Todoist is like a to-do list with a jet engine
Updated April 05, 2021

Todoist is like a to-do list with a jet engine

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Todoist

We use Todoist in our operations department to manage tasks for busy remote/on-the-road employees, mostly day-to-day reoccurring tasks but also one-off tasks.
It makes it easy to maintain accountability for staff whom we do not have direct contact with every day, we noticed that we spent less time chasing up staff to complete tasks due to the reminders on their devices.

Pros

  • Very simple to add tasks and reminders by typing in what reminders you might need, for example: "Take out the rubbish every week on Tuesday" creates a task for every Tuesday. This means you don't have to deal with complex forms and settings.
  • Location based reminders - very handy for "Don't forget to do this onsite" type of reminders.
  • Groups - The groups will send everyone in the group a notification when anyone else completes a task in that group, which is great for reminding the other staff that they also need to do their tasks.
  • Points system creates a competitive environment.

Cons

  • You are unable to set location-based reminders for others, only for your self. As a manager it would be great to be able to set location-based reminders. For example: "Sign in on arrival".
  • Would be nice to have task templates built in, where you can create a task with a set of sub-tasks from a pre-defined template.
  • Accountability and culture - With Todoist we have increased accountability for day-to-day tasks, we struggled with staff not doing simple tasks like washing their vehicles once a week, we found that when the staff know they can get away with simple tasks, they also think they can get away with not doing more important tasks.
  • We decided to start at the bottom and create a high level of accountability around simple day-to-day tasks. This has been an important part of growing our culture in a positive way.
  • Todoist has had a positive impact on our business and has help us make a move towards achieving our culture goals.
We chose Todoist for the operational part of our business due to how quick and easy it was to maintain and operate. Our staff find it easy to use and it offers them a personal list which they can use for personal reminders, which helps keep them using the mobile app. We tested monday.com and Asana but decided to use Todoist, this is simply down to the simple and quick nature of the software, this fit our use case very well.
I have never had to call on the customer support, this may be due to the simple and easy-to-use nature of the software. I've been able to make any changes to our account, add and remove staff members, etc., through the admin menu very easily. For this, I have given I high score based on the fact that I have never required any help.

Do you think Todoist delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Todoist's feature set?

Yes

Did Todoist live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Todoist go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Todoist again?

Yes

Todoist is great for:
Simple task management.
On-road/remote employee management - simple tasks.
Day-to-day and recurring task management - Daily sign-in reminders, weekly paperwork reminders, wash company vehicle.
Quick task entry - To-do list style.
Managing "hands-on" type people.

Todoist is not so great for:
Complex tasks with many layers and dependencies.
Team management for projects - Todoist may be too simple.
Where customized logic and integrations are required.

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