Check it out http://www.task-aware.com

Adds a little something to the mix, it's location-aware, so you get notifications when you are nearby tasks!

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Hey JeffH, I actually do use SimpleNote pretty heavily, even paid for the Pro version. But for me, it's more of a notebook, lists, "throw it in a note to come back to later" sort of app, and not my task manager. SimpleNote doesn't have any type of push alerts or alarms/reminders/due dates. If it did, it would be much more capable as a task manager. BUT… it would start to take away from its simplicity that I love so much. I guess it depends on how you use your to-do lists. For me, I need the reminders and alerts, just like I use on my computers (Outlook, Entourage, iCal), to tell me when it's time to do something. 🙂

I can see your point there. PI is more for those who want integration between Calendar and Tasks and a much improved Calendar experience. With the opening of the Calendar in OS 4, I see PI getting a lot more flexible and powerful.

Focusing on tasks again, another advantage of PI is choice of task management style. Most of the major iPhone task managers are centered around the GTD method. PI has strict GTD, the Toodledo implementation of GTD (which expands on it a bit), and the Franklin Covey method (A-Z, 1-10). I personally find Toodledo superior, but it is nice to have the choice.

Thanks for the feedback, Marisa, as well as the Nozbe recommendation. I've been hesitant to try it out in the past because my experience with RTM and Toodledo made me a bit wary of cloud task managers. It's strange: I'm just fine with using Gmail as my primary e-mail client, but I still like having a desktop app for certain things, and task management is one of them.

One of our writers did mention Simplenote, and I'm a big user of the app myself (just search JAiB for Simplenote and you'll see quite a few things pop up). However, Simplenote isn't a dedicated task manager. It's primarily a notebook. That's why it's not mentioned.

I used PI on Windows Mobile and loved it, but my needs on the iPhone are different, and I find PI rather jam packed. It also just provides too many features for my needs, and I'd rather not use it *just* for tasks when I wouldn't even touch the rest of it. Just my two cents.

I can understand why you see it as missing. This post was about mentioning and providing feedback on task managers that the team here likes using, or had comments on. Pocket Informant and OmniFocus just aren't our cups of tea for now, I guess.

If Simplenote is enough for you, then maybe not. I, however, derive a very sick pleasure from ticking off check boxes and adding little tags and categories to tasks.

Now I love it and think it suits me better than all the others. It is web based, so can be accessed from mac/pc/anywhere, the new iPhone client is fast, efficient and very clear. It will sync to iCal, and you can send in tasks by email or Twitter if you like. Best of all it's very true to GTD without being slavish.

It takes a while to get into but is very powerful as you can add context(s) to tasks, projects, files, notes etc. There are a few things which could be added, but it's developing quite fast, and the iPad version is being worked on right now. Just thought I'd mention it as nobody else has. Great article!

Things looks great, but the lack of OTA sync is a killer for me. I need to keep my iPhone on 3G all the time because it locks up or gets very sluggish when switching to WiFi (didn't happen prior to 3.x and can't figure out how to fix it).

ToDo is another promising option, but I'm not thrilled with using iCal to create tasks on the Mac. It does use TextExpander on the iPhone which is a nice addition.

Unfortunately I gave up on Taskpaper/Writeroom. I liked their syncing methods but they don't seem to be in a hurry to support the iPad.

I think this has at least identified two contenders. I will probably read more about ToDo, but I will probably wait for Things to gain OTA sync. In the meantime, text lists in Simplenote seem to do the job. Which raises another question: do I even need a dedicated task manager?