The marketplace for Apps in this space is crowded: Capterra lists 1424 Project Management Apps, 762 Task Management Apps and 514 Productivity Apps (and their list is not even complete).

So why did I wall in love with UpBase? Let me explain:

UpBase delivers a very good performance with all the features they offer (Tasks, Docs, Files, Messages, Chat and Calendar).

BUT what makes UpBase stand out is the attention they bring to the personal productivity aspect.

Most people I know have a lot of things to manage, both business and personal. It’s less important to have 1 gazillion of features (hello ClickUp, Notion & co), and more important to have the right features on a base that empowers to DELIVER.

With Upbase, I start the day with the „daily planner“ view. Write down some thoughts or goals, maybe add a new task or drag n drop task from my lists to the planner. Maybe even start a pomodoro session. All on one page.

 For a better perspective switch to weekly or monthly view. Drag n drop tasks from the task list into the cal to schedule them.

I love this planning feature, it gives me control and is fast.

My Golden Taco:
- Ability to drag n drop tasks to calendar (daily/weekly/monthly) to schedule them

Other things I like:
- Google Docs/Sheets embed works great and is super useful
- Bookmark feature (with folder option) allows to access key lists quickly (my finance planning Google sheet is just 1 click away and inside UpBase)
- Ability so switch between List and Board/Kanban view for tasks (can be customized on list level)
- overall a great UI/UX and a minimalistic approach

Biggest Con:
- Like with many other PM tools I miss a FAST way do drop quick notes. F.ex. to prewrite this comment I went to Google notes, because it takes just 2 clicks (or 1 shortode) to start typing. In UpBase it takes 4-5 clicks to start typing on a Doc, that’s just too slow. Ideally UpBase would be as fast as Google notes (and eventually let me decide later if I want to keep it as note or turn it into a task or into a Doc).

The roadmap looks promising and the company looks legit. Waiting hard on Google Cal sync and Tags, they seem to be coming soon. The founder doesn’t overpromise (see questions), which is a good sign.

Feature requests:
- The ability to drag n drop tasks to schedule (= my golden Taco for UpBase) could be improved even further. I like how the App TryAmie does this, UpBase team please check them out.
- Improved search and sorting for Tasks AND Docs. Docs are tied to lists, but I would love to sort all docs by „latest“ and see all Docs I worked on recently.
- Quick Notes (as described above) to allow me drop quick notes, thoughts to todos VERY fast, like with 1 click, also on mobile

Enough said. (A bit long, but I think deal deservers 100+ reviews so I am trying to help out a bit)

This is an absolute gem.

From the almost 200 deals I bought on Appsumo this one feels like the best catch so far.