![]() ![]() $24.99 for a year? Do you remember how much those day planner refills cost? The developer has been using some of that money to improve the app(s) as evidenced by the fact that it didn't always have the handwriting recognition feature on iOS and bugs get quashed in a timely manner. I have no issued paying for an app as I dislike ads and developers deserve to earn a living I just want the cost to be commensurate with its value. Generally, I dislike subscriptions to the point of it being a make-or-break requirement, usually 'break'. The familiar feel makes it easier to use than the planners/calendars with purely electronic roots. I still use a calendar app, the equivalent of a wall calendar, but I am leaning harder on Opus and it has risen to every requirement. While Opus obviously contains a calendar, it is a planner, the original GTD concept. The transcription to type is at least 90% correct. With other apps, I missed the handwriting interaction (which is good for your brain) and Opus nails that. Optionally, it leads you through the process of discovering your priorities and how to break them into manageable bites, so you get done the things that matter. It is very structured and is just like the Franklin seminars one company I worked for sent all employees. Opus contains the entire paper-planner experience embedded in the app. apps from each device as I have now found my planner grail. I deleted at least four 'to do', GTD, etc. ![]() I have always loved electronic gizmos, having had a Sharp Wizard and my first Mac in 1984.) I have tried more apps than any 'normal' person would tolerate. (That said, I kicked my binder to the curb by 2000 and moved to a Moleskin pocket planner. Those who loved FiloFax, Franklin planners, etc., but want to move on and not lug that darn binder around, will be right at home. There is a certain percentage of us for whom this app is perfect. ![]()
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