A brain dump of functions for my ideal task/goal management app

Posted by rafael costacurta
Dec 28, 2021 at 04:18 PM

That’s a fun exercise to do

I’m testing Amplenote again, the first time I tried it didn’t click for me, but recently something changed and I’m trying to track my to dos more or less loosely… Every time I try to do a more GTD strict approach I end up falling of the band wagon…

True GTDers would say it’s my fault, maybe I would agree. But the fact is that I was getting overwhelmed to my thousands of to do itens in todoist….

After this regression, I would say that the perfect app, service should have/be:

- multi plataform, but with the same levels of attention to details and use of plataform specific features that the ones from the indie Apple world receives

- ability to mix notes and tasks freely inside a document (like Amplenote does(

- ability to filter the tasks as well as tasks managers usually do ( like todoist and nirvana)

- tasks should have start dates as well due dates (like Nirvana)

- reminders is a must too , with the possibility of configuring the reminder to keep beeping until marked done (like iOS app Due)

- great keyboard support

- great iPad app with great keyboard support

- back links and wiki [[]] are a must now

- great search capabilities

- saved searches would be nice

- daily jots

- some kind of AI/calculation suggestion of the tasks that need be done (like Amplenote note and Ms TO DO “today view”

- some kind of way to Mark a task as “screw everything else, focus on this only” that is removed in the end of the day (MS TODO)

- recurring tasks without due date (like Nirvana and omnifocus)

- tags inline

- nested tags

- ability to index other kind of files (devonthink)

There is probably more, but will stick with this for now