Bento: The Do Less To-Do List

I’ve just started using the app and it’s pretty good so far. I love how gorgeous the app looks and it definitely makes it easier on me to look at my todo list when it looks this good! The concept of 3 tasks per box is great as well as it forces me to distill my work into the most important tasks of the day and also helps me focus on personal matters that are most important. I do have a few suggestions tho! Firstly I think it’ll be great to allow for an option that doesn’t use any of the “energy flows”. I’d like to be able to decide which task comes first, second, or third and have the ability to rearrange them on my list however I please. Secondly, it’ll be really nice to be able to create our own templates of boxes that will be repeated day after day. For example, setting my own morning routine. Or a box of 3 new habits that I’m working on building. Finally, it would be amazing to be able to give each box a level of priority, and then sort them by their priority. All in all I think you guys are on to something here! It’s a digital version of an almost analogue productivity system to help people really distill the most consequential tasks of each particular day. A few minor tweaks and improvements and this will become indispensable to me. Have a great day.

I love this app and the methodology. The graphics are great, the idea is awesome and I thoroughly enjoy it. The problem is that it runs in the background constantly for absolutely no reason, so it’s using way more battery than it should be, and there’s no option to toggle background app refresh or any other settings because notifications on or off. I want to keep it and use it but I want my phone to have a normal amount of battery, as of now I haven’t decided but I’ll probably have to delete it unless an update is pushed through that fixes this issue.

This app is not as special as the photos and descriptions say. Look into the app "Time wave" instead.

Sad to see this app abandoned. I purchased knowing that fact, but I’d still like to see the team come back for some updates. So much potential. 🍱🍱🍱

The bento method did not help me. It was confusing and simply didn’t work for me. The app functionality is not as fun as appeared in the photos, and it is too basic.

I just am getting started with it. We are able to have up to 7 boxes, which is nice. I would like to be able to save “discarded” boxes because they are workflows I repeat weekly or monthly. It would be nice to retrieve a small set of related boxes, like my own templates, to save remaking them as I need to shuffle for space for other things. I do see I can modify the couple of templates it comes with. The point in part is to reduce brain clutter. I get it. A few more templates? Well, I’m working on it 🤣 It’s a clean, really pleasant experience that works without glitches. Mind clearing into realistic expectations. Thank you. Thanks! 😊

I've used the app maybe once since purchasing it over a year ago. Just not practical. Things or Ticktick are just more worth it.

Bento is pretty straight forward it allows me to keep my tasks to a minimum. Normally if the app allows I would make a huge list of tasks and timeframes that never actually works out. I can switch between bentos depending on what’s feasible. I am postpartum so I can’t stick to a perfect schedule this helps alot especially without applying dates and while my baby sleeps I can focus on the task I listed as a priority. One suggestion: the music is great I can’t seem to play it out loud i can only use my AirPods. Alternate sound options would be awesome my favorite scene is the cafe and I would love for it to be some scenic sounds like cooking sounds light murmurs leaves falling etc.

It’s okay. But doesn’t really help me get things done. No Mac version and very limited. And most recent update was 1 year ago!?!?!!!

It’s not complicated, but I just can’t find a practical use. For awhile, I was picking 3 tasks to prioritize each day from my main task app & assigning the workflow for the order I wanted to tackle based on the difficulty of each (which seems pointless). But, this is exactly like just listing your priorities for the day each morning, which only requires a piece of paper or a notes/journal app. I assume each box was meant for a day because it limits your boxes to 7. But, why would I want to have a Bento for each day? I don’t do the same thing every week. Then it gives examples of boxes that are clearly not to last the entire day, so maybe the limit is simply part of the minimalism? The structured parts of my day are completion focused and / or based on a time schedule, so I’m just not sure how to apply something like this. It’s a really pretty app, and I’m keeping it next to my pomodoro focus timer app, which I use to take standing breaks. I feel like I still might find a use for it at some point.