A couple of months ago,  I was in a quest to find my match. That is, my perfect project management tool. I'm not picky, but I like my tools to actually help me out in doing my tasks, so usually I comb the possibilities before investing time into anything.

The list of requirements was quite extensive:
- available on the web and on the mobile. I wasn't planning on installing anything.
- something to give some visual timeline view
- a kind of a one stop shop. I wanted to put there the tasks, to followup the progress, to attach extra information if needed
- should give an instant overview on the situation of the project, without digging up reports
- collaborative was not a must, but a nice plus
- free or not expensive

And the nominees are...

Trello

Has been recommended to me, looks glamorous in the online presentations. The idea is that you have different boards with cards - you can emulate very easily a Kanban board with it. After trying to fit in my projects, I felt like I have too many things to customize. I understand why Trello can be great - it really looks beautiful, it is visual, and simply because you can customize it in so many ways, you can make it work. But I think it was a bit too agile for me.

Evernote

I love Evernote. You can have different notebooks and store notes there. You can attach different documents, and it even has an addon for Outlook, so you can easily transform any email into a note and save it. Very easy to find anything in your notes. I've been using it for a while, but for me it's most useful in storing the information. I didn't actually see the timeline part in it, and that was vital for me. However, it was great for planning different activities and having to do lists.

Asana

Now we get to my recently found infatuation. Asana is a collaborative cross between a project management and a task management tool. You can have different workspaces with projects and tasks. You can attach documents, comment, have subtasks, deadlines. It also offers a calendar view and the stoplight system for the projects. One thing I missed was to set the duration of the tasks, but you can do this with Instagantt (http://www.instagantt.com/) which is integrated with Asana.

Are there any tools you would add to the list?