EPIM (EssentialPIM) vs Opus One

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• Windows users who want mail, calendar, tasks and notes in one app
• People who prefer a perpetual license to a subscription
• Small teams sharing calendars and tasks from one database

Opus One

• People who like the layout of a paper day planner
• Linking daily tasks to goals, values and a personal mission
• Users who work only on iPhone, iPad and Mac

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• The desktop app is Windows only. The iOS app includes only the Tasks and Passwords modules, and the store listings date both mobile apps' latest updates to 2023.
• Cloud sync, automatic backup, tags, templates and Sticky Notes need EPIM Pro. The free EPIM Mail edition leaves them out.
• A perpetual license includes 1 year of updates. Newer versions after that need a paid 12-month update extension.
• License prices are recorded in Indian rupees, as the pricing page displayed them to a visitor in India. US dollar prices were not shown.

Opus One

• Apple devices only: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. The vendor lists no Android, Windows or web version.
• Cloud sync, goals, attachments, categories, repeating rules, weather and Siri all need the Opus One Pro subscription.
• The App Store lists two Pro prices, $4.99 and $39.99, and says the subscription is monthly or yearly without labelling which price is which.
• The Apple Reminders import is one-way: imported tasks are removed from the Reminders list.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

Connected modules with a Today view

Mail, calendar, tasks, notes, contacts and passwords live in one Windows application, and the Today view shows upcoming events and tasks from across them.

Calendar

Day, Week, Week Agenda, Month, Year and Agenda views, with a tasks sidebar beside the schedule, custom categories and reusable event templates.

Tasks

Tasks and subtasks sit in a hierarchy and can be shown in Tree, Plain or Kanban views, with search, filters, custom layouts and templates.

Mail

A unified inbox for several IMAP, POP3 and Microsoft Exchange accounts, with mail rules, tags, advanced search and PGP encryption.

Notes and passwords

Notes are written in Markdown or rich text with images, tables and drawings. Passwords are kept in an encrypted database with a generator and Auto-Type.

Sync and portable mode

EPIM Pro syncs with Google, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Nextcloud, ownCloud and Dropbox. Portable mode runs the app and its data from a USB drive.

Opus One

A page for each day

Each day has its own page holding tasks ranked by A/B/C priority, a schedule that shows calendar events next to the tasks, daily notes, the weather and a quote.

Master Tasks

A separate list for tasks that have no due date yet, kept apart from the daily pages until a place is found for them in the planner.

Planner views

Five planner views cover a day, a week or a month with the task list at the side. Tasks, events and goals are rescheduled by dragging and dropping them.

Goals, roles and mission

Goals have timelines and visible progress and can be linked to daily tasks. Separate pages hold life roles, a mission statement, values and vision.

Notes and journals

Notes take text, photos, PDFs, checklists, audio and drawings. Journals come with 25 covers and include a guided Gratitude Journal.

Eisenhower matrix and categories

Tasks can be shown in an Eisenhower matrix, sorted by priority or by color-coded category, and repeated with custom rules.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• EPIM MailFree

  Email, calendar, tasks, notes, contacts and passwords with the essential features, portable mode and community and email support.

• EPIM Pro (Annual Subscription)₹4,790.95

  per year, as shown to a visitor in India

  Adds sync with major cloud services, automatic backup, tags, templates and Sticky Notes. All updates are included while it renews.

• EPIM Pro (Perpetual License)₹9,587.95

  one-time, with 1 year of updates

  The same Pro features bought once. The last version received keeps working after the update year, and updates can be extended yearly.

• EPIM Pro Business (Annual)₹9,587.95

  per user / year

  Pro features plus access to shared EPIM databases and user access rights through EPIM Server, which is free to install.

• EPIM Pro Business (Perpetual)₹19,181.95

  per user, one-time, with 1 year of updates

  A one-time Business license for 1 user. Every user who connects to a shared database needs a license of their own.

• EPIM Cloud (add-on)$2.99

  per month, or $19.95 per year

  Optional service sold separately: sync across supported devices, automatic backup and browser access to calendars, contacts and tasks.

Opus One

• Free$0

  The core planner with limited Daily Tasks, Master Tasks and Daily Notes. Cloud sync across devices is a Pro feature.

• Opus One Pro$4.99 or $39.99

  monthly or yearly; the listing does not label which price is which

  Adds iCloud sync, goals, attachments, Apple Pencil sketching, categories, repeating rules, weather, Siri and themes. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• Education

  Educational discount for eligible customers

  The pricing FAQ says educational discounts are available to eligible customers and links to the vendor's discount pages for the terms.

• Other savings

  Competitive and volume discounts

  The same FAQ answer lists competitive discounts, for people switching from another product, and volume discounts on multiple licenses.

• Annual discount

  Save 44% on EPIM Cloud with yearly billing

  EPIM Cloud is listed at $2.99 a month or $19.95 a year, which the pricing page gives as $1.66 a month and a 44% saving.

Opus One

No public discounts listed.