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# Your Next Task Manager Might not be a Task Manager
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/your-next-task-manager-might-not-be-a-task-manager/
- Published: 2021-10-06T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-06T13:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Your Next Productivity Tool is…. How Planner Apps Will Rise & To-Do Apps… | by Francesco D'Alessio](https://medium.com/keep-productive/your-next-productivity-tool-is-8cf9532bb80d?ref=birchtree.me)

> I believe your next to-do list application, won’t be a to-do list app. The next major productivity application will be a planner application.

Francesco makes a concise argument why traditional task managers are going to be disrupted by “planner” apps. I’m not there yet myself, but I do think he’s onto something. I already use Fantastical for my calendar and love that I can get visibility to my tasks from Todoist/Reminders in that application as well, and adding notes to the mix could make it a one-stop-shop for me. Fantastical may not be the one to do this, but I could definitely see someone coming up and nailing the mix of these separate components.