Amazing Marvin
Marvin incorporates principles from behavioral psychology to help you beat procrastination, feel in control and finish your todo list. Marvin is specifically designed to help you get your tasks done and not just store them.
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- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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The most immediate difference that you might notice is how colorful and playful Marvin's design is. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Marvin is centered around the concept of planning a day and working off tasks from a daily list. This is hard to implement well with most other productivity tools. Marvin also has a ton of unique features (and more being added all the time!). We call them strategies and each one can be turned on/off, which allows you to build a unique productivity system that works for you.
Marvin can also be used solely as a day planning tool. Each day you can make a daily todo list with Marvin - pulling tasks from another application or even paper planners. Marvin offers many features that can help you not only plan a great day but also work off those tasks (super focus mode, timers, time estimates, sectioning your day etc.). So it has a lot of benefits even if you use another application to store your tasks/projects (e.g. Todoist, Wunderlist, Trello, Asana etc.)
Many features in Marvin are specifically designed to improve procrastination. But procrastination is a complex issue and simply storing your tasks in Marvin is not going to transform you into a productivity monster overnight. But if you struggle with procrastination and getting things done, Marvin will be a HUGE help. We recommend reading through out best practices guide to learn how to get the most out of Marvin. Also reach out to us or the community when you feel like you are not making improvements so we can help guide you. We are also working on an anti-procrastination course for our users that will be very helpful in fighting the procrastination habit.
Marvin can also be used solely as a day planning tool. Each day you can make a daily todo list with Marvin - pulling tasks from another application or even paper planners. Marvin offers many features that can help you not only plan a great day but also work off those tasks (super focus mode, timers, time estimates, sectioning your day etc.). So it has a lot of benefits even if you use another application to store your tasks/projects (e.g. Todoist, Wunderlist, Trello, Asana etc.)
Many features in Marvin are specifically designed to improve procrastination. But procrastination is a complex issue and simply storing your tasks in Marvin is not going to transform you into a productivity monster overnight. But if you struggle with procrastination and getting things done, Marvin will be a HUGE help. We recommend reading through out best practices guide to learn how to get the most out of Marvin. Also reach out to us or the community when you feel like you are not making improvements so we can help guide you. We are also working on an anti-procrastination course for our users that will be very helpful in fighting the procrastination habit.
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- Customizable
- Strategy planning
- Clean design
- Time estimates
- Intuitive Interface
- Progressive Web App
- Task modularity
- Multi-project management
- Configurable
- Cloud sync
- Multiple planning strategies
- Colored tags
- Time blocking
- Prioritize tasks
- To-Do management
- Built-in timer
- Task Management
- Project management
- Timer for tasks
- Planning
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Our users have written 43 comments and reviews about Amazing Marvin, and it has gotten 43 likes
- Developed by Laspira GmbH
- Proprietary and Commercial product.
- One time purchase that cost about $300, and / or subscription that costs between $8 and $12.
- Average rating of 4.9
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I am a GTD veteran who has cycled through so many apps in the years, latest being todoist,and then also used trello, asana, outlook, a gazillion others I can't remember and also thebrain(hello 200 usd). But never could find the one, the system to rule them all because my needs depending on the project or mood would change. But. Even if that would not be the case I never could get full functionality from 1 app and always needed to use 2-3 others.
Marvin is different, it's a modular system which allows you to customise your personal flow. There are a lot of helpful explanation faq but they stand out because they are written by someone who has gone through the struggle of procrastination. Even when it read them I understood that I was missing a couple of key things like starting any task with an adjective. Not only are those guides helpful but they teach you the general idea too.
Support is outstanding :I ran into a small issue and contacted the Marvin team, got a response within 30 min- the issue was resolved.
Marvin is still growing though, they are adding many new features on a monthly basis which have no competitors :)
If you are looking for the Swiss lego army knife of productivity. You have found it
I came to Amazing Marvin after trying many other productivity apps... the Google suite, SortD and iPhone Reminders being the latest, all of which I still use.
I don't work on a team, but I do have many solo projects, some one-time, some recurring, and some that might recur, but might not. In my personal life, I have a wide variety of responsibilities, some of which are projects, some to-dos, and some more creative endeavors. I have found that Marvin's features and strategies manage all of these better than anything else I've tried. The Strategies are customizable; I can use whatever combination of features makes me the most productive and successful.
Although it doesn't (yet) synch with Google, that's on their short-term roadmap, and they gave me a great workaround for the interim (it involves Zapier). The other small drawback is the mobile app - at least the iPhone version - has limited functionality. Nevertheless, I am relying on Marvin more and more. I heavily utilize recurring items, multi-step tasks, labels, procrastination-trackers, and breaking my day into sections, but I use so much more than those. This app is feature-rich, and growing. I highly recommend it. It may replace many, most or all of your current productivity tools.
[Edited by donnamarieski, August 12]
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
This apps stands out from all the todo lists I have used. Infact it's the culmination of a lot of productivity apps out there. I had to previously use toggl, pomodone and todoist with all the integrations so as to achieve my productivity flow. All of it has been single handedly been replaced with Amazing Marvin. And the best part is I am using only a limited set of features and scratching it's surface. There are a lot of customizations which would allow others to make their own personal flows. All these flows are just a click away and integrate in a very harmonious way.
To top it off they have exceptional customer support. I have sent feedbacks and my issues have been resolved within a matter of minutes. It is the ultimate productivity tool with probably the best customer support team you could have asked for. Go for it.
Great product
It is clear that a lot of thought was put in its design
This is the first product I see that i can teach it how i work instead of me learning how the products think i should work
Taking into account that its development has not been completed yet make me think how much better it is going to be in the future and I am looking forward it
In addition and not less important - the tech support is one of the best I have never experienced - quick & professional
Do not hesitate for s second and install it
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