Timeful, a Time Management App, Launches on iOS
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Problem is, it requires you to sign up with an account to use the app. This, for an app that I would likely be inputting my entire life into. It raises a lot of questions about data privacy, especially given the app's current $0 price tag. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that.
I think this is code for "we hope to get bought by Facebook".
It's not that I don't understand what you mean, but I think it's silly to say: personal data? no thanks... exact same situation as before, but now you're taking my money? Yes!
That's not to say that being a paying customer means a company won't also sell your data (just look at nearly every major retailer).
EDIT: Before people start getting mad, I was referring to the real problem of app saturation and how incredibly difficult it is to change people's workflows even if your productivity task is in fact actually better. Marginal improvements aren't enough. It has to be radical. Tying things together isn't radical. Mailbox was radical (though they've largely ignored their product since getting acquired).
20 person engineering team to build a calendar app? I guess they must be doing some serious work on the ML side of things to need a team that large.
Unless I'm missing something there's no business model here beyond the potential exit via acquisition.
I personally opted for an assistant off Odesk & Trello. Assistant got to know me better over time, understood priorities etc. I certainly think there's a need for something like this, and so far haven't found anything that quite fits the bill (besides hiring another human being, which isn't terribly efficient either).