Wunderlist

Wunderlist
Developer(s) 6 Wunderkinder GmbH (Microsoft Corporation)
Stable release 3.4.0
Development status Active
Operating system
Type Task management
License Freemium
Alexa rank 1,364 (February 2016)[1]
Website www.wunderlist.com

Wunderlist is a cloud-based task management application. It allows users to manage their tasks from a smartphone, tablet, computer and smartwatch. Wunderlist is free; additional collaboration features are available in a paid version known as Wunderlist Pro (released April 2013). Wunderlist was created in 2011 by Berlin-based startup 6Wunderkinder. The company was acquired by Microsoft in June 2015. As of June 2015, the app has over 13 million users.[2]

Features

Wunderlist allows users to create lists to manage their tasks on many devices, mobile as well as desktop. These lists can be shared with other Wunderlist users. Through the "Detail View," users can add due dates (including repeating due dates), reminders, assignees, subtasks, comments, files and notes to tasks. Tasks can also be organized with #hashtags. The user adds lists to categorize tasks, and can place these lists in folders to organize their structure. Using a feature known as "Mail to Wunderlist", users can send or forward emails to me@wunderlist.com to add tasks to their Wunderlist accounts. With the company's browser and sharing extension known as "Add to Wunderlist", content from the Web can be added to Wunderlist from Chrome, Firefox, Safari, iOS and Android.

With Wunderlist Pro, several additional features can be used, including unlimited assigning, unlimited file upload size, and unlimited number of subtasks (the free version of Wunderlist allows 25 subtasks per task). Additionally, Pro users can choose from an additional 10 backgrounds.[3]

In May 2015, Wunderlist added an API so that people can create or modify Wunderlist tasks in other apps, and get alerts for Wunderlist tasks when they're in those apps.[4]

Platforms

Users can sign in and use Wunderlist in a web browser, with no download required. Wunderlist can also be downloaded for a number of devices, including Windows 7 and 8 computers, Mac computers, Android phones and tablets, iOS (iPhone and iPad, v 7.0 and later), Kindle Fire, Chromebook, and Windows Phone.[5] In 2015 Microsoft released Wunderlist for Apple Watch devices.[6]

Integrations

In October 2014 Wunderlist announced its first integration, with cloud storage company Dropbox. Users could now access and link their Dropbox files to their Wunderlist tasks.[7] Later that month, a Calendar Feed feature was released for Wunderlist, allowing a user's pending tasks to appear in other calendar services such as Google Calendar, Microsoft's Calendar, Apple's Calendar, Slack.[8] Sunrise Calendar.[9]

Differences from competing applications

Wunderlist can export notes to the JSON file format,[10] but cannot save as PDF or HTML.[11] Notes can, however, be printed to PDF from the Wunderlist Web App by use of a virtual PDF printer or Google Chrome's "Save as PDF" feature.[12]

Although right-to-left languages display correctly in Wunderlist's web browser application, the text is incorrectly justified to the left (as normal for left-to-right languages). Right-to-left language text in the Wunderlist iOS application, however, is correctly aligned to the right.

The Wunderlist website has no record of its release history but this is planned for the future.[13]

History

In 2009 Wunderlist's CEO Christian Reber called on the social network platform XING for business partners to create a new to-do app. Frank Thelen responded and together Reber and Thelen developed first concepts for Wunderlist. The necessary seed funding was granted by High-Tech Gründerfonds and e42 GmbH.[14] The first version of Wunderlist was published in 2011. Initially, the program was created for desktop PCs and platforms such as Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.[15] In December 2011 the app received approval for the iPhone. Subsequently, the developers released a version prepared for the iPad with the name Wunderlist HD. In September 2012 the developers announced a shutdown of their service Wunderkit. Instead they wanted to focus on creating a new version of Wunderlist, which was later on released in December 2012 under the name Wunderlist 2. In September 2013 the company announced to have over 5 million users.[16] In July 2014 a new major update was released under the name of Wunderlist 3, with a new real-time sync architecture.[17] Wunderlist reached 10 million users in As of December 2014.[18]

On June 1, 2015, it was announced that Microsoft had acquired 6Wunderkinder, makers of Wunderlist, for between US$100 million and US$200 million.[19]

Awards

In 2013, Wunderlist for Mac was named App of the Year.[20] Wunderlist was selected as a Google Play Top Developer in 2013.[21]

In 2014, Wunderlist won the "Golden Mi" award from Xiaomi,[22] and also named as one of its Best Apps of 2014[23] was given a "Google Play Editor's Choice" award,[24] and was named in Google Play's Best Apps of 2014[25] as well as Apple's Best of 2014.

Finances

In its initial round of funding, 100,000 euro was invested in 6Wunderkinder by Frank Thelen[26] and others. In December 2010, High-Tech Gründerfonds invested 500,000 euro (approximately US$660,000) in the company.[27] T-Venture also invested an undisclosed amount in the startup. In its Series A round of funding in November 2011, Atomico invested $4.2 million while High-Tech Gründerfonds invested an undisclosed additional amount.[28] In May 2012, High-Tech Gründerfonds sold off its stake in 6Wunderkinder to Earlybird Venture Capital.[29] In November 2013, $19 million was raised in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Earlybird and Atomico.[30]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "wunderlist.com Site Overview". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  2. ↑ Novet, Jordan (June 2, 2015). "Microsoft confirms acquisition of Wunderlist app maker 6Wunderkinder". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Wunderlist Pro".
  4. ↑ By Ingrid Lunden, TechCrunch. "To-Do App Wunderlist Debuts An API, Early Integrations Of Slack, Sunrise, HipChat And More." May 13, 2015. May 14, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://support.wunderlist.com/customer/portal/articles/64886-which-devices-can-i-use-with-wunderlist-
  6. ↑ Horsey, Julian (6 August 2015). "Wunderlist Mac App Updated With New Quick Add Features.". Geeky Gadgets.
  7. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid. "To-Do App Wunderlist Links Up With Dropbox, Its First Integration". www.techcrunch.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "A More Productive Way to Chat With Wunderlist and Slack/". Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  9. ↑ "Sync Your Calendar with Wunderlist". Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  10. ↑ http://support.wunderlist.com/customer/portal/articles/1183757
  11. ↑ Twitter for instance can export to HTML (https://blog.twitter.com/2012/your-twitter-archive), as illustrated in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWYsPlHMvhM#t=34
  12. ↑ https://support.wunderlist.com/customer/portal/articles/1642628-printing-emailing
  13. ↑ https://support.wunderlist.com/customer/portal/questions/11878825-version-release-notes
  14. ↑ "6 Wunderkinder – die Berliner App-Shootingstars im Porträt". Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  15. ↑ "New members join the family: Assistly and Wunderlist for Linux". Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Let's Talk Comments for Wunderlist". Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Wunderlist 3 is Here". Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  18. ↑ Escreet, Rebecca. "World Productivity Report". Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "Microsoft Buys To-Do List App Maker". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Thanks for making Wunderlist App of The Year 2013". Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  21. ↑ "Android Apps on Google Play". Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  22. ↑ "Guess who's got @xiaomi's Golden Mi Award? Thanks for all the love China!". Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  23. ↑ "Xiaomi App Store".
  24. ↑ "Editors' Choice - Android Apps on Google Play". Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  25. ↑ "Google Says These Are 2014’s Best Android Apps". 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
  26. ↑ "Frank Thelen's Blog "Wunderlist"". Frank.io. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
  27. ↑ Wauters, Robin (December 21, 2010). "6Wunderkinder raises €500,000 to build slick productivity tool called 'wunderkit'". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  28. ↑ Wauters, Robin (November 16, 2011). "Atomico Invests $4.2M In 6Wunderkinder: German Name, Global Ambitions". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  29. ↑ Meyer, David (June 18, 2012). "Revealed: Why 6wunderkinder's backers really sold up". GigaOM. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  30. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (November 12, 2013). "To-Do App Wunderlist Confirms $19M Series B And Expands To The US, While Sequoia Heads Into Germany". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

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