ExcalidrawZ vs TaskForge

ExcalidrawZ is a native Excalidraw client for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, designed for hand-drawn whiteboards, diagrams, sketches, visual notes, and technical explanations. It keeps the familiar Excalidraw canvas experience, then adds native file management, iCloud sync, history, import and export tools, and Apple-platform interactions around it. Hand-drawn whiteboards and diagrams - Create flowcharts, architecture diagrams, wireframes, study notes, and visual sketches - Work with the familiar hand-drawn Excalidraw style - Use Apple Pencil, keyboard shortcuts, mouse, and trackpad controls - Continue editing across Mac, iPad, and iPhone Manage Excalidraw files - Autosave drawings managed inside the app - Organize work with groups, sorting, and local folders - Sync app-managed files across devices with iCloud - Review file history and restore important versions - Open and edit .excalidraw, .excalidraw.png, and .excalidraw.svg files Import, export, and share - Import PDFs and organize them on the canvas - Convert Mermaid diagrams into editable Excalidraw content - Insert LaTeX formulas and function graphs - Export images, PDFs, Excalidraw files, and editable PNG/SVG files - Share through the clipboard, system share sheet, and backup archives More advanced tools - Use Excalidraw collaboration when drawing with others - Ask AI to understand, create, and revise canvas content - Preview AI-generated proposals before applying them to your real canvas - Lock sensitive files and control which content is visible to AI - Expose MCP services for compatible AI clients ExcalidrawZ is useful for product design, engineering notes, study diagrams, teaching, documentation, brainstorming, and everyday whiteboard work. Privacy Policy https://excalidrawz.chocoford.com/privacy/ Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Bring your tasks, notes and calendar together without creating a TaskForge account. Your tasks and notes stay in local Markdown files you can open in any editor. Create tasks, write notes and view your calendar for free. Note editing is in beta. Start with a folder of your own or use your existing Obsidian vault, with nothing to import or convert. A real to-do list and task manager on every screen you use: iPhone, iPad and Mac. Widgets, notifications, a month calendar with your own events beside your tasks, kanban, search, and your notes in the same app. "After trying many apps and workflows, this is the first one that actually stuck and made me productive!" (user review) Works with your vault Reads and writes Obsidian Tasks emoji fields, Dataview fields, Task Genius and TaskNotes YAML frontmatter with your own field mapping. Every edit goes back to the original file. Home Screen widgets Today, overdue, a tag, a saved filter or any section of a space, in every size up to XL. Check a task off without opening the app. iPhone, iPad and Mac. Notifications and reminders Push notifications for due and scheduled work, several reminders on one task, and a daily summary. Calendar, built in Your device calendars (iCloud, Google, Exchange) sit beside your tasks in the month view, in spaces and in widgets. Events come from those calendars, not from files. Notes and daily notes Open, read and edit any note in your vault, next to the tasks inside it. Every workspace gets a daily note, one tap from search or the calendar agenda. Lists, kanban and search Spaces that stack task and event sections. Custom filtered lists, a kanban board with drag and drop, tags, contexts, projects, priorities, recurring tasks, and start, scheduled and due dates. Search and multi-condition filters across the whole vault. Archive completed tasks instead of deleting them. Quick capture Type a task the way you would say it and TaskForge fills in the date, priority and tag. Optional tools for your AI agent Use your own AI agent to turn meeting notes into tasks or update your task list. TaskForge generates a guide to your folder's format. The free taskforge desktop CLI and local MCP server, installed separately on your computer, give compatible agents tools to read and edit tasks and notes. These tools run locally without network access. They do not include an AI assistant or subscription. Your chosen AI provider's account requirements and data handling still apply. Privacy No TaskForge account, no analytics. Tasks and notes work offline. TaskForge does not upload your task or note files to its own servers. External sync and AI services handle data under their own terms. TaskForge Premium The task list, kanban, search and filters, notes and daily notes, quick capture, viewing your calendar, and priority names and colors are free. Premium unlocks Home Screen widgets, notifications and per-task reminders, creating and editing calendar events, your own custom spaces and lists, task defaults, accent color and app font, and editing many tasks at once. Buy it once and keep it, or subscribe monthly with a 7-day free trial. A monthly subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.md or Anthropic.