GTD Software comparison: OmniFocus vs Entourage
OmniFocus |
vs Entourage ▼ |
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| Company |
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| Company name | The Omni Group | Microsoft |
| Rating | ★★★☆☆ | ★★☆☆☆ |
| TRO Ready | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Key features |
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| Description | Full-featured task manager for Mac and iPhone. | Email client and PIM from Microsoft. |
| Home page | OmniFocus | Entourage |
| Tro training | No TRO training available. | No TRO training available. |
| Platform | ||
| Requires | Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, or iPhone 3G | |
| Version |
3.3.6 released: 2019-09-19 |
12.2.3 (2008), 11.5.7 (2004) released: 2010-02-09 |
| Release date | 2019-09-19 | 2010-02-09 |
| Type | Commercial | Commercial |
| Has free version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free version notes | Free 14 day trial | no longer available. |
| A paid version is available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full price low | $19.99 | |
| Full price high | $79.95 | |
| Made specifically for GTD | 0 | 0 |
| Syncs with | iCal (auto sync); multiple OmniFocus Mac or iPhone DBs (manual, MobileMe, Bonjour, iDisk, WebDAV); TaskPaper, TXT, HTML CSV (manual export) | iCal, .Mac, Exchange Server (auto sync) |
| Sync methods | Automatic Sync | Automatic Sync |
| Mobile access |
Web Access Mobile App |
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| Email-to-task support | Emails are automatically tasks |
Copy to Task Link to Task |
| 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 | Projects can be nested within other projects | Supports a single level of subtasks |
| Calendar integration | No support for integration between the tasklist and calendar | Tasks can be linked to the calendar |
| Features URL | www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/features | www.microsoft.com/mac/help.mspx?clr=99-2-0&target=99dd2888-d3bd-4c30-9691-1e2574c27f561033 |
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| GTD setup notes | ||
| Data can be manipulated via an API | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Short details | A professional task list featuring contexts and projects with different filtering and sorting options. | |
| Category dimensions | 2 | 1 |
| Persistent reminders | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Number of priority levels | 0 | 3 |
| Number of prioritization dimensions (besides dates, categories, etc.) | 0 | 0 |
| Collaboration and team support |
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| Date last reviewed | 2019-09-29 | 2016-02-13 |