Getting Things Done With Your iPhone: A Who’s Who in To Dos

The App Store currently has 5 full pages of "productivity" apps, and a number of them perform the same thing: a to do list. However, some of these applications are mere notepads, while others actually help you get things done. Read on to see which To-Do apps will help you avoid procrastination, and which will simply prolong your daily time-wasting.

The following 3 "To Do List" apps are listed in the order of simple, intermediate, and advanced. The latter of the three is made based on David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology, which you can read more about here.

To Do by Erica Sadun

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App Store Rating: 3/5

Price: Free

Features:

• The simplest to-do application
• Add, order, and manage items
• Basic (high or normal) priority support
• Add notes
• Badging (shows how many uncompleted items you have left as a red number on the app’s icon itself…same as when you have unread email or SMS)

GTD Methodology: No

Sync: No

Notification: No

Contact Integration: No

Email Integration: No

Problems:

• Can’t categorize
• No sorting
• No syncing, alarms, email or contact integration

DoBot ToDos by Aria Haghighi

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App Store Rating: 3.5 / 5

Price: Free

Features:

• Group by category (work, personal, etc…)
• Add notes
• Assign priority
• Assign due date
• Sort by priority or due date
• Check off when completed
• Delete by right-swiping
• Hide completed tasks

GTD Methodology: No

Sync: No

Notification: No

Contact Integration: No

Email Integration: No

Problems:

• When you have enough to do lists to fill the whole screen, deleting doesn’t work.
• No web-sync, alarms, email and contact integration.

Todo by Appigo

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App Store Rating: 4/5

Price: $9.99

Features:

• Sync with Tootledo and Remember the Milk
• Email integration
• "Call a contact" integration
• iPhone Safari integration
• Easy to create, edit, manage, delete
• Add notes (with integrating info i.e. hyperlinks)
• Custom strike out style
• Displays number incomplete tasks
• If you have Tootledo, it is integrated with Jott. And since "Todo" syncs with Tootledo, Jott syncs with Todo. Simply open Jott and say "Tootledo" prior to whatever else you gotta say.

GTD Methodology: Yes

Sync: Yes

Notification: No

Contact Integration: Yes

Email Integration: Yes

Problems:

• Overpriced
• No search capability
• No calender integration
• No alarms

So if you’re looking for a To Do list for your iPhone, these 3 are the best. However, it’s up to you to decide how advanced your tasking needs are. If you’re following the GTD methodology, then Todo by Appigo is for you, given that it allows all sorts of integration. Also, iNozbe is coming to the App Store soon, and it’s a To Do application built specifically to accomodate GTD followers. Expect a thorough review when it comes out.