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Taskos To Do List | Task List - Ever wondered what the difference between tacos and tasks might be?

by Jay O. on Apr 17, 2011 11:27:15 PM — read 2,655 times

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Tested version: 2.11
Latest version: 2.17
Requires Android: from 2.0

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Summary

Everyone knows how to make tacos, right? Take a tortilla shell, stuff it with veg, meat (for those of you who are so inclined), dribble a bit of sauce over the whole thing, sprinkle some cheese or chopped lettuce—voilà! If only managing your daily chores and duties could be as simple… life could be so easy. Read today’s test review and find out if Taskos To Do List | Task List can effectively help you organise your days.

Features & Use

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Welcome, dear Android PIT readers, to an installment of "Yet another Task List". Glad to see that you're still with us. Yes, there are a LOT of Task Lists and organisational tools out there, and more keep popping up, Taskos To Do List | Task List being one of the newest arrivals. There’s a lot to choose from; developers seem keen to come p with apps that will help users manage theirs tasks, appointments and whatnot.


Categorising, priotitising and reminders for professionals
Okay, I have to confess that Taskos has absolutely nothing to do with tacos. I hope you’ll forgive the corny intro, but the app’s name did make me think of the delicious little Mexican treat.


Taskos can help you create categories that will help you classify your tasks. You can create as many as you like, as well as install reminders. Another pro-feature perk is that you can create call appointments. By calling the task ‘Call’ and inserting the name of the person you wish to call, the Android app will display a call button next to the task allowing you to make the call via the telephone app.


“So, what’s going through your head at the moment?” – “I have to pick up some groceries, laundry detergent, oh, and the kids from school…”
Google Voice Search has revolutionised just about every app. Taskos also provides you with the option to use Voice Search to enter your tasks. Simply tap on the icon and say which tasks you want to see on your list. You can edit whatever has appeared on your list, or else start over from the beginning. Tasks that are entered using Voice Search will, however, always show up in the General category, which is why Voice Search is useful for, well, general things but not if you want to add lots of details and specificities to a task; for those instances it’s still more effective to enter tasks by hand.


Sync it up! Google Tasks and Taskos
Though Taskos tries to be on the same level as Google Tasks it doesn’t quite manage. The Google Tasks lists seem to be the main issue. It is possible to import tasks from Google, but the result is standard lists, and not whatever carefully crafted system you had come up with.


Security: better safe than sorry!
Google provides two services named OAuth and AuthSub as protection options for its services. These allow users to access Google services without having to grant third party access to their Google data. Unfortunately, Taskos doesn’t provide these options; what it offers instead is the option to enter your personal data in a bar within the app. Now, although this only constitutes a security breach in rare cases, users who are very aware of security may lament the fact that the above mentioned services are missing…


Welcome to widget-mania!
Taskos comes with two very good widgets which help simplify controls considerably. The 1x4 widget gives you an overview of your tasks and lets you create new tasks quickly and without much hassle, including via Voice Search. The larger 4x4 widget fills up your whole homescreen and hence has quite a lot to offer.


Bottom line & alternatives:
There are a LOT of alternatives, as well as a lot of GOOD alternatives. It all boils down to personal preferences in the end, but here’s a quick list of options: Evernote, GTasks, Astrid. A lot of task managers can do everything that Taskos can do, some of the apps can do more than Taskos. That being said, if it sounds like Taskos provides all the functions you are looking for in a task manager, and you’re partial to good, solid, simple controls, this may be just the app for you.


Advantages


• Creating tasks is easy and efficient
• Voice Search
• Call feature
• Categories, prioritising and reminders
• Two great widgets
• Swiping


Drawbacks


• Complete syncing with Google Tasks isn’t possible
• Google Account Data has to be entered in the app
 

Screen & Controls

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Taskos To Do List | Task List shows us how it can be done. Controls are absolutely exemplary. Once you’ve completed a task (yahooo!), you can tick it off your list or else mark it as ‚taken care of‘ by swiping from left to right. To undo a ‘taken care of’ swipe simply swipe back from right to left.


Easy Handling
Although the controls are brilliantly simple, there are quite a few features that I thought of which could’ve been included. Tasks always start off in the General category, which is a pain as you then have to move them and adjust settings. Drag’n’Drop would a great feature for moving apps around from one category to the next: that would really sweeten the deal, though I’m not saying that this – missing – feature is essential.

 

Speed & Stability

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Taskos To Do List | Task List ran very well throughout the testing phase and there weren’t any crashes.

Price/Performance Ratio

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Taskos To Do List | Task List can be downloaded for free from the Google Market or the AndroidPIT App Center.

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Market Comments

Fiyandi, Apr 23, 2012
Uses too much data network An app which monitor my data usage shows this app is the most data used. I only run Taskos when I first download it. Since then it has never been used, but keep sending data to their server. Not sure if that includes my personal data.
S6., Apr 22, 2012
Very nice and easy to use Very nice and useful app. Would like to see alphabetic sorting of the tasks inside the group view.
Kasey, Apr 22, 2012
Glitch I uninstalled because each task was duplicated thousand of times. I reinstalled and all the same tasks were listed. I emailed for help in deleting all tasks at once and never got a response. I removed app again because it can't be used. Please fix the glitch.
Rob, Apr 21, 2012
Great widget Adding a task by voice control direct from widget is awesome and, as far as I can find, unique feature. Slightly nicer design of that widget and it's 5 stars!
Vincenzo, Apr 21, 2012
Finally! I've been looking for a good list app for a while. This is it! Great functionality, intuitive interface, and thoughtfully planned.
Cem, Apr 21, 2012
excelent work hey guys you create an excelent app. i using with my multiple devices and it sync them perfectly. do not compare with others this is the best...
nikky, Apr 20, 2012
BEST TO DO AFTER TRYING ALL SIMILAR APPS, I FIXED TO THIS ONE. BEST...
Bob, Apr 20, 2012
Nice tool, user friendly. Out of the ones I've tried. This is the best.... Really. Work a day Joe.
Allan, Apr 19, 2012
Sync error created many duplications Almost 1000. Apart from this incident it's been fine. I'll stay with it for a while, since it's been great otherwise. Is there a way to sync, other than shaking?
Nirmal, Apr 19, 2012
Simple and light weight Widgets need to be improve. Any.Do has great Widgets
Andras, Apr 19, 2012
sync not good Syncing to google tasks is unreliable. It mostly works if I add tasks on the web interface and delete them from this app, but if I do it other way round it usually tells "sync error". Sometimes creates duplicate categories. Of course I can't tell if it's a problem of the app or the server or the interface between them.
Javier, Apr 19, 2012
Well organized life If your a busy person juggling a lot in life...this is for you! This helps keep your life organized and helps align priorities.
Gaui, Apr 19, 2012
Good app! Good app, although widgets are ugly. Also I would like too see more updates (moving items for example)
Alex, Apr 18, 2012
Loves it! Simple and easy to use, but sophisticated. Best widget function too! Tried using all sorts of apps but deleted them all. Wouldn't use anything else.
usbrit, Apr 17, 2012
Data hog Used it once, 380 MB of data in a month!!
Norman, Apr 17, 2012
attractive graphics but... ... it's of very little use if synchronization with Google Tasks fails for weeks on end (even if the problem resides with Google rather than Taskos).
Ben, Apr 17, 2012
Simple, easy to use and just what I've been after!
icem, Apr 16, 2012
Not bad Not bad, but why version is still beta? I set up automatic sync for every 30 mins, and it doesn't work. So I had to push Sync Now every time I want to push changes to google tasks. One time I have got duplicated tasks after network connection problem. Function "shake to remove completed tasks" isn't sensitive, I had to shake phone for minutes, looks funny.
Prakash Wagle, Apr 16, 2012
Light app better substitute for any.do
Bharath Chandra, Apr 16, 2012
Taskos Very useful, reminds me and keeps track of things pretty well. Good
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