The only question: which exact one to choose? The good old Evernote with its plethora of features has become too complex for an average user. Those who prefer to simply drop quick notes on the fly have other nice apps they can opt for. But many of us simply don’t expect such omnipotence from a notepad – just to jot down an instant short note often is quite enough. Lots of the good ones offer an extended feature set – up to the point of allowing you to write a novel in a single note.

But hey, if it works for you.You’ll find plenty of note-taking apps for every taste and task on a Mac. I'd still say that its primary design is as a way to store and organize notes, and make them available everywhere you go, and use as a to-do list manager is secondary. Yes, Evernote has some features that can be used to help you to organize tasks / to-dos (I do it, though I have a pretty simple use case). The Secret Weapon was not designed by Evernote.

It's before Evernote introduced reminders. Evernote was designed by Evernote.

Look at the date of the post that you're responding to. The Secret Weapon website is exclusively devoted to using Evernote for task management and work prioritization. I use the Android widgets (that are in desperate need of fixing) exclusively for that purpose. I use Evernote daily for work and home to organize and prioritize my tasks. If you want one of those, there are a bajillion of them available already. Otherwise, Evernote is not designed to be a To-do list organizer. Create it at work, sync, and search for them at home. You could always use what Evernote has already, for example, use a special 'Todo' tag on the types of notes you wish to treat as to-do items.

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