Tasks.org, synced with Nextcloud tasks.
You must download it from F-droid for the sync to be free. On Play Store it's under a paywall by dev decision (to promote open source portals).
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On Play Store it's under a paywall by dev decision (to promote open source portals).
Isn't it moreso to support the dev easily?
I use Tasks too :))
I used that until a few weeks ago. It does not support repeated tasks and the widget is essentially the only good thing about it. It's also essentially unmaintained. Even used to donate to it regularly but nothing came of it.
DavX5 suggested I switch to jtx board. It's widget is not as pretty, but at last it's feature complete.
Edit: also Next cloud is a php security nightmare and it's performance bottlenecks are a pain in the rear. For calendar/mail/tasks/contacts I use SoGO. It's pretty barebones but works very well.
What do you mean it doesn't support repeated tasks? I have bunch of monthly tasks that show up once per month.
Will check those out, thanks!
None because I don't do shit.
I didn't do shit, but I use TickTick to help organize the shit I'm not doing.
I go around telling people my intentions, and then query them 100 times a day about what I should be doing at any given time. If they stop responding then I spam them with emails demanding updates, and if they block my emails then I go to their houses.
I'm very productive.
I've tried so many and even programmed my own and none of them worked for me. I was especially disappointed in the ones that claimed to be AI-assisted.
I just got used to being disappointed in myself and donβt make lists anymore.
I wrote one many times over during my career that was amazingly effective, not just for myself but others, too. I can't figure out how to write it for the phone because I am a crummy programmer. I would love to have it again. It had one feature that I am unable to find on any other to-do list app.
What was the feature?
Zero or more prerequisite tasks. End to start dependencies in project management parlance.
Me too! This and auto-populating a "do next" sublist are key features that no commercial software seems to have.
In my last version I had a single list of tasks, and each had a list of "excuses" which were pointers to other tasks. I had filters for showing "all tasks", "not done", "can be done". The one other feature that was helpful was being able to reorder tasks.
Maybe I will get back to work on it. I thought I had found a perfect set of alpha users in the /r/productivity sub, but I'm not on reddit anymore.
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Went back to college last year and Joplin's been amazing. More off-topic, but the only thing I wish it had was better search result organization.
Todo.txt file on my nas synced to my phone and computer. Works great
Iβve been meaning to find a todo app, but I always forget. I have no way to remind myself. Itβs a viscous cycle.
I hit reply to write something similar myself, but I forgot what it was. I wish there was a way to retrieve the things that fall out of my brain.
Have you tried diluting your cycle with some water or turpentine to reduce its viscosity?
Iβve been meaning to learn how to spell vicious, but I can never remember to do it. Itβs a viscous cycle.
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A piece of paper folded in my pocketand a travel sized pen....
I use a mix of Org mode via Emacs and Orgzly,
and Notally, which is still my main notes app while I'm still working on transitioning to Orgmode completely.
TickTick has been my weapon of choice for several years now. Still loving it.
Same! The cross platform availability is what keeps me coming back.
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My main requirement is that it has to be available on my heavily locked down work phone and work laptop as well as my home ones. If it isnt in my face whenever I look at a screen, it isnt going to work. So it ends up being Google tasks.
Superproductivity but I'm so irresponsible. Every to do list app I do, I never follow through.
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I use Trello to manage several lists (recurring daily, Tuesdays only, one-offs, etc) and reconcile them into a daily plan each morning
Tasks.org, synced to nextcloud using webdav
Org mode on GNU Emacs.
Google Calendar
Google Tasks. Does not have all the features of other apps but does everything I need and was preinstalled
A Post-It and a pencil, usually.
Not because "app bad" or "return to monke" or anything like that. Mostly because if I stow the note in a dedicated app, that somehow just makes me less inclined to write it down and read it later.
A scrap of papersticking out like a sore thumb on my desk or burning a hole in my pocket? I'm going to be cognizant of that all day long. But an obscure text file chilling in a disused part of my phone, or a txt file lost in the shuffle of random shit on my PC? Outta sight outta mind.
I also find all digital input schemes to be frustratingly less flexible than physical paper. Provided I have a writing utensil on hand that is functional (not always a given, granted) it is trivial to put anything I want on a note. Write anything I want. Draw diagrams. Underline or strike text. Write some things larger or heavier than others. All of these things are possible in note taking apps, but they come with the idiosyncracies of needing to know the selection techniques and menu options to activate them. In this way they're all death by a thousand tiny annoying cuts for me.
I even had a smart phone with a built-in stylus for a good long while. It definitely extended the things you could do with ease, but it was a far cry from a pencil.
The only thing a note taking app can do in my mind that paper can't is yell at you with a loud noise at a pre-programmed time. If I need one of those, I just set an alarm in my clock app.
I've been using a lot of different apps. Then I tried using tasker plugin along with dataview in Obsidian - but it was too convoluted. I settled on using vikunja for tasks that I need to keep track of, and the things I commit to goes into my "today" note in Obsidian.
Generally it is not advisable to have more than one source of information for your tasks, but this setup worked for me.
I just recently started using Vikunja too, and it's pretty great but really needs more recurrence options. For 90% of my things it works, but there's some things lacking.
I make lists in Simplenote. I also add stuff to my native Reminders app and then ignore them notifications or keep pushing them off by setting them to fire again later. Sometimes I actually get around to them when I need a task to keep me busy during podcasts.
Weird to not see (at the time Iβm writing this) any mentions of βtodoistβ which people on forums have loved for ages. Iβm not a fan at all so Iβm glad to finally not see it as frequently. My preference for work, where I have multiple categories and statuses (including a βdone and waiting for the other person to confirmβ status) is Trello with some automations. For home, just simple reliable entry on phone and desktop, is Ticktick. I particularly love the natural date parsing built into Ticktick (can also be done in Trello with an automation), very useful for super fast task entry and due date/time scheduling.
Things for iOS
I just use the reminders app on my iPhone, I tried a bunch of other apps. But it was the integration on my watch, Mac, iPad, etc that just made that option the most ideal, despite lacking features of some the otbers
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Todoist works great for me. I like the recurring tasks feature which lets me clear up a lot of headspace. "Clean XYZ every 11 days #chore" is all the syntax you need to setup a recurring task that's categorised under the "chore" category.
I use Amazing Marvin - super customizable to make your own workflow, so you can make it as simple or complicated as you'd like. Small team, but responds super quickly to questions and requests.
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