Awesome site for getting it done! So many applications after getting into all this I will be mashable?
Vin Thomas
· 10 months ago
How can Remember the Milk not be on this list?
Denis
· 9 months ago
ditto that,RTM rocks.
Justin Fenwick
· 8 months ago
AGREED! RTM is completely my GTD manager, so flexible.
Jon Chan
· 6 months ago
I strongly disagree with the opinions above using Remember the Milk as a "Getting Things Done" platform. I just happen to find this website through Google because I'm looking another GTD platform to SWITCH from RTM. I've been using RTM for the past 2 months and it is essentially a "to-do" task list. It does not have any of the core functionality mentioned in GTD workflow diagram (determining whether a task is actionable, delegating and deferring non-actionables, setting up a list for next actions, etc). It's ironic that ppl above (can you say "getting paid"?) recommend this platform even though David Allen himself discourages using "to-do" task lists in his GTD book (pg. 51 "No More Daily To-Do Task Lists.")
Cameron, you did the right thing leaving out RTM in this list. I noticed other bloggers have advertised RTM is the best GTD platform when it's clearly not.
miberry
· 7 months ago
MylifeOrganized (MLO) is not in the list, too. Personally, I rate MylifeOrganized the best GTD application ever.
Kiran
· 10 months ago
I use Evernote for collect and process. Still looking for 'The one' todo list solution. I tried a lot of them, currently evaluating http://www.vitalist.com/ but still not happy.
BTW, Along with this comprehensive list I was hoping to see your favorite GTD tools!
VoteAudrey
· 10 months ago
Uber useful, thanks :)
David Pierce
· 10 months ago
I liked the list a lot- really liked the todo.txt scripts- I feel cool using them.
But I'm definitely with Vin, above- no RTM love? I can't live without it.
Dandee
· 10 months ago
We use Relenta, http://www.relenta.com. It's based on email, like our business makes it easy to COLLECT everything. Can also tag emails, assign emails to others in our team (DELEGATE), and contact manager is part of it right there and calendar too no need to jump between applications and nothing gets forgotten. One thing, no MAYBE/SOMEDAY feature but we use tags instead as a workaround and its cool. If your looking for team GTD and email is lifeblood of your biz give it a try.
folks, I have tried a simple and elegant tool which I like more than any other thicker tool that I have tried.
MonkeyGTD - awesome features - built on TiddlyWiki - works from my USB (also known as an extension of my body) - and preserves the original elegance (terminology, philosophy, etc) of GTD. Frankly I love it. check it out... It's way better than many/most of the ones listed here.
Thomas
Thomas
· 10 months ago
well - RTM does come close with it's gears based version - and I really love the way it parses dates intelligently - but that's more a task manager function than a GTD function. But if you ask me to pick , I will choose MonkeyGTD! (though, I need to admit, the learning curve is more for MonkeyGTD if you havenot used a tiddly before)
Andrew Macdonald
· 10 months ago
Thanks for the useful resource. As the developer, I'd also like to mention TaskMerlin as a flexible GTD tool.
Also, for those interested in more than just GTD software, I've compiled a meta-directory of lists of project management software, to-do list software and GTD software. See http://www.taskmerlin.com/project-management-so...
Johntron
· 10 months ago
It'd be nice if there were a few recommendations. I'm not about to download all 106 applications and try them out. Actually, I think we should discourage most of these from being used, because, from my experience, there's a ton of really crappy GTD apps.
Maybe us as a community should come up with a list of core features. For instance, any kind of organizer needs to support a broad set of media - text, images, hyperlinks, audio, etc. - as well as make it easy to capture these (drag-and-drop).
Also, portability is very important. I'm not going to take notes on my computer if I have to spend just as much time transferring it to different devices (computer to computer, iphone to computer, etc). I'd rather just use the trusty ol Moleskine.
Also, the amount of time it takes to open the app and write some text (or take a picture or record audio) should be minimal. If I see something or think of something while I'm walking to work or school, I don't want to have to wait for a big fat app to load then have to click 12 times before I can capture something.
Yeap. Still can't figure out how RTM is not on the list..
andjules
· 10 months ago
isn't there something incredibly ironic about a post with 100 tools for Getting Things Done? Isn't ridiculous levels of consumer choice one of the prime ways we procrastinate and DON'T GET THINGS DONE? How many hours could you waste evaluating each of these tools... and NOT getting things done??
P.S.: You can't take a GTD tools list seriously if it overlooks Remember the Milk.
QuestingElf
· 8 months ago
There's a great book on this realization of having way too many things to select from. I rank this book as one of my top 10 life-changing ones in addition to David Allen's GTD. It is Barry Schwartz's _The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less_.
I wish this post showed only the top 10 GTD applications (and yes "top" is subjective. That's fine, in GTD-Land, I'm more than glad to delegate.) Having to look among 100+ to see which one is good for me turns the mind from mashable to mush.
Life used to be a lot simpler when we had only 3 TV networks to consider not 200+ channels AND the Internet on top of all that. What I learned from both GTD and Schwartz book is the skill to cut back. Technology of today makes it seem that you can do so much more when in reality we've become slave to the machine. I've tried some GTD Apps, and reality is I go back to low-tech David Allen says is fine even though I live in Silicon Valley.
Olga
· 10 months ago
Cameron, thanks for the great list! Though I would definitely include Task2Gather (http://task2gather.com) as it is a great tool not only for managing tasks but also for collaborating. Besides the desktop version working via the browser it has iPhone and Windows Mobile apps that allow people to update their to-do's and collaborate with each other on the go.
Jamie Walker
· 10 months ago
I converted to nozbe (popped the link in the 'my website' bit - although you don't have to go thru my affiliate link, you can just go to http://www.nozbe.com
I am a tweater; I love trying new things out, but I'm going to steer clear of trying other tools out (like no.15 says!) 'cos I'll waste time TRYING rather than doing ;) Anyway, the nozbe interface works for me - and now I'm just waiting for the iphone\ipod touch native app, so I can continue doing things on the move as well.
ravaza
· 10 months ago
Hey, don't forget lazytodo, It deserves a try ! Use it everyday for 3years now. lazytodo site
This a great list, a little overwhelming the number of choices out there. So, here is the question...how do you get things done when scouring through a list of 50+ different applications? :-)
All kidding aside I think I will have to take a look at at least a couple of them as I typically have about 4 sheets of paper floating around with all kinds of hieroglyphic notes scribbled on them. Then at the end of the week I try to consolidate them into one sheet. Needless to say this is not a very good system for getting things done.
fred
· 10 months ago
I use RTM because of the nice iPhone app... but think to go back to http://backpackit.com/ more flexible and nice to use
Lynn E. O'Connor
· 10 months ago
Why isn't Vitalist on your list of programs? I have been using it for --maybe two years now, don't know for sure but it is a long time ago. I try out other programs, but in the end I keep coming back to Vitalist; its simple, intuitive, and includes whatever information I think important related to a task. I really am curious about why you omitted vitalist??
Anthony
· 10 months ago
You might want to make a note that Propel'r is vaporware and will not be launched, probably ever. Like so many good ideas, they put that website up years ago, and absolutely nothing to show for it. At least on their blog they have admitted that they don't have time to develop it.
ronaldmulero
· 10 months ago
If you're looking for a simple, free, offline, browser-based tool for Getting Things Done, you might also consider http://www.ticklerwiki.com.
It's a tickler file built on the latest core version of TiddlyWiki (think "HyperCard in a single .html file").
Swaroop
· 10 months ago
+1 for Remember The Milk
Rob
· 10 months ago
Some great resources. I'll add some of these to my massive list of GTD and personal productivity tools I recently posted on my blog. Well done and thanks!!
Matt Kreiling
· 10 months ago
Thank you. Thank you. Now I don't have to ever start doing things. I can just tweak my system forever!
John
· 10 months ago
Also check out Intervals, a web-based project management app that is great for GTD.
John
· 10 months ago
Also check out Intervals, a web-based project management app that is great for GTD.
cnlogger
· 10 months ago
so many resources that it is difficult to chose one
cnlogger
· 10 months ago
so many resources that it is difficult to chose one
Nick
· 10 months ago
This is a great list, but there are too many options. A top 10 would probably be better.
Nick
· 10 months ago
This is a great list, but there are too many options. A top 10 would probably be better.
Iris
· 10 months ago
As far as I know project management tools help you in getting things done i.e. comply with this philosophy. If I am right then tools such as Projectoffice.net and similar should be included. Also, I agree that Remember the milk must be here. It is all about GTD.
Iris
· 10 months ago
As far as I know project management tools help you in getting things done i.e. comply with this philosophy. If I am right then tools such as Projectoffice.net and similar should be included. Also, I agree that Remember the milk must be here. It is all about GTD.
I process/organize them later. I can easily trash notes that I don't want to save.
BacarliW
· 10 months ago
Thanks, I am familiar with Reqall...Thank you for this post. A great one is also Outlook Track-It, downloads a small toolbar that reminds you to follow up to emails.. awesome plugin!
Daria
· 9 months ago
It's great to see Wrike on this list! Thanks! We are working on more GTD features now, including Wrike mobile version. They sgould be released in about two months. So saty tuned!
Daria
· 9 months ago
It's great to see Wrike on this list! Thanks! We are working on more GTD features now, including Wrike mobile version. They sgould be released in about two months. So saty tuned!
cjw
· 9 months ago
Thanks for these resources! Keep these coming. A great tool i've used (as far as GTD) Outlook Track-It has been a great example of it. It's a plugin/addon for outlook. The toolbar flags emails and reminds you to follow up. I like. Very much.
Avery Otto
· 9 months ago
We are a software development shop and we use http://www.code-roller.com to manage our software development projects. We manage requirements, use-case docs, detail designs. We do our project and time management there. Code-roller also handles our defect tracking. Best of all its FREE.
Not an out-of-the-box solution, but can be easily customized into GTD
Peter Simoons
· 7 months ago
Missing eProductivity ( http://www.eproductivity.com ) in this list, which is remarkable as it is the best GTD tool out there. David Allen himself not only uses eProductivity, but also demonstrates it at every GTD seminar he does.
Eric Mack
· 7 months ago
I find it interesting that your survey did not include the productivity application used and recommended by David Allen.
We have just released an new GTD app for the Iphone, which might be interesting for this list.
aljuk
· 7 months ago
Only one of these is a full GTD sytem, and that's Thinking Rock. All the others are semi-implementations or glorified To-Do lists.
jive
· 7 months ago
Seriously is it even possible to go through a list this huge? Why not make an article where you cover a few in depth rather than a link collection? The days of articles like "Top 100 apps that do -----" died in 2006/7.
Harry
· 6 months ago
You may also check out http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com, a very nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and has time tracking. It's clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth a try.
burnayev
· 6 months ago
ActionComplete is a GTD-inspired task manager and todo/shopping/grocery list organizer for Android mobile phones. You are welcome to check actioncomplete.com or follow ActionComplete on Twitter for information and support.
Missed one. Hydrogen: http://hydrogen.great-apps.com This is different coz you can have a set of friends and you can actually delegate a task to them, and they can add comments and mark their tasks as done. It also sends a weekly email with all pending tasks. Check it out. Me and my colleagues at work use it extensively.
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Cameron, you did the right thing leaving out RTM in this list. I noticed other bloggers have advertised RTM is the best GTD platform when it's clearly not.
BTW, Along with this comprehensive list I was hoping to see your favorite GTD tools!
But I'm definitely with Vin, above- no RTM love? I can't live without it.
I have tried a simple and elegant tool which I like more than any other thicker tool that I have tried.
MonkeyGTD - awesome features - built on TiddlyWiki - works from my USB (also known as an extension of my body) - and preserves the original elegance (terminology, philosophy, etc) of GTD. Frankly I love it. check it out... It's way better than many/most of the ones listed here.
Thomas
Also, for those interested in more than just GTD software, I've compiled a meta-directory of lists of project management software, to-do list software and GTD software. See http://www.taskmerlin.com/project-management-so...
Maybe us as a community should come up with a list of core features. For instance, any kind of organizer needs to support a broad set of media - text, images, hyperlinks, audio, etc. - as well as make it easy to capture these (drag-and-drop).
Also, portability is very important. I'm not going to take notes on my computer if I have to spend just as much time transferring it to different devices (computer to computer, iphone to computer, etc). I'd rather just use the trusty ol Moleskine.
Also, the amount of time it takes to open the app and write some text (or take a picture or record audio) should be minimal. If I see something or think of something while I'm walking to work or school, I don't want to have to wait for a big fat app to load then have to click 12 times before I can capture something.
Anyways, that's my 2 cents.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Say-the-Time/5512...
P.S.: You can't take a GTD tools list seriously if it overlooks Remember the Milk.
I wish this post showed only the top 10 GTD applications (and yes "top" is subjective. That's fine, in GTD-Land, I'm more than glad to delegate.) Having to look among 100+ to see which one is good for me turns the mind from mashable to mush.
Life used to be a lot simpler when we had only 3 TV networks to consider not 200+ channels AND the Internet on top of all that. What I learned from both GTD and Schwartz book is the skill to cut back. Technology of today makes it seem that you can do so much more when in reality we've become slave to the machine. I've tried some GTD Apps, and reality is I go back to low-tech David Allen says is fine even though I live in Silicon Valley.
Though I would definitely include Task2Gather (http://task2gather.com) as it is a great tool not only for managing tasks but also for collaborating. Besides the desktop version working via the browser it has iPhone and Windows Mobile apps that allow people to update their to-do's and collaborate with each other on the go.
I am a tweater; I love trying new things out, but I'm going to steer clear of trying other tools out (like no.15 says!) 'cos I'll waste time TRYING rather than doing ;) Anyway, the nozbe interface works for me - and now I'm just waiting for the iphone\ipod touch native app, so I can continue doing things on the move as well.
don't forget lazytodo, It deserves a try !
Use it everyday for 3years now.
lazytodo site
Two online-apps more:
+ Basecap http://www.basecamphq.com
+ Mite http://mite.yo.lk/
All kidding aside I think I will have to take a look at at least a couple of them as I typically have about 4 sheets of paper floating around with all kinds of hieroglyphic notes scribbled on them. Then at the end of the week I try to consolidate them into one sheet. Needless to say this is not a very good system for getting things done.
It's a tickler file built on the latest core version of TiddlyWiki (think "HyperCard in a single .html file").
If I am right then tools such as Projectoffice.net and similar should be included.
Also, I agree that Remember the milk must be here. It is all about GTD.
If I am right then tools such as Projectoffice.net and similar should be included.
Also, I agree that Remember the milk must be here. It is all about GTD.
awesome list.
How about Pluto Pro by MoApp (http://myownapp.com/site/moapp2.0/applications/...).
To me Pluto Pro is easy to use and perfectly integrated with Apple iCal.
Let me know what you think.
Oliver
awesome list.
How about Pluto Pro by MoApp (http://myownapp.com/site/moapp2.0/applications/...).
To me Pluto Pro is easy to use and perfectly integrated with Apple iCal.
Let me know what you think.
Oliver
For CAPTURING quick notes I use a metal Flip Note
I process/organize them later. I can easily trash notes that I don't want to save.
For CAPTURING quick notes I use a metal Flip Note
I process/organize them later. I can easily trash notes that I don't want to save.
features now, including Wrike mobile version. They sgould be released in
about two months. So saty tuned!
features now, including Wrike mobile version. They sgould be released in
about two months. So saty tuned!
Check out my iPhone app, Money Timer, on the app store (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/...) or at my website (http://www.graynoodle.com/moneytimer).
Please refer to www.actioncomplete.com for the documentation and other support resources.
http://sites.google.com/site/rocketdm/gtd-software
Not an out-of-the-box solution, but can be easily customized into GTD
http://www.eproductivity.com/davidallenthoughts
Hydrogen: http://hydrogen.great-apps.com
This is different coz you can have a set of friends and you can actually delegate a task to them, and they can add comments and mark their tasks as done. It also sends a weekly email with all pending tasks.
Check it out. Me and my colleagues at work use it extensively.