Superlist is a cute, business-focused task app from the makers of Wunderlist

If you’re a lover of to-do list apps, there’s a good chance you miss Wunderlist. A decade ago – when apps that were both useful and enjoyable were even harder to come by – Wunderlist was packed with useful features and in a way that few apps were as whimsical in management. The app featured nice animations, beautiful backgrounds, worked on all platforms, and offered all kinds of organizational features. it was the vergeFavorite to-do list app,

Then, long story short, Microsoft bought it in 2015converted it To do in Microsoft (a very good and very less enjoyable work app), and killed wunderlist forever, But a group of people who first created Wunderlist, led by co-founder Christian Reber, to depart To bring its soul back to life.

three years laterThat team is getting released superlist, a new app that combines task management with notes and lists of all kinds. It is now available for Mac, iOS, Android and web. I’ve been using it in beta for a while, and while it’s not a lovely straightforward task app like Wunderlist, it’s built with the same sensibility – and is even nicer to look at.

More than a work product, Superlist is a lists Product: You create a list for a project, share it with your team, and then fill it with all the notes, files, tasks, images, and everything else related to that project. The app then automatically recognizes and organizes your tasks, so you get a “today” list with everything from each project that you need to tackle today. There’s also a toggle to switch from personal to business tasks, so you can manage everything in one place without having to manage everything at once.

You can do everything inside Superlist, or connect the app to Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and a few others, and automatically drag or push tasks to their right place. (One thing I love is turning emails into superlist tasks; it’s an easy way to make sure I actually reply to what matters.) To help turn messages into tasks, There are also some integrated AI features, as Superlist tries to figure out what matters most from everything you put into the app.

The concept of the app is actually pretty clever: A strict to-do list app often doesn’t seem like the right way to manage projects and everything connected to them, but tools like Notion can Very Packed full of features and ideas. Superlist is right in the middle, with a lot of things you can do but only one system. You can create any type of list you want, but these are just the lists down to the bottom. Plus the app is full of design touches that would make any Wunderlist lover proud: the horizontal rule is a hand-drawn squiggle, each list gets a custom image, even when you check off a task. When they do, the animation is also oddly satisfying.

However, it is still a very new app, and it is missing some basic features. There are too many clicks to set up repetitive tasks, the app lacks export options, and there are a lot of obvious integrations that aren’t currently supported. (Ironically and somewhat ridiculously, Microsoft 365 is also included.)

Superlist is first and foremost a business product, used by teams at work. (given How clearly dissatisfied Reber and co. were with Microsoft’s acquisition, you can imagine why it would want a solid business model from the start this time.) Its Pro account is $8 per user per month, and gets you more affiliates, more uploads, more AI, and more integrations. Provides. , However, the free account will actually be enough for most people, especially those who are using it alone.

Building a great to-do list app is hard. Making two in a row is even harder, and it looks like the Superlist team is on the way. Building a sustainable app that can survive being buried inside some highly managed corporate app? That will be the most difficult task.