First look: OmniFocus for iPad

Hi Ezra, im just curious how do use things, when it lacks notifications? U c i have no problems making or using things, but forget to do certain actions as it lacks a notification feature particularly on the iphone, ipad.

The pricing is way to high for the 'convince" of using this app on iphone, ipad and desktop. $140 for all three? and someone needs to have mobile me at $99 for syncing easily? Thats just gouging...

I have been waiting for this app since I got my iPad, but seriously.... $40? Have you lost your friggin minds?

My personal opinion of ALL these companies that sell separate iPhone and iPad versions of their apps is that they are greedy. I have a HUGE problem buying the same app (for the most part) twice.

Long story short.... I would love to have OmniFocus on my iPad, but a snowball stands a better chance in h3ll than those greedy *(#$&% have of getting another $40 out of me.

There are lots of good comments here.

I tend to side with bcs and Amber V, but I also agree that iPad OmniFocus is pretty rough at this point. It's a Version 1.0 app, give it time!

My first impression is that it feels VERY SLOW.
There's STILL no Duplicate command! And none in any version!
I don't like all the space around items.
The New and Inbox icons are ridiculously HUGE and differ from that in the Mac and iPhone versions.

On price: $40, while not cheap, isn't too bad for a professional level app. My bread and butter Mac application, Vectorworks, costs nearly $3000, so some perspective is needed here. More than a few of us are spoiled by 99¢ apps at this point. BUT, the lack of polish in this version of OF makes it feel expensive.

I've not had enough time to spend in it to make an informed criticism. At this point, I'll give Omni' Group the benefit of the doubt and see how they clean it up over time.

@Michael Rose...
The Reply didn't work correctly. I was referring to "Pocket Informant". I have all 3 versions of OF.

Speaking of Replies, I can NEVER post here from my iPad, I always have to go to my Mac for that.

Omnifocus for iPhone and iPad are both great apps, but only as long as you own the mac app as well, as stand alone apps they are far too basic to justify the high price. So if you are mainly organise your projects etc on the go, having to pay an extra $80 for the Mac app just so that you can configure the iPhone/iPad app the way you want it is a huge price to pay.

For example neither iOS apps have to option to change the default time of a new action without the Mac app, same goes for creating a custom view/perspective.

If more configuration options were included then yes I would say the price was justified, but for anyone who wants the power and organisation that omnifocus offers and either doesn't have a Mac or doesn't want/need a Mac version you're kind of screwed and would be much better looking at one of the far cheaper alternatives IMO.

For me, the trick to using OmniFocus is using it simply and using the complex features as necessary, not as default.

If I NEED the complexity, then it is there for me to use. Things I found frustrating in that regard.

There appears to be no Mac version (I checked MacUpdate and VersionTracker), which renders it useless for many users here.

Mac, iOS syncing and integration is a huge and indispensable feature set. I want all the same info on whatever device I happen to be using at any given moment, be it my MacBook Pro, iPod touch or iPad.

I've worked with all of the GTD apps as well, and OmniFocus is by far my favorite for a number of reasons. If you don't like it, you can use any of the great alternatives. Why all the negativity and anger?

The way OF works with tasks and metadata is exactly how I work with tasks and metadata. The look of the apps makes me feel like getting work done. I'm not some GTD power user, but I appreciate the level of complexity OF lets me bring to bear on my system. To me, the iPad app is beautiful. I was happy to spend $40 to complete the trifecta.

People need to chill. If you don't want it, don't buy it! I love it and am glad I did.

I have them all (Things, OmniFocus, ToodleDo/Appigo, Nozbe, others).

OmniFocus icons remind me of 1996. It feels unnatural, and doesn't get out of my way. But it has Cloud syncing, and that is pretty cool.

Things is beautiful, feels natural, and totally gets out of my way. But it doesn't have cloud syncing, and they have been talking about this for over a year, and that is pretty un-cool.

ToodleDo/Appigo looks great in the marketing material, but once you use it, it s a hacked together mess. And the web interface was beautiful in about 1997, but no longer. Even with Greasemonkey scripts.

Nozbe is not the prettiest, offers a free service (but does cost about $6.50/month for a premium plan), and does provide some things that I am finding outweigh the rest:

1. Web interface with syncing to a native iPhone and iPad app ($4.99/$14.99)

2. Drag and Drop re-ordering in all 3 places (Web, iPhone, iPad). Big deal for me.

3. A bunch of nice touches overall, that make it really quick to enter and move stuff around.

4. A single guy who started it, and uses his own product, and seems committed to constant improvement.

No, I don't work for Nozbe, just been really happy to not have to fire up my Things Mac, Things iPhone, Things iPad, hope they all sync, then wait until morning again, when the magic triangle of Wi-Fi unicorn tears reunite so they can once again sync in all their glory...

I think you can get 15% off any of the paid plans by using coupon code "EVERNOTE", though I recommend trying it first with the free plan, which limits your projects to 5 I think. It took me all of 1 day to realize that function has to come over form on something like GTD (or whatever method you follow). Only warning, is that Nozbe color schemes on the web are pretty garish, but hopefully that will change in the future.

Here is a recent TUAW article on Nozbe:

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/30/nozbe-for-ipad-1-1-integrates-evernote-with-your-projects/1#c29629771