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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 24, 2024 at 06:08 PM

I have tried a ton of task and project managers. So many of them are very inviting, but I find myself getting overwhelmed by all the tasks and projects I end up putting there… and it doesn’t take long. It is most likely a failure of my brain in some way, and not a reflection of the apps themselves.

But I have just started using Superlist, and a strange thing happened. I got into a workflow and time buzzed by. I actually feel I may have found the solution—for me—for managing tasks and projects.

There are two features that together make Superlist unique, I think: Each task is also a page, in which you can put notes and many other elements (not as many as an app like Notion), including sub tasks. And each sub task is also a page, in which you can add sub tasks. As far as I can tell, you can nest tasks infinitum. It’s this task-nesting ability in combination with being able to surround tasks with notes and files and whatnot that makes Superlist stand out.

Instead of crowding the sidebar with each of my projects, I can create “task” lists, where each task is a project that has its own set of tasks, notes and documents. I am sure that this is more than doable in an app like Notion, but I’d have to build it and fiddle with the build until I got it right. Superlist works this way “out of the box.”

Superlist isn’t fully developed yet. There is no facility for putting a table in your notes, for instance. And it doesn’t yet use natural language for date assignments. I am confident that these and lots more features are to be added. In the meantime, it still seems to work great for me.

You can learn more here: https://www.superlist.com/

Steve

Posted by Lucine
Jan 25, 2024 at 07:53 AM

I’m sorry, I don’t get it. Does it do anything more than what Coda can do with creating a page as a task and linking to other pages which in turn will also be tasks?
Or like Anytype with the “task” object?

I haven’t used either of the above much, was just wondering about the theoretical similarities and differences.

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jan 25, 2024 at 01:01 PM

I haven’t used Coda or Anytype, so I can’t comment.

Lucine wrote:
I’m sorry, I don’t get it. Does it do anything more than what Coda can
>do with creating a page as a task and linking to other pages which in
>turn will also be tasks?
>Or like Anytype with the “task” object?
> >I haven’t used either of the above much, was just wondering about the
>theoretical similarities and differences.

Posted by NickG
Jan 25, 2024 at 03:15 PM

I’ve used Anytype extensively, and just had a look at Superlist. Although they do have the “every task is a page” model in common, they’re very different. Superlist’s advantage over Anytype is that, in focusing on tasks, it’s a lot simpler to get to grips with. Anytype has way more flexibility but that makes it more complex to get into.

I think that if you want a good task management tool, Superlist is worth a look. Anytype is more like a PKM tool with task management facilities (as yet only limited) built in.

It is worth noting that the Anytype feature set has significant gaps still, especially in task management: only a simple calendar, no notifications, no repeating tasks, no integration with external apps, limited feature parity between mobile and desktop and (although coming soon) no collaboration.

Posted by Ken
Jan 25, 2024 at 03:49 PM

I’ll need to check this out. I have been quite happy with Click-Up as it offers many of the features that you cited, and possibly more, but I tend to ignore what I do not need. And if I need something dead simple, Kanbanflow has been my tool of choice since it has minimal friction in use for simple tasks or projects.

—Ken

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