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What is OmniFocus?
OmniFocus is a project management platform for iOS: Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It has features such as task management, Siri capture, and workflow automation.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Mobile Access
Mobile access is the ability to access the software from a smartphone or tablet.
Category average: 8
Task Management
This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.
Category average: 9.1
Support for Waterfall Methodology
Waterfall methodology is a tradition development method that is linear and sequential.
Category average: 7.9
Areas for Improvement
Project & financial reporting
Ability to analyze project and financial data based on custom criteria to gather insights and improve business performance
Category average: 8.5
Invoicing
Ability to create, manage and send invoices to clients during or after completion of a project
Category average: 7.6
Integration with accounting software
Real-time, two-way sync with accounting or financial software to facilitate project and financial reporting
Category average: 8.4
Great tool
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it to help organise key tasks, drive productivity and focus, share and shape outcomes. The big issue we had was productivity and focus and OmniFocus has helped us to drive towards that.
Pros
- Productivity
- Getting things done
- Focus
- Clarity
Cons
- Better intregrations
- More visualisations
- Data
Return on Investment
- Freed up time
- Faster deliverables
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Smartsheet, Trello and monday.com
Other Software Used
Slack, Miro, Apple Keynote
OmniFocus Keeps You Focused on What's Important
Pros
- Repetitive tasks
- Organization of tasks by Folder and Project
- Consistent updates and improvements
Cons
- Most expensive task manager on the market
- Can be daunting if you're a new user
- Needs the ability to attach files and handle hyperlinks smoother
Return on Investment
- Saves time
- Overall is cheaper than hiring an assistant to keep track of this stuff for me
- Keeps me from forgetting tasks or missing appointments (calendar integration)
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Project, Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager and myTaskEasy
Other Software Used
Avid Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton Live, Logic Pro X
OmniFocus a great tool for GTD followers
Pros
- Task management
- Syncing to mobile and other computers
Cons
- Learning curve is a little higher than some basic task tools.
- Cost is a little high given some "free" tools that are available (Microsoft Tasks is looking more and more appealing).
Return on Investment
- For me, it's been a great ROI. I get more done and spend less time every morning wondering, "what was I going to do today?"
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Office 365
Other Software Used
Jamf Pro
OmniFocus overview from a small business/personal perspective
Pros
- Brainstorming
- Project planning
Cons
- The initial setup can be a little cumbersome.
- Mobile integration is lacking.
Return on Investment
- It has been a good tool for my intended purpose (capturing ideas and project roadmaps).
Alternatives Considered
Todoist and Evernote
Other Software Used
Todoist, Evernote
Great, but would be better if it were multi-platform
Pros
- Maintains to do lists
- Breaks projects into meaningful tasks
- Reminders
- A place to store important ideas and thoughts to come back, review and assign tasks to.
- Integration with other apps and products.
Cons
- Would love to see OmniFocus come up with an App that works with Windows so that it could sync for multiplatform users, that is a HUGE blind spot for me personally right now.
Return on Investment
- It has increased productivity.
- I hope to implement other areas of OmniFocus as they make sense for our business but I am not as familiar with its additional tools and integrations.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft 365 Business
Other Software Used
Todoist, Prolog, Vista by Viewpoint