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Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by Fnoord »

I'd love this for Nextcloud, having it sync to there, in an openly documented format. You see, I already got burned by Google Keep and their proprietary format once. So then it'd be worth it to buy an application like this with a good UI and decent keybindings. But not for this price... 150 USD for 1,5 years of software updates.

Look at Sublime Text. Sublime Text 3 was released in 2013, and Sublime Text 4 in 2021. That is approx 8 years of software updates for a big piece of software, top of line. For what was it like 100 USD? If you bought it later in the dev cycle, you'd get a discount on next. And it is cross-platform and native (no Electron). So you really are looking at 1 USD per month. A bargain.

I've been looking at Obsidian and Zettlr (not exactly same) but these too are just Electron apps. Although they seem to be cross-platform, and the document format is just MD. Zettlr is even FOSS.

What Nextcloud doesn't have (for me at least) is that the MD files can be edited and viewed by me and my wife at the same time. So with regards to one use case (grocery store shopping list) that is a minus. On Google Keep it worked, sort of.

Maybe if you have a high income this is peanuts to you, but for me, it just isn't. Especially not right now.

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by Terretta »

bosie wrote: post #72
booi wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok but are we overlooking the $150 for a todo app? There are entire suites of software that cost less than $150 to own. Microsoft Office Home, Windows 11, Photoshop Elements 2024, Premiere Elements 2024... I'm just saying I think the buy to own price is an order of magnitude too high relative to other significantly more complicated pieces of software.

i think you just learned about scale and number of sales (and age of software).

That's a weird take. Almost nobody thinks a no frills todo app runs $150 at any scale. Except the guy who thinks a minimalist text editor is the same ballpark (and is right).

If it's more than a todo app, OmniFocus sets a price point: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/

Yep, $150. So not scale or age, cuz it is the granddaddy gold standard.

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by zharknado »

Congrats on the launch! Some weird, random feedback—-I found the background music in your demo video surprisingly distracting! That probably seems petty but for me it was the strongest impression from interacting with your post.

The super bubbly chime vibe didn’t match my expectations for your brand based on the copy, value prop, fact that you’re posting on HN, etc. Reminded me a bit of the flat, corporate videos I’ve seen from B2B orgs, like “look, our tool is compliant and exciting, really!” (Just the music, overall it’s fine).

Music also doesn’t match the low, quiet LockpickingLawyer-esque voiceover. Which I thought was fine, seemed sincere, scrappy, matches the brand.

I’d experiment with different royalty-free music options, and maybe lower the level a bit more and/or boost the voiceover to make it easier to understand. Hope this is helpful!

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by smukherjee19 »

booi wrote: post #56
mrinterweb wrote: post #36

This looks great and I appreciate the demo period and the option to buy one-time. Do wish the buy one-time had a longer update length. The subscription looks like the better deal. The $149 / 18 months is $8.28/month. Guess the upside is you get to keep using the app without updates after the 18 months. I have subscription fatigue so I do appreciate the one-time purchase.

Ok but are we overlooking the $150 for a todo app? There are entire suites of software that cost less than $150 to own. Microsoft Office Home, Windows 11, Photoshop Elements 2024, Premiere Elements 2024... I'm just saying I think the buy to own price is an order of magnitude too high relative to other significantly more complicated pieces of software.

I have to agree. I don't mean to disrespect the existing app, it looks really good and well-polished, but... as someone new to the MacOS ecosystem, $150 feels highly pricey. It's as costly as a Windows / Office license!

At the same time, there are apps like Mindkit [0], which seem to do similar things as this, but with more features, but which cost 3000 JPY(20 USD) lifetime.

Personally, the only time I can justify 150 USD for a purchase of an app is when it has as many features or is as impactful as Word/Excel/Powerpoint combined.

No disrespect to the people who made it, good luck with the app!

[0]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindkit-keep-things-organized/...

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by danielecook »

devrob wrote: post #92
kareemm wrote: post #13

Love it. I've been increasingly dissatisfied with Things. Specific things I'm looking for in a Todo manager: 1. iPhone Mac apps and syncing 2. Hotkeys + Speed 3. Shared lists (you don't even mention this until I get into Guides, but I love it) 4. Smart lists 5. Nesting 6. Pasting images 7. Projects + subtasks 8. An inbox 9. Snoozing to the future 10. Focus mode (gets rid of everything else EXCEPT for the current task…

Somewhat off topic, does anyone use Paper/Pencil (specifically bullet journals), Apps and Digital Calendars with what feels like not much effort? I haven't been able to come to a happy medium between them all. Also Concern #3, is there a subscription for things? o.O

I use a notebook and pen. It's like having another screen, except it's my list of todo's and its always open and in front of me.

I write a list of todos, check them off as I go, then rewrite that list once the page is full or after a few days - leaving off those that are done. I've found it works better than any app (and I have tried many).

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by DanielDe »

cweagans wrote: post #169
DanielDe wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm happy to say it looks like we tick 9/10 of those boxes! > 10. Focus mode You're right, this is the one we don't support. But we've gotten requests for it, including from my cofounder, so its coming! > 1. How painful will it be to import from Things? I'm not sure if Things lets you export tasks, but if they do I'm more than happy to run a one-time custom import for you (or any other Things user). There's also the…

> I'm not sure if Things lets you export tasks, but if they do I'm more than happy to run a one-time custom import for you (or any other Things user). There's also the simpler way, which is copying a bunch of tasks to your clipboard and hitting ⌘+Shift+V in Godspeed to paste tasks from clipboard. It'll respect indentation and bullet characters. The local Things database is just a sqlite database. https://culturedcode…

Oh wow, that's so good to know - thank you for sharing that!

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by DanielDe »

zharknado wrote: post #193

Congrats on the launch! Some weird, random feedback—-I found the background music in your demo video surprisingly distracting! That probably seems petty but for me it was the strongest impression from interacting with your post. The super bubbly chime vibe didn’t match my expectations for your brand based on the copy, value prop, fact that you’re posting on HN, etc. Reminded me a bit of the flat, corporate videos I’v…

SUPER helpful, thank you! Honestly, I was pretty torn about the music choice, so it's good to hear this feedback. Will definitely consider a change in the future.

And good to know I sound "sincere". That'd be at the top of my list for how I'd like to come off!

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by DanielDe »

srid wrote: post #94

What I most want is an user-friendly macOS task manager app that uses plain-text files for storage, and allows syncing via iCloud Drive.

I'm the OP, but I was an org-mode user for years. It's exactly what you're describing, and it's available in more than just Emacs these days!

Re: Show HN: Godspeed is a fast, 100% keyboard oriented todo app for Mac

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Post by pflenker »

monooso wrote: post #183

I'm curious how this is better than (or even significantly different to) Todoist [1], a well-established cross platform application which also supports natural language task creation [2] and a keyboard-driven workflow [3]. [1]: https://todoist.com/ [2]: https://todoist.com/features [3]: https://todoist.com/help/articles/use-keyboard-shortcuts-in-...

I know people really seem to love natural language task creation, but I almost always found it lacking. The date picker Things has, and Godspeed promotes, works much better for me.
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