Next! For iPad, Now With Notification Center Support
March 7, 2012
There are a lot of productivity apps currently available in the App Store. There are complex apps such as Things, then there are the super simple apps such as Clear.
Somewhere in the middle of the two falls Next! ($9.99). Next, first released about a year ago, has proven itself to be a popular app, even in this crowded market. The developers behind Next, LefTurn Labs, have just released version 1.4 of their app.
While Next is not the most feature loaded productivity app currently available, it certainly packs a far greater punch than Clear and similar apps.
The 1.4 update for Next brings with it a couple of new features and several fixes in the form of:
The addition of Notification Center support, finally, is certainly welcome here, though the other change and fixes bring little in the way of groundbreaking features. Does this update go far enough to draw you away from Things or the various other similar productivity apps? While, as mentioned, there are a plethora of apps available to help manage your life and work I just can't shake the default offerings given to us by Apple. With iCloud support for Notes, Calendar and Reminders included on all our devices it's interesting to see how many developers continue to work on their apps in this field.
- Notification support so you can see your Next! list in your notification center (iOS 5)
- Unlimited title length for new items
- Removed illegal characters from titles
- Persist navigation wheel settings
