What Toodle-Do does (and doesn’t) do
I designed Toodle-Do to replace the notepad that I have on my desk and carry to meetings. I tend to use that notepad for two main things:
A daily to-do list Most of the projects I work on have “to-do” lists embedded in them in some fashion already so I don’t need a persistent list of every single undone task on my desk. What I do need is a little sheet of paper where I can jot down, and check off, the three or four things I intend to do on a given day. Toodle-Do gives me one place I can do that. It doesn’t allow me to create separate list documents—I basically have one list that I use and that’s it. Anything that’s more complex or needs to be more persistent goes somewhere else.
A cool little feature that’s baked into the to-do list is that when a task is in progress, I can hit the checkbox once and it marks it through with one slash. When the task is done, I click the checkbox again and it now has a complete X. Both of these actions come with a satisfying sound that (pathetic as it may seem) motivates me to do the task.
A doodle pad Unlike the daily to-do list, I definitely want to save different pages of notes. There are apps for the iPad and iPhone that allow you to create fully-featured notes and save them in many layers of folders. With these apps, I found it almost impossible to remember where I had filed a particular note. Toodle-Do is much simpler.
The doodle pad does save different pages and allows you to categorize them differently (daily notes, meeting notes, project notes, or your own category). But it’s not designed for long-term storage. I use it to write stuff down that I want to remember for a little while. I can summarize important notes in more appropriate places, like meeting minutes or notes specific to an individual project, but generally I find that I’ll end up deleting a page of notes when it’s no longer needed.
Using it on both iPhone and iPad
If you have both an iPhone and an iPad and they’re logged in to the same Apple account, you can install Toodle-Do on both of your devices. The iPhone will not let you use the doodle pad, but it will show you the to-do list. This is handy if you want to use it as a daily to-do list without carrying your iPad with you.
A few other cool features
You can customize the app in a few ways:
Create your own color palette
Run it in dark mode, light mode, or “System” mode (System mode follows your device’s own preferences for light or dark colors in your apps)
Add “favorite words”
This is handy if the love of your life is named Murkatroid and you don’t want to type her name over and over in your to-do list
Grab it!
Toodle-Do is now available as a TestFlight version that you are warmly invited to try out. Here’s how:
- On your iPad or iPhone, tap this link: Toodle-Do.
- If asked, install the free TestFlight app from the App Store, then tap the link again. (TestFlight is Apple’s app for allowing people to beta-test an app).
- In TestFlight, tap Accept, then Install. Toodle-Do will appear on your home screen like any other app.
- If you have both an iPad and an iPhone, do the same on each of them.
- If you want to send feedback, take a screenshot inside the app and tap “Share Beta Feedback” or contact Friday Goody Bag.
Here’s a how-to guide describing in greater detail how to use the app.
Test out Toodle-Do