under “Business” and “Home” categories, plus attached notes under “Business Notes” and “Home Notes” (that’s an example; in reality, my taxonomy is a little more complex). Once I’ve completed a project, I drag and drop it into a related archive (e.g. “Business Archive”); this may include the note, but on the other hand, if the note is more broadly applicable, I may leave it where it is under “Business Notes”.

This, it seems to me, is how a task manager should really work. NotePlan is also capable of this, of course, but the taxonomies available in NotePlan are very simplistic (dates and tags are there, but very little else; IMHO the ability to link notes doesn’t really make up for this excessive simplicity).

Cheers!
Bill