Taskheat — visual to-do list Reviews

Hear me out. If your going to bait a customer like me in with task flowcharts inside a free app, then hide everything inside that free app behind a paywall, that’s a scummy but effective tactic. But I have to say it does look good. Flowcharts are a unique way to map out tasks, and so are mind maps. But honestly none of that is worth 10$, just download Todoist.

TLDR: Probably good but not worth the cost, get Todoist instead.

I’m giving Taskheatvisualtodolist 5 stars for promise and to applaud the developer. It’s not perfect, it’s confusing at times, it can use some UI improvements — and I hope these all will come. Rather than give it 3 stars, I’m rounding up because Taskheatvisualtodolist, I hope, has a future. Here’s why: It combines mind mapping with task management (maybe a bit of project management) without the complexity or the baggage of features I’ll never use. To test Taskheatvisualtodolist (kudos by the way for a 14-day free test period) I am planning a woodworking project — research gives way to planning and design gives way to building (cutting, assembly, finish). I with Taskheatvisualtodolist I see how the tasks under a heading/phase (research or planning), relate, fit together, build on each other toward the next phase or completion. I can see everything visually or as a list. There’s tagging, color coding (would like more colors), notes (would like to see status, which I can assign via tags as a work-around). I can assign due dates, see what’s due today or someday, toggle completed tasks. Taskheatvisualtodolist can use some refinement and a few more features but it’s a good, functional start that I hope will continue.

The closest thing that I can find that does this is InShort, but that app is too complicated to navigate. With TaskHeat, you can slap ideas together quickly, and they logically make sense in helping you draw up a step by step sequence to get your ideas realized.

One thing that got a little confusing in the beginning was that I was taking projects and breaking them down into chunks needing to be done. But thats more of a WBS or Work Breakdown Structure. Thats not the same as a flowchart. The flowchart idea is better because it forces action. Each step of the flowchart will result in something tangible getting done. Which is the ultimate end you are seeking for your goal/project.

Feature Request: Can you make Project View more condensed or something to improve its readability/usefulness. Not sure if its the Project Manager UI, but I think something could be done to improve its look, feel, usefulness.

Feature Request: Consider conditional logic, but dont do it if it doesnt play well. Right now Taskheatvisualtodolist works great. Conditional logic is ok, but only if it can be done well.

Feature Request: Blocking out a sequence of things, and the ability to go back and fill in the details of each block as you are able to think it out more. ie block out the building of a care 1) design car 2) get the parts 3) build the frame 4) build the outside 5) put in the engine... and once you’ve “roughed” it out. Go back and fill in the details of each.

The video and pictures made me think Taskheatvisualtodolist was going to change my life. I was so disappointed. You can only have one chart. Even the resolution of the graphics interface is bad, it looks like an app from 10 years ago. There’s no tutorial. The only reason I was able to figure out how to connect two tasks that were already made was because someone mentioned it in a review. Once you connect a task to another task, you can’t edit that connection, so you just have to delete the task and make another. Hardly any features. As soon as I had 5 tasks on my flowchart, the whole thing froze up and I had to restart Taskheatvisualtodolist . Then my tasks were gone and I had to start over.

I really wanted to like Taskheatvisualtodolist, and if it had been what I needed, I would have paid a good price and/or subscription for it, if asked. But it looks like it needs more work.

As a writer, the dependencies are perfect for creating novel connections between concepts. However, it’s IMPOSSIBLE to reorganize and restructure your thoughts with Taskheatvisualtodolist because the developers wanna minimize this concept it to ANOTHER to-do list app—because the society has been waiting for another to-do app with a mindmapping UI😃. Taskheatvisualtodolist forces “task list” down your throat and makes you swallow, whether you like it or not. Each new task is has dumb background comments like “excellent task”, “awesome task”, “exceptional task”, “deepthroat this task.”

Taskheatvisualtodolist is great because of dependencies that can uses dependencies for structuring and restructuring logical arguments in a miminalist UI. And then add a time-frame to a specific topic (thats where the task-list aspect is beneficial).

Long story short, Taskheatvisualtodolist has a 3.7 ratings because the developers have a weird fetish deepthroating everyone with a to-do list—because the society has been waiting for another to-do app with a mindmapping UI😃.

This is a new app and I understand there are new features coming. One obvious feature that will hopefully be implemented soon is the ability to sort the task list by due date. Lacking a due date sort on the task list renders 50% of the program output fairly useless, as it isn't easy to understand what task should be completed next. I would also suggest allowing the user to manually sort the task list by dragging and dropping the tasks into a custom order. Later down the road, I would hope that the ability to group tasks into a named group will be implemented for advanced sorting.

Is obviously a lot left to do, and I commend the developers for what they've accomplished so far, and I'm looking forward to seeing Taskheatvisualtodolist mature as soon as possible.

First off, I love this program. It lets me visualize dependencies between tasks in a way I hadn't been able to do easily using other programs (or gantt charts).

I've been converting a room in my house, and with lots of inter-related tasks, making sure that I'm working on the next critical thing before it blocks something else has been challenging. Using taskheat, I'm able to enter all the tasks, easily mark what depends on what, and be presented with a list of unblocked tasks that I can work on at the moment.

Not to say there isn't a few minor niggles I've got with the program - there are. It crashes fairly often on the mac version (but doesn't lose any progress, so it's a matter of re-opening the program), and there's no real scheduling - you can enter due dates for things, but not how long they're expected to take, and you can't have it auto schedule things based on that.

However, even with those minor issues/feature requests, I'm still giving it 5 stars. It deserves them for helping to make things a lot clearer.

I downloaded Taskheatvisualtodolist after seeing it on Mac Rumors. I thought Taskheatvisualtodolist could help our small team stay organized. So I downloaded the 14 day trial and liked the flowchart view. Then I tried to re-order task, couldn't. I tried to move separate task to different parts of the workspace, couldn't. So I assumed that I needed to buy the full version to be able to do these two functions. So I buy Taskheatvisualtodolist and I still can't do these two things. So I'm going to ask for a refund from the Apple app store. I the developers ever as the two capabilities, I will buy a copy for everyone on the team. If the developers are reading this. Please make you app more like Mind Node Pro because that is how I assumed Taskheatvisualtodolist would function when I saw the promo video on your website.

My work requires me to juggle multiple tasks/duties/projects every week. I needed something visual to lay all of my tasks out and this almost does it for me EXCEPT the lack of flexibility with editing. I'm thankful for the 14 day trial because when I realized I cannot move tasks around (and instead have to delete and re-add) that was enough to convince me to not purchase. I would be all in if I could move tasks around. For example, I connected two tasks, and the task I wanted on the top ended up on the bottom. Taskheatvisualtodolist did not allow me to simply drag to "reorder" it. I had to delete & strategically add tasks in a specific way so they would appear in the order I need to see them visually. PLEASE ADD THE ABILITY TO EDIT, DRAG, REORDER TASKS! Then Taskheatvisualtodolist would be perfect!

After perusing their very helpful online user manual, I was able to figure out the most important feature--connecting tasks (drag from the small circle at top right to the dependent task). There is a slight learning curve, but I'm finding it very useful already now that I know the basics. The Mac version apparently has a few more features than the iPad app. Looking forward to future updates such as integration with Calendar, etc. Highly recommend Taskheat, if you like to visualize the big picture.

In theory, this would be Taskheatvisualtodolist of my dreams. In practice, there are more drawbacks than benefits. I don’t think (at least I can’t figure it out) there is a way to set up repeating tasks. Further, I prefer a browser view to a desktop app, so I can set it as my home page in Safari and see what I’m supposed to be doing every time I open a window. Those two “missing” features encompass about 70% of my needs, and therefore Todoist is a better fit for me, even though the ingenious flow chart view would be seriously game changing for my productivity if it ever appeared in an app that I could use daily.

I love Taskheatvisualtodolist. It's almost perfect. I just don't like that depends and enables thing. I like to make list under categories, like paying bills each month. So April, I want to check off rent, but I don't want to check off the box of April because not all of the bills are paid. there are still other bills to pay (tasks) under the task of April bills. But Taskheatvisualtodolist makes you check April off if you check off anything under it! I hope that makes sense, it's hard to describe.

I have nitpicks about the UI and stability, but until Taskheatvisualtodolist has real competition, it deserves 5 stars

I have ADHD and I may be Autistic. Essentially that means that my brain has less RAM than the average person, and things like processing time, organizing, and planning are really exhausting and difficult. I need flowcharts and logic trees to approach complex and lengthy projects like a wheelchair.

Taskheatvisualtodolist pairs work I would normally do with sticky notes or a drawing-based note taking app with linear to-do lists. It's bridging a gap I haven't seen another productivity tool do, and I'm relying on it more and more because my other options just don't work like this.

Approaching a complex project feels like a game of pickup sticks I don't have the budget to play. I get to map that out here so that when I want to take a step, I can just do it.

I love the idea of a flowchart for my to do list, and would love to draw dependency lines between my tasks.

But I can't figure out how to connect more than one item to another item, or how to draw dependencies between items already created, or how to import to-do lists from the native apple reminders app, or how to move items to different locations on the flowchart, or how to rename a project, or how to do anything...

Where's the tutorial? Where is the FAQ? if I can't just draw lines between tasks in the flowchart with the apple pencil, AND there's no easily accessible tutorial inside Taskheatvisualtodolist , I'm not sure this concept is ready for the iPad yet.

edit: I figured out how to draw lines, the drawing has to start from a specific connector dot on a task. But the question still remains, where are the instructions? How do I turn on prompts that show me how to use Taskheatvisualtodolist in the free trial? It shouldn't be this hard to figure out how to use.

If you like using Post-It notes and connecting them with strings of yarn in real life, this is Taskheatvisualtodolist for you.

If you like to just dragging your fingertip from one item to another to create a dependency relationship instead of drowning in menus and submenus to do the exact same thing, this is Taskheatvisualtodolist for you.

If you like simple apps that let you do what you need to do and then they get out of your way, I think you know what I'm going to recommend to you.

I needed a organize a huge todo list with tons of interdependent tasks. Taskheatvisualtodolist came up in my search for a MindMapping App but this is a great tool. The fact that it's. on Mac and iPhone means this will probably become my only todo app.

Only request I have is that some media nodes or deeper notes features. Also would love to see how other users are using Taskheatvisualtodolist to organize their tasks on the website. Keep it comming please.

I absolutly love this concept. As a visual person, Taskheatvisualtodolist is a game saver. This is also a super well polished idea. I would say the only thing is that it's really a $10 app (not free). You get 14 days for free and then are forced to pay to continue using. I had planned all my events out but once my 14 days were up- I was kicked in the gut to open up the wallet. I had thought this was a free software. ;-; Having a "basic free" plan where you can keep one flow chart would be a major plus for people who are still deciding if this is going to be their go-to software.

This has completely changed how I think about managing tasks for complex projects with dependencies. You can plan it out nicely using the flow chart view and then when you're ready to start/continue working on it, go to the "Actual" view to only see the tasks you should be currently focussing on. The fact that it works and syncs flawlessly between all my Apple Devices is simply amazing!

The UI seems easy to use and makes it easy to visualize tasks. well done.

I have not experienced any stability issues so far.

I am really hoping they add new features in the future. Something like if tasks had a time field that I could use for billing Also a little bit larger area for notes with a timestamp button that I could insert the date time into the notes.

I’m just a middle school teacher who has a ton of tasks to do and I need a reminder of what the first step is. The mind map lets me just get it out of my head, and with Taskheatvisualtodolist, suddenly I have a to do list that looks normal, linear and offers a first step for me, and is something I can share with neurotypical coworkers and feel good about sharing my ideas. Thank you for this. It’s perfect.

There's a lot to love about this emerging app, but it falls short in several ways that make it annoying and time-consuming to use.

There's no "undo", you can't organize the flowchart by dragging groups around, no easy way to export as a full PDF or to other formats besides csv. The "want" list is long and they know this.

All that said, I WANT it to be great, it's just not there yet. Maybe Apple will buy it and supercharge their Notes app by adding Taskheat's flowchart functionality.

It is not stable, quits quite often. You cannot print the outlines to scale so it shows everything, even though they have an option for to scale, it does not work. You cannot cut an outline or string of tasks and move it to another list. It is really lacking in some core areas and the updates are not very often. It has potential, but I don't belive it was worth the money at this point. Once they make Taskheatvisualtodolist more usable I will change my rating and feedback.

Taskheatvisualtodolist is a great discovery. It has great potential to be a game changer in managing projects and task in a way that is not just visual but promotes thoughtful next steps, dependencies and outcomes that can lead to more than just a final product. It can help one to tackleprocess, organizational structure, product, and vision beyond the product.

Taskheatvisualtodolist has an impressive UI. Really nice layout. Love the flowchart and list features.

It's definitely something new and unique (at least I have not seen similar task lists so far) and I think they did a good job with it.

I find the feature set to be just right. Would be nice to be able to delegate tasks to more than just a single person and they could be seen in the sidebar, like the tags.

The only other nice addition would be is the ability to create a folder (under Lists) and group tasks into certain folders, like Work, Personal, etc.

It just isn't there yet. I like the way it organizes the heirarchy of tasks, but you literally have zero control over the order of placement of things at the same level. There's no undo function. When you mark a single task as complete way down in the tree, it marks every parent branch––all the way to the top––as complete, even if they have other incomplete children. I'm going to save my $15 and put it towards my OmniGraffle update.

I own a ton of productivity apps and this is fast becoming one of my top 5 apps. It is improving my productivity extensively. I love the Archive Project update. I made a request for another feature and I received prompt feedback from the developer on the timing of that feature being implemented.

Taskheatvisualtodolist has a lot of potential, it is a game changer that finally brings something new to the world of old classic todo list tasks. I use it every day and find very helpful but please fix occasional crashes on creating new tasks.

I really liked the concept. However a couple of things are missing for me. Attachments for tasks and the ability to invert the flow. I think in a top-down fashion and would like to start with the goal and add tasks backwards. But it looks like the only supported flow is a bottom approach. You start with the most basic tasks and then build up to the goal.