TaskWhole vs a spreadsheet
Almost everyone starts here, and a spreadsheet is genuinely good at this until the moment it is not. The failure is never the sheet — it is that updating it is a separate act from doing the work.
| A spreadsheet | TaskWhole | |
|---|---|---|
| Where the record comes from | You type it, after the fact | Written when the send happens |
| Knowing what to chase | A date column you must sort and read | Due follow-ups filtered in one click |
| Sending | A different app, then back to the sheet | The send and the record are one action |
| Reply state | Accurate until the week you get busy | Marked by you, and it stops the sequence |
| Which message worked | Countable, if you kept every column | Reported, because the data was never separate |
| Cost | Nothing | Nothing, unless you want reports |
If you send fewer than a handful of emails a month, a sheet is fine and cheaper. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.
Stay with a spreadsheet if
- You send occasionally and remember everything.
- You need columns nobody else would think of.
- Your team already lives in one and will not move.
Try TaskWhole if
- The sheet is accurate for the first two weeks of every month.
- You have lost a thread because nobody logged it.
- You want to know which opening line works without counting rows.
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The whole working product is free. Reports and the extension are $5 a month, and only if you want them.