Brilliant app let down by sync options
I’ve tried other todo.txt apps and this is by far the best. But limiting the sync options to Dropbox and the Files app may be an issue for some.
Dropbox was the go-to cloud storage 15 years ago, but who uses it now? I got it working with iCloud Drive and syncing between iphone and ipad works - but only sometimes. Lack of documentation for setting up Files app syncing doesn’t help. Also it limits the editing of todo.txt files to Apple devices only.
WebDAV syncing would make this otherwise near-perfect app useful to many more people. I’d pay for that!
Dropbox was the go-to cloud storage 15 years ago, but who uses it now? I got it working with iCloud Drive and syncing between iphone and ipad works - but only sometimes. Lack of documentation for setting up Files app syncing doesn’t help. Also it limits the editing of todo.txt files to Apple devices only.
WebDAV syncing would make this otherwise near-perfect app useful to many more people. I’d pay for that!
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Reasonable
Managing tasks is easy. Archiving, priorities, filters, and recurrence all behave like I expect
My one problem is that I’m using Files for sync and managing underlying with sync thing. I get a reliable crash whenever I open following a remote change. Reopening displays everything fine. M
My one problem is that I’m using Files for sync and managing underlying with sync thing. I get a reliable crash whenever I open following a remote change. Reopening displays everything fine. M
could be better
My first impression is through the experience of exporting Reminders to this app. I was pleasantly surprised of the export feature existing at all, but it’s not entirely useful. It could, for example, apply a project for tasks that were sorted into a specific list. That way, they remain sorted when I import different lists. This can be manually fixed after the fact, but the bulk edit task feature doesn’t allow to bulk apply a project. Of course, one of the benefits of todo.txt is that I can go edit this file on my desktop machine, but wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of having a mobile interface?
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Date picker is still broken
The design is simple and pleasant and I love it. The only problem is that the inline date picker crashes the app when you try to use it, and is automatically opened when trying to enter a due date, so it’s essentially impossible to use due dates.
The last patch suggested this was fixed but as of 3.3.4 it’s not
The last patch suggested this was fixed but as of 3.3.4 it’s not
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I've tried them all but I keep coming back
I've tried most EVERY to-do and task application in existence (click up, notion, microsoft to do, tick tick, google tasks, remember the milk, evernote, omnifocus and org-mode, to name a few), but, I keep coming back to this plain text swift to do app. I use some tricks to organize my tasks, gtd principles of course and even create an events calendar within the app.
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Works well but auto dark mode would be nice
Would like it to change themes automatically like most apps nowadays.
Great!
Took a little bit to get used to, but does everything I need. Only suggestion/request would be a way to edit the colours used for each element in addition to the preset themes, as you can do on the Mac version, but that is a very minor complaint.
Probably the best todo.txt app, but would benefit from updates for modern devices.
I think this app has the best approach to the todo.txt format on iOS.
There is (for me, at the date of this review, on iOS 16.3.1, iPhone 13 Pro Max) a bug with syncing via Google Drive. I use Drive because it can be used with little effort on my work computers, which run Linux. Dropbox, iCloud, etc, all take too much effort or aren’t compatible. New tasks added do not sync to my linked file on computers, and new tasks added on a computer do not sync back to the app. When I pull down to refresh, to request an immediate sync, the app closes. When I re-open it, nothing has updated.
I hope the developer is aware and able to address it, and it looks from the version history like that will be the case. Michael, feel free to reach out to me if you need any information from me to help diagnose this.
I think Swiftodo could do with some quality of life updates for newer iOS devices. The UI feels like it is from several major iOS releases ago, and does not support system features like automatic dark mode switching, which I find really lower user friction in apps that support it. I have tried to reach out via linkedin & twitter to make this feature request but haven’t heard back yet.
I would love to see some updated dark and light themes more fitting with recent versions of iOS, and the ability to automatically swap between dark and light modes along with the rest of the iOS system apps and most major modern apps that I use. Even Apple Shortcuts automation would be better than not having the option.
Other reviewers have mentioned support for widgets. I could add Siri, Apple Shortcuts and share sheet.
Bug report and feature requests aside, Swiftodo has all the filtering, searching, editing and todo.txt syntax support you could need. It does a good job in general and is fairly low friction in day-to-day use.
There is (for me, at the date of this review, on iOS 16.3.1, iPhone 13 Pro Max) a bug with syncing via Google Drive. I use Drive because it can be used with little effort on my work computers, which run Linux. Dropbox, iCloud, etc, all take too much effort or aren’t compatible. New tasks added do not sync to my linked file on computers, and new tasks added on a computer do not sync back to the app. When I pull down to refresh, to request an immediate sync, the app closes. When I re-open it, nothing has updated.
I hope the developer is aware and able to address it, and it looks from the version history like that will be the case. Michael, feel free to reach out to me if you need any information from me to help diagnose this.
I think Swiftodo could do with some quality of life updates for newer iOS devices. The UI feels like it is from several major iOS releases ago, and does not support system features like automatic dark mode switching, which I find really lower user friction in apps that support it. I have tried to reach out via linkedin & twitter to make this feature request but haven’t heard back yet.
I would love to see some updated dark and light themes more fitting with recent versions of iOS, and the ability to automatically swap between dark and light modes along with the rest of the iOS system apps and most major modern apps that I use. Even Apple Shortcuts automation would be better than not having the option.
Other reviewers have mentioned support for widgets. I could add Siri, Apple Shortcuts and share sheet.
Bug report and feature requests aside, Swiftodo has all the filtering, searching, editing and todo.txt syntax support you could need. It does a good job in general and is fairly low friction in day-to-day use.
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Tea timer
I have to start the tea timer when i make tea
A really good app with no real private way to sync for
This may not be an issue with the app, but may just be an issue with the iOS files app. I wish to store my to do list on Nextcloud which I host myself. And for some reason the files app will not allow me to sync using SwiftoDo after about 12 hours. The syncing just stops.It would be nice if this app supported either WenDAB or Git direct syncing.
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