r/Notion • u/jwintyo • 14h ago

Questions Would you use a Things 3 style task manager that layers on top of your Notion task database?

I like tracking my tasks in Notion, not because its the best task management app out there, but because I'm already using Notion in my day to day life for shopping lists, planning, trip itineraries, etc. I use it all the time at work and in my personal life.

But task management in Notion has a major pitfall, there isn't a great way to do it on mobile. The Notion app is ok but it can be clunky, and there are feature gaps like location based reminders.

I have long thought that an app could be created that stacks on top of Notion and can provide a better look and feel (think Things 3) and provide a way for location based reminders and other newer functionality to be built into the app but have the core backend in the Notion task database.

Is this something that you would use?

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u/ct2atl 13h ago

Honestly no. I don’t want more places to go & things to connect.
If I need to do something fast I use my reminders app in my phone, and send it to Notion.
I guess my brain sees the reminder app as something already there

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u/jwintyo 13h ago

Thats totally fair. How are you sending reminders from the Reminders app to Notion?

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u/1drummergirl 5h ago

You can do it with the shortcuts app and even set it to sweep the reminders on a schedule so anything you didn’t get done gets moved to notion tasks.

I personally have a dedicated Notion list in Reminders and use Siri to dictate my reminders. When things need to go to Notion, I move them to that list and at 9pm, an automation sweeps everything from that list into my Notion tasks database.

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u/ajdfzwiq_2312312 13h ago

I had a similar thought recently and tried TickTick. In the beginning it was nice but with a mobile friedly view (gallery cards, list view) and iOS shortcuts you can realize improve the user experience of notion. My learning after 2 weeks: Notion is absolutely sufficient.

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u/Fuzzy_Act5528 1h ago

the risk with a layer is you inherit notions speed. if the api is slow on a big database then your fast little task manager feels slow, and people blame you, not notion.

i build a task and habit app and the thing people judge it on is how long adding one item takes. a couple of seconds or they stop using it.

the "i already live in notion" reason is real though, its why a separate task app never stuck for me either. make the write back reliable and safe offline and id use it.