Nirvana for GTD

Really love this apps, which in my opinion was developed 100% following on David Allen’s GTD concepts. Really help me for applying GTD on my day to day activity.

Waiting for months, just for iPhone X support!?????

The only thing that kept me from fully adopting was the lack of desktop applications. Now that they have beta Windows and Mac applications, I am all in. Simple to use, clean interface and very quick synching across all my devices

Really is the best implementation of GTD I’ve ever seen. UX is a bit dated. Some simple (nit easy, though) additions would make it a real powerhouse. For example when you’re looking at a task that’s in a project, there is no way to jump to the project directly to see how that task fits in: you might want to tweak it, re-order it, even delete it. After umpteen years with mostly the same UX limitations, it’s hard for me to get excited. I’ve used Nirvana a lot in the past, when I needed windows compatibility. But, I’m on Apple devices only now, and Things is so much more efficient (and pleasant) to use. I’ve heard about “exciting new features coming” for quite a while, but with no published roadmap and a very sluggish track record, I just don’t believe it. Too bad, because it IS the GTD gold standard.

App UI is nice , no NLP for setting a time & date sadly but I can work around but the FONT is too small for me to use. Plus it needs a calendar to choose days ahead for easier navigation. I guess if you have 20 yr old eyes this app is good

I am so happy I found this app. It is super intuitive - especially if you know GTD - so gettign started is quick. I love the focus areas for setting up my daily plan. I have been in joy - ever since I found it. It is aptly named - Nirvana.

This is the ONLY app I know of that implements GTD properly. I like to have a Project for things that have multiple steps (even if they’re somewhat basic). You might be saying “well don’t all the other apps do that?”, and yes, but they DON’T do this next part. When you have a project in Nirvana, with a bunch of tasks inside the project, you can set it to where it ONLY shows the next task for that project in the “Next” section. —-Example:—- Project Name: Sell Asus Laptop Task 1 - Take Pictures of Device. Task 2 - Re-Image device. Task 3 - Box up device. Task 4 - List on EBay. —————— Now in “Next” view I’ll only see “Take Pictures of Device.” With “Sell Asus Laptop” in blue text letting me know the project it’s assigned to. And when you complete that task, the next one from that project instantly pops up to show you the next step. I have used Things 3, TickTick, Todoist, Meister Task, Trello, Amazing Marvin, Any.do, and a bunch of others. NONE of them do projects properly IMO. If I have 10 projects, I don’t want to manually go in and check on each one to see what the next step is. I also don’t want to see all the tasks each time I’m working on the project. That’s why I plan it up front so I don’t have to keep checking on it or worry about me missing a step because I forgot to check “that project”. Good job guys, I paid the full price about 6 years ago, but just recently started using it again due needing GTD again. I hope it continues to develop and improve.

If you are a GTD enthusiast you will no-doubt love the beautiful design and simplicity of this app. It is the most GTD-friendly to-do app I have found (and I have tried A LOT of apps). Unfortunately within the last few months it has become unusable. It no longer accurately syncs and updates when I mark something as “done” or deleted after I close the app and open it again. It is inconsistent and not always the same items that “come back” being done/deleted. Needless to say, this is very frustrating. I upgraded to the paid version since I enjoy the app so much but sadly the issue has not resolved. I have tried upgrading my phone, I have uninstalled/reinstalled, reset the app, tried different devices, turned off/on sync, stopped using sync altogether, and the problem remains despite all of these remedies. If developers fix this critical issue I will come back and update this review. Thanks!

App follows GTD very well, really loved it when I first started using from the web. Downloaded the app on both phone and tablet, love the interface. Though - I have a solution that works for me that I can use on my PC at work, Mac at home and iOS devices. Then tried to sync. And tried to sync. And tried to sync…. Have to completely close out of the app to get it to sync. Then do the same on the other. Very sad because I really wanted this to work. At least found out while still using the free version.

In terms of clean look and GTD features, I loved Nirvana initially and paid $50 for a lifetime membership. I also love and use the Focus feature everyday. However I failed to realize a few downfalls prior to buying and despite much time investment building up my system in Nirvana, I’m considering switching apps. Most importantly, there is no collaborative feature, so I cannot have joint projects or share tasks with my partner, which is very disappointing and I have to use multiple clunkier and less effective apps, which is wearing on us. Though push notifications were apparently added finally as a feature after years of user complaints, I have yet to witness this to work on any of my devices despite updating, scouring settings, etc. There are a few other design flaws that seem they could be easily addressed and have been requested by users to no avail - I unfortunately get the impression that the Nirvana team is neither responsive nor quick to adapt to user feedback.