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Dropkick: Simple To-Do List App With Cloud Sync

You know we love OmniFocus here at MacStories, and we just can’t get enough of the possibilities offered by OmniGroup’s powerful GTD software. I understand, however, that GTD is not for everyone. Some people are looking forward to having a simple system on their mobile devices and computers, an app to enter tasks in a list and that’s it. Sounds like a solid and affordable plan, right? With only one major problem,though: sync.

People looking for such a simple system would also like to be able to effortlessly sync their tasks in the cloud. As far as I know, there’s no good and simple app that lets you enter tasks on the iPhone, have them backed up online, and find them again in another simple and minimal app on the desktop. If there’s one, please let me know in the comments.

Still, Dropkick is here to solve this problem: it’s a minimal and elegant application that lets you a) enter tasks and b) sync them to all your devices. That’s really it.

All you have to do to start using the app with sync is sign up for a free Dropkick account which lets you sync across the iPhone and Mac up to 10 tasks. If you want to sync more, there’s a $1.99 in-app purchase available. The iPhone app is free in the App Store, so is the Mac version – but then again, you’ll have to unlock that one, too, for $4.99. If you’re looking for something like this to manage your tasks, $7 is not that big of a deal anyway.

As for the app itself, well, there’s not really much to say about it. You just enter tasks and complete them. You can’t tag, you can’t attach pictures, you can’t organize in folders and / or projects – it’s a list of tasks available in the cloud.

Just like more complex solutions, the simple Dropkick isn’t for everyone. But if you really wanted a straightforward app with cloud features, I think you just found the best one in the App Store.

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