best To Do app

No one is going to be able to tell you which is the best to do app +for you+. As you have seen from the Things reviews, people have varied needs and strong opinions. Personally, I like the web based Reqall. It's the best for me. Doesn't sound like it would fit your needs, though.

Omnifocus is highly recommended by people who use the Getting Things Done system. There is a desktop app, iPhone app and iPad app. Howvwer, like Things, you have to pay for each app.

I also use a lot of post its.

Best of luck,

Todo is a solid app! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/todo-for-ipad/id371787147?mt=8

It is affordable, functional and it has a nice interface. The apps store offers so many apps it is often hard to figure out which one is good, I love Todo I have it on my iPhone and my iPad.

Good luck with school and your app choice.

You might want to check out some of the school organization apps as well.

Here is a good one: iStudez Pro http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istudiez-pro/id310636441?mt=8



SG

Message was edited by: sohogirl

I use Appigo's ToDo on my iPhone 4 as well as my iPad. I sync both with a free Toodledo account available at toodledo.com.

Works very well for my needs.

If you haven't found a good one, perhaps you can switch to a note-taking app? I use SimpleNote on my iPhone, iPad, MacBook (via JustNotes) and on other platforms, via the browser.

SimpleNote: http://simplenoteapp.com/
Native apps for your MacBook: http://simplenoteapp.com/extras

Note that they're currently preparing for a completely new version, so you temporarily cannot download the app.

I use 2 different apps:

1. Toodledo, which is the one I recommend, is basically a web service; there's a very competent free version, and a paid version that gives you a little more (subtasks, file storage). I've used the free version for a couple of years. It has iPad and iPhone/Touch versions which are about $4 each and work very nicely. There isn't a Mac client, but you can get to it via Safari or there are various free add-ins that will sync it to iCal

2. Omnifocus is probably overkill. It's a full Getting Things Done and, possibly more importantly, it runs out expensive if you use iPad, iPhone and Mac versions. It syncs over the air very well

Things is good, but can also work out expensive. My major reason for avoiding it is that lack of over-the-air-sync. I want to update my to-do list on the go without having to go through a manual process to get my desktop in sync

I keep going back to iCal even after using different todo apps. I like it since it works nicely with the calendar. Also it has color coded calendars which makes a good balance of work and personal categories. I can switch them off if I don't want people to see particular ones. Plus the syncing on it is great since ipad always need to be docked and working on my laptop editing calendars is great when I am not running around with my iPad.

As for other apps, I have tried (personal rating out of 5stars):

Sorted (quite simple) *
http://www.macstories.net/ipad/sorted-review/
Very simple task to do list for those that just want something simple and easy to use. Unfortunately its only for iPad.

Things (advanced) *
http://culturedcode.com/things/ipad/
More complicated and can be project based. It follows the Getting Things Done book of organizing. I find it gets a bit tedious when there are so much stuff all over the place when I haven't revisited the app in a week (probably because I use iCal on my laptop) While you can install for all iDevices and laptop, I find this app's way of organizing is not for everyone.

Simplenote (iphone & ipad) + Notational Velocity (MB) does it for me.

You might want to take a look at http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/

Available for all platforms you mentioned (and some more), syncs through the cloud and is entirely free.

I'm using it for a month now as a replacement of Things, which on its turn replaced OmniFocus a year ago.