GTD Software comparison: DejaOffice vs FacileThings
DejaOffice |
vs FacileThings ▼ |
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| Company |
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| Company name | CompanionLink Software, Inc. | FacileThings Ltd. |
| Rating | ★☆☆☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ |
| TRO Ready | ✓ | 𐄂 |
| Key features |
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| Description | Sync calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes to your mobile device from a variety of desktop or Internet platforms. | GTD-specific task application trains you in pure GTD principles as you work. |
| Home page | DejaOffice | FacileThings |
| Tro training | No TRO training available. | No TRO training available. |
| Platform | ||
| Requires | Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3+, Google Chrome 4+, Safari 4+, Android, phone browser | |
| Version |
4.4.10 released: 2018-08-24 |
released: 2018-09-04 |
| Release date | 2018-08-24 | 2018-09-04 |
| Type | Commercial | Commercial |
| Has free version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free version notes | DejaOffice for Android, iPad, and iPhone are free. Use of CompanionLink Software costs $39.95 | Free 30 day trial |
| A paid version is available | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Full price low | $83 | |
| Full price high | $39 | $83 |
| Made specifically for GTD | 0 | 2 |
| Syncs with | Outlook, Lotus Notes, GoldMine, GroupWise, ACT! by Sage. and Palm Desktop via CompanionLink Software, USB for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) | |
| Sync methods |
Import Export Manual Sync Automatic Sync Plugin |
Automatic Sync |
| Mobile access | Mobile App |
Web Access Mobile Optimized Web Access Mobile App |
| Email-to-task support | None |
Automatic Send (Reminders, etc.) Emails are automatically tasks |
| Categories | Unlimited contexts | Unlimited contexts |
| Time boxing | No time boxing support | No time boxing support |
| Number of date fields | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has reminders | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Can automatically prioritize tasks | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Project support | Supports simple projects | |
| Calendar integration | No support for integration between the tasklist and calendar | Tasks can be scheduled directly in the calendar |
| Features URL | facilethings.com/tour/en | |
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| GTD setup notes | ||
| Data can be manipulated via an API | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Short details | DejaOffice can work as a stand-alone calendar, contact list, and task manager. It works on virtually every mobile phone platform and syncs to an impressive number of applications, including Outlook, Salesforce, ACT!, and Google. |
Facile Things is an noble attempt to teach you a pure GTD approach as you manage your tasks. The original interface was especially good at doing this, stepping you through the process of a mid dump and the 5 phases of GTD for each task. Facile Things supports unlimited tagging (contexts), Goals that can be connected to projects IF the goals already exist (which is very awkward), and Contacts (which must already be Facile Things users to utilize some functionality--it will not invite them for you). Collaboration ability appears to be a work in progress as of this writing, but it looks like it is coming. TRO Implementation: To do TRO with Facile Things, do not use the built-in Waiting For functionality--it does not support dates. Instead, use the W/F method taught in TRO Online Training. Use the Date feature as the hard date, and use special #ThisWeek, #NextWeek, #ThisMonth, #NextMonth tags as soft dates. Use #Today as a Do Today indicator. You cannot use special characters with tags. Tasks cannot be transferred from one project to another, so use the inline+notes project approach for most project tasks. |
| Category dimensions | 1 | 2 |
| Persistent reminders | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Number of priority levels | 3 | 0 |
| Number of prioritization dimensions (besides dates, categories, etc.) | 0 | 0 |
| Collaboration and team support |
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| Date last reviewed | 2018-09-09 | 2018-09-30 |