If you’re tired of complex todo apps that do a lot more than create ToDo lists, then you might want to give Today a try on the iPhone. The UI is pretty interesting, and while it’s not the most intuitive off the blocks, it certainly makes sense once you check out the instructions. I know it makes sense, and it should probably be the first thing we do.
The concept is pretty much taking your ToDo list and giving you the info in the moment. There’s three phases, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. You click the sun, or moon, and you flick. Day turns to night, and today becomes tomorrow. It’s pretty fun to look at, and starts making quite a bit of sense. It’s as simple as it gets, and there’s no bells and whistles, which is actually kind of refreshing. There’s not categories, no overkill, just a beautiful looking, running log of your todos. Just like when we used to use the old pen and paper.
A little quirk
The no button approach that the Today team implemented really threw me for a loop. Again, I probably should have read the instructions, but it took me a while to accidentally stumble upon turning my phone into landscape mode to bring up the ToDo entry forum.
The second thing that I’m struggling with is not being able to see past tomorrow. I spent a couple of days using the app to actually try and accomplish some work, and I seriously missed seeing what I had to do on day three when I came time to book a couple of appointments. I get why the cut it out, but it’s hard to roll back the time machine when it comes to my todo list expectations.
If you live in the moment, and don’t really plan your days until you’ve woken in the morning, than this application is for you. If you’re like me, trying to manage a couple businesses at once, with multiple clients, and multiple project, things might get a little bit crazy if you use Today as your primary ToDo list. That being said, a lot of people use nothing more than iCal’s todo list program, so if that works for you, this would as well, and Today is a lot better looking.
Today pro is 4.99 on the AppStore. There’s also a free version if you’re feeling particularly cheap today.
