I’m by no means a power GTD user, but like a lot of you I am juggling different projects and need to find a way to organize them. When I was younger, I carried around a paper planner, but now I have an iPhone and an iPad in addition to my desktop Mac.
The iPad on its own makes an awesome replacement for a paper planner. Paired with the iPhone, it’s incredible. Any productivity developer for the iPad needs to have the following in mind.
- It has to stand on its own as an effective program.
- It has to work seamlessly with the iPhone, preferably with cloud syncing
- It has to be affordable.
The available productivity apps that span both iPhone and iPad are usually lacking in one of the above areas. For Things, it’s price and the lack of cloud sync. You’re shelling out $30 for the iPhone and iPad products alone. Tack on the desktop and that’s another $49.95. Same goes for OmniFocus, whose iPad app is not available yet.
Within the past couple of weeks, some affordable alternatives have emerged on the App Store. These programs are pretty great on their own, but they also come with issues — especially when it comes to syncing with other devices. First up, we take a look at BitAlpha’s Taska for the iPad and iPhone.
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