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iPad app is Garbage
Love Asana on the desktop but this iPad app is a dumpster fire. The interface is severely nerfed in order to make it overly tablet-friendly. The entire point of calendar view is rendered COMPLETELY moot when i can only see one day at a time rather than a bird’s eye view of the month or week ahead. No access to templates. Can’t convert tasks to projects. No reporting. Board view is clumsy. Search is super slow. And I’m on the latest iPad Pro so that’s not the problem.
The good news is that you can use the browser version on your iPad. The bad news is that when you pay thousands of dollars for a service like this…well, you kind of expect better.
As far as Asana in general goes, it’s great. I’ll agree with a few other reviewers about the messaging though: it’s all there but is terribly implemented, which is so confusing to me. It feels like Asana doesn’t want you to use it. Make it it’s own section or a persistent panel that sits on the side or something. That would be a be a game changer; I’d drop our other chat platform.Show lesseverette23
Awesome free version of the app.
Let me start with saying that I’m using the free version of this app to keep track of a couple different personal projects I’m working on. It’s so easy to use and reminds me a lot of Jira, which I use for work. It’s easily boosted my productivity and keeps me going while working on multiple tasks. While the paid version has some of the better features, the free version has enough features for the home enthusiast worker trying to move along on personal projects. Great product.Show lesscontracotDiks
Best in project organization and calendar recurrences
I’ve tried every app out there for calendar and project organization and they all lacked something. Asana has it ALL. I’m able to get all my needs met by the free version of the app and for that reason alone I’m considering upgrading for some of the bells and whistles as I’m sure they can only make the experience better.
We use this in my office for project management, recurring tasks and deadlines. I’m now using it at home to help keep us all on the same page with vacation planning, appointments, chores, and bill pay.Show lessnoheop
Exactly task and project management tool
This is an excellent tool.
There are some inconveniences.
There seems to be no system or order for referencing attached files within tasks/projects. I understand this can be tricky because of the way files are attached to specific tasks or projects, however I’d wager this is a pain point for many users. I also noticed that one assigning hyperlinks to text inside a description of a task, the hyperlink will only populate information within a browser. The pain point here is users are unable to assign hyperlinks that open files from windows file explorer or Finder (for Apple). Please consider that many businesses Do not use cloud-based storage to House sensitive information but yet still need to be able to access files on the network. Allowing hyperlinks to open files within the file explorer could be a powerful solution.Show lessMrs. Atkins
Use it daily for our team
I own a business and we use this every day for our small team to keep up with all the millions of things we work on. From company goal setting social, media content planning, to daily to dos, events and more - I like that there’s a mobile app that syncs with desktop so you never miss a beat and get notified via push notifications.
I do wish recurring tasks once completed would disappear and reappear on the assigned date rather than living permanently on the board regardless of status.
It takes a little bit of getting use to as there’s so many features and ways to organize but overall it’s a pretty great app.Show lesscarjackson
LOVED the app, but so disappointed
Let me start off by saying if you need a push notification to pop up as a reminder when something is due, the app is NOT capable of providing that. I am beyond disappointed because this app gave us everything that we were looking for. I had reached out to the Customer service team to inquire about this because I thought I was doing something incorrectly, however they have gotten back to me saying the app is incapable of providing that sort of notification. I do want to note that I was getting notifications when something was commented on or liked, so the capability is there they just haven’t gotten to it yet. But overall great app, but disappointingly did not satisfy our needs.Show lessJuliaaa_Rae
Asana is The Tool for enhanced productivity and focus
I have been using Asana for more than eight years and year by year this product keeps getting better and improving the way how you manage your personal and team work activities and tasks. The UI/UX is excellent and flexible. Asana is my number one tool for planning and organizing my projects. Regardless if you are working on your own or in a team, Asana is there to help. I strongly recommend Asana as a task and project management tool. Try it for yourself in the web or mobile app and let us know.Show lessjmicolli
HORRIBLE clients of people who want to use this app
If people want to use asana to manage their work, great for them. What is awful about it is it forces their clients to use asana to communicate through asanas messages. I don’t want to install an app. I don’t want to click a link on my email to see what someone wrote me. I want to be able to search my own emails if I need to find something in our thread. I don’t want to use asana, but since the company I’m working with does, I have to go through the hassle. Asana needs to send messages to others as normal emails or something to stop frustrating others who don’t want to use their system. My whole office is beyond annoyed to the point we don’t want to be the one to work with the clients who use asana. If you are thinking of using asana for your own business management, please don’t use their messaging and task system with others. It’s seriously frustrating for others working with you.Show lessMeghan Fain
Fantastic platform, but could use a few key updates
Absolutely love Asana - swear by it for project and task management. The app lost a star from me because it lacks an Outlook integration for iOS. Super frustrating to be using your phone for work and not be able to make an actionable task, easily linked to an email, like you can on the desktop app. An offline mode would also be helpful.
If you look at the Asana customer boards, both pieces of feedback (especially the mobile Outlook integration) has been brought up for literally years. People are even moving to Trello for it and I might too. Please, Asana, add these!Show lessLearning Hebrew
Love Asana.- Needs offline Mode though…
I was searching for the perfect task list / project management software to help me and my incredibly short attention span gain an ounce of organization. I needed it to synchronize with multiple devices. I needed it to keep my projects and clients separate, but also needed it to be able to link them if needed. I had to be able to upload files and link them to the projects and clients. I needed to keep notes and comments on each project to keep up with conversations that span emails and various other forms of messaging despite my pleas to stick to email. I found all of that with Asana. Now, I don’t have to remember every detail because I can just take notes freely that are linked to my color coded, time stamped task.
It’s a fantastic app and one of the first and last I open daily. My only gripe with it is my inability to work with it on my iPad while I’m on the move since I couldn’t afford the model with cell data. It works when already connected and lost connection, but not if you freshly open the app without being connected. If that little issue is resolved then I have no reason to give this less than 5 stars.
Even at the free level, it’s a great app.Show lessAllin1der.com
