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Beorg May Well Be the Best Free iOS Plain Text Task Manager

Calendar and Reminders integration changes everything

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Cropped screenshot of 3 days in Apple Calendar on a Mac, showing tasks created in Beorg. Some span multiple days, some are all-day events, and one is scheduled for a specific time.
Apple Calendar screenshot by the Author

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Beorg is a free task manager for iOS that uses plain text files. It supports calendar sync, widgets, and offline editing — an alternative to locked-in apps.

Productivity Toolkit

Effective productivity workflows include efficient ways to track events, take notes, and manage tasks.

There are thousands of apps to choose from for each of these categories, so it’s vital you define the features you aren’t willing to do without.

When it comes to task management I’m only interested in solutions that work with simple text files, are accessible on my phone, and allow me to schedule tasks in advance, including those that repeat at particular intervals.

My personal productivity toolkit—

  • Events: Apple Calendar
  • Notes: Obsidian
  • Tasks: Beorg

Beorg pros and cons

I recommend Beorg to Org-experts and the Org-adverse alike, for the following reasons:

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Ellane W
Ellane W

Written by Ellane W

Educational publisher for 35 years+. Plain-text advocate. Still using paper, but less of it. My work is written on a computer, not by one. https://ellanew.com