Software Reviews

Having the right project management tool is often the difference between a successful project and a total disaster. But even if your team is already rocking a solid toolbox of productivity and project management software, there’s always room for improvement. In today’s article, we take a look at some of the best Asana alternatives you should give a try in 2023. 🤔 What Is Asana? Asana is a collaboration and…

Excel is a powerful tool for crunching numbers. But it can also double as a fully-fledged calendar and planner, even if that means dumbing down its functionality a bit. In this article, you’ll learn how to make a calendar in Excel in three simple steps. So, without further ado, let’s dive in. 👇 🤔 What Is a Calendar in Excel? A calendar in Excel lets you do pretty much what…

A Kanban boards is still one of the most popular and versatile tool used in project management. And for all the good reasons. It’s simple, flexible, and very easy to use. In today’s article, we’ll show you how to create a streamlined Kanban board in Excel in four simple steps. Let’s start with the basics. 🤔 What Is Kanban? Kanban is a Lean framework for implementing Agile. That’s the short version….

What is Roam Research? Roam Research is a note-taking tool that allows users to link their notes together. If you’re familiar with the Zettelkasten method of knowledge management, then Roam is perfect for you. This is because it excels in linking information together and forming a web of interconnected nodes. Roam offers a more visual approach to note-taking and knowledge management as it allows you to view your connected notes…

What is Logseq? Logseq is an open-sourced outliner note-taking application. Tienson Qin founded the app in 2018 with the aim of helping users create a knowledge base filled with interconnected notes. We would classify Logseq as an app that helps you create a second brain. If that is something that you’re looking for, here’s our list of the best second-brain apps in the market today. What’s different for Logseq is…

What is Obsidian? Obsidian is a note-taking software that works as a second brain application for knowledge management. Created by Erica Xu and Shida Li during the quarantine period of Covid-19 in 2020, the outliner tool has gained traction with over 50,000 members in their Discord community, all while still remaining as a two-man team. What’s interesting about Obsidian is that both Xu and Li were originally maintaining Dynalist, their…

ClickUp is one of the most popular productivity tools in the market. However, today we will be diving into some of the best ClickUp alternatives in 2022. What is ClickUp? ClickUp is a project management software that was founded by Alex Yurkowski and Zeb Evans in 2017. The project management platform is usually used by individuals and teams to organize projects and tasks. ClickUp quickly gained popularity when it was…

If you’re a student, you probably are always on the lookout for ways to improve your productivity. Outliner apps are tools that help you to outline your thoughts via software. Read on to find out more about how outliners can help you increase your productivity including our list of the best outliners out there! What is an Outliner App? Outliner apps(1) are powerful tools that allow you to create outlines…

There are plenty of guides out there to help you get started with mind mapping. However, today we will be going through a list of the best mind mapping software out there, be it on windows or apple. Why Use Mind Mapping Software Mind mapping is a way of thinking that helps you to organize your information and ideas visually. Today, there are plenty of mind mapping software that can…

What Is Todoist? Todoist is a task management software that was developed by its parent company, Doist. Amir Salihefendic is the founder of Doist, and he developed Todoist in 2007. The main aim of developing Todoist was to help people stay on top of their tasks by organizing it via a simple task management system. Todoist is completely bootstrapped. Salihefendic has declined any sort of funding and acquisition in order…

Notion has been in the market since 2015. In the time that Notion has been around, there have been plenty of reviews about the popular productivity tool.  It’s no surprise that people have been trying to find the best alternative to Notion. Some find it to be a versatile tool to have in their arsenal, while others find that overloading software with features isn’t the best way to go about…

Google Keep and Evernote are two of the most popular note-taking apps out there. Both apps have their fair share of amazing features to boost your productivity, thus making it a difficult choice for you to choose between the two. Modern note-taking brings a lot of advanced features which make it simpler to organize your thoughts. With studies proving the positive influence that note-taking has on improving memory recall(1), it’s…