What is OmniFocus used for?

OmniFocus is a task manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro with perspectives, review workflows and fast capture. It is a good fit for personal task management for professionals, getting Things Done style weekly reviews and capturing tasks from anywhere on Apple devices.

How much does OmniFocus cost?

Paid plans for OmniFocus start at $4.99 per month, and there is no free plan.

Is OmniFocus open source?

No. OmniFocus is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to OmniFocus include Super Productivity, Taskwarrior and Tududi.

What are some alternatives to OmniFocus?

OmniFocus competes with Things, TickTick and Any.do. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source OmniFocus alternatives.

OmniFocus: features, pricing and alternatives

About OmniFocus

OmniFocus is a proprietary task management application from The Omni Group, built for busy professionals. It acts as a second brain for capturing and organizing tasks, with quick capture from anywhere, such as adding a task to the Inbox with a keyboard shortcut, and deep integration with Apple devices.

Perspectives and review workflows help users decide what to work on at the right time. Tasks sync across Apple devices, and OmniFocus for the Web allows access from a PC. One purchase or subscription to OmniFocus 4 covers Macs, iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and Apple Vision Pro headsets.

The vendor offers a free 14-day trial and sells the app through its store. OmniFocus is installed on your own devices and synced through a service, rather than being a self-hosted server product, and it suits people who want a highly configurable personal task system.

Key features

Quick capture to an Inbox
Perspectives for custom task views
Review workflows for projects
Sync across Apple devices
Web access through OmniFocus for the Web
Apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Watch

Good fit for

→Personal task management for professionals
→Getting Things Done style weekly reviews
→Capturing tasks from anywhere on Apple devices

Tags: task-manager; gtd; apple; perspectives; productivity; to-do; omni-group

OmniFocus: questions and answers

What is OmniFocus used for?: OmniFocus is a task manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro with perspectives, review workflows and fast capture. It is a good fit for personal task management for professionals, getting Things Done style weekly reviews and capturing tasks from anywhere on Apple devices.
How much does OmniFocus cost?: Paid plans for OmniFocus start at $4.99 per month, and there is no free plan.
Is OmniFocus open source?: No. OmniFocus is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to OmniFocus include Super Productivity, Taskwarrior and Tududi.
What are some alternatives to OmniFocus?: OmniFocus competes with Things, TickTick and Any.do. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source OmniFocus alternatives.