Planificateur quotidien, Faire 4+

Nice automatic time blocking planner! Great customer support!

I have tried dozens of different productivity apps. One key feature I'm always looking for is to have the tasks on my to do list automatically time blocked & scheduled into the gaps of my workday on my calendar. If any tasks don't get done today, then I want them to be automatically rescheduled for the next day. Vervo does exactly that!

Vervo syncs events with Apple iCloud Calendars, which is something that some productivity time blocking apps surprisingly haven't done yet (some apps only sync with Outlook or Google but not iCloud, even though they have apps on the iOS App Store). You can choose which Apple Calendars to sync with & which to exclude. You can choose to share your schedule availability with team mates, and it also has an integration with Calendly for those who use that app for bookings.

You can also import tasks from Apple Reminders. I made a feature request to their support team to have the ability to choose which lists from Apple Reminders I wanted to sync with Vervo and which to exclude. Their dev team released that feature within about a week of my request!

One thing I honestly hope to see in the future is the ability to edit these tasks from Apple Reminders once they're imported into Vervo, as presently they can only be edited within the Apple Reminders app. You can mark these tasks as complete in Vervo and that will be synced with the Apple Reminders app. They can also be automatically added to your schedule as time blocks. But it would be nice to be able to work with the tasks imported from Apple Reminders the same way you can with tasks created in Vervo (such as editing the priority, due date, sub tasks, dependencies, assignee, comments within Vervo). I will provide this feedback to Vervo & hope to see this implemented sometime in the future. It's not a deal breaker for me personally, as I plan to use Vervo to create & edit the tasks on my todo list, so I see the ability to import tasks from Apple Reminders as a nice bonus for now.

I also like that Vervo has implemented Goals and Habit tracking, which can be used for both my personal life & work goals!

I'm happy to see that Vervo has native apps for my Apple iPhone, iPad, macOS & Apple Watch (as well as a browser based web app for computers). So far I've found the user experience & feature set is relatively similar on the iPhone, iPad & macOS. This is something some other productivity apps I've tried don't do, as their desktop experience has all of the features, and their iPhone apps are limited in functionality.

I haven't tested the Apple Watch too much yet, as so far I've only seen it used to help me keep track of my daily habit Routines (for example, if I want to log every time I drink a glass of water). I hope to see more functionality incorporated into the Apple Watch app in the future, as I would like to be able to see the Vervo tasks & events that are scheduled today, plus the ability to mark any tasks as complete. Or if I am working on a task, it would be nice to have a pomodoro timer on the Apple Watch to help me keep track of my time management. These ideas would be nice to see at some point in the future, but for now it's not a deal breaker for me, as I don't need to do a lot with my Apple Watch.

One other thing that is very important is that Vervo has great customer service! I have been dealing with one of their customer service agents (Grace) over the past 2 weeks via the chat on their website & via email. I've been asking questions & getting answers promptly. They have been helpful & very friendly throughout my experience so far! This kind of support response is very important to me when trying out a new app, especially if they're receptive to suggestions.

Overall I think Vervo is worth a try if you're looking for a productivity app that you can use for both your personal & work life, and if you want everything to stay in sync using native apps on all of your Apple devices.

The features on their free plan are quite generous, as I was still able to do a lot without having to pay for an upgrade. But once I started using Vervo and gotten to like it, I was happy to pay for the Premium plan for the extra features, plus the ability to have a total of 5 users on my Premium plan to collaborate with others! So you can try it out for free and do a lot with it before deciding if you'd like to upgrade.

(Side Note: I'm someone who reads reviews all the time with a bit of skepticism about if they're genuine, or if they've been left by someone with an affiliation to the company. So I just want to say I have no affiliation at all with Vervo. I just wanted to leave this review with my honest feedback about my experience using the app so far, as I've appreciated the great customer support I've received over the past 2 weeks and I think they deserve a positive review. Plus I'm happy to share my experience if it helps other people decide if they want to try using Vervo.)

Cheers

Réponse du développeur ,

We're honored to have you on Vervo, Chris.
Thank you so much for the kind review and time it took for your to write it.
Please stay in touch and let us know your comments and suggestions as we strive to make Vervo match up to your expectations and daily needs.