OmniFocus
Launched 2008
89 features found available
In their words
Powerfully productive. OmniFocus is powerful task management software for busy professionals. With tools to help tame the chaos, you can focus on the right tasks at the right time. Read more
Pricing
Our most recent pricing details for OmniFocus:
$9.99 per month for all devices
$4.99 per month for Web
Or one time payment:
$49.99 for standard license, $99.99 for pro license (Mac only)
Features pertaining to how the app comports itself visually
Display option where the editor shows black background with white text
The light/dark setting of the OS can control whether light or dark layout
Custom CSS can be included by the note editor to effect a specific theme via CSS
AI integrations offered by the app or a first-party plugin.
Tasks from notes can be viewed on a calendar
A calendar on which tasks can be viewed is provided in the app
A task can be drag-and-dropped from a list of tasks to schedule it
App will import existing events from an external calendar (e.g., Google Calendar) and show them within the app
What kind of content can be uploaded or inserted into notes?
Content of the PDF can be viewed inside the note, rather than clicking on PDF and having it open in an external PDF viewer
Features that pertain to how the app interfaces with its customers
Company offers on-site real time chat support, or a chat server in which the company participates
The company has a specified URL at which users can discuss the product and ask questions in a format where answers can be upvoted to pinpoint the best one
The company provides a list of the app's upcoming and newly added features for public consumption
What measures are taken to ensure customer data remains private, even to employees of the companies themselves?
Note data can be encrypted before leaving the user's device such that the decryption key is not shared with the note app provider (sometimes referred to as "end-to-end encryption")
Documented claim that all note data is encrypted at rest, on the server
An explicit policy describes how security is implemented, and what access employees have to data.
Note content can be created such that even a user who gained access to the note app's cloud database (employee or intruder) couldn't decrypt content (i.e., they couldn't obtain a usable decryption key even if possessing the database contents)
A documented claim exists that note content will not be accessed by employees
Notes can exist purely on the local file system of the device, without syncing
What options are available for formatting text and related content in a note?
There is a hot key or icon to remove all text formatting currently applied
Can font size be explicitly set? I.e., not just through setting it as a header
Text can be indented (without bullets, block quote, or other incidental features)
A formatting text style that slants the letters evenly to the right
What functionality specific to images is possible?
An image (such as jpeg, png, gif) can be inserted and viewed in the note editor
What features are provided for interoperability between apps? How much lock-in is there?
App automatically syncs note & image data to the cloud without implementing extensions, and without signing up for a secondary account on a storage provider
What features does the note provider offer in terms of third-party integrations and utilities adjacent to the note content itself?
Emails can be forwarded to an email address that will create a new note w/ the email content, or append the email content to an existing note
It's possible to setup callbacks to external services when a note changes
The app allows users to develop and package extended app functionality. A directory is provided to help users browse and install plugins
Which login types are supported?
Features specific to the mobile experience
Task content can be viewed from outside the app via native iOS widget
When picking the "Share with..." option from an iOS app, the app exposes a means for sending content to the app
How well can the app function without internet access?
Which platforms are officially supported?
An iPad app (separate from iOS app) has been published to App Store
An installable app is available that isn't a Progressive Web App or thin Electron wrapper
What options are there for navigating around the app and finding the note you're after?
When entering text into the search field, matching hierarchical tags/directories are offered to help the user filter note content
A list of all notes containing a word or phrase can be produced
The app provides a means by which to arrange notes such that they can be browsed through a tree structure (e.g., tags, folders)
A note can be in multiple navigation hierarchies concurrently (i.e., because it has multiple tags)
It's possible to drag-and-drop, or otherwise relocate a branch of the organization hierarchy to a new location
A hotkey is available that can be used to access an input box that searches notes, and a note can be selected from that list without using the mouse
What features exist to share notes with the world?
Does the app support formatting data in tables?
What to-do list and scheduling features does the app support?
A native integration to translate an external email into an actionable task directly into the note app
Content can be contained in a task beyond standard markdown text/links
An image (jpeg, png, gif, etc) can be contained in a task beyond standard markdown/links
A hotkey allows entering a new note or task while in the midst of using any desktop app
There exists a means by which one can designate a task as being "high priority"
What functionality is offered to capture content discovered on the internet?
The URL of the web page from whence the capture occurred can be included among the content inserted into note
Web clipper allows choosing a note to insert image into
When the clipped selection is sent to a note, the title, and body of its text can be found using the apps search function
An option to apply new or established tags to the clipped selection
Did we miss something?
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