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Todoist

Organizes tasks efficiently with quick add scheduling, 60+ tool integrations, advanced language recognition for recurring tasks, and platform compatibility. It offers project templates, visual task priorities, and personalized productivity insights.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Proprietary

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Chrome OS
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • AppImageHub
  • Apple Watch
  • Snapcraft
  • Google Chrome
  • Flathub
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Android Wear
  • Safari
  • Gmail
  • Mozilla Firefox
3.5
Good24 reviews
434likes
22comments

Features

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Properties

  1.  Distraction-free

Integrations

  1. IFTTT icon  IFTTT
  2. Google Calendar icon  Google Calendar
  3. Zapier icon  Zapier
  4.  Calendar
  5. Dropbox icon  Dropbox
  6. Alexa icon  Alexa
  7.  Browser
  8. Slack icon  Slack

Features

  1.  Natural Language Processing
  2.  Task assignments
  3.  Subtasks
  4.  Team Collaboration
  5.  Recurring Tasks
  6.  Reminders
  7.  Notifications
  8.  Dark Mode
  9.  Kanban Board
  10.  Gamification
  11.  Ad-free
  12.  No registration required
  13.  Works Offline
  14.  Hierarchical Structure
  15.  Full-Text Search
  16. Google Calendar icon  Sync with Google Calendar
  17.  Web Clipper
  18.  Real time collaboration
  19.  Calendar View
  20.  Cloud Sync
  21.  Priorities
  22.  Favorites
  23.  Task Tracking

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Comment summary: Todoist is praised for its ease of use, natural language scheduling, and swift task management capabilities. It offers features like task prioritization, recurring tasks, Google Calendar integration, and a clean UI, making it a reliable to-do list app. However, several users express dissatisfaction with its limited keyboard shortcuts, expensive paid plans, and the lack of data export options. Some find the free version inadequate due to essential features like reminders being locked behind a paywall.
Top Positive Comment
lupuleasai
9

As a guy with absolute shit memory, I've been using Todoist free version in browser and on my smartphone for about 3 years because of how easy it is to use and I'll keep using it in the future, but apart from everything working for a todo list way, it has a few things I would love to be implemented but aren't:

  • more and better keyboard shortcuts
  • more features and tracking capabilities
  • easier handling with keyboard only
  • more functions that even the simplest text editors have nowadays

The paid version doesn't really solve the above issues, right now it just adds labels/tags and notifications if you pay fully, which are nice to have but not essential.

Altough, what it does it does really well for a TODO list in its design:

  • it shows the timeline of the next days visible to you
  • this makes it easy to drag and drop things to reschedule
  • has support for recurring tasks
  • has support for priorities
  • has support for dates
  • has support for natural language scheduling of tasks (like "take out trash on sunday", and he knows to put "take out trash" on Sunday)
  • it's the fastest app I tried to add and manage your tasks (it takes 2 seconds to add a task with a date with the speed I type)

Because of these, I have a custom querry of the next 7 days of my todoist as my Chrome homepage. Very useful to keep me in check.

Note: The latest UI design change was a fun addition.

It's a good todo app, but I want the devs to do more for it to make it godly.

[Edited by lupuleasai, September 24]

Top Negative Comment
shivamlavti
13

The free version is totally unusable! Why do they even have a free version? Even reminders are paid! A todo app without reminders! Shame on them!

Erik Bjäreholt

While I agree this is a bit weird, I question people who aren't willing to pay $29 a year for something they are likely to end up using every day.

Maxiaid
0

Use SuperProductivity instead.

microdosingwikipedia
2

It's disappointing how limited even the Pro subscription feels in many areas. Several features that simply seem necessary for productivity which can be found in other (unnamed) apps are lacking or missing entirely on Todoist.

  • For someone who works & goes to college, being able to color code my schedule by work/personal/each school subject makes life much easier. Todoist only has the ability to color code based on priority - this can work in place of custom color coding if you only need 4 colors, which is not the case for me.
  • It also lacks the ability to change your default task length - everything is 30 minutes unless you click into the date/time & adjust it or specify it in the title (by adding "for 1 hour" or "from 3-4pm").
  • Adjusting the date/time/length of tasks in the calendar view is often a struggle because it lacks some responsiveness - after making a change, a task will sometimes revert back to it's previous date/time/length and the change has to be made again (assuming you realized that it reverted back).
  • There's also no option to leave completed tasks in sight & just checked off or crossed out - tasks disappearing might be ideal for some, but for those of us who regularly need to look back at past tasks, it's a hassle to go hunt them down.
  • As in most households, I (the wife) am the schedule wrangler, so I have all kinds of things on my schedule, including my husband's appointments (because otherwise, they'll be forgotten & missed), vet visits for our cats, service appointments for our cars, etc. Either I haven't figured out this function, or it's just severely lacking -- but I'm able to share the calendar with my husband, and that's about it. If I assign a task to him so he gets a reminder, it won't show the task on my calendar so I can keep track of everything (and physically remind him if he seems to have forgotten or ignored the reminder from the app). I can't assign it to two people so that we both get reminders & it shows on both calendars. If I leave it unassigned, he doesn't get a reminder for the task, and it doesn't seem like he's able to do much with it.
  • All the available templates were initially a feature that drew me in, but ended up not being as useful as I expected.
  • The decent length of integrations was also appealing, but the ones that I tried just didn't function properly.
TBayAreaPat
0

Use https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/xp99k37g9cwbdc?hl=en-US&gl=US for download. Nice that you can load images in comments, but I'd like a note area. Tasks can be shifted around. Calendar view costs money. You might try Elisi: Digital Bullet Journal for calendar view etc Elisi: Digital Bullet Journal Todoist has lots of notification types, and they're on by default, so you might want to set that.

RemovedUser
1

Reliable to-do-list app with useful natural language features which make scheduling easier and Google Calendar integration which helps remind you of activities. Would've preferred for it to be open source to improve transparency and privacy, but a valuable tool regardless.

Review by a new / low-activity user.
sinh927
2

I am using it on the web and Windows with the free plan. I found the following points to be good.

  • It is bi-directionally linked to Google Calendar. When I change the task contents, it is immediately reflected.
  • There are paid features such as calendar view and time required function, but I can use the free plan without any major complaints.

The following points are negative.

  • There is a paid plan, but it is expensive considering only the functions necessary for me. However, this is not a problem only with this tool.
  • When I check the details of a task, the details are displayed in a pop-up window, which is hard to see. I wish it could be displayed on the right or bottom of the screen like other tools.
  • Duration time is a paid feature, but it is sometimes set automatically and cannot be changed or deleted.
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What is Todoist?

Todoist is a task management tool that organizes daily activities efficiently and user-friendly. It is compatible with 13 different platforms and devices, allowing task management from anywhere.

Todoist's features include a Quick Add option for immediate task scheduling, advanced language recognition for setting recurring tasks, and accessibility from any device. It integrates with your calendar, voice assistant, and over 60 tools like Outlook, Gmail, and Slack.

For team projects, Todoist enables task assignments with options for comments, voice notes, and file attachments. It offers project templates for various needs, and users can set visual task priority levels. Todoist also provides insights into personalized productivity and task planner trends.tsnap

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Todoist information

  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $4 and $6 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.5 (24 ratings)
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  • News

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Czech
    • Danish
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Turkish

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Our users have written 22 comments and reviews about Todoist, and it has gotten 434 likes

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