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The ability to add Actions (web links, phone numbers to call, etc.) to tasks, only some of which can be replicated in Todoist using the comments and file attachments.

The ability to set Start dates for tasks, not just Due dates.

The ability to drill down into a Project/Checklist and quickly add subordinate items, which is a bit of a pain with Todoist.

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Project and Checklist task types, easier sub-tasks, plus much better visual distinction of recurring tasks versus regular ones.

The ability to access the Quick Add system for entering new tasks on OS X even when the main app isn’t running.

Not only does it look great, but 2Do has a number of key advantages:

Much better, right? Especially since 2Do’s interface can be customized to show as much or as little detail as you want. Now everyone’s doing it.Īnyway, I remember using 2Do way back in its earliest incarnation…when it still looked like this: I want to take a moment to state, for the record and in defense of my hipster credentials, that I liked 2Do before it was cool. Well, Federico Goddamn-Trendsetting-Italian Viticci happened. I took it as a good sign, and it even ended up as a temporary solution for the agency before we settled on Basecamp.

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Like my OneNote Bullet Journal before it, I lasted a full year with Todoist, which almost never happens. It won’t surprise you to learn that I try a lot of productivity software, especially in the task management space, but I typically last less than a month with each new thing. My discovery of Todoist happened a year or so ago, and I adopted it almost immediately. You can assign Labels to tasks as a tagging system to further organize them however you like, and you can use the Filters to create smart searches that help you highlight particular subsets of tasks.If you’re sharing a project with others, you can also assign tasks to them or have tasks assigned to you. Tasks can have nested sub-tasks (And you can continue nesting further from there), and each task can have its own due date, comment thread, and attachments. Todoist’s structure is immediately clear: Projects are the top level of organization, and they contain tasks. A web view for easy access even without your main devices.Robust sharing and task commenting system.Clean, effective visual design that keeps the focus on your tasks and removes almost every bit of chrome from the interface.No more waiting for OneNote to open, navigating to the right sheet, etc… Extremely fast apps on every platform and the web.

Karma system for keeping you accountable and for maintaining a record of what you’ve accomplished, which is like Bullet Journal but with a gamification angle.

Natural language processing for blazing fast task entry.

Phew, that was easy…article over, right? Actually Though Then I found Todoist and it’s absolutely perfect. If I’m being honest, Bullet Journal has more than one flaw (collaboration is also rough) but the overall system worked really well for me for longer than any past approach to task management had, so it was with reluctance that I embarked upon yet another journey to find an alternative. The workarounds that exist (yes, I tried them) just feel awkward and tedious. Unfortunately, it had one critical flaw: Bullet Journal (even a digital version) sucks at planning for future work.Ĭarrying over unfinished tasks to new dates, scheduling tasks for distant dates, and offering a customizable overview of what’s coming up are things that Bullet Journal just isn’t good at.

The flexibility to add tasks, ideas, notes, and other miscellany into the same bucket rather than scattering them across different apps/services.

As a byproduct, I ended up with a growing journal of what I’d done without requiring actual journaling (which I suck at).

A focus on things I’d done instead of things I had left to do, resulting in a sense of accomplishment instead of dread when looking at my tasks.

I did a lot of switching between apps in the past, eventually settling for a year on my own digital version of the Bullet Journal system. My personal productivity system has been remarkably stable over the past two years.