Routine: Calendars & Tasks

As soon as I open app. Looks like they haven’t updated in a while so, idk.

I don’t write reviews so this shows how amazing I think this app is. I’ve been using Routine for over a year on my Mac as well as my iPhone. I balance multiple calendars as a student who also works full time and it’s been an incredible tool for keeping my schedule straight. So many things used to slip through the cracks because I would forget or they’d get lost in one of my many long to do lists, or I’d find myself being double booked with work because I had to look at 3 separate calendars all at once to find free openings. Now I’ve been able to get so much more done and work so far ahead because I can keep track of everything and seamlessly move and change things if needed. Thank you Routine for seriously helping my task management and calendar in a way that no other app I’ve found has done.

This is exactly the kind of calendar/to-do list app that I’ve been looking for. It’s just needs some finishing touches. It’s still functional, but there are some noticeable bugs. Please keep working on it because this app has amazing potential.

I don’t understand why this can’t be used locally on my phone with my iOS calendar. I don’t WANT to use Google calendar. I want a calendar app that is it’s own standalone thing and can update my iOS calendar.

I just recently found Routine and it has been so intuitive and easy to use on iPhone. I also love how easily it integrates with Google Calendar. Like others have mentioned, though, there are some bugs that render certain features of the app unusable. For example when I try to drag weekly tasks on the agenda tab to a day on the calendar above, the app shuts down and returns me to the home screen. Otherwise, Routine is a fantastic platform and I will definitely recommend it to friends!

Would like to see the option of setting up appointments with a repeat function for daily, weekly, bi-weekly monthly and so on

Why does this app take 10 minutes to load and turn on? Worst iPhone experience ever. The desktop experience isn’t perfect but is miles better. And are we ever going to get an iPad version?

I’m neurodivergent and in a PhD program so I regularly swing between hyperfocus/ needing to catch a random thought*/ hyper organized/unorganized. I have tried probably 10 personal knowledge management, calendar, or list apps - even paying for the premium in some - and none worked for my brain the way routine does (TickTick, timo, notion, click up, asan, Monday.com, etc). I do use it in combo with obsidian (main note-taking app on my computer), google calendar (was my main calendar, now use it to view on my ios b/c I prefer the month view widget), and outlook to-do (for phone checklists like groceries). Though this sounds chaotic, it’s better than it was and routine has filled a sweet spot for managing my work tasks, personal to-dos ✔️There’s a calendar ✔️There’s to-dos. ✔️There’s notes. (That use mark down, making them way more functional than any other hybrid app I’ve used that tries to add notes) ✔️ Easy to add your to-do items to your calendar (drag and drop feature is superior compared to other apps that do this, but I think that’s primarily on the computer) ✔️perfect for time blocking ✔️✔️✔️ capturing a random thought without stopping what you’re doing (on computer) *see star above I think it was developed as a computer app first, and most of the best features are there. For me, that’s okay because that’s where I do most of my work. I primarily use routine to organize my work to-dos, personal to-dos, time blocking, etc. which is what was missing from my previous work flow. I landed on a combo of google cal (my previous main calendar, and I prefer the month view widget on my phone), obsidian (main note-taking on my computer, but could be replaced by routine soon with some upcoming features they’re adding to the notes), and outlook to-do (for phone checklists like groceries). This sounds chaotic, but if you’re like me and already use a combo of apps for organization but they’re not totally meeting your needs, routine might fill the gaps as it did for me. The most important features for me (that makes it superior) are: the ease of dragging/dropping to-dos from lists to your calendar Superior computer app Intuitive, simple, and intuitive combined view of to-dos and calendar (obsessed with how there’s a to-do box under each day on the week view where your to-dos for thy day live even if they don’t have a specific time - feels like something I missed from paper calendars that I haven’t seen in online options) THE DASHBOARD!! hands down the best

Routine is great conceptually as it’s a one of a kind task, note, and calendar platform. It’s super useful to be able to utilize it across various devices and integrate platforms like Notion and Google Calendar. However, as I’ve been using the app, I find that the bugs that it has renders it useless to me on my phone. The best that I can do is create and edit notes tasks, and calendar events from my laptop and use my phone to only view them, but this is extremely annoying because if I am able to use the app on multiple devices, I should be able to use the features on multiple devices as well! When using the phone application I’ve run across issues such as tasks from a checklist duplicating, calendar events not saving, overall issues with typing and editing things which ruins it completely. I really hope that in the near future, these bugs can be improved because Routine is so fresh and it can definitely go somewhere with its features and concept.

Let’s just start by saying I NEVER write reviews. In fact, this is only my second one! I’ve been on a search for THE task/note/calendar tool for what feels like years, and I think I finally found it. It has a great looking interface that has all the features I need (notes, calendar, tasks), and the best part, it doesn’t feel all bloated and confusing to navigate. All the big ones like Todoist, TickTick, etc are great tools, but they’re all almost overwhelming for the way my brain works and I give up on them after a month. Then I’ll download again thinking I figured out a better system to use the app, and give up again. Then there are things like Structured, Brite (super bloated), and visual day planners, but I just simply don’t like the apps for various, albeit minor, reasons. Routine finally brings together everything I need and want in a life/work organization app, and it’s super sleek with great widgets too. Fantastic job already, and I can’t wait to see what’s to come!