OmniFocus is the most powerful GTD app ever made. Funtasking is a daily planner that shows you if you're actually living well. One optimizes productivity. One optimizes life.
Try Funtasking Free →| Feature | OmniFocus | Funtasking |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology | Life balance awareness |
| Complexity | Professional-grade power | Simple daily planner |
| Life Balance Tracking | ✗ Not the goal | ✓ Purpose Wheel (8 life areas) |
| Perspectives | ✓ Custom filtered views | ✓ Purpose-based views |
| Project Hierarchy | ✓ Unlimited nesting | Simple task lists by purpose |
| Gamification | ✗ None (professional tool) | ✓ XP, levels, achievements |
| Learning Curve | Very steep (GTD knowledge helpful) | Gentle (Purpose Wheel is intuitive) |
| Target Audience | Productivity professionals, executives | Anyone wanting balanced living |
| Price | $9.99/month or $99.99/year | Free |
| Best For | GTD devotees, power users | People who want simple life balance |
OmniFocus is legendary. It's the gold standard for Getting Things Done (GTD) implementation. Projects, contexts, perspectives, defer dates, flags, reviews - it has every feature a productivity professional could want.
If you've read David Allen's GTD book and want the most faithful digital implementation, OmniFocus is it. It's powerful, it's precise, and it lets you build a trusted system for tracking everything.
But here's what GTD doesn't address: just because you can capture and process everything doesn't mean "everything" is balanced.
You can have a perfectly organized OmniFocus database with 200 work projects and zero personal growth goals. GTD will help you execute those 200 projects flawlessly. It won't tell you you're neglecting half your life.
Inbox, projects, contexts, reviews - OmniFocus implements GTD methodology faithfully. If you know GTD, OmniFocus speaks your language.
Create filtered views with complex rules. "Show me flagged tasks in @office context due this week in active projects." Infinitely customizable.
Folders, projects, action groups, single actions - nest as deeply as needed. Perfect for complex work with many moving parts.
Defer dates, due dates, sequential vs. parallel tasks, repeating patterns. Every timing option you could imagine.
Built-in review mode walks you through all projects. GTD's weekly review is core to the methodology, and OmniFocus makes it systematic.
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch with perfect sync. Keyboard shortcuts, widgets, automation. Feels native to Apple ecosystem.
If you're a knowledge worker managing dozens of complex projects, OmniFocus is unmatched. The power and flexibility are genuinely professional-grade.
Funtasking doesn't implement GTD. It asks a simpler question: "Are you balanced across Career, Health, Family, Friends, Growth, Fun, Finance, and Love?"
Visual representation of 8 life areas. No complex setup required. Add tasks, pick categories, see instantly if you're lopsided.
OmniFocus shows you what's in your system. Funtasking shows you what's missing from your life. Different insights.
Earn XP for completing tasks, but the real reward is a balanced wheel. The game teaches you to care about all areas, not just work.
No GTD book to read, no methodology to learn. The Purpose Wheel concept is intuitive: track tasks across life areas, see balance.
No $100/year subscription. Purpose Wheel and all features are free because life balance awareness shouldn't be a luxury.
OmniFocus costs $9.99/month or $99.99/year. That's expensive, but if you're a productivity professional managing complex work, it might be worth it.
Here's what $100/year gets you:
Here's what you don't get:
OmniFocus will help you execute a work-heavy life perfectly. It won't notice that your life is work-heavy.
OmniFocus has books, courses, and YouTube channels dedicated to teaching it. The learning curve is steep. Many people spend weeks perfecting their setup.
Some people love this. They enjoy building the perfect productivity system. OmniFocus gives them the tools to do exactly that.
But I've seen people spend so much time perfecting their OmniFocus setup that they forget to ask: "Am I actually living a good life, or just organizing a work-heavy one really well?"
Funtasking has no setup. Open it, add tasks to life areas, see your Purpose Wheel. The insight is immediate: you're balanced or you're not.
GTD is a powerful methodology for capturing and processing inputs. It's excellent at reducing mental clutter and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
But GTD doesn't have an opinion on what should be in your system. You can have 50 work projects and zero health goals, and GTD will help you execute those 50 projects flawlessly.
Funtasking has an opinion: your tasks should span all 8 life areas, not just work. The Purpose Wheel makes imbalance visible.
Different philosophies: GTD says "capture everything and process it systematically." Funtasking says "make sure 'everything' includes your health and relationships."
Six months with OmniFocus:
Six months with Funtasking:
OmniFocus helps you execute your current priorities flawlessly. Funtasking asks if your priorities are balanced in the first place.
OmniFocus is genuinely better if you:
Funtasking is better if you:
Honest take: OmniFocus is the best GTD app ever made. If productivity maximization is your goal and you already know you're balanced, it's exceptional. But if your problem is "I'm productive but my life feels off," more organizational power won't fix that.
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