I've tried... pretty much everything in the project management and and PKM realms. My ADHD requires me keep everything written down or nothing's going to get done.

After trying everything twice, I settled on Notion. It was almost perfect — except for day-to-day task management. Trying to get tasks from different databases in sync with my Google calendar has been a full-time job, and finally resulted in me resorting to Make to keep everything in sync. So much for increasing my productivity.

I initially dismissed ByDesign as a Notion knock-off that wouldn't give me the flexibility I already had in Notion. I'm so glad I gave it another shot, because it actually solves my Notion problems in an elegant way.

ByDesign isn't a Notion replacement, and it's not trying to be. It lacks database functionality, but it does make it easy to link tasks back to my Notion databases, and its integration with Google seems to work well. It's solved about 90% of my headaches (maybe more; I haven't dug into its advanced functionality yet). It's not ever going to be an all-in-one product for me, but as a Notion supplement, it's fantastic.

The price isn't as low as some deals we've seen, but I think that speaks to the fact that the developers are looking towards long-term stability, which I appreciate. This one really has the potential to become one of those deals you can't imagine having missed; I have a handful of apps from AppSumo that have changed my day-to-day workflow and I can really see this being one of them.

ByDesign is actively in development, as well, with a robust roadmap of planned improvements. If you're looking for a well-designed, clean interface for project management, it's definitely worth checking out.