Vesper has worked well for me as a note-taking app, but I recently discovered that the tagging feature makes it very effective as a task manager. I use special characters to force certain tags to the top of the list, and tagging allows me to cross-reference various tasks (something which was missing in all the other task managers I tried). The lack of alerts is actually a good thing in my case; it forces me to routinely check my important tasks (Im constantly dismissing them with other apps, and having demanding alerts pop up always makes me want to rebel against them). Overall, Vesper has turned out to be a very handy app for my purposes. One improvement I would like to see is the ability to create sub-categories or some other kind of hierarchy in the tag list. I think it would be immensely helpful in keeping the throng of tags organized, even at the risk of adding an extra layer of complexity.