Todoist's new built-in weekly calendar lets you manage your tasks and your time in one place. Time block tasks alongside events synced from your Google Calendar to create a plan you can stick to.
Hi PH community!
17 years into the journey of trying to build the best to-do app, we've finally released the feature most requested: weekly calendar view with full support for time blocking.
The team has done a wonderful job on this, and Todoist isn't only for managing projects and tasks but also for time (our most valuable asset!)
This release also includes deep integration with Google Calendar, so you can see your events and tasks in one place. Next up is the ability to sync tasks to the calendar in a two-way sync. We'll also add Apple and Outlook calendar support!
Over the next few months, we will add many other improvements. Stay tuned, and let us know how we can improve this further 🙏
PS: Check it out on mobile as well; we've done a great 3-day view that can take your time, task and project management to the next level wherever you are.
This feature will definitely reduce switch between apps creating a unified hub. Kudos on the launch🙌🏻
Hey Amir, I am so happy I got a chance to leave a feedback to you about the new time blocking, because I am not sure if the feedback I sent to the support were seen by you.
I am a HUGE fan of Todoist, and am using it for many years already.. I even got some email that I am one of the "1%" of users that completed XXXXXX tasks... but who's counting.. lol
and I am always recommending my friends to use Todoist
well I can tell you that I also love time blocking, but Todoist never gave this feature up until now, and so I used to look for another tool to give me the time blocking feature, and I literally tried almost everything you know out there for time blocking with Todoist's integrations..
I tried Sunsama, AkiFlow, TickTick, google calendar... and the best I found which I am using till today is Mogen.
and they are doing a pretty decent job with their user interface... such as...
- letting me have a 1 day view on the window
- letting me zoom in into the day view so a 15 minutes block would be big and clear compared to Todoist's 15 minutes block
- letting me put a 5 minutes block - OMG THIS IS GOLD FOR ME - because sometimes I have daily quick reminders such as "put the shaving machine in the charger", or like "turn on working music at the morning" which are usually taking few seconds.. so why the hell should I have a 15 minutes block for such small task.. right?!
The biggest issue with Morgen compared to you is that... they are VERYYYY SLOWWW lol but they were the only ones on the market that had these features... so I am still using them till today, and I am praying every day for the Todoist's gods to implement these features as well so I can FINALLY ditch Morgen for Todoist's time blocking.
Please tell me you guys are working on these small features and planning to have them any time soon...
and also.. do you guys share your road map of Todoist with the public so we can view the next plans and vote for them?
I would like to save it in my bookmarks
Thank you Amir!
You guys are doing an amazing job with Todoist! <3
Presentation of full-day events is not consistent between views.
On Today view and on Upcoming / Panel mode view, the full-day events are on top and full-day (no time) tasks are bellow them.
On Upcoming / Calendar / Week & Month views, the tasks are on top and the events bellow them; a multi day event seems like snaking, going up and down depending on the # of tasks above it.
My personal preference is events always on top, and then the tasks.
Hi Team,
Congrats on the rollout of the weekly calendar view! I am enjoying it so far and this has pushed me to use calendar view more throughout the app. Once you add Outlook integration, that will be the true unlock for me as I don't use Google Calendar.
My one feature request/idea is around the calendar view toggle. Especially on Mobile, it requires a few taps to switch between the different views, and it is something I find myself wanting to do often with my calendar. It would be great if that were pulled out from the settings and added as a separate toggle or button at the top so it is easier to switch.
Congrats again team and look forward to seeing where you take this in the future!
Big congrats on the launch!
Immediately fell in love with the ui and started to experiment. So far I’m LOVING it- just feels really nice and super efficient in my daily planning.
Looking forward to seeing this in Today view 🫶
I was really excited about time blocking but there doesn't seem to be a way to move around future occurrences of a task. For example if I have a Work block from 1-3PM everyday and have a dentist appointment in 3 days, i can't move that Work block. Only the nearest task in a recurring series can be moved. It's difficult to plan out a week of time blocks with that restriction in place!
Congrats on the launch! Looking forward to future updates like two-way sync with calendars and expanded support for Apple and Outlook. Let's make productivity effortless together! 💪
Congrats! This looks incredible.🔥Managing tasks and events effortlessly with this new feature.
Didn't expect the calendar to make much of a difference but I'm loving it so far. I've never relied on calendars too much to organize my day but having Todoist tasks + my work GCalendar in one place feels great.
Love the new week lay out! Excited to see other upcoming changes and additions @amix3k
Finally, time blocking🥹 Would love to have more customizations on the colors but I'm already grateful for this feature and the 3-day view:)))
Amir, in your images, we can see the past calendar events, but it is not working like this for me; I see the events for current and following days; but past days are all empty. At the end of the week or month all I have is a blank calendar.
Nice! I'm very glad to see that Todoist has been updated. I used Todoist a long time ago and now I'm using iOS's Reminders. After reading the introduction, I really want to give it a try.
I'm loving the calendar more and already got used to it, timeblocking with my imported calendar and my tasks. This is a huge quality of work and life improvement!!
Some things I'd like to see in future iterations:
- Day view (with calendar formatting) including both tasks and imported events. Should look like the day view in normal calendar apps. Especially useful on the phone, but I'd also like to use it on desktop.
- Subscribing to .ics calendars. I am currently subscribing via Google Calendar, but Google refreshes these very infrequently (between 8 and 24 hours) so updates are not reflected in my Todoist fast enough to readjust my timeblocking.
I've said it in other places, but the new week layout has totally changed the way I manage and plan my days.
Happy that Todoist finally has time blocking. Few suggestions:
1. The Screenshots look much niser then the actual UI. There is a long way to go for the UI colours and the design to be improved.
2. Allow a day view with the tasks on the left-hand side. Similar to GetPlan.io
Overall, great job and I am enjoying using it.
