Neither simple to-do lists nor fancy GTD systems can help you sort out your productivity problems? Try EpicWin, a new iPhone app that turns personal task management into a role-playing game. Really.
You use the app much like a real RPG. First, you select a wacky-looking character (the graphics are awesome, so it feels like a real game), you enter tasks (called "quests"), give each a level of Epicness and tick them off once completed. For every quest you complete, you earn Epicness points (based on the level you set), earning valuable skills and moving forward in your EpicWin journey.
Basically, it's like using a regular task management system. Except this time, you mix it in with an entirely imagined mythology with a personal avatar earning skills and items. It's silly, but with the right kind of people (e.g. the millions who actually waste time planting crops on Farmville), it could be entertaining.
On the downside, it's really short on the non-entertainment features. For instance, there aren't any view options, you can’t sync with popular calendars and you can't create customized time tables. If you're a serious user of heavily-featured task managers or similar productivity tools, you'll likely find this very lacking. They do promise to roll out features incrementally, so we're guessing these are among those areas that will be addressed going forward.
If your task management needs are modest and you want to be entertained while doing it, we doubt there's anything that even comes close to EpicWin. It's filled with potential and can only get better. You can get it from the App Store for $2.99.
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So when shall there be an EpicWin for Android?