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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 10, 2012 at 05:51 PM
Hi Hai,
Your app looks indeed interesting. I’ve always been surprised that the four quadrant concept has not been extensively employed in task management software.
My own questions:
- Do you have an Android app planned? I don’t plan to switch to iOS anytime soon.
- Are there any videos of PM for Windows in action?
- I understand that you don’t need Priority Matrix Professional (the online service) in order to sync. How is sync among the products done?
- The PM for Windows Business License includes “syncing with Windows” so I understand that it can keep PCs synced together. Questions: up to how many PCs (technically)? Are additional licenses required for the other PCs, if they are all employed by one user only?
- Any possibility for a Linux version in the future?
Posted by appfluence
Oct 10, 2012 at 06:08 PM
Hello Alexander,
1) I agree, the 4-quadrant method is a very intuitive and flexible way of managing. We built the product with those goals in mind.
2) Yes on Android, but a little bit lower on our priority list.
3) We have a demo video for the Mac, which is very similar in functionality: http://www.appfluence.com/productivity/demo-of-priority-matrix-for-the-mac/
4) Correct, regular cloud sync is free with a license purchase. Priority Matrix for Team is an advanced version with delegation, automatic syncing, and version history.
5) For syncing between PC, you can share a free sync account between as many computers as you want. However, since it’s manual syncing, if you are editing the same items, there are more risks with data overwriting each other.
6) Each license is per user, correct.
7) Our Windows version was built in C++, it would be possible to build for linux with some changes and testing. However, we weren’t sure there was a market here, so no plans yet.
Cheers,
Hai
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Hi Hai,
>
>Your app looks indeed interesting. I’ve always been surprised that the four
>quadrant concept has not been extensively employed in task management
>software.
>
>My own questions:
>
>- Do you have an Android app planned? I don’t plan to
>switch to iOS anytime soon.
>
>- Are there any videos of PM for Windows in action?
>
>- I
>understand that you don’t need Priority Matrix Professional (the online service) in
>order to sync. How is sync among the products done?
>
>- The PM for Windows Business
>License includes “syncing with Windows” so I understand that it can keep PCs synced
>together. Questions: up to how many PCs (technically)? Are additional licenses
>required for the other PCs, if they are all employed by one user only?
>
>- Any
>possibility for a Linux version in the future?
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Oct 10, 2012 at 08:08 PM
Thanks for the quick reply. Your communication with the forum comes at the right time for me, as I am in the process of changing my task management setup and am looking around for a solution for myself and my colleagues. I like your product, as it integrates task management, task prioritisation and project overview which not many products do.
The main obstacle I see is the price. The desktop version itself is attractively priced, especially for personal use—I can understand this, given that many of your users come from iOS and are not used to paying much. The fact that one can do manual sync across devices without additional costs is actually quite generous of you.
However, in this day and age where Google Calendar and/or Outlook are used as a platform for exchanging information across a multitude of software and devices, I find the price of syncing with these—$20 per user/month, i.e. $240 per user/year—quite unjustified. I have Google Apps for Business along with a broad range of free offerings at $50 per user/year. I don’t expect everyone to price like Google, but I believe that they should at least take into account that competition. The moment someone implements a moderately priced 4-quadrant system under Google Apps, it will be difficult to keep your users loyal.
Don’t get me wrong, I respect your business strategy and desire for a good return on your software development investment. In fact, I want all companies that make software that I use to earn good money so that they are still around serving me many years from now. I very rarely trust free services with my data, opting for premium subscriptions instead. But TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is very important to me and my team.
Just my 2c.
Sideline: you responded to Franz that Outlook sync is not available, yet it is mentioned in the service specifications. Have I misunderstood something?
Posted by appfluence
Oct 10, 2012 at 08:44 PM
Hi Alexander,
1) Our integration on the Mac’s email is actually pretty good. (I imagine it may not help you to know as a Windows user). On the Mac, we allow you to drag an email over to create tasks and notes, and it links to the original emails across different computers. Here’s a video demonstration of it (I posted this just for you just now, it was a feature request by one of our big customers, so my wording and narrative reflects it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAJ0gQ6j8ok&feature=youtu.be). Our Outlook integration feature is nowhere close to this yet, but this is the direction we’d like to take it.
2) Regarding Outlook, my answer applies to our existing product line since our team collaboration version is still by invitation only (and mostly focuses on iOS and Mac platforms).
3) Our price point is not yet finalized. We know that customer interest is typically a function of price. What’s most important to us is first, add value, then figure out the optimal pricing afterwards. Feel free to contact me directly at hai@appfluence.com and we can discuss this further.
Lastly, feel free to try our Windows version and use a shared account with your team and see if that works for you. We have a 30 days no strings attached money back guarantee, and the basic sync works for free. You can also export your data pretty easily (we have built in generated email reports that can send your entire projects in an outline form).
Cheers,
Hai
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>Thanks for the quick reply. Your communication with the forum comes at the right time
>for me, as I am in the process of changing my task management setup and am looking around
>for a solution for myself and my colleagues. I like your product, as it integrates task
>management, task prioritisation and project overview which not many products
>do.
>
>The main obstacle I see is the price. The desktop version itself is attractively
>priced, especially for personal use—I can understand this, given that many of your
>users come from iOS and are not used to paying much. The fact that one can do manual sync
>across devices without additional costs is actually quite generous of
>you.
>
>However, in this day and age where Google Calendar and/or Outlook are used as a
>platform for exchanging information across a multitude of software and devices, I
>find the price of syncing with these—$20 per user/month, i.e. $240 per user/year—
>quite unjustified. I have Google Apps for Business along with a broad range of free
>offerings at $50 per user/year. I don’t expect everyone to price like Google, but I
>believe that they should at least take into account that competition. The moment
>someone implements a moderately priced 4-quadrant system under Google Apps, it will
>be difficult to keep your users loyal.
>
>Don’t get me wrong, I respect your business
>strategy and desire for a good return on your software development investment. In
>fact, I want all companies that make software that I use to earn good money so that they
>are still around serving me many years from now. I very rarely trust free services with
>my data, opting for premium subscriptions instead. But TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
>is very important to me and my team.
>
>Just my 2c.
>
>Sideline: you responded to Franz
>that Outlook sync is not available, yet it is mentioned in the service
>specifications. Have I misunderstood something?
Posted by Dr Andus
Oct 10, 2012 at 10:16 PM
appfluence wrote:
>Hi Dr. Andus,
>
>A significant amount of our customers purchase the Windows app
>through friends referral as well as after using our mobile applications. We
>discovered we could provide better customer service through the no-strings
>attached refund policy than a feature limited trial.
Thanks for your reply. I must not fit your customer profile then :) I buy a lot of productivity-type software but I can’t remember buying or even seeing any that wouldn’t let me try first.