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by bornhuetter 4789 days ago
This app looks interesting, but the permissions are outrageous. Why does it need to read my call log and smses, directly make phone calls etc?
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The Any.Do app allows you to add 'call back person' to your task list when you miss a call. You can call that person from the app.
Hint - You might be the product xD
Yeah, I'm not going to be installing this. I've been paying for RTM Pro (Android) for a couple of years, but it's expensive and doesn't quite fit my workflow so I've been looking at alternatives. Not interested in what looks like invasive vaporware.
I have paid for RTM pro for years. It is money well spent every year. I have met the developer of the Any.do app, and he's a good guy. Vaporware it is not. But for an app I interact with multiple times every single day I have no problem paying money to avoid advertisements.
Have you tried Wunderlist?
They use missed calls to make reminders, and they seem to allow you to link a number to a task to ring it. Not necessarily outrageous if what their website suggests it does is true.