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Favorite productivity app
This is my favorite productivity app ever. I work at a church and this helps us manage our projects and special events. We use the desk top version for our task lists. But I love the app because, when I am at events or church services away from my actual desktop, if someone asks me to do something, schedule a meeting with a pastor, or just whatever, it is so easy to simply add the task to my to-do list on the go. This removes the pressure of having to remember the task from Sunday to Monday, giving me my weekends back and freeing up mental real estate to focus on relationships rather than my calendar. It’s amazing!Show lessmlb92087
One of the best tools out there - subpar app
Listen, I love Asana. I’ve been using their tool for years now, and think they’re the best in the business.
HOWEVER: I truly wish there was more desktop-like functionality on the iPad app specifically. Things like being able to see “parent” tasks of subtasks, more easily track custom fields, and better ability to organize teams/projects/orders/etc.
It very much feels like a watered-down version of their tool, which is disappointing. And yet, in a pinch, I still use it and can usually get things done, even if it takes many more taps and scrolls than I’d likeShow lessjuicyaustin
Lacking a key feature!
ASANA is good but certainly NOT great. The app is able to manage all of the users tasks, and I really like the ability to use boards vs lists for projects. However, the reminders/notifications are so lacking that the user is forced to remember to revisit the app. There is NO WAY FOR TIME-BASED PUSH NOTIFICATIONS. What kind of productivity app is incapable of creating a little nudge at the time of the task being due? Developers allow users to set a time due and then remind them at 9 am of everything that is due that day—broken.
As soon as this issue is solved, ASANA would be a one stop shop for productivity. Unfortunately, until then it’s not functional for full integration.Show lessCFHenderson
Asana is amazing!
As an Ops Analyst and Graphic Designer I honestly don’t know what I would do without Asana. I’d miss every deadline If it weren’t for Asana. We are in the process of bringing the whole team on board!
The app is definitely limiting so PLEASE check out the web version! Of all the limitations on the app, the one major one I’d love to see rectified ASAP is toggling between Asana accounts! I have two different jobs that both use Asana and can only access one Asana dashboard from the app - no option to add an additional account/e-mail address. Big bummer as I have different deadlines every day!
P.S. I still think the app is incredibly functional and worth a shot for everyone. This app made me 10x productive, seriously.Show lessCyzvcfyj
The desktop site is amazing, but the app limits productivity
I love project management software tools and the full computer web version of Asana is a powerful, efficient tool. The mobile app, however, is exceedingly limited. If you are only managing a simple to-do list, no problem. If you have multiple projects with multiple team members, the mobile app is a roadblock to productivity. You cannot view tasks assigned only to you sorted by project. This is huge...you loose the context of the task inside and project. You can view all tasks by project, but you cannot filter to see only your tasks, but have to load and scroll past all those tasks assigned to your team members. If you have a few minutes waiting in line out in the world and want to check off a task...forget about it. You’ll wait for a while as the app loads and then have to spend more time trying to find be relative content. OmniFocus has this solved exceedingly well, but is only for individuals, not teams. I sincerely hope Asana will work on its mobile features. My team simply cannot use it on mobile or tablet devices.Show lessSimplify
Too complicated to be useful
One of my clients implemented Asana on their project. It was a CONSTANT struggle to get people to actually use it - especially the folks over 45 or 50. It has too many bells and whistles, which caused confusion and overwhelm, so then people ended up reverting to e-mail... which defeats the point. We were constantly moving things to their “proper” places, because confused users were posting messages where they didn’t belong, etc. Asana just took a lot of maintenance because the interface is poorly designed (both iPad and desktop versions). If you’re looking for a tool to help you manage projects, Basecamp has a much simpler and friendlier interface, so people will actually USE it!Show lessAndres32
Missing Critical Functionality: Prioritizing
Thought I would use this app for my husband and I to keep track of all our household projects. I am a Project Manager by day and have worked with a few different professional tools. Asana is missing a very basic piece of functionality: prioritizing! The priority set by the drag and drop feature should be carried to all member’s lists of the project (everyone on the project should be working off the same priority). I looked up some work-arounds to accomplishing this, like custom fields, but they are not available in the free version. This should be an out-of-the-box, free feature. Going to delete this app and keep looking for one to meet our needs.Show lessChris6791123
I enjoy this app however improvement is needed before I buy into premium
This has certainly helped with task management and notifying my employees on a central interface however there are a bit of kinks to be made:
-Being able to assign a task to more than one person so they show on their dashboard
-Being able to have "announcements" instead of just tasks and projects so I don't have to assign a task and add followers which once they view won't see again unless they search for it because I'm the person "assigned". I want it to show up on their dashboard until I remove it. The conversation option doesn't really work for this and is also not availablen on the phone app.
-the inbox has a tough time loading new and incoming notifications on the phone app and more often than not it won't load at all but I can see I have notifications yet to be seen so then I have to go on my computer to view the notifications in case it's time sensitive.
- I also would like for there to be company calendar everyone can view for the public events, mandatory events, and schedule.Show lessLivinthedream683693739
Great but needs work
I love the ability to make both boards and lists (very important to me). However, there needs to be the ability to switch back and forth between board and list view. Right now I have to create a second project with all the same tasks in both projects in order to use a Kanban system and see all of the tasks in list form under their respective sections (which is a hassle).
There also seems to be a bug for the task list. Tasks are being listed in “My Tasks” under a section that they aren’t even a part of! I can’t seem to get it to fix.Show lessKoolKatKami
😠 Frustrating UX makes it impossible to manage subtasks 😠
Jebus Howard Christmas, do I have to come over there to Asana HQ and teach their designers and product managers UX 101? It’s all for naught it’s unusable / gets in the way / wastes my time, instead of getting things done. We’re evaluating replacements because Asana can’t do the basics of task, subtask and project management without firing up an actual computer. 🤢
1. The web interface, which has subtask<->tasks features is unusable. Drag-and-drop doesn’t work on iPhone in (Mobile) Safari.
2. Can’t convert a task to a subtask on an iPhone in the iOS app.
2.1. Can’t multiple select many tasks and convert them to subtasks of another task all at once.
3. Can’t convert a subtask to a task on an iPhone in the iOS app
3.1. Can’t multiple select many subtasks and convert them to tasks all at once.
4. Can’t convert a task to a project on an iPhone in the iOS app.
Why don’t they have a drag-and-drop feature to drop onto another task to turn it into a subtask, instead of rearranging tasks, after a delay? or hard press menu to do something else?Show lessesreverniemankcin
