When comparing Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin vs Checkvist, the Slant community recommends Checkvist for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform tools for personal knowledge management?” Checkvist is ranked 14th while Zim Wiki w/ journal plugin is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Checkvist is:
Checkvist hits a sweet spot between minimal and complexity. It gives you a host of options and extras to use on your lists, but you can completely ignore them if you don't need them and keep it very simple. This makes Checkvist a one-stop shop, regardless of what type of 'list' you need.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Plain text file structure
Pro Write a journal when you want
There are 3 options for writing frequencies: daily, weekly, or monthly. It's great that you can configure it, because not everybody writes a daily journal but because there are set days, you will be more motivated to actually write in your journal on those set days.
Pro As simple or as complex as you need
Checkvist hits a sweet spot between minimal and complexity. It gives you a host of options and extras to use on your lists, but you can completely ignore them if you don't need them and keep it very simple. This makes Checkvist a one-stop shop, regardless of what type of 'list' you need.
Pro Tasks can be managed with custom tags
Pro vim-like commands
Pro Convenient search by text or tag filtering
Pro Converts incoming emails to todos - this is a way to enter tasks from anywhere.
Pro Great search
Search filters help you search for tasks by tag, due date, assignee, etc.
Pro Very flexible
To-do lists often need to be grouped and regrouped for clarity. The outline-based nature of Checkvist makes it easy to move things across categories, to increase and decrease priority, etc.
Pro Smart parsing of items
Parses markdown, html links, hashtags to become formatted text, clickable links, and tags, respectively.
Pro Generous set of free features
Checkvist offers many free features if you are using this individually.
Pro Supports comments on tasks
Any item can have a free-text comment, which can be shown or hidden as desired.
Cons
Con Limited capability in the android app
Checkvist is primarily a web interface.