Opus One: Daily Planner for Android

Opus One is the embodiment of an old-school paper dayplanner with the benefit of calendar synchronization and cloud backup. It is phenomal that the program ("app" doesn't do it justice) is seemlessly crossplatform and scales beautifully between desktop, tablet, and phone. Beyond the technical merit, Opus One is about improving the quality of life, not just organization and efficiency. The dayplanner is only 20% of the interface. The other tabs are for you to articulate your personal missions in life, the roles you fill, the goals you have, and the steps to achieve those goals. The dayplanner tab enables you to schedule those steps so that, instead of an endless "to do" list, you schedule the important things you need to accomplish instead of trying to fit them into each day on the fly. The result is a daily list of tasks that is achievable, which gives you a sense of accomplishment for completing a days work instead of guilt for not completing a list that couldn't reasonably fit into your day anyway. The developers are actively improving the platform in response to users.

I am someone who has struggled for over 15 years to find a planner that works for me. I am self-employed and have to juggle many hats at once. I always knew I would benefit from excellent planning, but never had the right tool to help me. The best app I found before this was Things 3. I used it for 4 years and yes it was organized and helped me get things done but oh my GOD I hated using it! It was so bland and boring I never wanted to use it. I'm a visual learner and usually have to take a lot of notes for me to remember details. The way this planner is laid out is more than perfect for me! I love the design - it gives me all the feels of a paper planner I'd buy for myself, enough color to keep me interested, and plenty of space to write notes in different fonts and sizes. I can even add pictures which has been VERY helpful! I took time to fill out my mission statement and it truly does make my "why" for my tasks that much clearer and more powerful, and helps me sift through what's truly important and what is just "busy work" that I make up for myself. The most helpful feature of all for me has been the way the blocks in the calendar are laid out. I love that events can be color coordinated and sit next to each other. I have a one-year old so I have his normal everyday schedule there, and then I can very easily plan my tasks around his nap and lunch times by dragging them to the empty spaces. This has been worth its weight in gold because I was struggling to balance being a mommy, business owner, and wife. To see my plans visually in this way is life changing.

Updated April 2022: By far, the best get-it-done app period! This app is so good, really really good. I don't understand why the 'Productivity Gurus' have not reviewed it. Opus One works hand in hand with your daily acivities, goals, and where you are in life. There are so many bells and whistle to keep you on track. And these bell and whistle are ask it to do for you. It has everything to help your dreams come true. Because of the videos, which are ok but felt like I was in a chemistry class... I didn't really get into Opus One. Only recently, I revisited this app. But this time, I really looked at the features and started using them. OMG... Opus One is now my #1 app, and Things 3 is my #2 (if I use it at all). I discovered OPUS ONE's superpower. I can easily see what my day consists of. Simple and to the point. I can choose what is important, check it off, and build good habits. Don't get me wrong, you have to work with it, but once you get the hang of it... there's no turning back. With Android's Big Sur, I just found out that Opus One will work. So I'm good. The support team is excellent... answering questions I had quickly.

This has the potential to be the perfect replacement do-all app that mimics the functionality and beauty of the old school one-page-per-day Franklin Planner with the added bonuses and advantages of an electronic version. It was PERFECT until it wasn't. After investing a LOT of time and effort in Opus One, I've had just too many crashes and lost notes to stick with it. Customer service is responsive, but they don't seem to ever explain or fix the issue. I've sent screenshots and timelines of the syncing issues I've experienced. But the big deal!!!...... most recently the app crashes at startup and can't even be used. Tech support offers no explanation to the crash, and say they've submitted an update to App store that should be available for download. After 2 days of crashing it's still not there. I'd like a refund, but more importantly I'd like to have access to all of the notes and lists I've accumuated over several months of using the app. Disappointing and frustrating. I'll be looking for a more reliable task manager and note solution. And for the record, I'm running the newest versions of Monterey.

II have been using Opus One for years and it is a perfect day planner. Replaced my Franklin Planner binder years ago. Especially like the ability to search Opus One for any topic. Of course, I was not able to do this in Franklin Covey's printed planner.