In other words, they create a tag like #12-04-13 or #15Aug17 and sort by the day's tag to find everything due. When I reached out to the Workflowy team to ask about this missing feature, a rep explained that some people use tags to create due dates.
The possibilities for how to use Workflowy are infinite, although while testing the app, I wondered at times how people actually do use it, because depending on their stated purpose, the app lacks key features.įor example, as a to-do list, Workflowy deserves a knock or two for not having deadlines and reminders of upcoming deadlines. It reminds me in some ways of distraction-free text editors, such as Writebox, which provide an austere workspace so you can focus and write. Workflowy is a quick and responsive Web app. Notes appear directly below the bullet in a slightly different font. You can add a note to any bullet, as well. A navigation at the top of the page updates to give you some idea of where you've drilled down into your list. If you want to create a more focused view of one of your sublists, you click the parent bullet. Each time you indent, you effectively create a new list or sublist, but you still see everything on the page. Every list you make is nested into this one page. So the free Asana account offers a substantial experience for individuals using the app for personal reasons, and businesses that pay what seems to be a high price actually get a lot more from the service than they would get from Workflowy. What's more, the free version of Asana lets you add an unlimited number of lists and items, and you can have up to 15 collaborators working in a password-protected space. But that's not a fair comparison, as Asana Premium includes a lot of business-focused features that WorkFlowy doesn't have at all.
If you compare the monthly price of WorkFlowy Pro directly to Asana's price, Asana ($5 Per Month at Todoist) (Opens in a new window) costs more than twice as much: $119.88 per person per year. Any.do costs $26.88 per year for a Premium subscription. Remember the Milk, another collaborative to-do app, charges $39.99 per year, which is still less than WorkFlowy Pro. By comparison, Todoist Premium ($5 Per Month at Todoist) (Opens in a new window) for individuals costs only $28.99 per year. Pro account holders also get premium support.Īmong collaborative to-do list apps, WorkFlowy's $49 per year price is rather high. They also get the option to protect any lists they share, whereas free users can only share a list by giving their collaborators an unsecured link. WorkFlowy Pro members can create as many list items as they want, and they have an option to connect to a Dropbox account to backup their content. It costs $4.99 per month or $49 per year. With WorkFlowy Free, you also can't customize some of the settings, such as the font used for your lists and the background theme.Ī paid version of the app, called WorkFlowy Pro, removes these limitations. Every month, you are granted another 250 new items to add. WorkFlowy has a free version of the tool that comes with several limitations, such as only being allowed to put 250 new items into your lists each month. While WorkFlowy includes some features for sharing and collaborating, it comes up short compared with other best to-do apps, notably Asana and Todoist, which are PCMag Editors' Choices. You can use WorkFlowy to not only make lists, but also share them, whether it's a grocery shopping list for everyone in your household or a task list for a colleague. WorkFlowy takes bullet journaling and other kinds of list making digital, in a web and mobile app that's fluid, responsive, and simple.
Requires Pro account for Dropbox backup and password protection.No due dates, reminders, recurring settings, or calendar integration.