Time to invest in Task Management and Smartphone APP
I think Morgen is the best app on the market when it comes to calendar management, but its task management feels too basic and confusing.
I’d suggest using the app TickTick as a reference point. In my opinion, it’s very similar to Morgen, but clearly better when it comes to task management.
This is not meant to be polemical, but rather a genuine suggestion from a user who has been using Morgen Premium for more than 2+ years.
Morgen has some great features, such as AI and the web app, but I think it’s time to focus on what really matters: task management and the smartphone app.
I think you should take inspiration from TickTick, which is truly excellent at being both a good task manager and a good calendar at the same time.
This is especially relevant considering that Morgen costs €180 per year, while TickTick costs €35 per year and is growing so well that it now has almost the same calendar management features as Morgen. However, it has a better smartphone app, more advanced task management, and even Wear OS integration, which allows your smartwatch to notify you about upcoming tasks.
I will continue using Morgen because I love it and my whole life is organized there, but objectively, Morgen seems to be pushing secondary things like AI (or I saw some people suggesting focusing on “Dashboard Analytics,” which, seriously, what added value does that bring?), while the competition has stronger fundamentals: better task management features and a better smartphone app.
Thank you for reading!
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Paul Steele
Jul 12
This would be amazing if they were able to look at ticktick and implement those features into morgen. That would be the best of both worlds!
Morgen Product Team
Mar 19
To clarify, you would like a ‘better’ mobile task experience and wear OS integration for smart watches.
Is that correct?
Francesco
Mar 19
No I think the starting point is to have a good task management view on the desktop app (for example with folders or Kanban view). I suggest downloading TickTick and see what they are doing, it’s easier than explaining. Then, once you have it, you can focus on the mobile experience. But the thing is that Morgen lacks advanced task management features, the left side bar feels too basic and confusing if you have a lot of tasks.
Morgen Product Team
Mar 19
Thank you. I have tried and tested many apps, including TickTick.
We have feature requests for the examples you share:
Board view:
https://feedback.morgen.so/p/kanban-board-task-view
Folders for task lists:
https://feedback.morgen.so/p/folders-for-task-lists
You mention ‘advanced task management features’. Could you clarify what you mean?
Tick Tick has a notes feature, which is what you might be referring to, which has this feature request:
https://feedback.morgen.so/p/notes-in-morgen, or is there something else you are thinking about?
Francesco
Mar 19
Yes, the “advanced task management features” are related to the Board view and the Folder for task lists, having those would be awesome. I suggest adding them to the smartphone app as well.
Another fundamental feature is the ability to assign an alarm to tasks. I don’t mean a simple reminder, but a real alarm that makes the phone ring like an actual alarm clock (I believe there’s already a feature request for this as well).
My post was only meant to encourage focusing on improving the overall user experience by starting with the fundamentals, since some essential pieces are still missing compared with competitor apps that cost 1/5 and offer many more features (while I see you focusing on secondary things such as AI and integrations). Of course, you’ll make your own decisions about the roadmap — I just wanted to point this out.
Thank you!
Morgen Product Team
Mar 19
Thank you for this feedback.
As many of the suggestions raised here seem to be collected in other feature requests, I shall close this request for now unless you think I have misunderstood something.