Want to be crazy productive? Drink the Todoist Kool-aid
August 07, 2018
Want to be crazy productive? Drink the Todoist Kool-aid
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Todoist
We use Todoist for personal task management and to keep projects synced. Todoist is always open, typically in my browser since I like to use it in tandem with Toggl, and guides my day from start to finish, both professionally and personally. I love the ability to add a task inside Gmail, tying my next step to the message it concerns. The interface is clean and modern, unlike a number of other solutions I've tried in the past, and adding a task and assigning teammates and dates is as simple as it should be. It's robust without being complicated.
- Quickly add tasks with as much detail as needed
- Integrates with tools like Gmail and Toggl for added functionality
- Classifying tasks and projects using labels and filters gives you the flexibility needed to create a system that works for you
- I wish it was easier to skip an instance of a recurring task when you're out of office or going on vacation. Instead, the only way I've found to hack around it is to change the start date each time with the every! ____ command
- I'd like a calendar or side-by-side that let's me see the number of tasks across a given week, month, etc. That would help for planning purposes
- It would be nice to see added insights about my productivity—days that are typically the most productive, types of tasks that typically take longest (integration with Toggl) or are postponed most frequently
- Todoist helps me manage my own workflow...and that helps everyone else on the team stay on track too, making sure I'm not the roadblock to project progress
- Our team is much more aligned with this tool, to the point where we don't have to waste time communicating in 10 different channels
- Todoist gives me a sense of my own productivity in hard numbers, and the same for my team (plus Karma is fun)
- Evernote, Wunderlist and Trello
I really disliked Wunderlist, Trello was great for project management, but not so great for whole life, quick and easy task management, and Evernote served me well enough...except it's really not built for task management either and not having the option of setting up recurring tasks made the entire process cumbersome and painful. I use Todoist from the moment I open my computer until long after I close it. The mobile app keeps me on track when I'm not by my computer and makes errands, like grocery shopping, a lot more enjoyable. Plus, I asked my husband to start using it, so now we can figure out chores and stock the fridge without a millions of texts and calls.