#Omnifocus 2 pro vs standard upgrade

With storage space being so cheap these days it's no big deal to leave dead wood like Reminders laying around - as long as it doesn't have any security holes. I imagine Apple doesn't even have a team working on it. It does so little, as far as I can tell it does not even integrate with Calendar. I love Apple, but Reminders seems like an ugly wart that should have been excised or replaced two or three iOS/macOS versions ago. Seeing what tools like OmniFocus are able to do also reminds me of how pathetic Apple's own Reminders app really is. Android support is good to have as well, and web support is always a backstop if there is no native app available for a supported operating system.

#Omnifocus 2 pro vs standard upgrade

I always shoot for Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS compatibility. You can find the details on their website but basically it is a free upgrade if you bought OmniFocus within the last X months and the upgrade from 1 to 2. Cross platform access is a big deal for me.

But for smaller projects, agile teams, personal/home projects, and to-do lists I've found Trello (and comparable tools that can scale to support team collaboration) are often good enough and at least worth trialing.

If you're doing commercial construction, aerospace/military projects, medical systems, etc., I'm sure the bigger ticket tools are essential.

The end result from a productivity and delivery standpoint doesn't appear to be much different and the lightweight tools seem to fit the agile approach somewhat better. After years of using complex and highly integrated tools for prioritizing, managing, and scheduling work, e.g., MS Project, Microsoft TFS, I've seen the pendulum swing back the other way towards very simple and low overhead Kanban oriented tools like whiteboards (with Post-Its as needed), Trello, and Slack. OmniFocus is undoubtedly a very powerful GTD oriented tool for folks who have to manage a lot of complexity in their daily lives.