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WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Re: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Post by wjdp »

jstummbillig wrote: post #8
jeffkeen wrote: post #4

I hate to be that guy, but this looks exactly like https://teuxdeux.com/ , a service made by Tina Roth Eisenberg ( https://www.swiss-miss.com/ ) which has been around for a long long time. More than one product can exist in a space (and todo lists are a dime a dozen) and maybe this was a completely original idea and GMTA, but wow it sure looks like a note for note copy

It's a very simple weekly planer. There is going to be columns with weekdays and in those list items. There are a lot more than these two apps in this space. I personally enjoy https://tweek.so/ The privacy and locally hosted angle seems like plenty of differentiation. Other than that I'd have to squint very, very hard to make it look "exactly" like TeuxDeux (which I find a lot less appealing, visually)

Another user of tweek here, loving the competition in the space though! The fact this can run offline without an account is great.

Re: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Post by wjdp »

Just installed it to play around. Really nice to have a purely offline app in this space.

What did surprise me is the unskippable 'splash screen' with the sponsor message before the app is usable (several seconds), this would really annoy me if there's no way to get rid of it.

Re: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Post by civilized »

I'll quickly plug my current to do solution: a pinned Google Keep note with a daily reminder that's pushed to my devices at 7am.

I already use Keep for my grocery list and other things, so this way I don't need Yet Another App. It's on all my devices, it's got lists and checkboxes and reminders, and the UI is simple and responsive (which tbh wasn't always true, Keep speed and stability sucked for a long time but it's rock solid now).

Interested to hear how this app might compare to my baseline solution.

Also, what's this business about scheduling priorities being better than prioritizing your schedule? Personally I mostly just do things in order of priority and the timing is flexible. I'm not sure I would benefit from telling myself to do X at Y time.

Re: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Post by majikandy »

soneca wrote: post #15

Tangential ask HN: what is a good Linux desktop to do app that supports monthly recurring tasks (I have some accounting stuff that I need to remember to do every month). I’ll use for daily adhoc tasks too, but any app (or pencil and paper) can handle them.

I have exactly this issue too. And I still procrastinate and don’t do them and sometimes get fines. I need something that prevents me using my phone or computer until it is done. Which probably means I’d just pretend it is and fake tick it off.

Re: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Post by shabier »

forbiddenvoid wrote: post #19
_ttg wrote: post #13

I spend ~85% of my time inside Chrome such that the only possible tool that could work for me is a Chrome extension. I currently use https://prodtodolist.com/ for general reminders but it's too barebones and something like this implemented as a ~minimalist~ Chrome extension could be very handy.

Honestly, my realization that I spend so much of my time inside Chrome is the exact reason I have started looking for native apps instead of SaaS. Chrome has become the problem for me more than anything, because as much they want to be the OS of the web - they're pretty terrible at it.

I agree with you and same here; I've moved my entire workflow to the browser. From Figma to my entire dev environment, it's all in the browser and Google handles everything else from accounts to preferences.

While that enables me to do most of my work on a low-performance tablet, it introduces a bigger (chrome) issue; latency. I've noticed that most input websites (Notion, Google Docs, etc.) have an input latency whereas native apps don't.

Re: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

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Post by raidel94 »

wjdp wrote: post #25

Just installed it to play around. Really nice to have a purely offline app in this space. What did surprise me is the unskippable 'splash screen' with the sponsor message before the app is usable (several seconds), this would really annoy me if there's no way to get rid of it.

I really like the app. To be honest the sponsor message didn't bother me that much, but it's real that it's there for several seconds. Is it intentional or is it loading the app?
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