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Todoist Review: Tasks, Filters and Pricing

Todoist already supports recurring tasks and basic reminders on its free tier, so test that native workflow before buying Pro or building another routine tool. Check the next due date after completing or rescheduling a recurring task, then decide whether you need Pro's larger project, calendar or custom-reminder scope. A due date is a scheduling choice, not a measure of task importance.

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Is Todoist the Right To-Do App for You?

Choose Todoist for a task list you expect to use across different parts of your day. Its value is quick capture followed by a clear next-action view. A list still needs priorities and review; adding every possible obligation can obscure the tasks that actually matter.

Public website check. Todoist's pricing page separates Beginner, Pro, and Business plans. Official source.

A free-account recurring task we actually saved

On November 5, 2026, an AI agent used a newly created free account and fictional task data. We entered Review sample draft every Friday, opened the date picker, selected Friday, November 6, and chose the every Friday repeat option. After saving the task, we reopened its date control: the selected date was November 6 and the repeat setting still read every Friday. The repeat setting therefore persisted through save and reopen in this one account session.

The words every Friday in our task title did not, by themselves, establish the repeat rule in this test; we selected that rule in the date picker. We skipped calendar connection and the paid trial. We did not complete the task, observe the next due date, compare every with every! in the app, test reminders or evaluate filters. For a time-critical routine, verify the next date and alert behavior in your own account before depending on them.

Quick Add, Projects, Labels and Filters

Natural-language entry, projects, labels, filters and recurring dates make a flexible organization system. Use a concrete action and an appropriate date rather than treating every task as due immediately. Shared team work can be kept distinct from personal projects.

Try a native recurring task before building a separate routine tool. For example, create a task called “Review next week's plan” with a weekly recurrence. Todoist's completion guide says checking off a recurring task moves it to its next date, keeps it in the project and logs that completion in Reporting. Overdue or manually rescheduled tasks can affect the next occurrence, so inspect the resulting date rather than assuming every missed instance remains due.

Choose an additional log only when you need structured skip reasons or a view the task record does not provide. The plan FAQ confirms recurring dates and automatic reminders already exist on the free plan; reminder delivery and plan-specific history access on a particular device were not tested.

Free Plan Limits and Where It Feels Basic

The free Beginner plan includes 5 personal projects, 3 filter views, task reminders and one week of activity history. US Pro is $60 billed yearly or $7 billed monthly, with 300 personal projects, calendar layout and custom reminders. Basic reminders and recurring dates are already free. A custom routine app needs a useful additional field or completion rule to justify another tool.

Start with Beginner when five personal projects, three filters and basic reminders cover the routine. Pro is relevant for the larger project allowance, calendar layout or custom reminders, not merely for recurring dates that already exist free. Use a separate routine log only when structured skip reasons or the chosen history view adds value beyond the native task. Keep critical alerts in a route whose delivery you have checked.

Which recurring date should you enter?

Todoist's recurring-date guide separates a schedule anchored to the task date (every) from one anchored to completion (every!). This changes a missed-week decision, even though both entries look like a weekly task.

Goal	Documented entry	If Monday's task is finished Tuesday	Decision
Keep a fixed weekday	every Monday	The next matching Monday	Use when the calendar day itself matters.
Leave a week after completion	every! week	The following Tuesday	Use when the interval after doing the task matters.
Record why an occurrence was skipped	A separate dated record	The recurrence setting alone does not provide this field	Use a manual log only if the reason and missed state are useful.

The every versus every! examples describe Todoist's published rules; our separate Friday task was saved but not completed. Check the next date after one real completion before relying on a recurring reminder for a time-critical obligation.

Turn Recurring Routines Into a Macaron Mini-App

Open Macaron chat to adapt the request below. Review account access and plan conditions before creating a tool.

Define what a reset should preserve

Todoist already supports recurring tasks and reminders. A separate routine tool needs a specific reason to exist, such as tracking skipped steps and their causes. Decide whether a new day should reset completion while preserving yesterday’s record.

Sample request

"Build a morning-routine log using one local time zone I choose and a separate record for each entered date and step ID, with order, planned minutes, done/skipped/unrecorded status and optional skip reason, preserving yesterday when I start a new date and leaving reminders outside this example."

Suggested fields: Date; task; order; planned minutes; done or skipped; reason.

Proposed checks with fictional data:

Adapt the request in Macaron using only fictional, non-identifying data.
Check each input and edit below against the expected result.
Correct the stated behavior before entering personal information; use a manual record if the draft cannot preserve it.

Fictional input or edit	Expected result to check	If it differs
Day 1 has done, skipped and unrecorded steps	Three distinct states remain in Day 1	Do not count skipped or missing as done
Start Day 2 in the same chosen time zone	New records; Day 1 and its reasons remain	Create the new dated set rather than clearing history
Change a Day 2 step	The matching Day 1 step is unchanged	Match both date and step ID

Illustrative morning routine: prepare a bag, check the day's first appointment and choose breakfast.

Choose the recurrence rule before checking a reset: a calendar-day routine and one that repeats after completion behave differently when a day is missed. Preserve that missed state rather than silently completing it when the next task appears.

Which workflow fits your needs?

Need	Todoist	Macaron example
Main purpose	Task capture, scheduling and recurring project work	A routine-specific checklist
What you work with	Established task views, filters and collaboration	Chosen fields and a daily completion history

Macaron does not automatically synchronize Todoist in this example. Test any requested recurrence and use your existing calendar for time-critical alerts.

Next step

Explore Macaron for a personal tool you can adapt to this task.

Scope and source notes

How this review was checked: Review for Macaron, prepared with AI. An AI agent used a newly created free Todoist account for one fictional recurring-task setup. Task completion, reminder delivery, paid features and the proposed Macaron mini-app were not tested.

Review scope: Todoist’s current task, recurring-date and plan-dependent reminder features. The Macaron example is a dated routine log, without a guaranteed alert service.

Sources reviewed: last updated November 5, 2026. Product details may change; confirm current information with the provider.

Source	Supported scope and limitation
Todoist plans, pricing, and billing FAQ	Published plan, feature or billing conditions; account offer and region may differ
Complete a task with a recurring date	Provider rule for completing recurring tasks and advancing the date; completion and rollover not tested
Todoist — Pricing	The plan, billing or allowance distinctions in the pricing/limits discussion
Introduction to recurring dates — Todoist	Published distinction between fixed-date every and completion-based every! recurrence; the two rules were not compared by completing tasks

Corrections: contact@macaron.im.

FAQ

Does Todoist support recurring tasks?

Yes. Its recurring date setting can repeat a task, and our limited free-account check confirmed that one selected weekly repeat survived saving and reopening. We did not complete that task, observe its next rollover or test a reminder alert.

Is every task best given a due date?

No. Distinguish a real deadline from a preferred day to work on it.

Should a skipped routine step count as complete?

No. A skipped step, a completed step and a day with no record answer different questions. Keep those states separate in the proposed Macaron routine log so a missed entry does not inflate completion.

When is a custom routine tool useful?

When specific fields or completion logic solve a need beyond a straightforward recurring task.

What would a Macaron morning-routine log record beside Todoist?

The proposed log keeps each step on a dated entry in one chosen local time zone. It is meant for reviewing what happened on each day, while Todoist remains the service for the recurring task and its reminder settings.

Can the Macaron example copy Todoist repeats or send reminders?

No Todoist sync or reminder delivery was tested for the mini-app. Save fictional dates first and verify that one day remains separate from the next; the Todoist account test checked a saved repeat setting, not a completed rollover or alert.