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5 Fast Growing Daily Planner Apps
A new type of to-do list application, the daily planner has emerged. But do you need it? And does it boost productivity?
Francesco D'Alessio
March 21, 2024
Good afternoon everyone.
Planning your day got an upgrade in 2022 when the first daily planner apps reared their heads, but now in 2024, there’s more planners than ever.
These daily planning apps are changing the landscape…
These daily planners open a new category to the market, making it super hard to define what they do and how they are used, so we’ve tried to make it as humanly easy as possible so you can pick the correct tool for you.
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🤔 Daily Planner or To-Do List App?
First off, let’s explore this what you actually need:
Daily planner apps simply combine tasks and calendar in one.
Some daily planner apps have extended abilities like meeting scheduling and task consolidation.
Task consolidation is basically the act of bringing tasks from other apps into one task dashboard, a powerful feature.
To-do list apps are very similar one paper, but they focus mainly on the to-do management, versus calendar and the additional abilities.
The lines blur here a lot, but normally daily planners come at a 2-3x per month premium than to-do list apps for these additional hybrid feature sets that they offer.
So which one do I choose?
We typically say, if you pay for a calendar app and a to-do app and want to combine them into one, then daily planning apps are a consideration.
Remember budget is important as apps like Todoist (to-do app) are $5 per month and apps like Akiflow (daily planner) are $19 per month (annual) - a big leap for many people.
The other aspect is do you need them?
Will a to-do list app cover what you need to do? If it does right now, why are you changing? Is there a real need.
This is important as moving productivity apps is like moving house, doing it right is important.
Remember, a daily planner, a notes app, a to-do list app will only work if you have strong productive foundations.
🚀 Fast Growing Daily Planner Apps
These tools are growing very fast.
Even apps like Sunsama - which are arguably the innovators in the space have been growing very fast in the last few months.
Motion — an AI focused day planning app with projects too
Akiflow — a task consolidation daily planner for focused work
Sunsama — a mindful focused day planner app with consolidation too
Timestripe — a goal-focused task app with a day planner
Routine — a clean way to plan tasks, events & even light notes too
🔥 The Rise of To-Do Apps
Oh, to-do list apps are sitting down and taking this.
Apps like Todoist are introducing calendar abilities that will allow — more recently they’re working on a Google Calendar and way to plan your tasks into a calendar view for more daily planner like functionality.
So if you use a to-do list app, you’re happy with it and want calendar abilities. Why not explore what is on their development or roadmap, before moving?
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Would you get a daily planner?So from this advice and beyond, would you consider one? |
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