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Bundled Notes is (almost) the best Google Keep alternative around
It’s a subscription service, but it’s well worth it
Google Keep is a great note-taking service, and it can also double as a to-do app, no doubt about it. But even when you use all of the organizational features available, like labels, archiving, and colors, you might soon end up with an entangled mess that’s hard to undo when you’re not careful. If you ask me, alternatives like Notion or Evernote can quickly become too complex for pure personal use, and that’s where one of my favorite indie Android apps comes in: Bundled Notes.
Google Keep alternative Bundled Notes is getting serious with image and file attachments
Version 2.0 brings the app up to par with the competition
There are many note-taking apps out there for Android, but Bundled Notes is arguably among the sleekest and best-looking options. The Android and web-only service exited beta last year, and while it nailed note-taking and to-do lists right from the get-go, there were a few things people missed dearly. To combat that, Bundled Notes 2.0 has just been released with a ton of bug fixes, improvements, and — finally — support for image and file attachments as well as rich URL previews.
Google Tasks is about to make it even easier to sort through your most important to-dos
Starred tasks are coming, along with their very own tab
Google has no shortage of ways to manage your task list, with the standalone Tasks app chief among them. Although the service hasn't quite caught on with a general audience — if its meager install count is anything to go by — it's still actively improving with each update. The Android app is getting a new addition soon, one that should make even the strictest of task managers feel a little more in control of their to-do lists.
Evernote's new Tasks feature is free ... for now
But it might go paid once early access testing is over
Notes apps often include some kind of to-do list function, so it's kind of remarkable that Evernote doesn't. Or at least didn't as of yesterday, when the app added a new Tasks section for some users. It's available via the left-side hamburger menu, though Evernote is quick to point out that this part of the app is in early access.
Promising Google Keep alternative Bundled Notes is exiting beta
Coming with tons of UI tweaks and the first few translations
We first went hands-on with Bundled Notes back in May when it was still in beta, and in the meantime, a lot has changed. Developer Xavier Tobin launched a web app, added Kanban boards for project management, fixed tons of bugs, fine-tuned the UI, and made sure the experience feels rounded out. Today, the Indie app finally launches as version 1.0, complete with a new logo and the first few translations.
Hands-on with Taskito, a to-do app that does things a little differently
A supercharged alternative to the agenda view in Google Calendar
If you search the Play Store for to-do apps, there's an endless sea of results, and many offers have similar approaches to task management: Most apps essentially let you create a checklist of tasks. Often, they're sorted by time or priority, and many apps are capable of integrating with your calendar, but all in all, a lot of the services are similar. The relatively fresh 2019 indie app Taskito is going for a different approach that reminds me of a supercharged version of the agenda view in Google Calendar.
Todoist launches new Google Assistant integration to make keeping up with to-do lists easier than ever
It supports Todoist's Quick Add syntax
As voice assistants get smarter, everyday tasks become easier to accomplish. Now Todoist is introducing a completely revamped version of its Todoist for Google Assistant integration which promises to make keeping up with to-do lists faster with help from advanced voice commands.
Bundled Notes wants to supercharge your productivity with kanban boards
Plus tons of housekeeping ahead of version 1.0
Todoist just came forward with its own approach to kanban board-style project management, but if you need something less expensive or don't work on a large scale, you might be interested in Bundled Notes' approach to this organization style. Version 0.9 adds kanban board support and makes navigating and using the combined notes and productivity tool more intuitive, leading up to the service's stable 1.0 release.
Bundled Notes is like Google Keep on steroids with added to-do list capabilities (Update: Web app beta)
There are some quirks left in the beta, but it's en route to becoming a capable alternative
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I've been searching for the perfect note-taking app for a long time. I like Google Keep for its simplicity, but that's also its biggest crux. It's missing a few too many features to become my one-stop solution. Evernote, on the other hand, is too blown up for me. It feels sluggish and overloaded with features I'll never need (at least that was the case when I last used it). Bundled Notes, a new app created by indie developer Xavier Tobin, might become the perfect middle ground for me and might even replace my to-do app along the way. It's still in beta, but it's en route to becoming a great cross-device solution for notes and project management once it goes stable.
Microsoft To Do gets new features as Wunderlist goes offline
Adding some more missing pieces that make To Do a full Wunderlist replacement
Today is finally the day Wunderlist dies, years after the Microsoft acquisition. Former users are encouraged to switch to Microsoft To Do, Wunderlist's spiritual successor as a Redmond product. To make the jump smoother on the last possible day, the company has added some more features known from Wunderlist, like overviews of your tasks for today, tomorrow, or the week ahead as well as new All and Completed smart lists.
It seemed like Google Tasks had been on the way out for a long time, but last year, Google decided to breathe new life into it and launched a dedicated Android app for the service. Even though the application has received some welcome additions over the last months, you could unfortunately never add tasks straight from the Google Calendar app (that's only partially possible on the web right now), but Google is working on changing just that. XDA Developers managed to manually activate a Tasks integration in the latest Calendar release, 2019.47.2.
Reminder and to-do apps can be a little daunting to manage. Most of them overflow with so many options that you may find it easier not to use them. But that's not what Three.do, a new reminder app aims to, uhm, do. The app's concept is different. When you want to set up a reminder, it's usually about doing something for someone (or yourself) at a certain time, i.e. the who, what, and when. And that's what the app uses: three screens with different colored tiles for each of these variables. The interface looks like Windows Phone and Material Design had a baby.