If anyone is looking for an alternative that will probably be around for a long time, check out Todoist [1]: they are bootstrapped and profitable and been around for 10 years. In terms of product - it's as simple to use as Wunderlist, but does have a few extra features. And they are cross platform like Wunderlist. (I'm not affiliated with them. Just a happy user.) [1] https://todoist.com
I know they are doing what HN commenters tell everyone to do and charge more, but I am just not comfortable paying £22/year for a todo list (£28 through Apple). I'm not really a todo list enthusiast, so I don't want 90% of the features features, just basic stuff like "show all tasks except those scheduled far in the future".
Oh FFS. I just started using Wunderlist this week. All I want is a todo list where I can assign tags. So maybe I would do something like: * buy softener salt #shopping #home * fix garage door weatherstripping #home I can have saved searches for #shopping and #home. That way I don't need folders, I don't need projects. Tags can do it all.
I've been a Wunderlist user for a while, now shopping around for a viable alternative. It's truly amazing how few options there are that match Wunderlist's feature set. It's also truly amazing how "basic" the features I'm looking for should are this day and age, yet there are very few solutions. I don't want a taskwarrior-esque system, although it would meet most/all of my needs, as I share lists with family memebers who are not tech-savvy in the least bit. Of course, this screams side project.
> I've spent the last two years developing a todo app Without seeing what you have, a general remark would be that everyone and his cousin has clocked at least some time developing at least one ToDo app. It's a right-of-passage thing for a lot of developers, just like a Weather app is the same for UX designer wannabies. BTW, what set Wunderlist apart is not the features first and foremost, but their bold in-your-face…
(OP here) I've set up a quick website with more detailed descriptions and some screenshots: http://tuskarr.tilda.ws/ I'm absolutely aware of the rite-of-passage thing, but I'm doing this because I NEED a proper, working todo app. My life will crumble without it. And I'm prepared spend my time and money on it. In any case, there's no going back to Wunderlist now. As for marketing, I'm not worried. All I want is a work…
It looks like something I would use, so I hope you're able to get it out there.
My 2 cents - "Tuskarr supports first-class subtasks" might be a fine description on HN, but an average user won't know what that implies
Oh FFS. I just started using Wunderlist this week. All I want is a todo list where I can assign tags. So maybe I would do something like: * buy softener salt #shopping #home * fix garage door weatherstripping #home I can have saved searches for #shopping and #home. That way I don't need folders, I don't need projects. Tags can do it all.
I've been a Wunderlist user for a while, now shopping around for a viable alternative. It's truly amazing how few options there are that match Wunderlist's feature set. It's also truly amazing how "basic" the features I'm looking for should are this day and age, yet there are very few solutions. I don't want a taskwarrior-esque system, although it would meet most/all of my needs, as I share lists with family memebers…
Wunderlist does far more than I needed it to do. Somebody else recommended todotxt and that might be what I switch to. It seems mature and solidly in maintenance mode. I like that a lot.
Damn, now I need to move faster. My app must be ready by the time they close Wunderlist. I expected an eventual closure, but not that soon. I've spent the last two years developing a todo app that would be a good replacement for Wunderlist (and Astrid, if anyone still remembers that). The app will include with some major / critical features both those apps lacked: proper hierarchies / first-class subtasks, automatica…
> I've spent the last two years developing a todo app Without seeing what you have, a general remark would be that everyone and his cousin has clocked at least some time developing at least one ToDo app. It's a right-of-passage thing for a lot of developers, just like a Weather app is the same for UX designer wannabies. BTW, what set Wunderlist apart is not the features first and foremost, but their bold in-your-face…
> just like a Weather app is the same for UX designer wannabies
20 year UX veteran, this is the first I've heard of this (o; Not a criticism, certainly made me smile, but I've not heard or seen this before.
(that said, I work mostly in enterprise, this might just be a mobile thing)
Damn, now I need to move faster. My app must be ready by the time they close Wunderlist. I expected an eventual closure, but not that soon. I've spent the last two years developing a todo app that would be a good replacement for Wunderlist (and Astrid, if anyone still remembers that). The app will include with some major / critical features both those apps lacked: proper hierarchies / first-class subtasks, automatica…
> I've spent the last two years developing a todo app Without seeing what you have, a general remark would be that everyone and his cousin has clocked at least some time developing at least one ToDo app. It's a right-of-passage thing for a lot of developers, just like a Weather app is the same for UX designer wannabies. BTW, what set Wunderlist apart is not the features first and foremost, but their bold in-your-face…
It is fine, occasionally a neat idea or concept emerges, but I just use Org mode and Agenda now. I always see or hear people eventually giving up on Emacs for some pretty new editor (VS Code) or finally quitting vim because they "feel more productive" somewhere else. Or using some new and random TODO app. Meanwhile, I have been using the same system for 7 years and I know it will work on any platform any time and my data is all plain text and not under control of any third party. Finally, I have a depth of features most TODO apps /still/ lack. But there is a huge reluctance to embrace this work style, but I think it is a short term gains / long term gains problem and most people end up with whatever is shiny and in the moment, but it will get abandoned over the long haul. My text based system will work in 10 years. Will whatever shiny and new TODO app?
The thing is, for something critical, you should not use a software that doesn't have: - an open source self hostable implementation, even if they offer a paid instance to ease your life. - an open format in which you can get your todos entries - an offline client that will still work even if the online instance closes
That's why I use todo.txt TaskWarrior and org mode are interesting as well. I have to look into differences between then.
I have been using org-mode the last few months and I really like it. It easy to get lost in all the possibilities, but it has extremely cool features, for instance: since org is also a markup language, I can just create my slides with Markdown-like markup and export it to e.g. LaTeX beamer. But since any heading can be made a TODO item, I can just mark slides that are not done as TODO and it will show up on my TODO list.
(OP here) I've set up a quick website with more detailed descriptions and some screenshots: http://tuskarr.tilda.ws/ I'm absolutely aware of the rite-of-passage thing, but I'm doing this because I NEED a proper, working todo app. My life will crumble without it. And I'm prepared spend my time and money on it. In any case, there's no going back to Wunderlist now. As for marketing, I'm not worried. All I want is a work…
I wish you had put an email sign up option in your site. You're missing out on potential alpha users.
Done. The signup box is up and running (scroll to the bottom of the page).
Oh FFS. I just started using Wunderlist this week. All I want is a todo list where I can assign tags. So maybe I would do something like: * buy softener salt #shopping #home * fix garage door weatherstripping #home I can have saved searches for #shopping and #home. That way I don't need folders, I don't need projects. Tags can do it all.
Simpletask Cloudless might be what you're looking for. It uses todo.txt, which you can sync via Nextcloud (or whatever other provider), and has in my opinion the best functionality of any android todo app.
The downside is that its onboarding UX isn't great, and overall it's not as polished as some other todo apps.
I've done some work on it in the past and would like to find time to do more in the future.