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I'm ideating around productivity and todo lists, I'd love to talk with and bounce ideas with any UX designers interested in the space! Email in profile :)

newaccount74 5y ago
One thing I've been looking for is a simple to-do list app that allows sharing/syncing cross platform. There are some nice and simple to do list apps (eg. Notally on Android) that have no syncing. Then there are some platform specific solutions (eg. the Apple's Notes app) that work well on platform. I've been looking for something just to share a shopping list with my SO, and all I could find were elaborate SaaS productivity suites with projects and deadlines and calendars and project management features, but nothing just for syncing a single to do list between an iPhone and an Android device.
- timlin 5y ago
  Did you try Google Keep? It does exactly what you ask for: sharing a simple todo list with another person.
  - newaccount74 5y ago
    No, I haven't. Thanks for the tip. (I've been trying to use as few Google services as possible, but it seems very hard on Android.)
- dbuxton 5y ago
  Have you looked at Workflowy (https://workflowy.com/ https://workflowy.com/)? Allows you to share a subtree of your overall knowledge universe, works on all platforms, etc.
  - newaccount74 5y ago
    Looks nice! But I'm not sure I need all that complexity for a shopping list, and $60 a year is a bit steep if I'm only going to use it for a shopping list.
    - wnolens 5y ago
      I used it free for years without running into the limit that i needed to pay for.
- personjerry 5y ago
  You might try Joplin, it's a free and open-source notes app. It supports markdown checkboxes for todo lists. https://joplinapp.org/ https://joplinapp.org/
- rguldener 5y ago
  Sounds like something todoist should well be able to handle: https://todoist.com/ https://todoist.com/ They have been around for years but they really focus on being just 1 thing, a good to-do list manager. Sharing lists/tasks amongst people is as far down the collaboration rabbit hole as they went. If your use case is really just groceries there is even an app just for sharing shopping lists with others (some friends use it and like it, personally for me it felt overkill): https://www.getbring.com/en/home https://www.getbring.com/en/home
  - newaccount74 5y ago
    Thanks for the pointers, but I'm not sure those are what I'm looking for. Todoist sounds more like a "Get Things Done" style task tracker (like OmniFocus). Due dates and assignments and priorities are way beyond what I want a todo list to do. As for Bring, yeah that looks like it's way overengineered.

newaccount74 5y ago

One thing I've been looking for is a simple to-do list app that allows sharing/syncing cross platform. There are some nice and simple to do list apps (eg. Notally on Android) that have no syncing. Then there are some platform specific solutions (eg. the Apple's Notes app) that work well on platform. I've been looking for something just to share a shopping list with my SO, and all I could find were elaborate SaaS productivity suites with projects and deadlines and calendars and project management features, but nothing just for syncing a single to do list between an iPhone and an Android device.

timlin 5y ago
Did you try Google Keep? It does exactly what you ask for: sharing a simple todo list with another person.
- newaccount74 5y ago
  No, I haven't. Thanks for the tip. (I've been trying to use as few Google services as possible, but it seems very hard on Android.)
dbuxton 5y ago
Have you looked at Workflowy (https://workflowy.com/ https://workflowy.com/)? Allows you to share a subtree of your overall knowledge universe, works on all platforms, etc.
- newaccount74 5y ago
  Looks nice! But I'm not sure I need all that complexity for a shopping list, and $60 a year is a bit steep if I'm only going to use it for a shopping list.
  - wnolens 5y ago
    I used it free for years without running into the limit that i needed to pay for.
personjerry 5y ago
You might try Joplin, it's a free and open-source notes app. It supports markdown checkboxes for todo lists. https://joplinapp.org/ https://joplinapp.org/
rguldener 5y ago
Sounds like something todoist should well be able to handle: https://todoist.com/ https://todoist.com/ They have been around for years but they really focus on being just 1 thing, a good to-do list manager. Sharing lists/tasks amongst people is as far down the collaboration rabbit hole as they went. If your use case is really just groceries there is even an app just for sharing shopping lists with others (some friends use it and like it, personally for me it felt overkill): https://www.getbring.com/en/home https://www.getbring.com/en/home
- newaccount74 5y ago
  Thanks for the pointers, but I'm not sure those are what I'm looking for. Todoist sounds more like a "Get Things Done" style task tracker (like OmniFocus). Due dates and assignments and priorities are way beyond what I want a todo list to do. As for Bring, yeah that looks like it's way overengineered.