THE GOOD

The big benefit of a paper to-do list is that act of making a plan for the day. You consider all of the things that you could spend time on, and then make a list of the things that are most important for today. That plan for the day keeps you on track. You know exactly what to focus on next since you’ve done your thinking and planning up front. 

THE BAD

But, paper to-do lists have some downsides…

• Paper lists tend to get messy once the day starts and changes happen.
• It’s easy to accidentally leave your paper list behind.
• Planning tomorrow requires making sense of your old (messy) list if you didn’t get everything done.
• Where do you capture new tasks that you might want to do tomorrow?
• You still need a “master list” that has everything you need to do beyond today.

DON’T THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER

Most apps don’t improve on the paper to-do list. They instead want you to think about your tasks as entries in a database that you add fields to and sort in all different ways.

DailyBalance keeps the good and improves on the bad. First, the Day Planner works just a paper to-do list, but it’s always with you on your mobile device. Next, the integrated Master List lets you capture new things and tracks everything beyond today.

Making your plan for the day is easy – just choose tasks from your Master List. And planning tomorrow is easy – simply clear yesterday’s plan because all changes in the Day Planner are saved to the Master List. Plus support for recurring tasks, due dates, tags and more.