GTD Software comparison: OmniFocus vs MyLife Organized
OmniFocus |
vs MyLife Organized ▼ |
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| Company |
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| Company name | The Omni Group | mylifeorganized.net, Inc. |
| Rating | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★☆☆ |
| TRO Ready | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Key features |
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| Description | Full-featured task manager for Mac and iPhone. | A personal task outliner that organizes goals, projects, and tasks into a tree. |
| Home page | OmniFocus | MyLife Organized |
| Tro training | No TRO training available. | No TRO training available. |
| Platform | Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista | |
| Requires | Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, or iPhone 3G | WinMobile 5/6 for smart phone version |
| Version |
3.3.6 released: 2019-09-19 |
5.0.4 released: 2019-09-07 |
| Release date | 2019-09-19 | 2019-09-07 |
| Type | Commercial | Commercial |
| Has free version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free version notes | Free 14 day trial | Free 45 day trial |
| A paid version is available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full price low | $19.99 | $45.95 |
| Full price high | $79.95 | $59.95 |
| 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) | Outlook (manual sync); MLO PocketPC (ActiveSync); XML, MindManager, text file (import/export); Excel (export) |
| Sync methods | Automatic Sync |
Import Export Manual Sync |
| Mobile access |
Web Access Mobile App |
Mobile App |
| Email-to-task support | Emails are automatically tasks | None |
| Categories | Unlimited contexts | Unlimited contexts |
| Time boxing | No time boxing support | Supports time boxing |
| Number of date fields | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has reminders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Can automatically prioritize tasks | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Project support | Projects can be nested within other 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.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/features | www.mylifeorganized.net/products/my-life-organized/features.htm |
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| Data can be manipulated via an API | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Short details | A professional task list featuring contexts and projects with different filtering and sorting options. | Supports scheduled tasks, multiple bookmarks, subtask sorting by several criteria which includes alphabetical order, task properties (visibility, priority, dependencies, format settings), as well as display statistics. |
| Category dimensions | 2 | 1 |
| Persistent reminders | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Number of priority levels | 0 | 99 |
| Number of prioritization dimensions (besides dates, categories, etc.) | 0 | 2 |
| Collaboration and team support |
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| Date last reviewed | 2019-09-29 | 2019-10-06 |