Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by faizshah » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 6:58 PM UTC

I spent a few hours yesterday trying out a few productivity tools and none of them fit my needs.

I'm looking for something that supports time tracking like toggl. Has a daily/weekly/monthly planner where I can see upcoming due dates and today's due dates (this is one of the reasons meistertask doesn't fit my criteria). And supports a task board view (like trello or meistertask) so I can see what state tasks are in.

Also there's some other annoyances like recurring tasks (e.g meeting task due every friday at 10) or blocking subtasks that I would like support for but it's not critical.

Anybody know of anything like that?

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

#2

Post by tweplmr » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 7:54 PM UTC

I'm working on an app tailored for my business which has these features in mind. Contact me via the email on my profile if you're interested in discussing further.

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

#3

Post by jesseg17 » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 7:59 PM UTC

Emacs Org-mode is fantastic at doing everything you mentioned.

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by faizshah » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 8:22 PM UTC

jesseg17 wrote: post #3

Emacs Org-mode is fantastic at doing everything you mentioned.

I'm looking for something more visual than Org, thanks for the suggestion though.

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by edimaudo » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 9:03 PM UTC

Nothing jumps to mind but search http://alternativeto.net/software/toggl/

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by TioSeuss » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 9:26 PM UTC

Hello, I was reading your post and I thought I'd share what my team and I have been using.https://jixee.me/ Our work flow seems to be working smoothly thus far and the beauty about using this tool is that these guys actually listen to bugs and features we need implemented. So there support is on the level! Any way check it out see if it works for you.

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by j2bax » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 10:25 PM UTC

I think https://www.teamwork.com/ covers most of your check boxes if not all. It is a fairly powerful project management tool, similar to Basecamp but with quite a few more features. I haven't used the time tracking features included, but they do exist.

Our company uses a combination of Teamwork (for general project management and task management) and Harvest for time tracking and invoicing.

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by faizshah » Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 11:42 PM UTC

TioSeuss wrote: post #6

Hello, I was reading your post and I thought I'd share what my team and I have been using. https://jixee.me/ Our work flow seems to be working smoothly thus far and the beauty about using this tool is that these guys actually listen to bugs and features we need implemented. So there support is on the level! Any way check it out see if it works for you.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried it out and it's a pretty great alternative to other task boards but it's missing a daily/weekly/monthly planner which is a killer feature for me. I will keep an eye on it though as it's a pretty nice app.

Is there a time logging system hiding somewhere in there?

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by faizshah » Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 12:09 AM UTC

j2bax wrote: post #7

I think https://www.teamwork.com/ covers most of your check boxes if not all. It is a fairly powerful project management tool, similar to Basecamp but with quite a few more features. I haven't used the time tracking features included, but they do exist. Our company uses a combination of Teamwork (for general project management and task management) and Harvest for time tracking and invoicing.

That's a pretty good app I tried it out right now. It's missing a kanban board but that isn't a big deal since the task lists can be used for states. I think the most important thing that's missing is scheduling time for a task instead of just logging the time. Otherwise it's great!

Re: Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

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Post by TioSeuss » Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 12:34 AM UTC

faizshah wrote: post #8

TioSeuss wrote: post #6

Hello, I was reading your post and I thought I'd share what my team and I have been using. https://jixee.me/ Our work flow seems to be working smoothly thus far and the beauty about using this tool is that these guys actually listen to bugs and features we need implemented. So there support is on the level! Any way check it out see if it works for you.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it out and it's a pretty great alternative to other task boards but it's missing a daily/weekly/monthly planner which is a killer feature for me. I will keep an eye on it though as it's a pretty nice app. Is there a time logging system hiding somewhere in there?

Yes, if you click on the message bubble on the lower right. They have a chat client that allows you to directly speak with there team. I'm sure they would appreciate that kind of feedback, to help improve the product. They have always been very responsive with us.