Wonderfully simple with one important feature missing
However, looking at the daily list on most days is still too much - as a working parent I have at least 10 “fires” per day plus 20-30 more things in my list. The projects feature would come in handy, but I did not find any way to sort by project.
If there was a way to sort the tasks in each priority list by project, and vice versa - sort each project by priority, the app would be perfect for me. That way I can have a project for every situation/place/context and just run through the relevant task without having to find them between other tasks I cannot do right now.
Disappointed and Confused
Response from developer
Hi, thanks for the honest review, and sorry for the confusion. We've never advertised Emery as free. For a while we did give new accounts a free plan, and we kept that promise: anyone who signed up then still has it. That may be what you saw. Accounts created since are on paid plans. On one-time purchase, I hear you. In the App Store, Emery is subscription based, and that subscription is what funds development for our small team. It comes with a 7-day free trial, and signing in is what keeps your planner in sync across your devices. If you'd like to talk through your options, or anything looks off with your account, email me at dennis@emeryplanner.com and I'll help. Dennis, founder of Emery
Hide the Ball
Response from developer
Fair point, and thanks for spelling it out. The quiz is there to shape the plan around how you work, not to hide the price. Subscription prices are listed on our App Store page under In-App Purchases, and they appear in the app before any payment step. Den, founder of Emery
No
Response from developer
Fair questions, so here are straight answers. Five minutes to reach sign-in is not how it should be. I'm looking into where it drags, and I'm sorry it started that way. On the price: we're a small team, no ads, no selling your data, and the app has been in active development for years. The subscription is what pays for that. There's a free trial so you can decide whether it earns the price before spending anything. And who we are: the people who use Emery every morning and answer every review personally, including this one. – Den, founder
Feeling letdown
It is a bit buggy as my tasks don’t save to my calendar when I move them over. I am also stunned by the inability to link my iCal account. Also, is there not a way to undo if I accidentally click that I completed a task? The whole thing just feels incomplete and not as intuitive as what we’ve come to expect from most task apps these days.
This app has potential but I’m really regretting that I paid $20 for this. Since I paid for it, I will continue to use for a little longer to give it more of a shot and if I have a change in opinion, I’ll be sure to update.
Response from developer
Hi, Den here, founder of Emery. Thank you for the detailed writeup. This is exactly the kind of feedback that helps. On the calendar: your tasks are saving, but by default they go to Emery's internal calendar. To sync a task to your external calendar, select that calendar while dragging the task over. Fair point that this is easy to miss. iCal isn't supported yet. It's high on our priority list and will be introduced soon. On undo: many actions have it, but for task completions we decided against it, since the task stays visible and can be unticked in one tap. If there's a use case we're missing, email me directly at den@emeryplanner.com and I'll take a look. Glad you're giving it more time. I hope the next updates earn that changed opinion.
