Sorted³ - Calendar Notes Tasks

Like many folks, I’ve tried all the ToDo productivity apps and there are some fantastic ones out there, but for one reason or another I can’t stick with them — too complex, too congested, or too simplistic, or some crucial need is missing or is difficult to use. The sweet spot for an app is different for everybody, but with Sorted I found mine and I’m surprised. The 14-day trial helps ... do I stay with it, do I like it, is it worth $15 (yes, and bonus: it’s not subscription) ... and then the one-time cost and all devices is so much better than separate iPad, iPhone, and Mac (Omni and Things, looking at you) prices. I’m not begrudging developers from making money, but upgrade and subscription fatigue is real. Yes, there is no Mac version yet. Bummer but not deal breaker for me. All I really want now is an uncluttered, attractive UI, quick capture of events and activities, then an easy way to triage how I work. Most productivity apps increase my stress rather than decrease. Sorted, I’ve found, decreases my anxiety. I know this is not a feature by feature breakdown. Just try it for yourself. It’s worth the effort. I hope these guys will be around and will continue to improve. I actually enjoy using this app, reaching for it several times each day, which surprises me.

I’ve been using Sorted3 daily for the past four months; the more I use it, the more functional I find it. I am growing into its features over time, which is the opposite of my usual experience with task managers. The past few weeks I have begun using the auto-schedule feature, which helps me be REALISTIC about what I can actually accomplish in a day and forces me to prioritize. I am getting so much benefit from it that I just voluntarily bought the developers a pizza. 😊 The main additional feature I’d like to see is the ability to assign a group of tasks to a time period without having to schedule each individual task for a specific time. (The time-blocking functionality I have been looking for in vain for several years.) Like if I could call a time slot “Project X” and all tasks tagged Project X would fall in that time slot in no particular order (or manually sorted order). (This is not the same as the already-existing feature of being able to create a task with subtasks that are handled differently from regular tasks.) But even without that, I have found Sorted3 to be the most actually useful task manager I’ve tried.

I’ve tried a LOT of ToDo apps, and every time, at some point it goes out of control and the list turns into a “wish” list. This app is exactly what I’ve been looking for, a way to SEE the tasks, mixed with calendar events. It’s so much easier to make a realistic plan, and actually get things done, which is hard when your day is filled with lots of meetings, and not a lot of time in between. Add to that emails, slack messages, and constant interruptions... Before, I’d just put stuff on the list, hoping I’d have the time to do it. This approach forces you to really think exactly what you want to accomplish, think how long it would take, so only concrete actionable items are added. Broad tasks don’t make sense. This may not sound real, but this app is really helping me manage my workload, and as a result I feel more focused and less stressed at the end of the day, having accomplished more and without that horrible feeling of realizing you still have lots of things on the list because you couldn’t even finish half of it. Thanks guys for creating this!

A+++++ for the developer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello???, I have bought every single organization, todo list calendar, and reminder list app that is out there including the most popular ones. There is absolutely no contest! This app by far exceeds my expectations and there IS NOT one thing that anybody could complain about in this app. It’s solid, reliable, no glitches, has every single feature that the popular apps have, PLUS features I never thought that I didn’t even know I needed. Ummm hello, it even schedule is your day for you it’s a minute. And when you’re running late or running early it magically reschedules it as many times as you need. This is the ultimate calendar, planner, to do list, and reminders app! It really is the best app out there! Check out the trial and just see what I mean. Also, I’m not in anyway affiliated with the developer of this app. I am not being asked to leave a review and I’m not getting paid leave a review. People just need to know about this app! I’m just absolutely baffled why this app is in dominating the charts.

It seems like I’ve tried 100s of task and todo apps. None of them have actually helped me reminder things and keep me working on what I should be focused on. Most had things organized into tags or areas or labels. Even then, I had other stuff on a calendar. Sorted makes it so easy. I’ve waited to leave a review until I could honestly say this is the app I’ve been searching for all these years. Seriously. How long has it been? Ten years since I started my search for the app that fit my productivity needs the best. I can finally say... I’ve found it. No more opening the AppStore scrolling through the top download list hoping for a new app to hit the streets. Or back in the day or searching for “task” and the results showed the most recent apps added. Nope. No more wasted time searching. I’ve landed on the winner. Huge thank you to the Sorted team. Y’all are awesome and I can not wait for the Mac OS app to launch!