GTD Software comparison: Nirvana vs OmniFocus
Nirvana |
vs OmniFocus ▼ |
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| Company |
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| Company name | Nirvanahq, Inc. | The Omni Group |
| Rating | ★★☆☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ |
| TRO Ready | ✓ | 𐄂 |
| Key features |
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| Description | Advanced personal TRO and GTD in a simple, sleek, and easy-to-use web interface. | Full-featured task manager for Mac and iPhone. |
| Home page | Nirvana | OmniFocus |
| Tro training | No TRO training available. | No TRO training available. |
| Platform | ||
| Requires | Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, or iPhone 3G | |
| Version | released: 2016-02-17 |
3.3.6 released: 2019-09-19 |
| Release date | 2016-02-17 | 2019-09-19 |
| Type | Commercial | Commercial |
| Has free version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free version notes | Free feature-limited version | Free 14 day trial |
| A paid version is available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full price low | $39 | $19.99 |
| Full price high | $39 | $79.95 |
| Made specifically for GTD | 1 | 0 |
| Syncs with | iCal (auto sync); multiple OmniFocus Mac or iPhone DBs (manual, MobileMe, Bonjour, iDisk, WebDAV); TaskPaper, TXT, HTML CSV (manual export) | |
| Sync methods |
Export Automatic Sync |
Automatic Sync |
| Mobile access | Mobile App |
Web Access Mobile App |
| Email-to-task support | Emails are automatically tasks | 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 | Projects can be nested within other projects |
| Calendar integration | No support for integration between the tasklist and calendar | No support for integration between the tasklist and calendar |
| Features URL | www.nirvanahq.com/tour | www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/features |
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| GTD setup notes | ||
| Data can be manipulated via an API | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Short details |
Nirvana has evolved into an excellent personal GTD and GTD solution, worth looking at. Particularly nice is its ability to pause or schedule projects (and all tasks within them) and designate project steps as sequential or simultaneous. You can also star tasks to create an instant "must do today" list as taught in TRO Online training. |
A professional task list featuring contexts and projects with different filtering and sorting options. |
| Category dimensions | 1 | 2 |
| Persistent reminders | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Number of priority levels | 4 | 0 |
| Number of prioritization dimensions (besides dates, categories, etc.) | 0 | 0 |
| Collaboration and team support |
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| Date last reviewed | 2016-05-01 | 2019-09-29 |