![]() Like in Home, the interface is composed of a grid of different tiles, which in Reminder’s case represent your various to-dos. Whereas Reminders’ design looks increasingly outdated after sitting unchanged for years, Reminder takes a page from one of Apple’s most recent design styles by modeling itself after the Home app. ![]() Two such apps, Reminder and GoodTask, serve as perhaps the best third-party Reminders clients on the App Store.Įach app takes a different approach to enhancing Reminders, with one focusing on modern design while the other offers power user features and flexibility both, however, retain some of the benefits of staying in the Apple ecosystem while improving upon the first-party Reminders app.ĭeveloper Mark DiFranco has built a Reminders client that appears far more native to iOS than Apple’s actual native option does. Just as Fantastical and Timepage offer access to your existing iCloud calendars, developers can similarly build entire replacements for the Reminders app utilizing your existing collection of lists and to-dos. The underlying system powering Reminders is calendar-based, meaning it’s not tied to a single first-party app. Though developers can’t build apps that hook in directly with your Messages or Notes databases, Reminders is a different story. Unlike most of Apple’s other iOS apps, Reminders is built on a framework that’s accessible to third-party developers. It may not be as capable as alternatives like Things, but the app remains an appealing tool for those whose needs are light, and who value the ease afforded by Apple’s built-in ecosystem. Many times over the years Reminders has been my primary task manager and served me fairly well. ![]() And on the two most popular sellers, the iPhone and iPad, one of those bundled apps is Reminders.Īt its core, Reminders is a simple list and to-do app that can be surprisingly powerful thanks to features like repeating tasks, location-based reminders, collaborative lists, and note support. Because of this, every purchaser of Apple products benefits from the built-in apps and services that accompany those products. Picker (Date/Time/etc.Apple has long prided itself on being a company that carefully weaves hardware, software, and services together to offer a holistic user experience. Location view Favorites selection background Item view status background (bar under title) Picker (Date/Time/etc.) : Save/clear button background Properties on Theme Makerīelow description shows where all the properties are used. You can manually copy the link and add it on ‘Import Theme’ pop-up. By clicking the URL link, prompt will be shown to ask for import. You can copy the text after choosing ‘Share’ and post it on GoodTask forum or any other place you’d like to share the theme with. Sharing themes are done by base64-encoded text. If ‘Delete’ option is not shown, it’s been selected on your theme or any ‘Auto-Switch’ options. You can edit, delete or share the themes you’ve added in this view. It’ll run through List/Day/Week/Month views. You can adjust each properties after automatic process has been done.Ĭheck ‘Preview’ anytime you want to see how editing goes. If you choose default option, you’ll be asked to choose background color to be white or black and basic colors will be set automatically. First, adjust ‘Default Color’ and you’ll be prompt to run automatic procedure which adjusts colors according to your selected default color. You can ‘Copy from existing themes’ and start from there. You can adjust each properties to make your own theme. You set up a range between 0~100 and when it goes to that range, theme that you selected will be shown. With screen brightness selected, theme will change according to current screen brightness. As you open the app, if the time is in that range, GoodTask will run with Dark theme. For example, you can set 9pm to 7am for Dark theme. With time option selected, you can set up to 5 time ranges that will automatically switch to selected theme. You can specify theme for each and it’ll change automatically. Default option will follow system light/dark mode settings. Themes can be automatically switched following system settings or by time or screen brightness. You can also check this YouTube video for details. You can make your own theme or import themes that other users made. There are system supported themes and user generated themes. (macOS version supports basic default and dark themes) This page will describe mostly about themes on iOS version. ![]() GoodTask provides various themes that can be matched with user’s taste. ![]()
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