GTD Software comparison: OmniFocus vs Pocket Informant
OmniFocus |
vs Pocket Informant ▼ |
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| Company |
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| Company name | The Omni Group | Web Information Solutions, Inc. |
| Rating | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ |
| TRO Ready | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Key features |
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| Description | Full-featured task manager for Mac and iPhone. | Personal daily manager for Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile and Blackberry. |
| Home page | OmniFocus | Pocket Informant |
| Tro training | No TRO training available. | No TRO training available. |
| Platform | ||
| Requires | Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later, or iPhone 3G | Windows Mobile 5 or 6; BlackBerry OS 4.2+ including Bold, Storm, Tour; iPhone OS 3.0+) |
| Version |
3.3.6 released: 2019-09-19 |
released: 2019-11-04 |
| Release date | 2019-09-19 | 2019-11-04 |
| Type | Commercial | Commercial |
| Has free version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free version notes | Free 14 day trial | Free 15 day trial or Free feature-limited version |
| A paid version is available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full price low | $19.99 | $12.99 |
| Full price high | $79.95 | $29.95 |
| 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) | WM: Outlook (via ActiveSync); Exchange Server (via Exchange ActiveSync); Franklin Covey PPO 5.0 (via PPO sync conduit). BB: BB PIM (auto or manual). iPhone: GCal, Toodledo, Outlook (with $5 WebIS Desktop Sync). Android: Toodledo, Exchange Server. |
| Sync methods | Automatic Sync |
Manual Sync Automatic Sync |
| Mobile access |
Web Access Mobile App |
Mobile App |
| Email-to-task support | Emails are automatically tasks | Manage an email as a Task |
| 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 | Tasks can be linked to the calendar |
| Features URL | www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/features | pocketinformant.com/products_info.php?p_id=pocketinformant&tab_id=features |
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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 | 26 |
| Number of prioritization dimensions (besides dates, categories, etc.) | 0 | 2 |
| Collaboration and team support |
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| Date last reviewed | 2019-09-29 | 2019-11-10 |