Task planners can save a user from having to keep all his plans in mind. For mobile devices, many applications are available that are designed for both short-term and long-term planning. The programs used for this can be divided into 3 categories - notes, calendars and task managers.
The choice of software for planning depends on the user's goals - many will have enough simple text notes with reminders, which they will periodically edit. Those who have more to do may need a more advanced tool with bulleted lists and cloud sync, for example, Evernote.
Modern task managers allow for effective planning in both the short and long term. Most often tasks in them are presented in the form of lists.
When adding new tasks, the name, date of completion, etc. are indicated. In advanced applications, there are also folders, priority levels, sound notifications, projects and tags needed for quick search and task management.
In addition, when creating a task, periodicity can be taken into account, which will allow you to automatically re-create it weekly, once a month, etc. Also, some such applications allow you to interact with the operating system by displaying task information in the status bar.
The main advantage of task schedulers over calendars and notes is the availability of advanced tools for efficient data management.
Here you can sort tasks by date in a couple of clicks, group them by folders, tags or projects, get a report for a certain time period and much more. Photos, notes or lists of subtasks can be attached to the description.
The developers of most modern task managers in one way or another adhere to the concept of GTD (Getting Things Done), which means having a folder with incoming tasks and instantly adding to it everything that comes to mind.
It is important to always have a smartphone on hand, and you can add a description of the task or move it to another list at any time, the main thing is not to forget about it.
For comparative review 10 task planners were selected from among the most requested Google play. Each of them received a general assessment on a 5-point scale, depending on convenience and functional features.
In determining the final results, the availability of tools for cloud synchronization was taken into account. reserve copy, advanced sorting tools, etc.
Any.DO is the most popular task scheduler for Android. It is very easy to manage, and also has a stylish and user-friendly interface.
Externally, the application looks very stylish and modern. By default, there are light blue controls on a white background, but the color scheme can be changed in the settings. In landscape orientation, the main screen displays information about task lists and due dates — today, tomorrow, upcoming and without deadlines.
When adding tasks, voice input or auto-completion can be applied. For example, if you enter the word “tickets”, options like “buy tickets”, “book tickets”, etc. will appear on the screen. This will significantly reduce the time to create tasks.
To group tasks in Any.DO, custom lists are used. They can be added directly from the main menu. You can also go from here to notifications or day planning mode.
In this mode, tasks are automatically switched as in a slide show, and the user specifies deadlines for each of them - today, tomorrow, later, etc. Changes immediately apply to all tasks.
Any.DO successfully copes with various data - to-do lists, purchases, etc. There are quick actions, for example, to delete completed tasks it is enough to shake the device. The application works closely with the operating system - the program can display various reminders in the status bar.
Any.DO is presented on iOS, Android, Windows, there is also a web version and even a plugin for Chrome. Some features are not available in free versionThese include multi-user work, adding geotagging, repetitive tasks, design changes, and protection with a secret code.
Premium also allows you to remove the restriction on the type of file assignments attached to the description and get priority technical support. All this will cost about 200 rubles per month or about 150 rubles per month when you subscribe for a year.
The final score for Any.DO is 4.8 out of 5.
Wunderlist is one of the best task schedulers. The application is available on a variety of platforms and is great for organizing personal tasks and for monitoring workflows.
When you first start Wunderlist, you will need to log in with your mailbox. In the future, this e-mail will be used to access data from other devices, backup and synchronization.
Visually, the Wunderlist looks quite stylish, and the background of the menu can be changed in the settings. The interface is very convenient - all the necessary information on the task lists is on the main screen, from here you can also search and sort.
When adding a new task, it is enough to indicate its name. Additional fields are optional: date, notification, repetition mode, subtasks, notes, attachments. Distributions by priority levels are not here, you can only mark tasks as important. Tasks must be sorted alphabetically, created or completed.
Wunderlist adheres to the concept of GTD - all new tasks are placed in the inbox, unless you immediately indicate otherwise. This directory cannot be deleted. Also on the main screen, you can display smart lists - “today”, “week” and “marked”, where collections of relevant tasks will be presented.
All the rest are user folders and lists that are created manually. They serve as the main tool for grouping tasks.
Wunderlist allows you to create not only to-do lists, but also purchases. Included with the application is a set of widgets with which you can add tasks with a couple of clicks directly from the desktop or display information about upcoming tasks. In addition, Wunderlist has features for multi-user work.
This allows you to share tasks and other information with colleagues - attachments in various formats, notifications, etc. There is also commenting - you can create chats directly in the application.
Wunderlist is presented on more than 10 platforms - Windows, Android, iOS, there is even a web version and an application for Windows phone. The disadvantages of this task scheduler include the high cost of the paid version - $ 5 per month or $ 50 per year.
Wunderlist Pro removes restrictions on file attachments and the number of subtasks, and also provides access to advanced collaboration features.
On a 5-point scale, Wunderlist scores 4.8 points.
Todoist is an effective task scheduler available on a variety of platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, and a web version. This application contains all the necessary tools to control any tasks.
When creating an account in Todoist, you will need to log in with mailbox. This is necessary to automatically synchronize data on all devices, as well as keeping statistics on user actions. Authorization is made when you first start, in the future, accounts are switched in the settings.
You will not find fault with the visual component of Todoist - stylish and modern design combined with a very user-friendly interface, the developers added switchable color schemes, of which there are already 10 pieces.
On the main Todoist screen there is a menu with main folders and functions - incoming tasks, tasks for the next 7 days, projects, filters, tags and settings. By default, all new tasks are placed in the inbox, which corresponds to the concept of GTD. In the description of the task name, execution time and priority are indicated.
You can also set a reminder, write a comment, or select a parent task. Adding tasks to Todoist does not take much time, and with the help of widgets it can be done directly from the desktop.
Labels and filters are used to sort and group tasks. With their help, you can quickly get a list of tasks with the same label or filter it by a certain attribute. Profile statistics allows you to track the number of completed tasks, only reports for the last week are available in the free version of the application.
Todoist has many advantages - support for more than 10 platforms and 20 languages, easy interaction with other users, convenient synchronization. There is even a special mode called "Karma", in which daily and weekly goals are configured by the number of tasks.
Todoist can rightfully be considered one of top apps in its segment. However, the possibilities of the free version are somewhat limited here - you cannot use tags, attach files, and only 4 of 10 themes are available.
Also there are restrictions on multi-user work and the number of devices connected to one account. The cost of the annual subscription at the time of this writing was a little over 2 thousand rubles, and there were no other options for upgrading to the Premium account.
On a 5-point scale, Todoist gets 4.6.
Remember the Milk is a task manager with a huge set of tools for effective planning. The application supports cloud sync, as well as tags, custom to-do lists, etc.
To create an account in Remember the Milk will require e-mail. This will not only synchronize data on different devices, but also log in under your account in the web version of the service.
The interface in Remember the Milk is very convenient and quite stylish, this applies not only to the version for Android. The mobile version of the program is well adapted for touch input - here you can quickly add tasks and edit existing ones.
In the task description, the priority, end date, performer, tags, notes, etc. can be specified. The user also selects a list in which the task will be placed, and in the Pro version subtasks can be added.
Remember the Milk is not bad for controlling workflows. There are tools for quick sorting and multiplayer interaction when participants share tasks with each other.
In Remember the Milk, all tasks by default are placed in the inbox, unless otherwise noted. In the future, the task can be placed in any user list, associated with contacts or geolocations, and also supplemented the description with tags that make it easy to find the task.
In Remember the Milk there is a reminder system that can use various services from email to Twitter. The app is also capable of interacting with Google Calendar, Evernote and Microsoft Outlook. The free version of Remember the Milk has several limitations.
For example, you cannot create subtasks here, synchronize with some of the above services, use color tags. Also there are no widgets or advanced tools for multi-user work. The pro version costs about 40 dollars a year and is not in great demand.
Remember the Milk scores 4.6 points.
Do it - perhaps the most primitive application in this review. Here all tasks can be scheduled only for the current day and the next and nothing else.
There is cloud synchronization in Do it. You can login in the settings and access the data via the web version.
Visually, Do it looks a bit primitive, in a sense it is not a task manager, but a simulator of two pages of a notebook. Left task for today - right for tomorrow. The interface is moderately convenient - with one click you can mark the task as completed (in this case it will be crossed out), and also use the arrows to move it from the current day to the next day and back.
There are no special tools for sorting data in Do it. In fact, everything that is not planned for today moves to tomorrow.
Do it has no folders, custom lists, tags, and more. The application is well suited for those who need, rather than a task manager, but a simple reminder.
The advantages of Do it include compactness and fast data entry. Nevertheless, this does not at all compensate for the significant limitations in terms of functionality. Through the purchase in the application, you can get 3 widgets for the desktop with the sizes 1 * 1, 3 * 3 and 4 * 4, but this practically does not change anything.
Do it does not have a sufficient set of functions to equally with other applications presented in the article. Moreover, even the genre affiliation of the program is questionable, because there are not many means customary for this segment. Do it will surely find its target audience, which will use it as a task manager, but in this review the application receives only 3.8 points out of a possible 5.
To Do List from Asus is a compact and fairly convenient task scheduler for Android. You will not need to create an account in the application, although in this case it is rather a minus, since there is no synchronization in any form.
To Do List does not even support backup and restore from a memory card, so in which case you will have to use special software to create backups like Titanium Backup.
Visually, the To Do List looks very simple and does not claim to originality. On the main screen there are lists of tasks, between which you can quickly switch with a swipe. The user can also create their own lists and edit existing ones.
The design scheme is unlikely to be liked by most users because of an unsuccessful combination of colors and incorrectly selected fonts, and this cannot be changed in the settings.
TickTick is a task list application available on multiple platforms. The developers have successfully implemented the concept of Getting Things Done (GTD) in their product.
The appearance of TickTick does not cause any complaints - the application looks stylish and modern, and the layout can be changed in the settings. The main screen has all the necessary tools for quickly adding new tasks and managing lists.
In calendar mode, data is displayed by date. To see the list of tasks for a particular day, you just need to select it in the calendar.
With TickTick, you can easily control tasks for the next day, week, month, and even several years. New tasks are added very quickly, just enter the name, date, priority and select the list. Initially, all tasks are placed in the inbox, unless otherwise specified.
TickTick has many advanced features - flexible and repetitive tasks, adding data on e-mail, attachment of attachments, classification using tags. Quick search, voice input, geolocation or time reminders, four priority levels and batch editing of tasks are available to the user.
Also in TickTick there is an opportunity to share task lists with colleagues, integration with calendar applications, quick search and sorting. Some of these tools will require access to device contacts and location services.
Unfortunately, in the free version of TickTick some of the functions are missing. To gain access to collaboration tools, additional design topics, as well as the withdrawal of limits on lists and tasks, a paid subscription will be required.
At the time of publication of this article, TickTick PRO cost from 70 rubles per month to 700 rubles per year. For most users, the difference between the regular version and the paid version will not be so noticeable.
TickTick] gets 4 and a half points out of 5.
Conclusion
There are many task schedulers on Android, although this is far from the most popular category of software for mobile devices. Most of the applications included in this review received high marks, but not without a couple of disappointments.
The leaders were Any.DO and Wunderlist, scoring 4.8 points out of a possible 5. These are the most convenient and functional applications in their segment, and they were not honored with the maximum score just because of the need to issue an expensive paid subscription to unlock all the available funds.
The third line is also shared by two applicants - Todoist and Remember the Milk, who received 4.6 points each. These applications are perfect for use on multiple devices and multi-user work with a large number of tasks. Remember the Milk is slightly ahead of Todoist in functionality, but the high cost of a paid subscription and the absence of the Russian language equalized the total score to one mark.
GTasks and TickTick performed well, receiving 4.5 out of 5, as well as SplenDO with a score of 4.4. There are only 3 obvious outsiders and if To Do Reminder and To Do List (4.1 and 4 points exactly respectively) still fit as task managers, then Do it is more like a notebook emulator that is not suitable for effective planning, for which he received the lowest score among all - 3.8.
In the case of task schedulers, the popularity of applications turned out to be proportional to their quality - Any.DO and Wunderlist are at the top of the list, although the first has almost doubled the 10 million installations from Google Play against 5. The top three were closed by Todoist, which is almost as good as Wunderlist popularity, and most of the remaining task managers have 1 million downloads.
The second table is entirely devoted to the functional features of the applications. As in the first, they are located here in descending order of the number of installations with Google Play. Here you can make sure that almost all applications support cloud synchronization and provide paid content.
In most cases, this is a subscription that provides access to additional features. Of the 10 applications, only 6 have a web version. 5 “+” out of 5 in the second table received half of the task managers - Any.DO, Wunderlist, Todoist, Remember The Milk and TickTick.
Any.DO and Wunderlist are the undisputed leaders of their segment, which even without a paid subscription will satisfy the need of 90% of users. Nevertheless, when choosing a task scheduler, you should focus primarily on your own experience, and not just on the ratings in this review or on Google Play.
Someone for these purposes is enough and Do it with lists of tasks for 2 days or even a simple text note, and someone will need much more, especially for monitoring workflows.
Today is relevant to many. For those who have a complex schedule, a lot of goals and unresolved issues, the program for scheduling tasks will be very helpful. After all, for those whose work is related to papers, a lot of different documents just need a convenient organizer to synchronize. It will allow you to store all documents in the form of a clear, structured list, regardless of their complexity and level of nesting.
Thanks to him, it will be possible to assign files and notes status, names and relate them to specific groups. Moreover: such applications can combine in themselves the function of the phone book and the calendar broadcaster, when in one device tracking contacts, financial and other matters tied to a specific date is available.
Previously, all these conveniences in the conduct of private affairs were less accessible and difficult to use. Because, in fact, each communicator plays a separate role: whether it be a calendar, a phone book, an archive folder or a notebook.
But lately, universal organizers have appeared. Such planners are becoming more mobile and easy to use. The ability to link all the cases in one compact communication allows you to simplify their management. Keeping track of your own affairs becoming more comfortable and productive. Of course, portable communicators of this kind are more suitable for firms, companies and active people. For ordinary citizens who only need to go to the store or do not forget to call home, more advanced models come to nothing.
First of all - it should be a universal organizer, in which at least work is combined with mail and a calendar. It should have a scheduler based on which simple case management is created. For example, there are free organizers from Google, which provide instant messaging, communication with friends and social networks.
These clients are installed on your desktop as applications for Windows, MacOS or portable devices. A minor complication is that a separate utility is better suited for a particular browser or operating system.
New from Microsoft
Five months ago, a novelty was released in this area of activity. Microsoft has introduced a support service for the goals with the name "Bookings". This utility is intended for the program. Microsoft office The last 365 series, especially good in small and medium businesses. It allows companies to provide their services to customers with added convenience and comfort. Based on it, mobile planning and setting tasks, tracking orders, meetings and personnel management are available.
This service is indispensable for hospitals, fashion and beauty salons, workshops and other non-state enterprises, where customer service is organized by prior registration. Previously, the "Bookings" utility was only available on desktop computers running Windows and on IPhone and Ipad portable tablets that support iOS. Well, now Microsoft has developed a test beta for Android devices.
The main characteristics of Bookings:
- practical control over all orders, the list of customers, their installation data, order processing automatically and with the help of an operator;
- provides an opportunity for customers to get on time in an electronic queue to a specific specialist;
- a convenient device for managers to take into account customer requests, properly schedule staff and employee lists, change the types of services provided and the cost of them, adjust working hours, plan leisure time and much more.
Task leader
Task Leader is one of the most popular goal planners on mobile devices under running Android and ios. It serves as a time synchronizer and diary that quickly communicates via the Internet with a smartphone or iPhone of your colleague or friend. Such a universal communicator contains special input parameters, such as determining priority plans or eliminating unwanted cases.
Do you know the situation? When one of your partners forgets what he promised. Or your friend shifts his responsibilities to someone else. In business, problems often occur because of confusion among employees, to whom and what function to perform. Personal organizer Leader Task helps you to plan your time and solve problems correctly. In Leader Task, the list of goals will be adaptively located in certain levels so as to remember everything. Naturally, any business or event can be tied to the desired date. Applying a personal calendar, it is easy to distribute the level of its workload by day.
The Leader Task Scheduler has developed an extensive range of advanced settings. So, you can mark goals of varying degrees of urgency with different colors. For example, primary tasks are red, and less important tasks are gray. In the scheduler, this option is called markers.
How important it is to attach certain cases to the context designation are well known to those people who are familiar with the basics of time management. Suppose you are unlikely to forget to buy a car, if for the sake of this came the car market. Or there is no point in appointing a serious conversation with a colleague for a certain number, if circumstances may change. To add notes to the Leader Task, you can use the “Category” option — for example, the category “A car market” to buy a car. And if you need to ask a question to another employee, you can bind him to the contact.
There are cases when you need to urgently do some kind of project. In addition, you still need to set and perform several other tasks. Affordable communication assistant on your mobile device it is useful in difficult, for planning and setting tasks, situations. In the Leader Task, design is also included. It is only necessary to set it, at the same time specifying with which type it corresponds. In the future, when you go to a specific project, you can easily see the goals that are tied to it.
In addition, the list of available filters is extensive. They will help to orient in the big routine of affairs and events in order not to miss the main thing. The program clearly worked out the task scheduling mechanism. With it, you can instantly send orders, requests to your subordinates and employees. As a result of these simple actions, the owner of the organizer will never hear from his subordinate that he did not have time or forgot to carry out the assignment. You can also monitor the actions of your people through the Leader Task, find out at which level of implementation a particular case is located. And in the case of non-compliance or delay, there is always the opportunity to quickly find out the reason. For this, the application has a chat function.
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Both a businessman and a housewife need to perform many different tasks every day. No wonder that with such a crazy rhythm of life, something falls out of memory. In order not to kill oneself in vain for lost minutes, mankind came up with a wonderful thing - reminders.
Let us remember that we live in a rather technological age, and it is time to leave notes on refrigerators and mirrors in the past. More comfortable and convenient way plan your day - use special applications for phones, tablets and PCs.
Of course, you can use the usual Notepad application, but where is more rational to download the desired program, which will remind you of the event and help you paint your day by the minute.
Here is a list of the best, according to users, day planners apps.
1. Wunderlist
What is he doing this application so popular? Of course, its availability. Wunderlist in open (free) access, works on all known platforms (Android, iOS, Windows Phone).
In addition, the organizer has a practical and beautiful design, user-friendly interface and powerful functionality. Of course, everyone can find a more advanced (but already paid) version, but even the most demanding user should have the opportunity for free.
This task manager is cross-platform, i.e. can be synchronized between different OS.
The advantages over similar programs include:
- The opportunity to create records in any mode (offline and online).
- Work on the tasks in the group. This feature is available in the free version.
- Mobile and desktop versions.
2. Todoist
The second for convenience and practicality recognized Todoist. A distinctive feature of this assistant can be called an intuitive approach to solving problems.
In terms of functionality, the application is not inferior to Wunderlist, but, unfortunately, only paid versions are available. The user can absolutely free to get acquainted with the capabilities of the program, and then think about the need to purchase.
What a task manager can do: install special tags and filters for tasks, attach geolocation tags (conveniently, for example, when making purchases). The application has a maximum detail.
Someone may think this is unnecessary such an approach, but the program is worth the money.
3. Any.DO
The Any.Do application lags behind its competitors. Its main feature was the “Moment” function - the morning notification, which informs you about the plan for the day and offers to create one if it is absent.
Oddly enough, but many users like it a lot. In terms of the intuitive handling of the task and the functionality of the program is much inferior to its predecessors.
Separately, it is necessary to say about the interactivity of the organizer: the removal of unnecessary records occurs with one finger movement. You can create tasks using voice commands, simply by dictating them (there is a function of recognizing Russian speech).
4. Todo Cloud
The program has good functionality, which is expanded by working together with the “Getting Things Done” productivity system.
To synchronize the basic functionality between devices, you will have to shell out annually for a few tens of dollars.
Of the minuses - the missing Russian interface.
5. G-Tasks
An application based on Gmail and Google Calendar. For people who prefer working with Google, this helper will be a real find. It is convenient to create and edit to-do lists.
There are several important nuances that can become a big disadvantage: the program’s strong attachment to the Android OS and network management, as well as the inability to create complex plans.
From the pros: the application is absolutely free.
6. Remember The Milk
The specified task manager is an old-timer on the market.
For a long time, the existence of Remember The Milk has significantly advanced in integration with other important organizer applications (Gmail, Evernote or Microsoft Outlook).
The main disadvantage is obsolete interface.
From the pros: free distribution and availability of a version in Russian.
7. iOS apps
A separate item on the list go apps exclusively for Apple devices. Briefly about the most popular and interesting of them:
Things
One of the most expensive programs. But at the same time it has powerful functionality and a pleasant low-key design, designed in the characteristic "Apple" style.
