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Launch HN: Akiflow (YC S20) – Bring your tasks and calendars together

105 points·by nmnm·4 years ago·70 comments

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nmnm
·3 years ago·discuss
https://akiflow.canny.io/features-and-improvements-request/p... You can follow this to get an update as soon as we release it!
nmnm
·3 years ago·discuss
Akiflow will support Outlook before the end of the year ;)
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Thanks for the feedback! We are looking into adding a whatsapp bot soon! Regarding capture, you can do it on most browsers this way https://www.notion.so/akiflow/How-to-capture-texts-and-URLs-...
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
We actually have a lot of them and a command bar, we had to be more 'visual' in the demo video :D

-> https://www.notion.so/akiflow/Keyboard-Shortcuts-d523d9377fc...
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Almost there. We have good retention on specific cohorts and we are working on the 3 main reasons for churn
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Thank you!
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
We keep working on this, but it's so much better that it used to be!
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Thank you! I've always been a fan of your product, great design! Happy to connect ;)
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
We think the problem most knowledge workers are facing when planning their time is getting all the information from different sources into the same place and navigate/keep the workspace updated.

We think that our solution to productivity makes us quite different from the other tools in the market: Consolidation + Time Blocking. Happy to share more about this

Regarding our roadmap, we are still working on nailing the individual experience, before we look at how team member can interact with each others in a more productive way
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Any way / certification we can get to be approved on your Google Workspace?
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
The Microsoft suite' integration is something we want to work on real soon.

We didn't do it so far because our main problem was product-market fit, and increasing the addressable market was secondary.

I agree with everything you said, and thanks for the suggestions!
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
We'll definitely try to do a better job explaining the permissions, thanks for pointing this out.

Unfortunately a fully functioning calendar is key to our product and we decided not to limit features at the moment. We'll consider a "lighter" approach in the future
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Hello that's absolutely a fair question, I think that all the apps mentioned are working on similar problems and they are doing a great job!

A lot of our users have been using either Sunsama or Motion and I'm sure that some of our users moved to them after trying Akiflow. We have many differences in terms of features, UI and UX. For example, Motion puts a lot of focus on ai powered scheduling while we are more focused on making sure the users can plan their time "intentionally".

One thing I learned building Akiflow is that productivity is extremely personal and there's no right or wrong. I'd encourage to give a try to all and see what works
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Thanks for the question! We didn't really focus on the enterprise market yet. So far our customers are individual users looking for a time blocking solution that goes beyond calendar features. The main target is busy professionals like managers and founders, the response has been very good and we really feel like we've been scraping the surface of the market.

Regarding the CAC, so far the vast majority of our growth was organic we invested very little in paid advertising.
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Hi! Yes https://product.akiflow.com/features-and-improvements-reques... We are also going to release a web app soon which should help linux users
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
That's so great to hear :) Would be great to hear from you after the trial to understand if the integration with Slack works as expected!!
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Hello, feel free to reach out on the chat for more free trial if you need!

I didn't try Amie personally, but I agree that importing tasks automatically via integration is one of our differentiators. We put a lot of effort into creating a strong task management tool and we have a set of features to enhance planning. For example, we added rituals to plan our day, folders, labels, and sections to organize your tasks. On top of that, we offer a full calendar experience optimized for time blocking with features like "meet with", share availability, multiple time zones and customizable views
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
We want to keep building the best experience for personal use. For example, more integration, improving time blocking features etc... We are also doing customer interviews to investigate how we can help teams' interacting better. If you are currently working in a team, we'd love to have a call with you to understand how we could improve!
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
They should have a free tier that you can use up to 100 tasks/mo. We can't wait to have the native integration ready!
nmnm
·4 years ago·discuss
Thank you so much! :)