Taskade
Taskade review. It may look like a writing app, but it’s actually a to-do app. The AI features are quite impressive.
It’s perfect on the desktop, but it’s disappointing on the mobile.
Task management apps usually adopt some productivity model, such as kanban boards. There are quite a few task management apps that look like writing apps but are actually task management apps. The advantage of these task management apps is that they look like writing apps, so they are easy to input tasks simply by using a keyboard rather than touching a lot. Among these apps, there is an app that some users have used in the past, but recently emphasizes its AI features. It’s called ‘Taskade’.
Table of Contents
- Taskade review. It may look like a writing app, but it’s actually a to-do app. The AI features are quite impressive.
- Taskade is a lightweight app that focuses on providing essential features.
- Taskade looks like a writing app, but it’s actually a task app.
- One of the best things about Taskade is that it offers a good level of AI functionality for free, with some limitations.
- Taskade may not be for everyone, but it’s definitely a great to-do app.
- Taskade Conclusion
Taskade is a lightweight app that focuses on providing essential features.
The interface may be colorful, but it’s also highly detailed.
While Taskade may not offer the most extensive feature set compared to other apps, it provides spaces for entering specific tasks, schedules, and goals, similar to writing a document. Its high level of flexibility allows users with excellent writing skills to create well-organized plans and documents. The app’s clean interface makes it ideal for creating documents with high readability.
While the app’s overall interface is colorful, users can customize the colors to suit their individual preferences. I found the app’s attention to detail impressive, especially the filling animation around the icons when tasks are checked. The app offers time-based templates that allow users to schedule tasks and adjust them, including canceling tasks by time.
I would like to explore Taskade’s features in more detail. First, when you add a task and create detailed tasks (subtasks) from that task, you may feel that it is like WorkFlowy overall. Of course, WorkFlowy is different on the outside because creating items with * is its own identity, but when I used it, I felt something similar. However, as I will explain later, the writing-related functions are disappointing compared to how they look. In a way, these parts are like WorkFlowy too.
And I didn’t know because I mainly tested the app on my smartphone and iPad, but on the desktop, you can express the same tasks as kanban, diagrams, mind maps, and flowcharts! So I think it’s a great app that’s hard to beat on the desktop! However, on smartphones and iPads, you can only see a simple list. This lack of functionality on mobile devices is a significant drawback and I hope it will be improved.
Taskade looks like a writing app, but it’s actually a task app.
If you think of it as a task app, you can use it lightly, but as a writing app, it’s disappointing.
However, like all apps, Taskade also has some personal disappointments, which is that it looks like a writing app but is not. On the surface, Markdown seems to be available, but it does not appear to be. And while document creation seems to be smooth, there is no “document statistics” feature. I don’t think it’s right if it’s even similar to WorkFlowy in this way; Of course, WorkFlowy is a very rigid app overall, but Taskade is colorful, so there’s a difference. Of course, here, WorkFlowy has the difference that the app feels deeper as you use it. Taskade doesn’t seem to be that deep…
One of the best things about Taskade is that it offers a good level of AI functionality for free, with some limitations.
Notion and most other apps offer AI features, but users usually have to pay a high price for them.
In the past, I thought Taskade was just one of the many task apps, but the app developers are heavily promoting the AI functionality. I tried it out, and the advantage is that it supports Korean, and it’s good because you can do quite a lot of things. However, even though it’s a chatbot, it can’t just chatter away. The page displays written answers when you ask questions. I understand that this is the purpose of the chatbot.
The good thing is that while these apps usually use OpenAI and I have to pay for it, this one allows you to use some AI features even in the free version. Of course, there are some limitations in the free version… But this app is very cost-effective, so it’s practically free for personal use. I think it could be a great choice for people who use chatbots frequently.
Taskade may not be for everyone, but it’s definitely a great to-do app.
I appreciate the frequent updates to the app, but it’s disappointing that the focus is mostly on AI features.
I appreciate the app’s features, but I would have liked to see more focus on writing-related functionality. However, although the number of functions is relatively small, the app has high freedom, so I think it’s a pretty good app for those who use it well. In fact, some people who review the app also consider it the best. As mentioned earlier, I also like that the cost-effectiveness is good.
However, it is disappointing that although updates are frequent because the basic functions are already somewhat complete, all the newly added functions revolve around AI. Of course, this function can differentiate this app from other apps, but I still think it would be great if they added more basic app functions. Like all task apps, there are many features that groups can use, but it is also an advantage that it is good for single use.
Taskade Conclusion
Good point
- The desktop version offers a wide range of features and is a great app overall.
- You can use AI functions to some extent for free.
Bad point
- The functionality is quite lacking on smartphones.
- It looks like a writing app, but it’s hard to use as a writing app.
