A to-do app holds tasks with due dates: Todoist, Things, Microsoft To Do and many others. UpWill holds plans toward something you'd like to make possible, with one next step each, kept current from your notes.
What to-do apps do well
They're built for getting tasks out of your head: projects and lists, due dates, reminders, recurring tasks, and often sharing with others. For errands, deadlines and work projects with many small tasks, a to-do app is the right tool.
What UpWill does differently
- A goal, then one step. Each plan keeps one next step in view, small enough to start and tied to a moment you'll recognise. When it's done, "What's next?" offers steps to choose from, or your own words.
- Progress, not just completion. Time used, money set aside, rest taken, a conversation had: plans record what happened, and My Life shows the days over two weeks.
- Kept up to date by talking. Speak or write about your day; clear updates go to the right plan with Undo, and unclear ones ask first.
- What UpWill isn't. It doesn't keep a list of tasks with due dates or send task reminders.
Which one to use
Keep a to-do app for tasks and deadlines. Use UpWill for the few things you'd like to work toward over weeks, like reading more, a savings goal, time for a project or more rest, where the record and the next step matter more than a checklist.
The guide explains what makes a good next step: a next step with a when.