Favorite Apps for Moms (and all human-kind): Tick-Tick

I have always loved my Galaxy SIII and I might have married it, if I wasn’t already in a committed relationship (no Mormons can’t even marry other phones, it’s only one man and one wife).  Then, I got way too many volunteer leadership positions and I found out that I REALLY NEEDED a tablet.  Need people.  Need.

And Santa heard my cries, and because I am one of the truest believers, I had one waiting for me under the tree.  I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab — and I love it.  It is everything I hoped it would be.  It is SO nice to be able to see things bigger and brighter then ever before.  Just like the Emerald City.

And with this app I have found that there are some apps that I use that REALLY get my productivity in high gear, and I wanted to share them with you.

Today’s app I have mentioned before.  I used to use Astrid, and then I used G-tasks, but I am currently a VERY firm Tick-Tick believer.  Here’s a few reasons why.

1.  I love to-do lists.  And if you have a to-do list app that you love, I say stick with it, but if you don’t.  I can’t recommend one ENOUGH.  Moms don’t have enough room in their brains to store all the things people are depending on us to do.  The end.

2.  I love how it will allow you to prioritize.  So, my first priority things are always my 10 minute tidy, what’s for dinner, and throw in a load of laundry.  Those things need to get done first.  They are the most important to me, and if I get off without doing those, things fall apart.

3.  I love how it allows checklists.  So, for instance, weeding I kind of how a rotation of how I do things.  I get overwhelmed by the whole yard, so I rotate through things.  The checklist allows me to do that.  I see “weeding” on my list — but when you click into it you see this and it has all the sub-tasks for that item.  Fancy, no?

4.  I love how it will allow you to do repeating tasks, even on the free version.  Want to wash your bath mats every 3 weeks.  You can do that!  Want to do something every 5 days, you can do that — just schedule it in.

5.  It’s internet version is great.  It’s easy to pull up on my desktop and it syncs well.

6.  Drew and I sync one list, and it saves us from a marriage counselor.  He doesn’t have to see my weird carnival to do’s and I don’t have to see the plethora of things he has to do at school — but he can see that the laundry needs to be finished when I’m at work and that reminds him to do it.  ALL. FOR. FREE.

Anyway, I can’t say enough nice thoughts.  I love tick-tick.  They actually offered me the pro version free for a year but I declined as I want you to know that I ADORE this app without anyone trying to sweeten the deal.  The deal, frankly, couldn’t be any sweeter!

This is the first in a “favorite app” series.  You can read more here.