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Amazing Marvin

A comprehensive task management app that employs behavioral psychology to enhance productivity. Features include customization, task organization, planning tools, timers, habit tracking, visual timeline, focus mode, procrastination wizard, gamification, sync options, and mobile support.

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Cost / License

  • Subscription
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
4.7
Excellent22 reviews
78likes
71comments
0articles

Features

Properties

  1.  Customizable
  2.  Clean design
  3.  Intuitive Interface
  4.  Configurable
  5.  Minimalistic

Features

  1.  Time estimates
  2.  Strategy planning
  3.  Multiple planning strategies
  4.  Pomodoro Timer
  5.  Multi-project management
  6.  Time blocking
  7.  Task modularity
  8.  Timer for tasks
  9.  Cloud Sync
  10.  Planning
  11.  Week Planner
  12.  Planner
  13.  Colored tags
  14.  Timer
  15.  Charts progress
  16.  Task Time Tracking
  17.  Reminders
  18.  Progressive Web App
  19.  Prioritize tasks
  20.  Goal Tracking
  21.  Dark Mode
  22.  Goal Setting
  23.  Recurring Tasks
  24.  Calendar View
  25.  Subtasks
  26.  Two-factor Authentication
  27.  Ad-free
  28.  Mood Tracking
  29.  Visual planning
  30.  Built-in Workflow Management
  31.  Built-in timer
  32.  Habit Tracker
  33.  Calendar Sync

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  • aerow reviewed Amazing Marvin  

    Most of the comments here are obviously fake. What a lame marketing approach

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  • osaeed922 reviewed Amazing Marvin  

    The Ultimate Productivity Sandbox (A Lifesaver for Students & GTD Enthusiasts)

    I have spent months searching for the perfect GTD (Getting Things Done) application to manage my postgraduate studies, research, and daily work shifts. I tried Todoist, Trello, Notion, and Nirvana, but none of them hit the sweet spot—until I found Amazing Marvin. ​Pros: ​Workflows & Strategies: This is not just a to-do list; it's a productivity lab. With one click, I applied the "Nirvana HQ / GTD" workflow, and the...

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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Users praise Amazing Marvin for its high customizability, allowing them to tailor workflows to personal needs. Its features like advanced task management, time blocking, and flexibility make it a standout productivity tool. Many appreciate the customer support and the app's ability to cater to those with ADHD and various organizational needs. While some note minor issues like buggy phone performance, the overall feedback is overwhelmingly positive, highlighting it as a comprehensive solution for personal productivity.
Top Positive Comment
pascl
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I stumbled across this GEM of brilliant productivity software one day on Reddit. I've tried just about every app out there and am a veteran Omnifocus user. It was recommended highly, so I figured I'd check it out.

Marvin is the app that I'd long been searching for! I knew that the app I wanted didn't exist, and it didn't until recently. I was moderately content with Omnifocus, knowing I wanted an app to do much more and manage every aspect of productivity simultaneously. I checked periodically for new software developments. Nothing. Just two months ago in my productivity software search, I didn't find anything better. Other apps didn't work well on my Android phone.

Marvin does it all! I'm more amazed by what I can do now with Marvin than when I chose Omnifocus as my first GTD app. I didn't think I could be amazed, since I'd seen it all. Just more apps which were glorified checklists, and highly overpriced for what they offered. I took less than an hour to get oriented fully in Marvin, and I realize now that the possibilities are endless. Everything is modular. You can customize it to be as minimalist or power-user-ready as you'd like. I had thoughts of what my ideal GTD app would be, and Marvin addresses what was missing in other apps. It was clearly designed thoughtfully. It was designed by someone who actually considered how to IMPLEMENT it in daily life. It wasn't just a new checklist. Go meet Marvin! As a veteran GTD productivity enthusiast, I can't recommend it more highly. Marvin has exceeded my expectations and shown me just how modular and comprehensive software can be. Marvin is your one-stop shop for pomodoro timers, priority management, to-do lists, everything.

Absolutely brilliant. -A very busy grad student

aerow
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Most of the comments here are obviously fake. What a lame marketing approach

osaeed922
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The Ultimate Productivity Sandbox (A Lifesaver for Students & GTD Enthusiasts)

I have spent months searching for the perfect GTD (Getting Things Done) application to manage my postgraduate studies, research, and daily work shifts. I tried Todoist, Trello, Notion, and Nirvana, but none of them hit the sweet spot—until I found Amazing Marvin. ​Pros: ​Workflows & Strategies: This is not just a to-do list; it's a productivity lab. With one click, I applied the "Nirvana HQ / GTD" workflow, and the app instantly transformed into a strict GTD engine with Inbox, Next Actions, and Contexts perfectly set up. ​Flexibility: It adapts to your brain, not the other way around. You can turn features on/off like Lego blocks. ​Customer Support: Mark, Christina, and Branko are incredible. They genuinely care about their users, especially students, and their support is empathetic and lightning-fast. ​Cons: Because it is so feature-rich, the initial setup on the desktop can look slightly overwhelming. But once you apply a pre-made "Workflow Template," everything becomes magical and simple, especially on the mobile app. ​Overall: If you are a student, researcher, or GTD practitioner looking for an app that combines the strictness of David Allen's method with the flexibility of Notion (without the setup fatigue), Amazing Marvin is the absolute king. 10/10 highly recommended

Slide20XX
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I am a productivity junkie.

I lived most of my life with undiagnosed ADHD. The reason it remained undiagnosed is because I was always, always able to build systems to support the way my brain works. I used to swear by Todoist, I've used Tick Tick, Monday, Asana, Clickup, I've used The Productivity Planner, I've designed my own journals and had them mailed, I've built systems inside of dotted notebooks, I've augmented to-do apps with note taking apps, calendars, tablets, folding phones, dual screened phones - if it exists to streamline, organize, or manage information and it has more than 1000 users there's a good chance I've used it, heard about it, or read a description and immediately dismissed it.

When I opened Marvin, it made me angry. I hated it. I browsed around for a bit and immediately closed it. Everything about it was all wrong - but I knew that my mentor, my own personal career coach and productivity guru, swore by it. So, I opened it up again. For approximately 3 hours I thumbed through the digital pages of the LEGO building blocks that make up the apps features - strategies, they're called - and I realized that I was witnessing something special.

The Amazing Marvin is a god, a king, the GOAT among productivity apps. It gives access to all of the most effective, scientifically backed methodologies - strategies, if you will - for keeping yourself and your life organized and effective. Because the app is so modular, these can be shuffled, re-shuffled, and customized at will. If there's a feature in another app or an approach to either visualizing or sorting through your data, nine times out of ten you'll find an analogue here. If not that, you'll likely find something that, with a bit of finagling, can serve exactly the same function. Not to mention that there's a high likelihood that you'll be introduced to an idea that you haven't considered yet and which could revolutionize the way you do things.

Marvin is, because of this, one of the only digital tools that I would compare to pen and paper. You have a blank canvas that you can shape to your will. It is not ready out of the box, but that is in part because it doesn't impose any particular philosophies of organization onto you. That lack of direction was initially very frustrating as the few default settings available were not to my taste.

3 hours later and I had formed something new, something more flexible and more useful than anything else I had ever encountered. And thus, Marvin has become an invaluable tool in my professional life. I give it my highest recommendation.

Guest
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I've tried a lot of different task management apps and Marvin is the only one I've gotten to work for me. It comes down to being able to create a workflow that works for me. I don't have to do a lot of workarounds to do what I want to do because Marvin is not only customizable, but very flexible.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
SirrahMas
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Amazing Marvin has been my go-to app for the past four years and it has helped me so much. If you're looking for the perfect app to match your lifestyle, then look no further as Amazing Marvin gives you full customisation and control over your experience. The usability, customer support and device support makes this the best task management app available.

I have tried many different productivity and task management services but nothing comes close to the experience and support that I get from Amazing Marvin.

You won't regret giving it a try.

Flora-C
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Amazing Marvin is an excellent app that allows you to manage your projects and habits in a fully customizable way. The tool offers many “strategies” that you can choose to enable or disable, allowing you to create a workflow tailored to your needs and preferences. It also helps you fight procrastination and is well suited for people with ADHD. I’ve tried many apps to get organized, but for me, this one is by far the best.

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What is Amazing Marvin?

Amazing Marvin is a web and desktop app that aids in task management and overcoming procrastination. The app offers customization, workflow templates, and import features, and employs principles of behavioral psychology to enhance productivity.

Key features include task organization, daily planning, calendar syncing, task dating, recurring tasks, timers, goal and habit tracking, time tracking, and a visual timeline. Users can plan their week, estimate task durations, and allocate time for activities.

The app also provides a custom sidebar, focus mode, procrastination wizard, long-term planning tools, project settings, a backburner area, gamification, review dates, custom labels, productivity stats, and keyboard shortcuts.

Additional features include task notes, a task matrix setup, task search, email-to-task creation, smart lists, performance targets, completed task search, task and project saving, a dashboard of upcoming items, a weekly review checklist, sorting options, a daily note area, scheduled rewards, subtasks, reminders, cloud syncing, filters, random task selection, next steps alerts, snooze function, API, themes, print option, and mobile and desktop apps.

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Amazing Marvin information

  • Developed by

    CH flagAmazing GmbH
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $8 and $12 per month.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.7 (22 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    54 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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