Wunderlist - good to get started but not for groups or power users
January 10, 2020

Wunderlist - good to get started but not for groups or power users

Paul Weber | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Wunderlist

I use Wunderlist individually at my current organization, but it was deployed team-wide in my previous position. We used it to manage all projects, delegate tasks, determine workload and assignments and communicate on status. It helped us avoid unnecessary emails and maintained a more accurate picture of the status of a task without meetings or verbal confirmation.

Pros

  • Sync - we never have an issue with tasks or comments showing up across teams or platforms.
  • Cross platform - works and looks the same on Android, iOS, Mac, and PC.

Cons

  • Subtasks - there is little detail in subtasks, and they are very limited therefore, no due dates, comments, etc.
  • Due Dates - particularly more complex recurring dates (every 3rd Tuesday, every May 1st) aren't possible.
  • It helped us reduce redundant communication.
  • It helped us keep communication on a project in one central place.
Wunderlist was a good starting point, but we now use Todoist, and I definitely wouldn't look back. It is more complicated, but with that comes much more control than you get in Wunderlist - rather than simple search tags you have filters that can run across projects, human speech recognition is great for due dates. Multiple priority levels make a huge difference where Wunderlist has a "star" for high priority.
We never had a problem that I recall, but also never used support. The biggest issue now is that it's being discontinued, so any Wunderlist users must migrate to Microsoft To-do or some competing platform by May. Not a problem if the new offering was more similar, but To-do is much more complicated, so it may be hard to jump in for less dedicated users.

Do you think Microsoft To Do delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft To Do's feature set?

No

Did Microsoft To Do live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft To Do go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft To Do again?

No

Wunderlist is excellent for a single individual looking to manage their workload. Still, it doesn't have the features for a full team or for management to get a simple snapshot of overall status and bandwidth. If it had the ability to next tasks, even that would provide miles better support for managing real complex projects.

Microsoft To Do Feature Ratings

Project Management
3.3
Task Management
6
Resource Management
2
Scheduling
2
Workflow Automation
3
Team Collaboration
4
Support for Agile Methodology
2
Support for Waterfall Methodology
2
Document Management
3
Email integration
2
Mobile Access
7
Professional Services Automation ()
Not Rated

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