OmniFocus 4

The Watch app is frustrating to use, it doesn’t sync properly. Other than that, OmniFocus is 👌🏼

Often something doesn’t work as it normally would

This new version is a significant downgrade from 3. Until today, perspectives didn’t work on the Watch (showed things not in perspective), everything was bitter on the watch meaning by its less navigable on the go. They “fixed” that by unceremoniously removing watch complications in 4.2. Still doesn’t allow pinning custom perspectives on the watch, so every time I’m doing groceries, I have to first open the phone app before I can get the right perspective on the watch, and then what is even the point.

Crash / freeze with 3rd party keyboards, such as typewise. No response / solution from omnifocus for month

Frustrated with the OF4 version. Some things seem smarter, but other things have become less good or counter intuitive. Feels like a beta version. Was so happy with OF3… trying to return to that version now. For others: they have a 30 day money back guarantee. And their support system has been super kind and trying to be helpful.

WebDAV werkt helaas niet goed in de nieuwe versie. De oude versie werkt met dezelfde instellingen probleemloos. Ook andere apps werken prima via WebDAV. Ik heb het aangekaart bij de helpdesk maar daar konden ze mij helaas niet helpen. Jammer, ik heb er een beetje spijt van dat ik de pro licentie voor versie 4 heb gekocht.

I’ve used this app since its inception years ago. Keep trying others from time to time, and keep coming back. There is just nothing else on the market that is comparable. The only pain point is that the sync is just too slow. This was acceptable 10 years ago. Today it isn’t. I have several others applications that sync far larger databases than OmniSync nearly instantaneously. I’ve often been working on my actions for 30 seconds or more before suddenly everything updates and I realize I wasn’t dealing with my latest data. Annoying. This is supposed to be a premium product. This is the only area that needs work.

I don’t think I’m coming back to OmniFocus. On paper, it’s great. In practice, it’s become awkward and ugly. Version 4 tries to improve on Version 3, but in my opinion it is not significantly better. It may be worse in some ways. I wish it were better, but it seems to be legacy software now, with little hope of keeping new users. Revised 6-8-2024: I keep trying OF4 every so often. Today I tried to move 9 old inbox items into a new project, and ended up with 9 new projects instead. I used to be able to use OF3, but OF4 seems like a dumpster fire.

I’ve been using OmniFocus for over 10 years. I have tried many other apps, but none come close to OmniFocus. With version 4, all of the rough edges have been smooth and refined. I am an Apple user just so I can use this app.

I have gone back and forth on this release but in the end I have found that Omnifocus works for me just as well as it has since I first used it many years ago. The new design could definitely use some cleanup but I find that I can make it work the way I want it to enough to use it daily, with hopes that the team will keep the updates coming.