Todo Cloud: To-Do List & Tasks

I have been looking for the perfect task app that crosses platforms for several years. I have tried 3-4 different apps that I thought would be "the one". I can finally say this app fits the bill better than any other. It is quick and intuitive and has so many different customization options (geographic based notifications, create task from Siri, recurring tasks from completion date, etc). I tried the free version for a few weeks and finally contributed for the full version - I am very happy. If there is any criticism, the cloud based version when used on your PC is very quirky and not reliable. I have found myself using the app version on my phone instead even when sitting at my computer. Hopefully the web based version will be cleaned up, that is the only thing keeping me from giving five stars. If you never planning on using this web based version from a PC or MAC, this is not an issue.

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Many people including myself were using their product for years (ToDo 8.0). You could sync to third party apps like Toodledo — the interface and this capability was why I bought it. Then they created a cloud version - this app - and offered it, but the interface was not as good, and it required a monthly fee - so I’m guessing few switched (like myself). The product I PURCHASED worked as specified, and I liked it. NOW - they automatically updated everyone to this new version - which is a totally different product - in looks, interface, no syncing to third party, and requires a monthly fee. People started writing bad reviews on the app, so they shut down the app in the store so that you could no longer see the reviews and how angry people were. I had happened to purchase this cloud version way back to give it a try and didn’t like it, but I am able to post a review here since I did. Those that were forced into the upgrade have nowhere to voice there anger, unless they purchase this app separately. This is extortion, and no company should be able to get away with this. DO NOT BUY THEIR PRODUCTS. If you bought an appliance, say a refrigerator, and a year after using it the power turned off and the display said - this refrigerator will no longer function unless you pay us a monthly fee. This is exactly what they have done!

When you’re overwhelmed with all that you have going on, its very easy to fall into procrastination. Out of sight, out of mind—put it off until tomorrow—work on all the little things to avoid the big things. I wasn’t expecting Todo to help me with procrastination, but it has! I keep it open on my desktop so I can add and check things off as I go. I find myself consulting it when I’m not sure what I want to tackle next. Being able to toggle between “Everything” and “Focus” has been a game changer. Having all the lists from all the aspects of my life all in one place in a way that doesn’t overwhelm me has soothed the savage procrastination beast. Its still there mind you—it took me a little longer than I thought it would to write this post—but I completed the task instead of pushing it from one paper list to another or forgetting to do it altogether. Because Todo is so accessible, it made the habit of using it exclusively for list making very easy—I believe this is why its had such a positive effect on me. Thanks Todo!

I've been using a PC-based task manager for 20+ years and love it except for one thing: the ease of synching to a mobile device. Quite a while ago, I was very pleased when this application started supporting synch to a Palm Pilot (and we know how that eventually worked out). Ever since the demise of PalmOS, I've tried many synch methods (always starting with a synch to Outlook), but the process was too time-consuming and error-prone. I started using this app a couple of years ago (again syncing via Outlook), but quickly tired of the complications from synching. Then about a year ago I decided that I would use the PC app as a task manager for work items only, and use this app to track all my other tasks. Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a very workable solution for me. I can now track my personal tasks with sufficient granularity, but now with a touch screen interface. My favorite feature is the ability to add tasks by voice through the Reminder app. This saves me an incredible amount of time (and removes any excuse for not adding tasks to my list). Other reviewers have complained about the price of this app, but I don't agree. This is clearly a case of "you get what you pay for" and I have no problem whatsoever paying more money for this level of functionality. Highly recommended!!

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While the website works great, I mostly use the iOS version which is still very buggy. I have emailed them several times regarding the multiple reminders not working, they all go off at the due time which has made me late for many an appointment. I now have to set the due time as early to keep that from happening. It also still takes more steps to enter a task than in past versions. Not sure what their logic was and why they felt that needed to be changed. Regardless, I still haven’t found anything that fits my needs as well. I’m at the point where I just need simple todo tasks, checklists and projects with scheduling and reminders (that work). I’ll continue to use but am still researching for something not quite as buggy. I am hoping that won’t be necessary as I have used ToDo for at least 10 years! It feels like they tried to improve too much too fast and lost track of what most of their long time users needs were. Too bad.