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Dan Frakes

3,644 posts since
Apr 14, 2003

15. Jul 24, 2008 8:34 AM

in response to: garneaum

Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

garneaum wrote:
I second tmedia1!
"I still find unbelievable that Apple doesn't offer to sync it's own to do list from iCal."

And I third that -- I'm utterly amazed Apple hasn't provided a way to work with -- and sync -- iCal/Mail to-do lists on the iPhone.

garneaum wrote:
I also find it amazing that a third party app wasn't created that would Sync the to-do list from iCal. The info is there on the Mac... find a way to get it to the touch screen! PUH-LEEZE!

A couple developers I've communicated with have told me that it's surprisingly difficult to do this on the iPhone, despite the efforts Apple has made, in Mac OS X, to make calendar and to-do list data available to third-party apps.

Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld

wike2004

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Mar 6, 2008

16. Jul 24, 2008 12:07 PM

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Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Hi Dan,

I think you should have included EasyTask (http://www.orionbelt.com). It was one of the first "to do" apps on the App Store and implements the GTD approach developed by David Allen. It's free for the iPhone and can also sync with a desktop application. I admit that I haven't put it through its paces yet after installing it, but it seems like a good one to look at.

Mahalo,
Walter

Dan Frakes

3,644 posts since
Apr 14, 2003

17. Jul 24, 2008 12:54 PM

in response to: wike2004

Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

wike2004 wrote:
Hi Dan,

I think you should have included EasyTask (http://www.orionbelt.com). It was one of the first "to do" apps on the App Store and implements the GTD approach developed by David Allen. It's free for the iPhone and can also sync with a desktop application. I admit that I haven't put it through its paces yet after installing it, but it seems like a good one to look at.

GTD-focused apps will be reviewed separately.

Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld

whytoi

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May 6, 2005

18. Jul 24, 2008 8:04 PM

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Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Another +1 for Zenbe Lists. Apart from being free and simple. The optional web sync feature is great for backup and for entries whilst on a Mac/PC. The web site is also very simple ie. Fast and responsive. The only negative relates to its smallish text entry field. Not good if one wants to enter more than a few lines of texts.

imagetic

1 posts since
Jul 24, 2008

19. Jul 24, 2008 8:26 PM

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Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Yeah. I was surprised to not see Zenbe on the list. I tried it out, yes it offers syncing and may be on the more complex side, but you're not asked to setup a account unless you click sync, so it functions as a normal to-do list out of the box for the most part. I can't say it really offers anything great, but the UI is more pleasing that many of the others.

orcasmac

1 posts since
Jul 25, 2008

20. Jul 25, 2008 8:36 AM

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Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

I've been testing both Zenbe and Todo by Appigo. Both have similar capabilities, esp. for syncing data btw. my iPod Touch and desktop via the Web. Appigo's ToDo works nicely with Remember the Milk. One main difference is that Zenbe displays only one list at a time, while ToDo lets you select all lists for display, or just one list. Also, Zenbe does not assign priorities (just due dates), while Appigo's ToDo supports both priorities and due dates.

Have yet to make up my mind which app I prefer.

demianturner

4 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

21. Jan 29, 2009 3:46 PM

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Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Our iphone app is just going through submission procedure in the app store, check out our productivity/TODO tool here:

http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/01/28/say-hi-to-doris-your-task-management-assistant/

jmslau

1 posts since
Apr 8, 2009

22. Apr 8, 2009 9:55 PM

in response to: Adwiz

Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Ya, this is a great review. I have personally loooked into some of these to do list apps myself. None of them are perfect though. Some are too complicated and others are too expensive.

Recently, I tried out Skratch List. Ya, it's a funny name, but it was actually the closest to what I needed. I also like its little fun factor because you can shake and flick the unit to delete and add items.

Check it out at http://www.skratchboard.com/skratchlist/

demianturner

4 posts since
Jan 29, 2009

23. Apr 9, 2009 12:45 AM

in response to: jmslau

Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

@jmslau Thanks for pointing out Skratch List, I also like the gestures, we'll be adding shake + swipe to Doris in the next release. We're in the AppStore finally and have a free version of the app coming out next week:

http://beta.dorisapp.com/en/iphone/

RobbJk

1 posts since
Apr 24, 2009

24. Apr 24, 2009 12:33 AM

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Re: Review: Basic to-do apps for iPhone and iPod touch

Good article. I personally use Noter2 and can't recommend it enough. It has sync and a free desktop counter part. It's great and it's easy and thats what matters. Check it out it's made by dbelement http://dbelement.com

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