Todoist, the most superior web based task tracking app I've used since, is bound to double its subscription price by the end of this year. So since then, I've been itching to migrate to other task tracking tools.
Todo.txt. has been the best and only alternative to any other software I've found. It is as free as text files could be. However, background sync solutions are a pain to deal with. They behave just fine with bulk media files, but keep on getting stuck on text files. In Android. I've done the most that I could to keep the sync running in the background, but I know that it is no longer Android and Xiaomi's fault, because again, large files sync just fine.
The caveat with Todo.txt is that any task or project that requires more stringent tracking (recurrence, multi-file attachments) requires being staged on other productivity software for ease of use. I have no problem with this, if only I could do this on the browser alone. Dump tasks on todo.txt, filter urgent tasks for migrating to those with better syncs.
Google? Microsoft?
Google has good integration with the web ecosystem. But Google feels painfully barebones for what I wanted it to do.
And Microsoft only feels nice if you only want to be bought into Microsoft solutions. Its funnel and entrapment app design is just awful. Not to mention it carries with it an amalgam of legacy hacks that makes file making and app interaction.. weird. Both on web and desktop. And add Copilot to its already unbearable mess of integrations.
Joplin?
Joplin is my best alternative, because it handles sync so well and has multiple providers for it. However it does not have widgets on Android. I need my widgets for tasks. Todoist has that. Todo.txt > Joplin > Widget of Choice is a weird pipeline, but I might just have to resort to it if nothing else works. If nothing else works.
Either this or maximize the Google ecosystem. Or lug the laptop around. But as much as I could lug the laptop around, there are just some instances where portability is king, and laptop just will not help.
Like I've looked in to it. Like todo.txt in linux <> inbox.gdoc for context/projectmanagement > keep notes OR calendar OR todo depending on reminder system in need. I might consider this for the immediate future since Microsoft is shooting itself in the foot.
I still dream of getting AbstractSpoon's task tracker to run cleanly on Linux. I couldn't even get a vm running for it for some reason. But cross-platform ease of use is a higher priority than functionality.