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What users hate about Todoist

25% of the 500 most recent US App Store reviews of Todoist are 1–2★. Here is what those users complain about, counted and quoted. Snapshot: October 2026.

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Todoist: To Do List & Calendar

Todoist Inc. · Productivity · reviews 2025-01-07 → 2026-10-18

4.80★all-time (129,923)
3.84★last 500 reviews
25%negative (1–2★)
19feature requests
5★299
4★44
3★32
2★28
1★97

Top complaints about Todoist

Share of the 125 negative reviews that mention each theme.

Price & subscription30 reviews · 24% of negative
★ Missing tasks on phone app …determine which tasks were not properly synced. Support is not at the level it was when I first started. And despite me paying for the product trouble tickets are the only contact with the company. I requested a way to prevent sync problems and a way to confirm phone tasks… v25.1.11 · 2025-01-15
Crashes & bugs21 reviews · 17% of negative
★ Completely loses items …been entered. I can only guess required syncing to Todoist servers rather than much superior local storage is completely broken and a SEVERE risk for anyone using this app. Avoid at all costs. v26.8.11 · 2026-08-21
Sync & data loss16 reviews · 13% of negative
★ A Once-Great App Ruined by a Terrible Update …now it’s a complete mess. After being forced to update or lose access, I found that all my tasks without due dates simply disappeared from normal view. Now the only way to see anything is to dig through the calendar or the today view, which makes it nearly impossible to manage… v25.12.9 · 2025-12-09
Customer support14 reviews · 11% of negative
Login & account13 reviews · 10% of negative
Confusing UI & UX13 reviews · 10% of negative
Notifications12 reviews · 10% of negative
Bad update6 reviews · 5% of negative
AI features5 reviews · 4% of negative
Slow & performance3 reviews · 2% of negative
Privacy & security2 reviews · 2% of negative
Ads1 reviews · 1% of negative

What Todoist users are asking for

19 feature requests found in total.

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FAQ

What do users complain about most in Todoist?

In 500 recent US App Store reviews, the biggest complaint themes among the 125 negative (1–2★) reviews are price & subscription (30, 24%), crashes & bugs (21, 17%), sync & data loss (16, 13%).

Is Todoist getting worse?

Its all-time rating is 4.80★ from 129,923 ratings, while the last 500 written reviews average 3.84★. Written reviews skew negative on most apps, so compare the trend between versions rather than the absolute number.

How was this analysed?

Reviews dated 2025-01-07 to 2026-10-18 were read from Apple's public review feed and matched against complaint patterns (crashes, login, sync, pricing, ads, UI, updates, support and more). One review can count toward several themes.

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