Todo for iPhone

There are so many GTD apps for the iPhone, with many free ones (or rather, just light versions of the full paid ones) and several ones you must pay for in order to use and experience how it will affect your daily tasks. But however you think about it, if an app requires you to pay money for it, but it will affect your life by easily organizing your tasks, then why wouldn’t the app be worth it? This is the case for Appigo’s GTD iPhone app called Todo, currently on 1.6.1.

This GTD app allows the user to easily create new tasks when the app is first launched, and will give you the default lists of Inbox, Home, Work (or something similar to these, it’s been a while since I first started using it, so I don’t remember the defaults). Tap one of these lists and you will be taken to the tasks you have filed under these lists. Organization is key to a to-do list drowning in tasks.



To create a new tasks in a list, simply tap the + button at the top. Then you will be prompted to enter a task name and then also choose what type of task. This is something pretty unique, as it gives you a normal task (just complete it and check it off), Call a Contact, Email a Contact, Visit a Location, and Visit a Website, which all will leave distinct icons next to the tasks when viewing the list of tasks. Then add due dates, times, and repeat if necessary, as well as priority. Default list would be Inbox, but you can choose whichever list you would fit the task. You can even add tags to tasks for easy searching.


The tasks can then be viewed in the All list, or you can choose to view each individual list you have set up. There is also a special smart list that you cannot edit or remove, and this is the Focus list. This list will contain any tasks that have due dates coming up within a week that you should give your attention to. When a task is complete, simply tap the circle next to it, and within seconds it will have a strikeout through it and move to the completed tasks section at the bottom.

It should also be mentioned that the strikeout design can be customized to your liking. There are dozens of choices, and to see them just go to the Settings within the app and then go to General, then Strikeout under the Completed Tasks section. Choose a strikeout to your liking and add a bit of flair to your GTD list.

This version introduced desktop syncing with iCal via the free companion app called Appigo Sync, available for download here http://www.appigo.com/appigo-sync. This program allows you to sync all of your to-do’s on the Todo app with your iCal app on the desktop as long as both phone and computer are connected on the same [wifi] network. If you don’t have a Mac though, you can also sync with the online services Toodledo and Remember The Milk.

Overall, this is a very good GTD app for the iPhone. And fairly cheap compared to other competing apps for desktop syncing (mainly just Things, which costs $60 total if you want desktop syncing). It is especially nice to see your tasks get synced onto your iCal, and then, if you have MobileMe, they will get synced with that as well (unfortunately to-dos do not show up on the iPhone calender app) so the tasks you have from Todo will then be available everywhere you can access MobileMe. Although you cannot sync with multiple services, only one at a time. If you decide to change syncing services, then you will have to get rid of the other one you were using. This is the only downside I have encountered with the app. But why would you need to sync with different services? I guess you don’t.