Can you recommend personal productivity tools for managing tasks and notes across devices?

Absolutely — here are solid personal productivity tools for tasks and notes that sync well across devices, with a few options depending on how you like to work.

Best all-around options

1. Notion

• Best for: Combining notes, task lists, databases, and project planning in one place
• Pros: Highly flexible, great across web/mobile/desktop, good for organizing everything together
• Cons: Can feel overwhelming; offline support is limited
• Good if you want: One tool for both notes and light task management

2. Todoist

• Best for: Simple, powerful task management
• Pros: Clean interface, fast capture, recurring tasks, labels/filters, works on almost every platform
• Cons: Notes are basic compared to dedicated note apps
• Good if you want: A reliable task manager that syncs everywhere

3. Microsoft OneNote

• Best for: Freeform note-taking and handwritten/drawn notes
• Pros: Excellent cross-device sync, great for big notebooks, freeform layout
• Cons: Less structured than Notion; task management is weaker
• Good if you want: Flexible notes with strong device support

4. Apple Notes

• Best for: Apple users who want simple, fast notes
• Pros: Very easy to use, syncs well across Apple devices, supports scanning, attachments, checklists
• Cons: Limited if you need advanced organization or cross-platform support outside Apple
• Good if you want: A lightweight, built-in option

Strong note-taking apps

5. Obsidian

• Best for: Linked notes and personal knowledge management
• Pros: Local-first, Markdown-based, powerful linking/backlinks, lots of plugins
• Cons: More setup, task management is not its main strength
• Good if you want: A long-term note system you control

6. Evernote

• Best for: Clipping, archiving, and searchable notes
• Pros: Mature, strong search, good web clipping
• Cons: Can be pricey; less loved than it used to be
• Good if you want: A classic notes-and-clips archive

Strong task apps

7. Things 3 (Apple only)

• Best for: Beautiful task management on iPhone, iPad, Mac
• Pros: Elegant, easy to use, excellent UX
• Cons: No Windows/Android; one-time purchase per platform
• Good if you want: The best task app in the Apple ecosystem

8. TickTick

• Best for: Tasks plus light habit tracking and calendar integration
• Pros: Cross-platform, reminders, calendar view, pomodoro, habits
• Cons: Interface can feel busy
• Good if you want: More features than Todoist in one app

Simple recommendations by use case

• Want one app for notes + tasks: Notion
• Want the best task manager: Todoist
• Want a powerful note system: Obsidian
• Apple-only and want simplicity: Apple Notes + Things 3
• Need tasks, habits, and calendar together: TickTick
• Need freeform notes and sketching: OneNote

A practical setup

If you want a simple, effective combo:

• Tasks: Todoist
• Notes: Obsidian or OneNote
• Calendar: Google Calendar or Apple Calendar

That gives you:

• fast task capture
• durable note storage
• calendar visibility across devices

If you want, I can also give you:

1. a best option for Windows/macOS/iPhone/Android, or
2. a comparison table of the top 5 tools.