TickTick steadily improves

Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 19, 2017 at 03:15 PM

Okay, so in my wild attempts to find the “perfect” task/notes manager, I have (as you all know) veered madly about experimenting with all kinds of solutions.

Only to find myself returning to TickTick, which slowly but steadily improves.

Why TickTick? Well, because it believes in leaving most of a task’s space available for notes (or subtasks, or both). No, it still doesn’t have start dates, but it’s so easy to adjust the date of a specific task or project that I don’t really mind.

It’s got a complete calendar, and also integrates seamlessly with Apple’s Calendar.

It’s got tags and tag management that are simple and actually work.

Today, they introduced “smart” lists, too, meaning you can auto-generate lists by setting specific criteria. This already works very well.

You can create folders for different task lists. It’s got sensible default options for Today, Tomorrow, Next 7 Days etc.

What it still doesn’t have, unfortunately, is a rich-text or even Markdown editor - all task notes are in plain text. But hey, that’s okay.

Subtasks within a task automatically get shunted to the bottom of the list when they’re complete (many task managers still don’t do that).

Finally, a Pro subscription is very cheap, making it a very easy way to share stuff (the Pro version enables sharing). And there are versions of TickTick for almost all platforms; I use the web, macOS desktop and iOS versions.

My colleagues and I even use it for quick-sharing notes, web addresses and so on through a shared “General Notes” list - it’s more convenient than many dedicated solutions, and the syncing is smooth and fast.

Still, I’m sure I’ll be wittering on about something else in the near future. But TickTick will remain the backbone… for now!