Brief Summary
This video presents a selection of lesser-known productivity apps designed to help users organize their work and personal lives. Shu Omi highlights apps that offer both web and mobile accessibility, focusing on their unique features and benefits for managing tasks, goals, notes, and schedules. The apps discussed include TimeStripe for long-term goal tracking, Twos for quick note-taking and customization, Amplenote for integrated notes, to-do lists, and calendars, Anytype for building different types of notes, and Heptabase for visual knowledge management.
- TimeStripe helps track long-term goals alongside daily tasks.
- Twos offers quick note-taking and extensive customization options.
- Amplenote integrates notes, to-do lists, and calendars.
- Anytype allows users to create various types of notes with customizable widgets.
- Heptabase provides a visual approach to knowledge management with mind-mapping capabilities.
Intro
Shu Omi introduces the video's focus on productivity tools designed to help viewers organize their work and life. He emphasizes the impact a great tool can have on productivity, meeting deadlines, and feeling in control. The video will cover apps that are not as widely known as options like Notion and Obsidian, which can be complex. Shu selected apps that offer both web and mobile applications, ensuring accessibility.
How I chose these apps
The presenter explains the criteria for selecting the apps featured in the video. The primary focus was on tools that offer a balance of functionality and simplicity, making them easier to adopt compared to more complex platforms like Notion and Obsidian. Another key factor was the availability of both web and mobile applications, which allows users to access and manage their notes, tasks, and schedules from anywhere.
TimeStripe
Time Stripe is presented as an app designed to track both daily tasks and long-term goals. Unlike typical to-do list apps that can become cluttered with daily tasks, Time Stripe helps users maintain focus on their long-term objectives. Users can set goals for various time periods, such as years, quarters, decades, or even a lifetime, breaking them down into smaller, manageable tasks. The app includes templates and insights to help users track progress and stay motivated. While the web app is effective, the mobile app can be slow to launch.
Twos
Twos is highlighted as a free app that offers significant value, similar to Google Keep but with more features. It includes both web and mobile apps, with the mobile app launching quickly. The home screen features widgets for daily notes, to-do lists, and bookmarks. The daily note function allows users to jot down tasks, thoughts, ideas, and goals, as well as save interesting links and photos. Twos also offers customizable settings, reminders, a Pomodoro timer, and AI assistance for tasks like explaining concepts or correcting grammar. Users can create lists for larger projects and customize the app extensively to suit their preferences.
Markup Hero (Sponsor)
Markup Hero is introduced as a tool for taking and annotating screenshots, as well as signing documents. It allows users to take scrolling or portioned screenshots and annotate them with tools like callouts, highlights, and shapes. A standout feature is the ability to add multiple pages to a single screenshot, useful for creating detailed guides. The app facilitates easy sharing and collaboration, allowing others to add annotations. It also works with PDFs, enabling users to annotate documents or add signatures. A coupon code is provided for a 50% discount.
Amplenote
Amplenote is described as a tool for organizing work and life, integrating notes, to-do lists, and a calendar. Similar to Twos, it offers a comprehensive approach to productivity, with a calendar mode that allows users to view their entire schedule at a glance. The app supports bidirectional links for organizing notes and tracking mentions of notes, people, and bookmarks. Users can jot down ideas and tasks in a daily journal and create separate pages for projects. The calendar mode allows for easy scheduling by dragging and dropping tasks from the to-do list.
Anytype
Anytype is presented as a blend of Notion and Apple Notes, featuring a clean design. It allows users to create different types of notes, such as bookmarks, plans, people, and movies, using customizable templates. Users can create various object types and organize them into collections. The app also allows users to create widgets for these collections on the dashboard or sidebar, providing a quick view of important information. The mobile app is fast and easy to use, making it suitable for individual use.
Heptabase
Heptabase is introduced as a personal knowledge management tool that is gaining popularity. It functions as a note-taking app and helps organize life and work by managing tasks, reading highlights, and notes. What sets Heptabase apart is its visual organization method, using a canvas rather than a list-based approach. Users can create whiteboards for different projects or subjects, mapping out their ideas and tasks visually. The app includes tools for navigation and mind mapping, as well as an in-app search function for research. It also offers a unified list for all tasks and a mobile app for on-the-go access.
