Until Marvin, my favorite to-do-list manager was a Windows product called LeaderTask. I loved that the dividing line between Projects and Tasks was highly flexible. That suited me and my working style. But when new jobs, first at Google, then at Apple, pushed me into the Mac world, there was nothing like it. Even the expensive leader of the pack, OmniPlan, which my employers paid for, was just too rigid in its structure. So I started trying to build my own with Keyboard Maestro. I got a little way into that when another KBM Forum contributor suggested I might like Amazing Marvin. Wow! Marvin has added a major level-up in the Project/Task flexibility that I was looking for. Above Projects they have Categories. These are the classifications that are always there, even if you are caught up on all your tasks (ha!). They start with Home and Work. I have eight now, with several subcategories. Projects are things that can be marked Done and can then come off your list. Categories can have unlimited Sub-Categories. Projects can have unlimited Sub-Projects. You can convert between Sub-Categories and Projects as you need. Tasks are the individual steps of a project and when needed, a Task can have Sub-Tasks. If you need more levels of Task, then the upper task can be changed to a Sub-Project, which is a simple menu click (available in multiple menus).

Amazing Marvin is truly amazing! Its greatest strengths are its customizability and the incredible team behind it. There are sooo many ways to customize marvin that you can make it look and behave exactly as you want it to, and whenever your needs change or need new inspiration, you can completely transform it to suit your new needs. So while in the past I'd always be switching tools and checking new apps out, now I know that with Marvin I can do everything I need to, and there are always new features that might help me. The team behind it is small but extremely committed, kind and helpful, and there's also a great community of kind-hearted people who will quickly respond to you whenever you have an issue or need ideas for new setups or needs. I'm really grateful for the team for creating this really super tool!

- Incredible support team / response time - So customizable, AND gentle helpful reminders to not over-do it right out of the gate - 95% there for GTD. I use Google Drive as my reference folders. Currently there is no support for a Note that is not linked to a category or a task or a project, and that is honestly fine for me. I depend on the google integrations and other features of Google Drive for tracking this info. The "Procrastination Wizard" feature is worth the subscription price alone. This is what has been missing for me. I love to organize and tweak, but when it comes time to actually DO the work, I struggle. This was my downfall with Trello, ClickUp, paper planners, etc. With Amazing Marvin, I have the organization and features that I need in order to figure out what to do when, PLUS the assistance that I need to get over the procrastination hump.