by Calvin Gaisford on May 22, 2013

Yesterday we released Todo Pro for Android to Google Play in open beta.

When we launched the Todo Pro service back in November of 2012 we quickly realized most groups and small businesses using Todo Pro were in mixed device environments. We had a lot of requests to build an Android version. With some excellent help from volunteers in beta testing the product, we're pleased to release a stable beta to the public on Google Play.

In developing the Todo Pro for Android, we've tried to make it feel like it belongs on Android. At the same time we've brought along all of the great tools, power, shortcuts, and experience that make Todo Pro so great. Android devices come in many different shapes and forms and with a lot of different options. We've tried to support most of the devices so you can use it if you have a device running Android 2.1 Eclair or newer. This is still beta software, but we feel it's ready to use with your day-to-day tasks. We want to make sure it gets full exposure to all of the devices that will be running it.

One other note. We may be veterans on Apple's App Store but we're new to Google Play. Help us out by sharing your excitement in a review. The reviews will help boost the search of Todo Pro for Android and give it more exposure on Google Play.

A special thanks to all our Beta users. You were a huge help!

by Boyd Timothy on March 19, 2013

One of the challenges we face with releasing apps on the App Store is that there's not a clear way to communicate with all of our customers about changes in the products. We add important information to the "What's New" section on the App Store, but beyond that, there's not much that's readily available to everyone. The unfortunate problem with this mechanism is that it happens after changes to our apps have already been made.

For those of you who follow us on Facebook or Twitter, we announced our plans to retire Appigo Sync back in November of 2012. Because we received very little feedback about this announcement, we made a decision to move forward with the plan to retire Appigo Sync in the latest update of Todo.

Now that the update is available to everyone, we're getting an entirely new set of feedback directly and indirectly (via app reviews). We realize that we were wrong. It appears that Appigo is one of the last companies (if not the very last) to provide a task sync solution to Outlook users on Windows.

We have released a new version of Appigo Sync for Windows for anyone who wishes to sync their tasks with Outlook. It's available at the bottom of the Todo page on our website (www.appigo.com/todo).

There are a number of reliable and very good sync options for syncing tasks with Todo for Mac (Todo Pro, Dropbox, iCloud, and direct Wi-Fi), so we're not planning on bringing Appigo Sync for Mac back.

Thank you for your understanding and feedback. Please connect with us on Facebook and Twitter to provide us better feedback in the future.

We've got lots of great things planned for Todo this year. Stay tuned!

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by Boyd Timothy on March 13, 2013

Edited: April 5, 2013 (apps now available on the App Store)
We're constantly improving the Todo and Todo Pro apps and service. The X.0.5 update is now available on the App Store for iOS and Mac. The biggest part of this release is the introduction of start dates. Read below to see the other improvements.

We're here for you! If you ever need help or have a question, visit our new Help Center (http://help.appigo.com/). You can read tips and tricks about using our products and even submit a request to get personalized help.

New in Todo/Todo Pro 6.0.5 for iOS:

• Start Dates - manage your tasks that may take multiple days to complete
• Auto-Renewing Premium Accounts - no more service interruptions when nearing your Todo Pro account renewal period
• Added new syntax for start date for Intelligent Task Parsing (wrap the start date in square brackets, [3-24-2013])
• Fixed an issue which made it appear that tasks with tags appeared to be duplicated
• Fixed an issue with sorting tasks alphabetically
• Fixed a German language translation issue
• Fixed an issue which caused problems when converting a project to a normal task on one device and adding subtasks to the same project on another device
• Fixed an issue setting up a visit location task type
• Fixed an issue when renaming a tag to also update the filter banner
• Fixed an issue which sometimes made the app launch in letterbox (small) mode on an iPhone 5 after receiving a task alert and viewing it
• Fixed an issue to update list settings as soon as you make changes in settings (iPad only)
• Fixed an issue with subtasks being created with Intelligent Task Parsing

New in Todo/Todo Pro 2.0.5 for Mac:

• Start Dates - manage your tasks that may take multiple days to complete
• Added new syntax for start date for Intelligent Task Parsing (wrap the start date in square brackets, [3-24-2013])
• Fixed an issue which prevented due dates from completely showing
• Fixed an issue that prevented setting None as the Hide option in the focus list settings
• Fixed an issue with reverse tabbing in the task properties editor
• Fixed an issue to allow checklists to be expanded in the focus list when subtasks should be shown
• Fixed a crash which could happen when changing the Inbox list color

by Boyd Timothy on February 15, 2013

Thanks for everyone's incredibly great feedback from Todo Pro for Android Beta 1! We've reworked a few things and it's starting to show some real polish (nice work Calvin!).

Some highlights in this beta:

• Added quick add
• Improved look and feel
• Task assignments
• ...and more (view details)

If you signed up for exclusive access to the Todo Pro for Android "Beta" versions, you should have a new email with a beta download link included.

Note: If you would like to get the link to the next beta build of Todo Pro for Android, make sure you sign up: https://www.todopro.com/android

For more details about what's included in the beta build, or to give specific feedback, please visit the Todo Pro for Android Beta page in our Help Center.

by Boyd Timothy on February 15, 2013

Edited: February 20, 2013 (the updates are now available)

We're constantly improving the Todo and Todo Pro apps and service. Todo, Todo for iPad, and Todo Pro 6.0.4 for iOS are now available on the App Store. Todo for Mac and Todo Pro for Mac 2.0.4 are now available on the Mac App Store.

We're here for you! If you ever need help or have a question, visit our new Help Center (http://help.appigo.com/). You can read tips and tricks about using our products and even submit a request to get personalized help.

New in Todo/Todo Pro 6.0.4 for iOS:

• Added new tap and hold options (Settings > Quick Menu)
• Added "Intelligent Task Parsing" when creating new tasks
• Added a user preference to launch Google Maps instead of the built-in iOS maps when using visit a location task
• Many bug fixes (See below)
• NOTE:Appigo Sync has been discontinued and is no longer included in Todo. If you wish to continue synchronizing tasks with a working version of Appigo Sync, do not install this update.

New in Todo/Todo Pro 2.0.4 for Mac:

• Added "Intelligent Task Parsing" when creating new tasks
• Added auto-sync when obtaining a new network connection and awaking from sleep with Todo Pro and Dropbox sync services
• Added ability to filter "unassigned" tasks
• Added code to schedule task alert notifications using Notification Center so they will still work when Todo is not running
• Added ability to set default alert for new tasks
• Many bug fixes (See below)

Fixed in iOS and Mac versions:

• Fixed an issue to ask for a confirmation when converting a project with subtasks to a checklist
• Fixed an issue where we weren't notifying the UI when a context is deleted
• Fixed an issue with timezone offsets so daylight savings time is handled properly
• Fixed advanced repeating options (e.g. repeat on last Thursday of month in January)
• Fixed an issue that was leaving an extra comma in the advanced repeat options
• Fixed an issue with tag filtering which caused tags that are substrings of larger tags to appear in filter results
• Fixed an issue which prevented our tasks from sorting alphabetically across iOS/Mac/Web versions

Fixed in iOS versions:

• Fixed an issue importing checklists into projects for Todo Pro users
• Fixed and issue with updating task notifications when a task's due date is changed by a special quick menu action
• Fixed issue where the filter bar was being shown incorrectly in the lists view on the iPad
• Fixed an issue switching to a different sync service when connected with Toodledo
• Fixed an issue where a full keyboard was appearing during a passcode prompt instead of a keypad in iOS 5.1
• Fixed a display issue when tapping the "Touch to switch to the project" option
• Fixed issue which prevented badge count from updating when moving subtasks into a checklist
• Fixed an issue with bulk assigning tasks to a context
• Fixed an issue which prevented a custom color for a task list to be forgotten when creating a new task list
• Fixed issues found in the German and Chinese translations

Fixed in Mac versions:

• Fixed an issue where default list options didn't update when changing lists
• Fixed an issue to allow copy/paste to work with checklists inside of projects (Todo Pro users)
• Fixed an issue copying and pasting checklist items
• Fixed an issue where inbox tasks would duplicate when switching back and forth between Toodledo and Dropbox sync
• Fixed an issue with picking the Dropbox folder
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the interface from updating when a context is modified
• Fixed an issue with badge counts when changing settings which affect how the badge counts are calculated
• Fixed an issue where the due date field would sometimes replace the task title with the entered text
• Fixed an issue which was cutting off the description text of Todo Pro in synchronization preferences
• Fixed issue where the last-used list is not remembered if the sidebar is hidden
• Fixed an issue to update the Todo window title when selecting a different list
• Fixed an issue to prevent problems when attempting to set an invalid repeat type
• Fixed an issue which would use a default alert time to December in the year 4000 when adding alerts to tasks with no due date
• Fixed issue to prevent an alert offset to be specified for tasks with no due date
• Fixed an issue where an alert would disappear after creating and clearing two alerts
• Fixed an issue where setting default list options wouldn't update properly
• Fixed an issue where a checklist item would remain completed when repeating a project which contains a checklist

by Boyd Timothy on February 4, 2013

The Todo Pro for Android app is coming along very nicely. We haven't added every feature yet, but you can now sync, view, and use your tasks on Android now!

One of our biggest motivations to build the Android app is to help groups of people (teams) work more efficiently with Todo Pro. As much as we love the iOS and Mac platforms, teams throughout the world have people with various mobile devices and we want Todo Pro to work well for everyone.

If you signed up for exclusive access to the Todo Pro for Android "Beta" versions, we promised to give you first-hand access to the beta builds. You should have a new email with a link where you can download the beta.

Note: If you would like to get the link to the next beta build of Todo Pro for Android, make sure you sign up: https://www.todopro.com/android

For more details about what's included in the beta build, or to give specific feedback, please visit the Todo Pro for Android Beta page in our Help Center.

by Boyd Timothy on January 7, 2013

Happy New Year, and thank you to everyone that's joined us already on the new Todo Pro service!

We've been getting a lot of great requests for features you'd like to see in Todo Pro, and we've added some of them already. There are a lot more we'd like to add, and we're going to be asking for your votes to help us determine which ones are most important to you (watch for that post later this week).

In the meantime, we've also mentioned that an Android app for Todo Pro is coming soon. The progress on the app is coming along well. Most of the core synchronization is implemented, and we've been able to put a basic user interface on top of that (Calvin's giving us a sneak peek in the photo above). We're still hoping to put a beta version in your hands soon.

Because of our relatively small development team, we'd like you to help us determine where to focus our efforts in the next few weeks. Should we focus first on adding some important features/fixes to the existing Todo Pro apps and service, or should we charge forward on the Android app? Let us know your vote, and be among the first to know when the Todo Pro for Android app is available by clicking the button below and signing up:

Getting checklists in the right order can be frustrating and that's why we've given you the ability to put your checklists into any order you want in Todo!

Tip #3: Reorder Your Checklists Manually

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Select the checklist you would like to reorder.

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Select the multi-edit button (the button located in the top right corner of the screen that has three horizontal lines)

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Drag your checklist items up and down by grabbing them on the three horizontal lines at the end of each listed item and put them in your desired order.

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While in your selected checklist, select settings in the bottom right corner.

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Then select sorting

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You can now decide how you want your checklist sorted. When you are finished, you can return back to your main Todo screen.

Having a lot of different to-do lists can really complicate things. It's important to be able to sort through your tasks and always focus and accomplish your most important tasks. To give yourself a keen eye on some of your tasks, use the filter list function to show only what you want to view in your focus list.

Tip #2: Use the Filter List Function to Show Only the Lists You Want in Your Focus List

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Go to settings (the gear icon on the bottom right corner of the app)

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Select “Focus List” to be able to select which lists will show up in your focus list.

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The last item is "List Filter," select this and it will take you to a screen with all your different lists.

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You will then be able to view all of your lists. Select all the lists you want to view, those you have selected will have a check mark next to them.

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Your "List Filter" option will then show you how many lists you are filtering. You're all done and you can head back to the main screen.

Using Todo is a great way to get your tasks organized and keep on track to get things done. What are some cool ways to use Todo that you may not already know? We are going to highlight a few cool tips and tricks for using Todo in the next few blog posts.

Tip #1: Quickly Change the Date of up to 25 Tasks At a Time

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If you have tasks you want to change located in separate lists, be sure to use the “All” list, otherwise select the list that contains the tasks you want to change the date of.

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Press the multi-edit button (the button located in the navigation bar).

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Tap each task you want to change the date for (up to 25) and a red circle with a checkmark will appear next to the selected tasks.

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Once you have selected all the tasks you want to change, select the “schedule” button in the bottom right corner, and then you can select a new date for the selected tasks.