On: WeekToDo – Free Minimalist Weekly Planner App

[jeffkeen]

I hate to be that guy, but this looks exactly like https://teuxdeux.com/, a service made by Tina Roth Eisenberg (https://www.swiss-miss.com/) which has been around for a long long time.

More than one product can exist in a space (and todo lists are a dime a dozen) and maybe this was a completely original idea and GMTA, but wow it sure looks like a note for note copy

[weego → jeffkeen]

And both look exactly like the A4 tear-out paper planners my partner has used for years. They're both digital iterations of a well trodden path

[jstummbillig → jeffkeen]

It's a very simple weekly planer. There is going to be columns with weekdays and in those list items. There are a lot more than these two apps in this space. I personally enjoy https://tweek.so/

The privacy and locally hosted angle seems like plenty of differentiation.

Other than that I'd have to squint very, very hard to make it look "exactly" like TeuxDeux (which I find a lot less appealing, visually)

[wjdp → jstummbillig]

Another user of tweek here, loving the competition in the space though! The fact this can run offline without an account is great.

[2143 → jeffkeen]

Yes. TeuxDeux.

I knew this app looks exactly like something else I've seen before, but I couldn't recall the name.

However, I don't consider this to be a copy of TeuxDeux because there's nothing particularly revolutionary in either app's design — they're both just digital versions of paper planners.

As far as todo apps go, I've tried them all. The problem I have with most of them is that they don't separate deadline with do-time. I want to plan a task such that deadline might be on Friday, but I intend to actually do the thing on Tuesday. Apps don't allow me to record that information.

When I first heard about TeuxDeux about an year ago I realized that the old fashioned and obvious weekly planner strategy could work. Since TeuxDeux wasn't free (I could be wrong because I now see a free version in their website), I just used a Google Doc to write down what I intended to do every day of the week.

And it worked reasonably well.

I'm happy to see WeekToDo come out. And it's open source!

[marban → jeffkeen]

IIRC Julius Caesar's or the Egyptian's take on the calendar have been around longer than Swissmiss' app.

[shaolinspirit → jeffkeen]

I swear, teuxdeux is the most laconic and functional planner I've ever tried and it looks stunning. I'm so happy I found this comment, thanks @jeffkeen

[jimmydddd → jeffkeen]

A benefit of teuxdeux is that they charge $2 a month with the intention of putting the funds to maintaining the site and not having to sell the company.

[gramie → jimmydddd]

$3/month. Maybe it changed recently?

Edit: we're kind of both right. $3/month, or $24/year.

[jimmydddd → gramie]

Yeah, I was quoting the annual fee. After having a few apps acquired and disappeared (e.g., wunderlist acquired by ms), I liked their strategy of charging just enough to stay independent.

[thex10 → jeffkeen]

I came here to say the same thing!

Frankly it’s a great concept and I might use it myself.