A brief survey of some of the task/to-do list managers for Mac OS X (including some web-only products)…<p> Still considering:

  • OmniFocus - *** Worth doing a deeper dive ***. I can get it to show me home+any tasks at the same time. Has AppleScript support.
  • Taskpaper - *** Worth doing a deeper dive ***
  • The Hit List - *** Worth doing a deeper dive ***. I can get it to show me home+any tasks at the same time. Has AppleScript support. Sync is $20 per year.
  • ThinkingRock - *** Worth doing a deeper dive ***
  • Todo (Appigo) - *** Worth doing a deeper dive ***. Can't show @home+@any contexts simultaneously, but CAN show @home+@any TAGS simultaneously. Free sync via Dropbox. No AppleScript support. Sync is manually started. </ul>

    Rejected early:

    • Action Method - No offline Mac app. Web only.
    • Actiontastic - abandonware. No iPhone app.
    • Anxiety - No iPhone app.
    • Beeswax - Abandonware. No iPhone app.
    • Check Off - No iPhone app.
    • Circus Ponies Notebook - Great Mac app. No iPhone app.
    • Do It (http://www.jimmcgowan.net/) - No iPhone app.
    • Doit (https://www.doit.im/) - Has only a "mini" version for Mac.
    • Doomi - No iPhone app.
    • EasyTask - Can't show both @home and @any simultaneously. Sync is manual, and iPhone sync is via WiFi only, although the Mac edition can sync with web edition every 10 minutes. Simplistic.
    • Enleiten - Web only.
    • EtreTask - Abandonware. No iPhone app.
    • Frictionless - Fails to start with OS X Lion.
    • Goal Organizer - Web only.
    • GTDAgenda - No Mac desktop app. Free version of web app is too crippled.
    • Helium - Can't show both @home and @any simultaneously. No search. Has auto-sync, but it costs $5 per month.
    • iGTD - Can't find the download. Probably abandoned, since the developer went to work on Things.
    • Listappy - $20. No trial available.
    • Nirvana - Web only.
    • Nozbe - Web only.
    • Remember (by Lighthead) - No iPhone support.
    • Remember the Milk - Doesn't support moving tasks around in the list. I really want offline capability, and it relies on Google Gears which doesn't run on modern browsers.
    • SimpleTask - No tagging or contexts. Sync is manual, and requires action on both phone and desktop.
    • Smartsheet - Priced unreasonably for use as a task list manager.
    • Taskpad.jp - Web only. I don't see a way to persist data.
    • Taskmate - iPhone and Mac versions don't talk to each other at all.
    • TeuxDeux - Desktop is browser-based.
    • Things - It is very popular. I can't see a way to search for @home or @any. (i.e. I'm at home, and I want to see everything I could do there, including do-anywhere items too.) Has AppleScript support.
    • Todoist - "Mac app" is really just a SSB (site specific browser). Would have to use Web for iPhone.
    • todoTweet - Web only. Cute idea. Not useful for me.
    • Toodledo - Desktop is web only.
    • Trimpath Next Action - Web only (with offline access). No iPhone support.
    • Tracks - Web only.
    • Wrike - Not priced for use as a task manager.
    • Wunderlist - Too simplistic. No tags or contexts.
    • Yojimbo - No iPhone support. </ul>