Add to ChromeGmail vs Wunderlist
When comparing Gmail vs Wunderlist, the Slant community recommends Wunderlist for most people. In the question“What are the best Android apps?” Wunderlist is ranked 5th while Gmail is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Wunderlist is:
Wunderlists' UI is very fast and easy to use. The features are easy to find and everything flows together smoothly.
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Pros
Pro Best support for Gmail features
Since both the Gmail Android app and Gmail itself is made by Google, the app supports all features Gmail offers (like labeling/starring) and gets new features implemented early - usually as soon as they are announced.
Pro Incredibly fast, advanced & predictive search
Gmail brings much of the functionality and power of Google's search engine to the app's search. You can use operators such as label:, is:, OR, has: among others, define date ranges, limit search to specific groups and so on. And, you can do it all amazingly fast. The search will also try to predict what you're trying to search for before you've even finished your query and offer up those results.
Pro Google Drive integration
The app allows inserting files from Drive straight to email or uploading attachments to Drive before sending them out. It will also notify if the person you're sending the file can open the file or if you should change the sharing settings for that file beforehand. Finally, you can choose which one of your Google accounts you want visible in the app.
Pro Google Calendar integration
Pro Comes bundled with Android for free
Not only is the application free, it comes bundled with the Android OS by default so you don't even have to bother downloading it.
Pro Threaded conversations
Pro Safely automatically displays images
The app does not require a confirmation to show images as Google now hosts the images on their own servers making it safe. You can still disable the automatic displaying of images in the settings if you wish.
Pro Tabs to automatically organize your e-mail
Gmail offers the ability to automatically organize your mail into specific categories:
- Primary
- Social
- Promotions
- Updates
- Priority
Each of the categories can be disabled and you can move your mail around from category to category or set your own rules which sender should be put in which category.
Pro Simple & easy to use UI
Wunderlists' UI is very fast and easy to use. The features are easy to find and everything flows together smoothly.
Pro Simple, useful task management features
Wunderlist features the standard ability to add tasks and organize them within lists, but one aspect in which it excels is the amount of detail you can add to each task. Rather than simple alerts, tasks incorporate a number of other options, including reminders, subtasks, notes, and recurring tasks. You can also star important tasks, which is simpler than the priority systems used in many other apps.
Pro Has a free, adless version
Wunderlist is available both as a free app without ads or heavy restrictions, and in a pro version that enables you to add larger files and take advantage of additional customization options.
Pro Group integration
Wunderlist allows you to share lists and tasks with others via email or Facebook. This allows you to set group tasks and lists. When one person completes the task, they can check it off and it is then completed for every other team member.
Pro Can add to your list via email or Google Now
If you're on the run or away from your device, you can add items to your list by email. You can also add notes to the list item using the body of the message. Wunderlist supports Google Now, meaning you can add to your list using native voice commands on Android.
Pro Public lists
Some lists can be published in order to share them with others. Interestingly, other people can see the items of a public list, but not the notes and sub-lists of those items.
Pro Cross-platform syncing
Wunderlist features cross platform syncing which insures your tasks are always updated across iOS, Android, Windows, OS X, Kindle and browser.
Pro Easily customized list icons
Rather than relying on standard icons, users can individually set the icons for their lists using emojis. For example, if the list is about TV shows, you can set the list icon to be the television emoji.
Pro Supports timed reminders and recurring items
Pro Easy to print tasks
Wunderlist automatically translates your tasks into a printer-friendly format when you hit print on Mac, Windows 7, iOS, and Android devices.
Pro Group members can comment on list items
Found in the detail view, comments let you to start a conversation, leave feedback, ask a question, or add extra insight to your to-dos. They are saved with a timestamp and are immediately accessible to any members of your shared list.
Pro Smartwatch compatible
The Wunderlist app supports Apple Watch and Android Wear, which allows for instant action and task viewing on these smartwatches.
Pro Beautiful backgrounds
Wunderlist comes with 20 free wallpapers and 10 paid wallpapers for users to customize the background image in the Wunderlist app. In addition, advanced users can also use their own image as background image with few tweaks, which is absent in main Wunderlist app.
Pro Keyboard shortcuts
Wunderlist comes with the Keyboard shortcuts that can allow users to perform task faster using the keyboard.
Cons
Con Sorting mail by Unread is unintuitive
Nearly every other mail app has a clear way to sort mail by Unread. In Gmail app you can do that only by typing “label:unread” in the search field.
Con Too brights, no dark theme
Con Very limited HTML composing
Composing of HTML formatted mails is very limited. No inline images and only some basic text formatting options
Con Advertising has been added to the client
Con Too heavy
It should be lightweight.
Con Limited notification buttons
Con Changed theme and can't change it back!
Did it without permission and it looks terrible! Washed out look, solid white background with black lame fonts.
Con Search results are not good
Con No intrinsic p2p encryption option
Con Cluttered
Con Subtasks hidden within task window
Wunderlist doesn't have true subtasks but rather a single task list with an entirely different user interface hidden within each task. Having separate interfaces for tasks and subtasks restricts flexibility in how one structures projects.
Con Limited customization and organization options
Wunderlist doesn't allow for much customization in list sorting or visual themes. It offers only a couple dozen background choices and has no option to add your own.
Con Acquired by Microsoft, So Future is Uncertain
Microsoft acquired Wunderlist in 2015, and therefore its future is uncertain. It's unlikely Wunderlist will continue to be an (1) independent product with (2) a free version and (3) continue to develop and innovate at a reasonable pace.
More likely, Microsoft will at least monetize Wunderlist the way it monetizes its other products. It's also likely that Microsoft will integrate it into its suite of office products and even its Windows operating systems.
To see what this is like search the Web for "Microsoft OneNote Mac OS X," and you will find a host of "standard" features only available in the Windows version, "official" documentation and tutorials that presume you have the Windows version (but never say so), etc.
One would also expect versions running on Linux to be worse or nonexistent. Also, Microsoft software in general tends to be bloated with marketable features but little concern for efficiency regarding memory usage, processing efficiency, or unobtrusive updates.
Con Doesn't have a calendar view
No calendar view, integration with GCal is ridiculous - updates every 8 hours or something, integration with Outlook is ridiculous - tasks only show as all-day event.
Con No utilization of location on mobile apps
Wunderlist doesn't have any location-based reminders, nor does it offer to include your location information as you add items.
Con Does not support postponing tasks
You cannot hide a task from a list if this task will be valuable just from some date.
Con No options for subtasks or subcontexts
Since sub-tasks are included inside a task, you do not have the full set of features for them. No ability to leave comments, for example.
Con Incomplete keyboard control
There's no clear way to mark tasks complete using the keyboard, which is frustrating since all other common tasks are keyboard controllable.
Con Will be discontinued
Wunderlist was purchased by Microsoft in 2015, and will be discontinued after the release of Microsoft To-Do.
https://blogs.office.com/2017/04/19/introducing-microsoft-to-do-now-available-in-preview/
Con Cannot sort list in the list listing
Wunderlist does not have the ability to sort the list in the list listing.
Con Sync can be unreliable on mobile devices at times
The mobile app does not always sync smoothly or quickly with the desktop program.
Con Lack of vision
At start it looks promising, but now they lost direction. Too confusing implementation of workflow details, focusing on irelevant things
Con Horrid customer support
Con Does not have a native Linux app
There is no native application available for Linux-based systems, but you can always work inside of your browser instead.
Con Cannot hide task lists which have been completed
Con Does not sync with Google Tasks
There’s no innate compatibility with Google Tasks, which makes it a no-go for users who rely on that service.
Con From time to time notes are not synchronizing
Con The pro version is very expensive
And for feature-feature comparisons, it has low value compared to other products.
Con Web version attachments are icon only
The web version allows you to attach files, but does not give preview or thumbnail of the attachment. You just see the file name and icon. Clicking it opens the file.
Con Microsoft flakeness
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