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Tana is my productivity powerhouse. I spent six years running GTD in Todoist, then two and a half years managing notes and tasks in Roam Research. Both are solid apps, but Todoist’s structure is too prescriptive for me. And while Roam was great for emergent work and ideas, it lacked the features to capture my structure—the way I think and work—in a reusable way. For me, Tana is the promised land. I can work bottom-up, letting action and ideas emerge organically, and I can capture what’s reusable about that work—refining and optimizing my workflows until they fit me perfectly. I’m a productivity coach, so I’ve thought, written, and taught a lot about this process. Almost everything in productivity boils down to capture and surface: Can I get information into my system in such a way that it shows up everywhere—and every-when—I need it? Even the most complex workflows are really just interwoven combinations of small, powerful capture/surface patterns. This is where Tana shines. Getting information into Tana is effortless (especially with its incredible voice capture), and it’s just as easy to configure it to surface exactly when and where I need it. And if I ever need that information in a new place or viewed differently? It takes maybe 30 seconds to create new “surface area” for information that’s already in my workspace. I won’t dig into the mechanics here (though I do in my Essential Tana Skills YouTube playlist). But once you understand nodes, fields, supertags, and searches—and how they complement each other—Tana becomes surprisingly straightforward to shape into your tailor-made productivity powerhouse. I laugh sometimes when I compare what I pay for Netflix to what Tana costs. I get 100x more value from Tana—and yet it costs less (and there’s even a free version!). Tana isn’t just five stars for me—it’s more like 15 out of 5. It's easily the most valuable app, or tool of any type, that I've ever used. And it keeps getting better all the time! I love Tana!
After going through the usual flotsam and jetsam of Roam Research, Obsidian, Capacities, Craft, Notion, etc I landed on Tana about 1 year ago. I absolutely adore the object-oriented approach to productivity. A little bit of a learning curve, but wow do I love this product! (no connection to the company just a user)
Its awefully powerful!! Combined with AI is the best part!! Thanks a ton.
Would give 10 stars if I could! 😊 Tana is the ultimate tool for structuring my life—I throw in every note, to-do, and random thought without worrying about where to save them. Thanks to supertags and endless customization options, I always find what I need, exactly when and where I need it. Absolute game-changer!
I manage all my life in Tana — my notes and todos, meetings, recipes, and even my diary. I just love how flexible tana is in capturing my workflows and keeping everything at my fingertips. I could not do without it!
I used Notion and Roam Research a lot, this is the perfect blend for me, for personal PKM, personal CRM, etc. Also can be very useful for task/project management! The slick integration of AI features have me excited and finding new insights, connections, and save me time I would have used before to tag/summarize/synthesize.
