When comparing Facilethings vs Flow-e, the Slant community recommends Facilethings for most people. In the question“What are the best GTD apps?” Facilethings is ranked 2nd while Flow-e is ranked 28th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Helps the weekly review process
Pro Allows adding items via email
Simply send an email to info@facilethings.com to add a new item to the Inbox.
Pro Support of a "start" date and a "expected" date
This is a very outstanding feature for a gtd App.
Pro Horizons of Focus
FacileThings integrates GTD's Horizons of Focus.
Pro Allows attachments in emails
You can collect stuff in the FacileThings Inbox by sending an email with attachments to the inbox@facilethings.com address.
Pro Full Integration and Syncing with Evernote
All notes are automatically synced.
Capture things in Evernote and the notes will appear in the FacileThings inbox.
Reference Material in Evernote will appear in Facile Things.
Pro Integrates with a bunch of third-party tools
Facilethings can integrate with Evernote, Twitter, Dropbox and Google calendar.
Pro Very simple
Pro Excellent support
Pro Never forget an important email
Stay on top of what's current with due date reminders. Focus on your work, Flow-e's got your cues covered!
Pro Visualize your calendar
Your daily schedule is visualized in a timeline. Setting up meetings and reminders without leaving your mailbox is a click away.
Pro Email + Task Management
Designed for managers, Flow-e takes you to Inbox zero and beyond by turning your Gmail or Outlook mailbox into a visual taskboard. Personal tasks and emails are now managed from your mailbox in a visual workflow, customized for your process.
Pro Track your delegated tasks
Delegate work to your team without leaving your inbox and without sacrificing accountability.
Cons
Con Android app
The Android app is not always reliable and doesn't have all of the features of the desktop app.
Con Rather slow
The web app has some performance issues. It feels too unresponsive at times.
Con A lot of clicking
Little inline editing or keyboard shortcuts.
Con Relatively costly
Con No native Windows App
Con Mobile web version is rubbish
Con No Mobile Application
There is a lack of Mobile application. However, the Flow-e team says that it is coming in 2018!
