Still not over Astrid
April 4, 2015 7:30 AM   Subscribe

I loved Astrid and haven't found another app that does what I used her for. Also ps I am on iOS now.

I am mostly missing the bit where I could create a task, assign an estimate of how long it should take and a deadline, and then track when I was working on that task. I have tried some other apps (and paper) for just 'to-do' items, and they're all ok (currently using Carrot), but I haven't been able to find something for iOS that does the whole to-do list thing plus time tracking. I've seen that Android has Tasks: Astrid To-Do List Clone - but I'm in the appleverse now and I'm not finding something like that for iOS.

I've looked at the blurbs and websites for a few task lists/project management things, tried Trello and a few others, and I'm overwhelmed and I hope I'm just missing something obvious.

Wishlist:

- to-do/task list
- with recurring things
- priority levels would be nice but not crucial
- alerts that I can customise would be nice (ie day before, hour before, daily, keep nagging until I say I've completed the thing)
- bonus points for pink octopus icons, but I am open to other things eg armadillos, marmosets, tortoises, etc.
- ability to estimate the amount of time a task will require and track the time spent on an ongoing, longer-term task. (I don't want to track time for all tasks, most of them are just 'tick the box when you've done it' things.)

Anti-wishlist:

- I don't want it to talk to anything else - no syncing with google calendar or iCal or iCloud or dropbox
- categories like home, work, exercise, fun, personal, etc. not required

(I've got the paper-based Emergent Task Planner and Timer, but I would like a thing on my phone.)

Can you recommend something as much like Astrid as possible for iphone?
posted by you must supply a verb to Technology (5 answers total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: I haven't used Astrid, so I'm not sure, but you might check out Kanban Flow. It does not have cute icons, though. But it will let you set tasks, estimated time, optionally track time through pomodoros, and alerts.
posted by rainbowbrite at 2:16 PM on April 4, 2015 [1 favorite]


I feel your pain. I dearly miss Astrid too, though I miss it for other reasons - I've never found another to-do app that lets me assign a geofence to a tag.
posted by egypturnash at 9:42 PM on April 4, 2015


Response by poster: Thanks, guys. I think I'm just going to test-drive using an old Android phone just for Tasks/Astrid Clone. I feel like a doofus, but I'm discovering that this might be worth carrying two rectangles for.
posted by you must supply a verb at 5:38 AM on April 6, 2015


I also loved Astrid but am on Android. Lifehacker's commenters say that Wunderlist is worth a try on iOS? I really love TickTick which is available on both iOS and Android.
posted by getawaysticks at 11:27 AM on April 6, 2015


Wunderlist does most of what I used to get out of Astrid.
posted by X-Himy at 8:49 AM on April 7, 2015


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