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Todoist Premium: what owners actually say
Owners like Todoist for personal task management but gripe about basic features like reminders being locked behind Premium and poor team-sharing workflows.
What owners complain about
- Reminders are premium-only COMMON
Multiple users expressed frustration that reminders—a feature they consider basic and necessary—are not included in the free edition and require a Premium subscription.
- Poor project sharing for teams SOME
A user who migrated from Asana reported that sharing projects is a pain: there's no easy way to give a team access to all newly created projects, and project structure isn't shared automatically—each new subproject requires separate sharing.
- No swipe-to-complete on iOS FEW
An iPhone user wished for a simple swipe gesture to mark tasks done, indicating the mobile UX lacks this expected interaction pattern.
- No built-in time tracking FEW
A team user wanted native time tracking for tasks, which Todoist doesn't offer.
- Free tier may be sufficient FEW
At least one user questioned whether Premium is necessary, stating the free version is sufficient for most individual users.
What owners love
- Solid Asana alternative
Users who switched from Asana to Todoist report being very happy with the move, finding it a capable replacement for team task management.
- Works well for personal use
Multiple users describe themselves as 'huge fans' and report Todoist works great for personal task organization.
- Promo codes are stackable and generous
Users appreciate that promotional codes can be stacked—entering multiple codes granted up to 8 months of Premium, and users reported this worked reliably.
Surprising patterns
- Promo code stacking is a known hack—users actively share and redeem multiple codes to extend Premium for free, with some reporting coverage well into the following year.
- Apple Reminders is cited as a genuinely competitive free alternative on macOS/iOS/iPadOS, with one commenter calling it 'pretty powerful'—suggesting Todoist Premium's value proposition is weakest within the Apple ecosystem.
WHO SHOULD SKIP IT
Teams needing granular project sharing and permission management should look elsewhere, as Todoist's collaboration features require manual re-sharing for each new project and subproject.
Synthesised from 205 real owner comments across 6 platforms. Every point is grounded in the comments — no marketing, no AI guessing. How we do it →