Poor mobile execution

Lets face it, we’ve all been spoiled by the beautiful syncing of our mail, reminders, calendars and notes on iOS. The OmniFocus desktop app is great and their mobile app has made progress but the current sync mechanism is unfortunately reminiscent of software from the early 2000’s.

The desktop syncs automatically but mobile rarely does. It usually involves opening the app and pressing the “Sync” button and waiting a moment for them to sync. This may seem like only a small inconvenience, but for the price they have a higher bar.

This sync issue becomes especially problematic when you choose to install the lock screen widget because any changes you make on the desktop do not sync to the lock screen. Vice versa, changes to the lock screen reflect in the mobile app but again require pressing the sync button.

Overall the app is good and I recommend it because there is no better GTD alternative but if they don’t bring the mobile sync into line with modern mobile expectations soon I will have lost all faith in Omnigroup as a company.

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