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Disambiguate Amplenote vs Todoist
How does Amplenote (launched 2019) compare to Todoist (launched 2012) over 107 features that NoteApps indexes? We have found & documented 79 features in Amplenote vs 59 features in Todoist. A complete accounting of their feature availability is provided below.
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Amplenote has 79 cataloged features
Todoist has 59 cataloged features
Difficulty of switching between apps:
Equal parts similar and different.
Migration won't be super easy, but not terrible
47 overlapping features
offered by both
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Amplenote
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Todoist
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AmplenoteLaunched 2019
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TodoistLaunched 2012
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Calendar
What functionality exists to schedule tasks to a calendar?
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24-hour view
Time can be formatted as a 0-23 hour value (military time)
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Android support
More than half of the calendar features on desktop are available on an Android phone
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Apple Calendar export
Tasks scheduled in the app can be displayed on Apple Calendar
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Apple Calendar import
Events from an Apple Calendar can be shown on in-app calendar
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Calendar
An in-app calendar
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Color configurable
User can control what color is associated with tasks
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Completed tasks
Completed tasks can be viewed within a calendar
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Configurable start-of-week day
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Daily view
Tasks scheduled for a single day can be viewed within a calendar
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Drag-and-drop
Tasks are presented alongside a calendar, allowing them to be dragged to the calendar
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Dual event/task
User controls whether items behave as event (marked complete after scheduled time) or task (marked complete after clicked)
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Google Calendar export
Tasks scheduled in the app can be published to at least one Google Calendar
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Google Calendar import
Events from a Google Calendar can be shown on in-app calendar
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Monthly view
Tasks scheduled by month can be viewed within a calendar
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Multiple external calendars
More than one external calendar account can be connected for import and export
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Outlook Calendar export
Tasks scheduled in the app can be published to show on an Outlook calendar
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Outlook Calendar import
Events from an Outlook Calendar can be shown on in-app calendar
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Partial week view
Calendar can present a 3-day or 4-day view of upcoming tasks
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Single-click complete
Tasks shown in the calendar view can be marked as done with one click
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Weekly view
Tasks for the upcoming week can be viewed within a calendar
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Yearly view
Upcoming and completed tasks can be viewed for a chosen year
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iOS (iPhone) support
More than half of features available on desktop calendar can be accessed on iPhones
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Capture
What options exist for creating new tasks?
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In-app task creation hotkey
When using the app, there is a global shortcut key that can be pressed to add a task
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System-wide hotkey
A hotkey allows entering a new note or task while in the midst of using any desktop app
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Two or less taps to add from mobile
When the mobile app is opened, no more than two taps are ever necessary to add a new task
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Two or less taps to add from mobile => Images
Mobile task adding input allows an image to be attached to newly created task
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Web clipper
An official plugin exists that allows a screenshot, or text, captured from web page to be inserted into a task
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Completed
What functionality exists to understand past tasks completed?
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Global completed view
All completed tasks over a configurable time range can be displayed
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Global completed view => Breakdown by hierarchy
Time spent on completed tasks can be segmented by the organization tags/folder that had been assigned to task
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Time tracking
Time used to complete a task can be tracked by starting a timer
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Formatting Supported
What core functionality does the app offer for structuring and formatting task content?
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Batch complete
Multiple non-nested sibling tasks can be selected to mark done together
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Code
Can text be formatted as source code?
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Code => Syntax highlighting
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Colored text
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Drawing/handwriting
App provides a built-in means by which to capture user drawings, sketches, or handwriting
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Drawing/handwriting => Handwriting to text
Drawn content from within the app can be translated into text
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Font size
Can different font sizes be used?
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Footnotes
Text or images can be linked from a particular string of text in the note (not just URLs)
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Highlight
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Images
Viewable image files (jpg, png, etc.) can be included within a task
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Images => Can be cropped
The task app provides editing tools that allow an image to be cropped (e.g., to remove the left half of it)
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Images => Can be resized
The task app allows the edges of the picture to get dragged so it becomes larger or smaller
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Images => OCR image text in full text search
Words in the image are added to full text search, so the note will show up in search results that contain a word from within the image
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Italic
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LaTeX/KaTeX
Tex extensions commonly used for expressing mathematics
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Literal
A monospace font with its own background color can be invoked without breaking a line. Sometimes referred to as "inline code"
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Nesting/Sub-tasks
Child tasks can be defined such that completing or hiding the parent task applies that same operation to all child tasks
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Nesting/Sub-tasks => Collapsible
It's possible to "fold" or "contract" a group of tasks so that sub-tasks are hidden
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Nesting/Sub-tasks => Draggable
Groups of task hierarchies can be dragged from one location to another
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PDF documents
Tasks can include a linked Adobe PDF document
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Selection formatting menu
A compact, inline formatting bar which remains hidden until text is highlighted
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Snooze
A task can be hidden from a list for a configurable duration of time
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Snooze => Via Keyboard
A task can be hidden from view for configurable time without leaving the keyboard
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Strikethrough
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Tables
Content can be placed in a grid of table cells
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Video
Playable videos can be included within a task
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Integrations/Extensibility
What features does the task provider offer in terms of third-party integrations and utilities adjacent to the task content itself?
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Create a task from Slack
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Create a task from email
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Share from Android
A task can be created via the "Share" extension on Android
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Share from iOS
A task can be created via the "Share" extension on iOS
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Platforms
Which platforms are officially supported by the app?
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Android
There is an Android app available for download in the Play store
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Linux
Includes web apps that can be installed via PWA or Electron
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Web
App is available via web browser
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Windows
Includes web apps that can be installed via PWA or Electron
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Windows => Native app
An installable app is available for Windows that isn't a Progressive Web App or thin Electron wrapper
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iOS
There is an iOS app available for download in the App Store
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iOS => iPad
An iPad app (separate from iOS app) has been published to App Store
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macOS
Includes web apps that can be installed via PWA or Electron
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macOS => Native app
An installable app is available for Mac that isn't a Progressive Web App or thin Electron wrapper
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Prioritization
What options exist to control which tasks are deemed most consequential?
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Automatic sort
A set of heuristics is available to reorder tasks en masse
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Important
Tasks can be marked as "Important"
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Numeric priority
Tasks can have a number assigned to them to dictate their relative priority
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Priority coloring
User can assign a color to tasks to indicate chosen priority
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Urgent or starred
Tasks can be marked as "Urgent" or starred
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Recurrence
What options exist for making tasks repeat?
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Completion count
How many times a recurring task has been marked complete is visible
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Configurable recurrent hiding
Possible to control how long before the next recurring instance the task will become visible
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Fixed
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Fixed => Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
Fixed task can be scheduled to recur once per day, week, month or year
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Fixed => Every N day, week, month or year
A task can be scheduled to recur every 3rd or 5th day, week, month, or year
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Fixed => Every other day, week, month or year
A task can be configured to recur every other day, week, month or year
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Natural language input
English like "every 3 days" can be used to control how frequently a task recurs
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Relative/flexible
A task can recur every N time units after it was last marked complete
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Weekend avoidance
Recurring tasks can be set up not to recur on a weekend (or only to recur on weekdays)
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Scheduling
Options pertaining to how a task can be scheduled or "past due"
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Batch reschedule
Multiple tasks can be rescheduled together
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Due date (aka "Start time")
A specific date and time at which a task is scheduled to be addressed
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Keyboard scheduling
A task can be scheduled without using the mouse
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Natural language input
A task can be scheduled using natural language, e.g., "starts next Monday at 7pm"
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Reminder
A notification about an upcoming task can be toggled on/off
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Reminder => Interval
User controls how long before task is scheduled the reminder should be shown
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Separate "due date" and "start time"
The app offers separate control of when a task is due vs. when work on it is supposed to begin
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Show all "past due"
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Time estimate / duration
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Search/Navigation
What options are there for navigating around the app and finding the task you're after?
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Full-text search
A list of all tasks containing a word or phrase can be produced
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Full-text search => Allow quoted/literal searches
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Full-text search => Filter on author
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Full-text search => Filter on date range
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Full-text search => Filter on hierarchy
Using whatever mechanism the app provides to organize notes (e.g., tags, folders), can that mechanism be used as a full text search filter?
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Full-text search => Negation
An operator can be used to exclude search results that match a specified term
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Link to group
A task can be arranged such that a single click shows multiple associated tasks
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Pin to top
A task can be affixed to the top of the task list for easy access
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Shortcuts
Groups of tasks can be accessed from a dedicated "Shortcuts" or "Favorites" area within the app
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Task linking
It is possible to link one task to another, such that a single click navigates between them
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Task organization hierarchy (tags, folders)
The app provides a means by which to arrange notes such that they can be browsed through a tree structure (e.g., tags, folders)
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Sharing/Collaboration
What features exist to share notes with the world?
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Assignable
An option exists to designate who is expected to complete a task
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Basic sharing
A set of tasks can be made available to a second user via emailed invitation
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Commenting
Users can leave a remark about a task
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Publish to web
One or more tasks can be published to a URL
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