Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months and years, not due dates

Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by blepblep on Friday September 25, 2020 @11:57AM (#24591152)

Can U suggest a feature that I’ve been looking for in a TODO app for a long time. Tasks that are periodic but not urgent. Like changing the filters on your heating system every 6 months, adding fertilizer to the garden every 3 months, etc. Then when you have some time to spare you can easily see these kinds of tasks that you normally forget.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by wrentopher on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:37PM (#24592799)

Yes! This is definitely one of the types of problems this app is meant to solve. We just launched, but features like repeating tasks are on their way.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by ZeroCool2u on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:21PM (#24591432)

I assumed this was a common feature, but I just use Google Assistant to do this. "Remind me to change my filters every 6 months at 10 AM."

I think my longest term reminder is for renewing my secondary citizenship passport (~10 years I think), though I do have this backed up with a Google Calendar event just in case.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by philsnow on Friday September 25, 2020 @01:29PM (#24592083)

My problem with this kind of calendar reminder is, if I don't act on it immediately, it's gone forever and I notice it, at best, next time it's "time" to change the furnace filter.

It would be super helpful to me to have a calendar reminder that succinctly said "you said you wanted to do this every 6 months, and now it's 23 days overdue" (and then when I finally do the thing, schedule the next one for 6 months after that day, not 6 months after I was supposed to do it in the first place).

Various "habit tracker" apps do this pretty well, but they don't fit in with my calendar.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by suprfnk on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:51PM (#24593962)

> "you said you wanted to do this every 6 months, and now it's 23 days overdue" (and then when I finally do the thing, schedule the next one for 6 months after that day, not 6 months after I was supposed to do it in the first place).

org-mode with its agenda does this beautifully. But then that only really runs in emacs.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by Jarwain on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:41PM (#24594838)

Usually I get the notification for this thing, and I never get rid of the notification until I act on it

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by blepblep on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:24PM (#24591462)

This gets close but I don’t think it will then allow you to easily see which of these periodic tasks you can work when you have a few hours to spare today.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by ZeroCool2u on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:55PM (#24591759)

Yeah, that's fair, I usually don't look at them in a list. I know they show up in Google Calendar, so maybe you can view them their? Regardless, this is a great idea for a Todo app feature.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by davidham on Friday September 25, 2020 @01:59PM (#24592404)

I use Due on iOS for this, it will also nag you on a given interval until you complete the action. OmniFocus also supports recurring actions, but IMO not as elegantly as Due.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by wetpaws on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:00PM (#24591184)

I am almost tempted to write it myself, none of 3 billion existing Todo apps support repeatable tasks

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by MayorMonty on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:01PM (#24591207)

Todoist supports repeating tasks, but doesn't have the nice time buckets like this app does

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by wetpaws on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:42PM (#24602749)

I dont think it has repeating templates which you usually want to use.

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Re:Show HN: Strongweek, an iOS app focused on weeks months a... by refresher on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:15PM (#24591353)

iOS Reminders does

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