Is there a good app for break a project into subtasks?
Lacks Features: 1 app already serves this, and 16 data points mined from real user reviews across 3 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to break a project into subtasks, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| break Projects into separate app | missing-feature | 1 | Yelp should consider breaking out Projects into a separate app |
| only one level of subtasks | missing-feature | 1 | Sem suporte a níveis de sub tarefas ... não só de um nível |
| wrong per-task breakdown | bug | 1 | Bifurcation for each task shows wrong |
| moving sub-tasks creates new top-level tasks | bug | 1 | move sub-tasks around and they end up as new tasks on the starting page |
| no multiple checklist tabs under subtasks | missing-feature | 1 | Multiple checlist tabs under subtasks section, this will especially improve the project management |
| deleting subtasks of recurring tasks | bug | 1 | Unteraufgaben bei einer wiederkehrender Aufgabe löschen |
| subtasks sometimes appear at same level as task | bug | 1 | it will not place my subtasks as subservient to the task |
| no unified view of all project tasks | missing-feature | 1 | I just wish there was a way to see all my project tasks in one place |
| can't create subtasks and repeat a task together | missing-feature | 1 | can't seem to repeat daily and create subtasks at same time |
| subtasks lack parent-task reference | missing-feature | 1 | sottoatttivita dovrebbero direttamente avere il riferimento ad attività principale |
| subtasks buggy with Nextcloud sync | bug | 1 | subtasks are a little buggy with Nextcloud sync ... tasks with subtasks which are created in NC, will not work in the App |
| no deadlines for sub-tasks | missing-feature | 1 | adding deadlines for sub-tasks |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| inShort | 4.0 | 23 | $2.99 |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 42 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| taskcoach/taskcoach | active | 31 | Python |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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