Want to be alerted in one day, tap the alert icon. Do you want this to be a high priority item? Tap the exclamation point icon. Want to be reminded tomorrow? All it takes is a single tap. When creating a task, various due dates, tags, and other items show up in the Quick Actions below. Goodtask’s Quick Actions make this a snap. Part of what makes some people reluctant to use more powerful task management apps is how hard it is just to create a simple to-do item. This may seem like overkill, but if you have a lot of tasks on your lists, it is incredibly helpful. You can also create a view that contains one tag but not another.

You can create your own smart tags based on what list a task is assigned to, date status, and even what text is included in a list item. Pre-existing Smart Lists like High Priorities, Scheduled, and Overdue are handy, but that’s only the beginning. Smart Lists aren’t new – Wunderlist had them years ago – but they’re very powerful in Goodtask. Goodtask’s Smart Lists let you organize and view your tasks in a number of useful ways. This helps keep things simple but can get messy when you have a lot to keep track of. Reminders presents list items much as you would write them down on a piece of paper. Instead of having to rethink the task to break it down further, just add a few items that need to be done before the main task can be completed. These let you break a task up into smaller, easily completed chunks. If you add an item to your Reminders only to later realize it’s a larger task than you thought, subtasks are a lifesaver. Goodtask integrates your calendar into every view, letting you see everything you need to plan your day, week, or month all in one place.

Goodtask simply looks more modern and cleaner than the aging Reminders interface. One of the main features is the presentation. You can still use Reminders exactly as you did before and turn to Goodtask when you need those more powerful features. With Goodtask, Reminders becomes much more powerful, but it doesn’t get rid of anything. Goodtask builds on top of Reminders, keeping the simplicity and features while adding another feature set of its own.

What if you like Reminders enough that you don’t want to move to a more powerful app like Things 3 or OmniFocus? In that case, Goodtask has exactly what you need.

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