I love Wunderlists simplicity and looks but the lack of tags or appearing in more than one list, means no contexts. So it’s not that the runners up are bad apps, it’s just that the others were better, sometimes marginally. All of them had at least one thing wrong or missing. There wasn’t a single one that looked like a clear winner. It was really hard to choose my apps to make up my trusted system. Any.DO - Slick Android app with intriguing gestures.Wunderkit - Wunderlists big brother, fantastic UI for collaborative task management.Things & Omnifocus - Users of these had great things to say about them but sadly Mac only.Smarty Task - Great looking GTD app with some smart filters.Assana - Good looking, collaborative task manager.Nirvana - Well thought out, great looking GTD web app.I liked how they looked and their features, they show great promise: These apps didn’t get reviewed because they lacked some feature/s that made them unsuitable. You can add a calendar entry that is connected to the task There’s an inbox but I think tasks that people assign to you land in here. Starred tasks go into special ‘Today’ folder Into inbox or you can change when adding. Into an inbox if on home screen or into the list that you currently happen to be in. I’ve included some ‘nice to have’ features that I discovered which I enjoyed and/or were useful. The criteria is taken from my thoughts on what makes a great GTD app, outlined in the introduction post. If you’re after a quick comparison, here’s how their features compared. … and now here we are, about to find out which I think is best and which will become my trusted system? Comparison Chart The following 9 shortlisted apps then got an in depth review: ![]() Multi Device – Mac, Android and Windows.To find the perfect app, I came up with some basic criteria the app had to meet in order to be considered, this got the list down from over a hundred to a manageable 9 (10 originally, until I realised Get It Done didn’t have a Mac app). Will the app be, not perfect, but just good enough? Will missing features be made in the future? Many a “it would be perfect if …”. ![]() The conclusions I’m about to draw, as I choose my ‘perfect’ GTD system, will be a story of compromise. The latter came about as it slowly dawned on me that there wouldn’t be a clear winner, a perfect GTD for me (and others). Then babies, work and disillusionment set in. I was writing the reviews, at times, twice a week. I was looking forward to whizzing through the reviews, to find a winning app that would meet my needs set out in the opening post. When I started this review process back in September 2011, eager to find the perfect GTD app for myself.
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