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Todoist: To Do List & Calendar App Store reviews: what users complain about

We ran AppGripe on 500 of the most recent public App Store reviews of Todoist: To Do List & Calendar (Productivity, by Todoist Inc.) from 3 storefronts, dated 2021-10-09 to 2026-10-18. Average rating in this sample: 3.95★. 151 reviews contained a complaint.

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Complaint categories

A review can count in several categories. Severity is the AI's estimate of how bad the problem is for the user.

Top issues, ranked by reviews × severity

1. Justify or adjust the price: 31 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.2/3.
   “I will be looking for alternatives apps that do the same things the pro version of Todoist does. £20-£25 per year should be the price range for a product offering like this. For reference, a Formula 1 yearly subscription cost £60, £10 more than what Todoist is…” (1★, v24.1.19, GB)
2. Stop data / progress loss: 24 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.4/3.
   “I had a long list of items in a ‘project’ I had laboriously copied ovet from Apple Reminders app. Today opened Todoist and 90% of them were gone without a trace. Not marked completed, not marked deleted, not even appearing at all in the ‘activity’ section as…” (1★, v26.8.11, US)
3. Ship the most requested feature: 25 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
   “every since you guys removed the add button from the main menu i have been furious. my live is falling apart now please do add it back otherwise i will sue you.” (3★, v26.6.4, US)
4. Soften the redesign backlash: 22 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.3/3.
   “I considered this as a 6-star app up till the design update. I am usually up for redesigns, however, not when features and the productivity goes down with it. Excessive white spaces and line heights so I can see a lot less data on the screen and have to scrol…” (3★, v23.11.23, GB)
5. Fix notifications: 23 complaining reviews, avg severity 2.1/3.
   “I’m disappointed with Todoist’s notifications. Even for urgent tasks and reminders, the notification appears briefly and disappears like a regular notification, making it very easy to miss. I expected stronger, more persistent alerts—especially for important…” (1★, v26.9.13, US)

How to read this

Apple's public feed only shows recent reviews, so this is a snapshot of the last weeks or months, not the app's full history. Popular apps attract complaints in proportion to their size; the useful part is which issues repeat. Generated 19 October 2026. We have no relationship with Todoist Inc..