Is there a good app for manage recurring tasks?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap.
88
Opportunity /100
94
Demand /100
44
Competition /100
84
Execution gap /100
3
Apps serving it
39
Mined complaints
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to manage recurring tasks, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| recurring tasks paywalled | price | 4 | recurring tasks are paywalled. Makes it completely useless |
| repeat tasks paywalled | price | 3 | you can’t “repeat” things without pro. This requires me to have to manually put many everyday tasks in every single day |
| no daily task reset/recurring | missing-feature | 2 | it doesn’t reset after one day of completing it |
| repeating tasks paywalled | price | 2 | basic things like repeating tasks cost money to get |
| cannot set daily recurring tasks | missing-feature | 1 | I can’t make the days every day I think |
| can't view all future recurring task occurrences | missing-feature | 1 | showing all future occurrences of a repeating task is impossible |
| recurring task not showing in upcoming | bug | 1 | setting gym task every wed but when i look it at my upcoming section its not listing my gym days |
| recurring tasks not auto-added to to-do list | missing-feature | 1 | Recurring scheduling need to be an option to automatically add them to my to-do list |
| recurring tasks locked behind membership | price | 1 | simple features like recurring tasks are locked behind a membership |
| repeating tasks hidden until due date | ux | 1 | Repeating tasks are hidden/not visible until you get to the due date and then "Surprise." |
| no recurring tasks | missing-feature | 1 | Im looking for reoccuring function |
| must save task before editing recurring options | ux | 1 | you have to save the task first and then go back into it to edit recurring and other options |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft To Do | 4.7★ | 261,557 | Free |
| Todoist: To Do List & Calendar | 4.8★ | 126,321 | Free |
| Me+ Lifestyle Routine | 4.8★ | 240,953 | Free |
Should you build it?
Heavily used and done badly — the most disruptable kind of gap. Opportunity here scores 88 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.
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