Products · Broad category
To-do apps
Raised as a usability problem by 18 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2010–2025), in 17 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with To-do apps, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 17 complaints
- Todo apps feel clunky and bloated to use2025-08-12
- Recurring items can't be checked off before their start date, and missed recurrences cause duplicates2025-05-23
- Every task looks the same as one line, so the bigger picture is lost2024-02-15
- Premium commands look identical to free ones, so users click them and get interrupted by nag dialogs2024-01-09
- Skip option is nearly invisible, forcing credit card entry for a 'try free' promise2023-12-13
- Took seconds to figure out how to add a todo2023-10-31
- Input field only activates when clicked precisely, not across its whole area2023-10-31
- Other todo apps need extra shortcuts or app opening to add tasks2023-10-26
- Adding tasks takes extra friction with periods and priority options, and clutter invites fiddling2023-07-17
- Basic todo list has UI and UX issues noticed through daily use2023-03-21
- Supporting diverse workflows in one interface adds clutter and friction2012-09-07
- Demo requires registration before the user can try the app2012-08-21
- Taking a todo in an app takes far longer than writing on a whiteboard2012-06-28
- Priority and expiration settings get in the way of using the app2012-02-15
- Clicking out of the edit box shows cancel and save buttons that the user doesn't want2011-10-14
- Tested many to-do apps, but all seemed too cluttered2011-08-05
- Screenshot is cut off so the text looks like it overlaps the adjacent text2010-03-02