Item: Microsoft To Do
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Wunderlist is primarily used as a fill in the gap product. We're pretty agnostic when it comes to note taking apps, but use JIRA exclusively for project management. That means there's a gap between note taking apps like Evernote and JIRA since JIRA is such an extremely heavy application. Wunderlist has helped as a quick and lightweight personal task management and reminder app for those who use it!

Pros and Cons

Lightweight and extremely easy to use
Connects well with IFTTT to act as a go between for many other apps
Robust feature set in the free version, and even more in paid

Team sharing isn't as powerful as it could be
The Apple Watch app is not really useful at all
No labeling on tasks once entered - would be helpful for sorting

Return on Investment

Wunderlist has made quick captures on the fly during meetings more possible
Wunderlist has helped as a reminder on multiple tasks to do by end of day
Wunderlist continues to provide value as an affordable and lightweight app

Alternatives Considered

Todoist, JIRA and google keep

The most direct competitor to Wunderlist I used was Todoist - while they are very similar, the ability to sort and stack folders in Wunderlist was what won me over. The way I like to organize my thoughts and tasks fit better into the stacked folder method in Wunderlist. In a way, it also competes with shorthand note taking apps like Google Keep - which I found frustrating due to its lack of formatting options on the notes themselves. Wunderlist felt more intuitive, and fit the need of that lightweight catch all app that it does so well.

Other Software Used

JIRA Software, Roadmunk, Slack

Likelihood to Recommend

Wunderlist is great as a quick, lightweight app for task management and shorthand notes. It serves as a great way to capture a thought, and create a task or note out of it in an intuitive and easy way. Compared to a note taking app where you have to open the app, create a new note, then add content, having a quick add hot key for Wunderlist makes capturing a thought easy and intuitive on the fly. And while JIRA is great for project management, it is anything but simple to use for menial reminders and tasks, which is where Wunderlist shines.

Wunderlist as a lightweight catch all app

Overall Satisfaction with Wunderlist