It runs really smoothly, and looks great in its new iPad incarnation. The layout and interface of the apps is executed well on all platforms. The Today widget and Share extension features in iOS work nicely. There’s a notes field, so you can leave additional text, but attachments aren’t really a working feature in THL. You can link to actual files on a desktop with the THL Mac app, but that’s not the same as attaching the file to the task, so the file doesn’t show up on iOS (just an error message). It’s hard to envision a week where there isn’t at least one time when I want to take a picture of something as a reminder or attach a. There is no way (whether in iOS or OS X) to attach photos or files to an item. You can’t attach anything to tasks in iOS. On Mac you could create a “Due Today” smart list, so there is flexibility in that regard.Ĥ. That way of setting up things, to which you can add your own lists, appeals to me, so it’s fine. (These three “hit lists” give the app its name.) This could be a limitation for some. THL also sort of forces you (if you’re going to use the app) into its Inbox–Today–Upcoming logic. On the iOS app, there are few settings you can configure: You can’t even really trick Today into doing what you want, since a task with no start date that is due tomorrow still pops up in Today. You can’t adjust it to show just your tasks that are due today, which feels to me a more natural way to use it. Support was outstanding in helping me to understand it (which I do now), but the Today list shows all your tasks that start today. The criticism that you have to understand the app on its own terms often gets leveled toward OmniFocus, but I experienced some confusion in THL with the “Today” list. The iOS app isn’t as configurable as one might like. This functionality is essential to me in a task management app.ģ. Evernote and OmniFocus allow this, as will 2Do soon. In THL there is no way to convert or forward emails to tasks from wherever you are. I don’t know… maybe it’s just hard to implement. It continues to perplex me that this is not standard issue in a task management app. Keyboard shortcuts make it quick on the Mac app, though. Well, it’s not impossible, but on iOS there’s no Save+ button so you can just add a bunch of tasks at once without multiple taps. Rapid-fire brain dumping is tricky in THL. ![]() (The iPad app is lacking in any external keyboard shortcuts however future updates should add these in.) It’s very cool to finally see THL on a bigger screen. ![]() ![]() The iPad app just came out, and it’s got Slide Over and Split Screen support right out of the box. But it’s a pretty sweet feature on the Mac app. You can both assign estimated time to tasks, as well as track it! It’s not as robust as a dedicated time tracking software–you can’t get to-the-minute readouts of your day. Probably my favorite part about THL is its task timing integration. Of course you could just separate a multi-task task into its own project, but the ability to rapidly enter sub-tasks is great. You can give sub-tasks to tasks, which is often what happens in real life! Our tasks turn into a series of sub-tasks, too. It then shows up in a different color on the task entry line and puts itself into the right tag. By typing “task /tag” you automatically can tag a task. The tagging system on all platforms is neat. Or if you want to toggle between your time-sensitive “Today” tasks and other projects. It’s a really nice touch, especially if you are actually working on a few projects at once and want to be able to close tabs as you go. Tabbed task management! (click to enlarge) This mirrors how we browse the Web, yet out of all the task management apps I’ve tried, THL is the only one to incorporate it. I especially like that you can have multiple lists open at once–in one window–as various tabs. The Mac layout doesn’t totally match the rest of El Capitan, but I don’t mind that at all. And The Hit List (hereafter THL) comes with a nice built-in tutorial to get you going: You can do just about anything without having to move your hand to the mouse. Perhaps the most noteworthy feature is the extensive system of one-stroke keyboard shortcuts on the Mac app. ![]() Its proprietary Sync Service is fast, and keeps your tasks and lists updated across Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Watch (depending on what you have). The Hit List is much more robust than Apple’s native Reminders app. That might explain why today I give you a review of another worthy task management app: The Hit List. Viticci put it well: “There’s only one thing I like more than switching todo apps: writing about it.” My 2Do review is much shorter than his, but I resonate with his sentiment.
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