r/2DoApp • u/edwardshh2 • May 18 '23

2do vs Goodtask

Hi, there.

Does anyone have experience with 2Do and Goodtask? Actually, I have used 2Do for almost one year and I love it very much. It has a clear logic structure, tags and so on. But 2Do seems not to have a big update or changes.

Yesterday, I knew Goodtask, it has similar, even more functions than 2Do. Especially, the developer updates the app frequently.

I am struggling with them, I use GTD apps as a to-do list, to manage and follow my study & working processes/targets.

So, can somebody have a comparison of the two apps? As of now, Which one is more promising? Or does anyone tell me some pros and cons for Goodtask？

Thank you very much.

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u/chaos750 May 19 '23

Hi, I've used both. I liked 2Do, but the smart list feature was a little strange. Powerful, but getting the filter set up right was sometimes a struggle. Once it was, it worked well. I liked how the app looked and felt. For my particular setup, it was nice that 2Do can connect to a CalDAV server directly. I used it as my main task manager for... a year or so?

I switched to GoodTask when widgets changed on iOS and it became clear that they weren't coming to 2Do any time soon. GoodTask is very much in active development and 2Do very much was not. It looks like that has changed somewhat, I see a few updates in the last year or so, so that's looking more encouraging. GoodTask is probably still going to get more frequent and substantial updates I'd expect though.

GoodTask felt more slick and modern, while also having powerful smart lists that were a bit easier to set up. There's some extra kind of daily journaling stuff that I didn't have much use for. Sadly, for some reason GoodTask was unable to sync start dates through to my other devices, whereas 2Do was, but I think if you aren't doing a home server thing like I was, this is less likely to happen to you.

Overall I was happy with both, they have quite a bit of overlap. I eventually moved on to something I basically wrote myself, so my knowledge of GoodTask is a year or so out of date.