CrossOut is an iPhone application designed to help people manage their lives more easily.
The problem with most GTD apps is that they focus on building the to-do lists, instead of crossing out items from the lists. That’s why to-do lists most often are useless.
There is one use for a list, though. As David Allen discussed in his GTD approach, the first rule in time management is to clear your mind by dumping all tasks into a trustable system. You can more easily focus on actually getting things done once your mind is clear and you feel more relaxed. Anxiety is the number one enemy in time management, or more generally, in any kind of management.
CrossOut has a few unique features to help users become more efficient in their work and life:
- Minimalist design. Adding a task can be as quick as two taps. Further details can be edited afterwards. Maximum screen space to display as many task items as possible.
- Swipe gestures support cross-out actions with animation. No check button. Simply swipe your finger across an item to cross it out. Swipe again to delete. To uncross, swipe to the left.
- "Stress Light": a stripe in the bottom of screen changes color to indicate how well you are managing your time.
- Shake to sort. The user can sort by priority and/or due date. Completed items are placed to the end of list. The preferences can be set in the Settings app.
- Multiple list support. The user can add as many lists as needed. New task not associated with any project can be stored in "Inbox".
- Badge number support. The application icon supports badge number. Inside the application, each list also shows the number of incomplete tasks inside that list.
