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I'm looking for a personal task manager that handles projects well, so I can group tasks into separate spaces for different goals or areas of work. Any recommendations?

Measured in 1 answer, last on Nov 9, 2026. Only the passages that name a brand are shown.

Brands in the answers

BrandNamed inRecommended inPositiveAvg. position
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Amazing Marvin100%100%100%2
ClickUp100%100%100%3
Todoist100%100%100%4
Things 3100%100%100%5

Where each answer names a brand

Answer 1 · Nov 9, 2026 · 5 sources cited
Notion#1Recommendedpositive
+ separate spaces

“Best for separate spaces”

+ workspaces and sections for goals and life areas

“- Create separate workspaces or sections for different goals and life areas.”

+ project databases with tasks, deadlines, statuses and priorities

“- Build individual project databases with tasks, deadlines, statuses and priorities.”

+ overarching dashboard

“- Create an overarching dashboard showing tasks from all projects.”

+ combines tasks with notes and plans

“- Combine tasks with notes, plans and reference material.”

− requires setup

“Downside: Requires some setup. It's more of a customizable workspace than a ready-made task manager.”

Amazing Marvin#2RecommendedSite citedpositive
+ personal project management

“Best for personal project management”

+ categories, projects and subprojects

“- Organize tasks into categories, projects and subprojects.”

+ customizable organization of life areas

“- Customize how different areas of your life are organized.”

+ smart lists, planning, scheduling and recurring tasks

“- Smart lists, planning tools, scheduling and recurring tasks.”

+ adaptable to own productivity system

“- Adapt the app to your own productivity system.”

− overwhelming initial setup

“Downside: Lots of customization can make the initial setup overwhelming.”

ClickUp#3RecommendedSite citedpositive
+ explicit hierarchy

“- Has an explicit hierarchy: Workspaces → Spaces → Folders → Lists → Tasks.”

+ separate spaces for life areas

“- You could have separate spaces for Personal, Career, Learning and Side Projects.”

+ boards, lists, calendars, documents and dashboards

“- Offers boards, lists, calendars, documents and dashboards.”

+ complex projects with dependencies and subtasks

“- Good for more complex projects with dependencies and subtasks.”

− overly complicated for one person

“Downside: Can feel overly complicated for one person.”

Todoist#4RecommendedSite citedpositive
+ separate and nested projects

“- Separate projects and nested projects.”

+ sections, labels, priorities and filters

“- Sections, labels, priorities and filters.”

+ fast task capture and recurring tasks

“- Very fast task capture and recurring tasks.”

+ overview of due tasks

“- Good overview of everything due today or this week.”

− less of a true workspace system

“Downside: Less of a true workspace system. Projects are the primary organizational unit.”

Things 3#5RecommendedSite citedpositive
+ dedicated Areas for life categories

“- Has dedicated Areas for broad life categories.”

+ Areas containing Projects

“- Each Area can contain multiple Projects.”

+ projects with tasks and headings

“- Projects contain individual tasks and headings.”

+ simple natural personal workflow

“- Beautifully simple, with a very natural personal workflow.”

− Apple ecosystem only

“Downside: Apple ecosystem only; no Windows or Android app.”

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