I first checked to see if LifeBalance, my old favorite, had gotten a facelift or an iPhone version. I used it for years, and what I love about LB is that it actually prioritizes for you. Basically, at every level of the project hierarchy (from goals down to projects) you can set importance, and then LB sorts tasks based on those, and on what you've done lately, in order to try to keep your total accomplishments balanced by area. I love having it tell me what to do, and being able to yank up & down priorities on projects based on changing importance. I've never found this in another task manager, yet it's really simple & intuitive.
Anyway, LB improves very slowly, and still doesn't have an iphone version, so forget it.
The two apps that sounded really good from reviews are Things and OmniFocus. Both have available, robust iPhone versions. Any comments from those who have tried them?
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They've got an iphone version, but it doesn't sync for another month or so. But they're definitely on it.
Hope this helps,
Peter
It's not perfect, but is pretty darn good, and pretty darn flexible. And I like the sorts of insights they make with their UI, e.g. an OS-wide keyboard shortcut that opens a window where you can type in the name of a new task, hit enter, and have it added to your inbox. (So when something comes to mind -- you can literally have it recorded in your inbox 2 seconds later before you forget.)
The iPhone app is a little sketchy and only alpha-quality. But, it actually exists, syncs, and they are actively iterating on it.
The iPhone portion is a bit slow, but I think that is because they are still working on it and I have a rather large db that's being synched.
I'd say download both trial apps and poke around for a bit.
http://www.gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.
Hope you like it.
I want to pick one, and can't decide myself. I can't bring myself to really dive into a trial...and I don't want to pay for one I don't want.
Let me know which you end up using. For me, the iPhone app is the important one, since I am likely to moving around when I think of a random todo.
I ended up buying both iPhone apps and I'm going to try them each out. Since I'm very new to the GTD game I have no clue which'll end up working better for me.
I think I'd feel annoyed shelling out for both, knowing I will only use one.
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