Most of the app recommendations I make these days tend to revolve around Android. It’s the platform I carry in my pocket, after all, and it’s been the primary focus of my writing for something like 7,347 years now.
But while there’s certainly something to be said for finding the best apps for one specific flavor of device you rely on, the reality is that most of us don’t limit our work to a single platform or type of technology. We have our personal phones of choice, sure, but we also use a computer. Some of us might have one computer in the office at another at home — or maybe even multiple computers in both locations. And that’s to say nothing of the tablets and all the devices our colleagues, friends, and family use that need to play nicely with everything we do, too.
You don’t work on only a single type of device these days, in other words, and your apps shouldn’t, either. Companies like Apple may like to pretend that everyone can live solely within their carefully controlled universe, but here in the real world, it’s much more practical to pick programs that work equally well everywhere — whether you simply want to avoid limiting yourself to a single locked-down ecosystem or you just acknowledge that everyone else in your life doesn’t necessarily make the same choices you do.
With that in mind, I thought it’d be helpful to start a collection of the best cross-platform productivity tools — exceptional apps for getting stuff done that work on any type of device and make it easy to move from one platform to another (or to collaborate with anyone on any platform) without missing a beat.
This list will absolutely expand and evolve over time.
The best cross-platform app for task managementTodoist
Topping off our cross-platform collection is a top-rate tasks app that truly exemplifies how cross-platform compatibility should be done.
Todoist is one of the most powerful and comprehensive task managers around. It gives you a robust set of options for adding, tracking, and actually making sure you accomplish any and all types of tasks — with natural language input, simple due dates, a priority ranking system, and practically everything else you could want in such a setup.
It’s thoughtfully designed to handle both work and personal tasks, too, with support for separate workspaces and advanced collaboration tools if you need to share or assign responsibilities with either work or family contacts.
[ Related: How to use Todoist for team task management ]
But just as important as any of that, Todoist works equally well no matter where you’re working. The service has native apps for Android and iOS as well as Windows, macOS, and even Linux. It’s available on the web as well as via a browser-associated progressive web app that can provide a native-app-like experience on ChromeOS or any other platform where a traditional app installation might not be your first choice.
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2023-09-10 02:48:02
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