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Ok but are we overlooking the $150 for a todo app? There are entire suites of software that cost less than $150 to own. Microsoft Office Home, Windows 11, Photo

by booi 3y ago

Ok but are we overlooking the $150 for a todo app? There are entire suites of software that cost less than $150 to own. Microsoft Office Home, Windows 11, Photoshop Elements 2024, Premiere Elements 2024... I'm just saying I think the buy to own price is an order of magnitude too high relative to other significantly more complicated pieces of software.

TimTheTinker 3y ago
Agreed. Especially when TUI projects like this exist: https://github.com/kraanzu/dooit https://github.com/kraanzu/dooit
- bosie 3y ago
  how do such things attach files and let me view them?
  - TimTheTinker 3y ago
    They don't. If that's worth $8/month to you, enjoy Godspeed instead :)
bosie 3y ago
i think you just learned about scale and number of sales (and age of software).
- Terretta 3y ago
  That's a weird take. Almost nobody thinks a no frills todo app runs $150 at any scale. Except the guy who thinks a minimalist text editor is the same ballpark (and is right). If it's more than a todo app, OmniFocus sets a price point: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ Yep, $150. So not scale or age, cuz it is the granddaddy gold standard.
profstasiak 3y ago
what is life if not a series of doing tasks? I don't see a problem with paying 150$ for me to better do tasks I care about, not forget important stuff etc. And I come from low-income country, not US or western europe
smukherjee19 3y ago
I have to agree. I don't mean to disrespect the existing app, it looks really good and well-polished, but... as someone new to the MacOS ecosystem, $150 feels highly pricey. It's as costly as a Windows / Office license! At the same time, there are apps like Mindkit [0], which seem to do similar things as this, but with more features, but which cost 3000 JPY(20 USD) lifetime. Personally, the only time I can justify 150 USD for a purchase of an app is when it has as many features or is as impactful as Word/Excel/Powerpoint combined. No disrespect to the people who made it, good luck with the app! [0]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindkit-keep-things-organized/id1511149034 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindkit-keep-things-organized/...
onion2k 3y ago
Price is a function of value, not cost. In this case the value is in managing your tasks in a way that means they get done. The sheer number of To Do list apps and services should tell you that this is truly a hard problem to solve - managing a task list is trivial, but doing it in a way that drives someone to do their tasks is immensely difficult. If the app enables you to do that then $150 to actually keep on top of tasks you need to do is an amazing bargain.

by booi 3y ago

TimTheTinker 3y ago

Agreed. Especially when TUI projects like this exist: https://github.com/kraanzu/dooit https://github.com/kraanzu/dooit

bosie 3y ago
how do such things attach files and let me view them?
- TimTheTinker 3y ago
  They don't. If that's worth $8/month to you, enjoy Godspeed instead :)

bosie 3y ago

i think you just learned about scale and number of sales (and age of software).

Terretta 3y ago
That's a weird take. Almost nobody thinks a no frills todo app runs $150 at any scale. Except the guy who thinks a minimalist text editor is the same ballpark (and is right). If it's more than a todo app, OmniFocus sets a price point: https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/ Yep, $150. So not scale or age, cuz it is the granddaddy gold standard.

profstasiak 3y ago

what is life if not a series of doing tasks? I don't see a problem with paying 150$ for me to better do tasks I care about, not forget important stuff etc. And I come from low-income country, not US or western europe

smukherjee19 3y ago

I have to agree. I don't mean to disrespect the existing app, it looks really good and well-polished, but... as someone new to the MacOS ecosystem, $150 feels highly pricey. It's as costly as a Windows / Office license! At the same time, there are apps like Mindkit [0], which seem to do similar things as this, but with more features, but which cost 3000 JPY(20 USD) lifetime. Personally, the only time I can justify 150 USD for a purchase of an app is when it has as many features or is as impactful as Word/Excel/Powerpoint combined. No disrespect to the people who made it, good luck with the app! [0]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindkit-keep-things-organized/id1511149034 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindkit-keep-things-organized/...

onion2k 3y ago

Price is a function of value, not cost. In this case the value is in managing your tasks in a way that means they get done. The sheer number of To Do list apps and services should tell you that this is truly a hard problem to solve - managing a task list is trivial, but doing it in a way that drives someone to do their tasks is immensely difficult. If the app enables you to do that then $150 to actually keep on top of tasks you need to do is an amazing bargain.