Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and a daily/weekly planner?

Posted by faizshah on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:58PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I spent a few hours yesterday trying out a few productivity tools and none of them fit my needs.

I'm looking for something that supports time tracking like toggl. Has a daily/weekly/monthly planner where I can see upcoming due dates and today's due dates (this is one of the reasons meistertask doesn't fit my criteria). And supports a task board view (like trello or meistertask) so I can see what state tasks are in.

Also there's some other annoyances like recurring tasks (e.g meeting task due every friday at 10) or blocking subtasks that I would like support for but it's not critical.

Anybody know of anything like that?

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by j2bax on Friday January 29, 2016 @05:25PM (#10999021)

I think https://www.teamwork.com/ covers most of your check boxes if not all. It is a fairly powerful project management tool, similar to Basecamp but with quite a few more features. I haven't used the time tracking features included, but they do exist.

Our company uses a combination of Teamwork (for general project management and task management) and Harvest for time tracking and invoicing.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by faizshah on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:09PM (#10999608)

That's a pretty good app I tried it out right now. It's missing a kanban board but that isn't a big deal since the task lists can be used for states. I think the most important thing that's missing is scheduling time for a task instead of just logging the time. Otherwise it's great!

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by TioSeuss on Friday January 29, 2016 @04:26PM (#10998621)

Hello, I was reading your post and I thought I'd share what my team and I have been using.https://jixee.me/ Our work flow seems to be working smoothly thus far and the beauty about using this tool is that these guys actually listen to bugs and features we need implemented. So there support is on the level! Any way check it out see if it works for you.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by faizshah on Friday January 29, 2016 @06:42PM (#10999462)

Thanks for the suggestion.

I tried it out and it's a pretty great alternative to other task boards but it's missing a daily/weekly/monthly planner which is a killer feature for me. I will keep an eye on it though as it's a pretty nice app.

Is there a time logging system hiding somewhere in there?

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by TioSeuss on Friday January 29, 2016 @07:34PM (#10999752)

Yes, if you click on the message bubble on the lower right. They have a chat client that allows you to directly speak with there team. I'm sure they would appreciate that kind of feedback, to help improve the product. They have always been very responsive with us.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by uglysexy on Saturday January 30, 2016 @03:58AM (#11001171)

Check out EPM Live http://epmlive.com/products/work-management/ http://epmlive.com/products/work-management/project-manageme...

It is a work & project management SaaS tool. it has a kanban planner and I think it also has ability to schedule recurring tasks.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by edimaudo on Friday January 29, 2016 @04:03PM (#10998479)

Nothing jumps to mind but search http://alternativeto.net/software/toggl/

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by tweplmr on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:54PM (#10998007)

I'm working on an app tailored for my business which has these features in mind. Contact me via the email on my profile if you're interested in discussing further.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by jesseg17 on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:59PM (#10998034)

Emacs Org-mode is fantastic at doing everything you mentioned.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by faizshah on Friday January 29, 2016 @03:22PM (#10998189)

I'm looking for something more visual than Org, thanks for the suggestion though.

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by sharemywin on Saturday January 30, 2016 @04:45AM (#11001284)

Like a web version of ms project?

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Re:Ask HN: App that supports task boards, time tracking and ... by sharemywin on Saturday January 30, 2016 @04:43AM (#11001276)

Is this for individual or team?

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