OmniFocus 3 4+

I recently upgraded from OmniFocus 2 to OmniFocus 3. At first I was a bit disappointed. Stylistically the app doesn’t look much different than the previous version until after a few days later when I realized that there is so much under the hood. In fact it is a brand new an incredibly powerful productivity tool that has maintained the same familiarity that its users have grown accustomed to, while adding tremendous amount of power and flexibility, so much so that I would say whether you follow GTD or any other system, or you want to make your own OmniFocus can support that. The note field is absolutely incredible. You can add an email and it would display as if you are viewing it in your email client. Tags are incredibly powerful and easy. Custom perspectives can organize your data however you like to view it . While you can customize the app to such degree that it no longer looks like when you first got it, it is incredibly powerful and useful right out of the box. Another feature that I absolutely love is the Review Perspective which is so unique to OmniFocus and not offered by any other productivity app on the market. I can keep writing but all of this is a testament to the OmniGroup for their ability and understanding of how to make us more productive while enjoying the process. Many, many Thanks!!!

This isn't your typical "to do list" app, though you can use it like one if you want. Think of Omnifocus as a master database of *everything* you need to do across all your areas of responsibility -- but with tools that help you work in managable chunks. And yes, that means if you want to make a to-do list you totally can, but you can also create meaningful contexts for your todos so you see (and do) them within the bigger picture.

It takes a little time to get all this set up to your liking, but their onboarding tutorials and videos are very helpful. And once it is all running, it's so helpful to have all your tasks in one place instead of spread out among multiple apps, emails, notebooks etc. Having this trusted system certainly made my life run more smoothly once I had it set up.

Oh, and if you're wondering about the strength of Omni's built-in sync service, I've been using it for years with consistently great results. Easily on par with the reliability of Dropbox or iCloud.

I have tried a LOT of different GTD software, I have gone to the ends of the earth looking for "the one", that one piece of software that actually fits with how my brain seems to work and how I go about doing things.

I always avoided this piece of software, not only did it seem more complicated than it needed to be (at least without trying it), but the cost seemed a bit much.

After giving up on Things and Tick Tick, I finally decided to give it a try with the free trial... its free afterall. Within 2 days of using omnifocus, I knew I had found it.

One dealbreaker feature I needed and absolutley cannot live without it the ability to add tasks easily to my inbox from my apple watch, which this app supports beautifuly.

The ability to neatly organize tasks into folders and projects, as well as the location/tag based action list has also grown on me so much I don't think I could live without it at this point.

I also wanted the ability to see all of my tasks (via the projects view) whether they were active/inactive, repeating/single items (I organize them into folders for "standalone items" and "routine"). I wanted to see exactly what area of my life they pertain to, when they are deffered until.

This is very much so software for a "systems" orientated person. It did have a little bit of a learning curve at first, but holy moly is it powerful once you wrap your head around it.