# Please.Do Personal Assistant — The Assistant In Your Pocket > On-demand human administrative assistant service for various tasks. (iPhone/iPad app by Civicom Inc.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pleasedo-personal-assistant/id561717716 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Civicom Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/439567568) - Category: Productivity, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Rating: 4.40/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 16 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 9.0 · 20 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2014-03-17 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pleasedo-personal-assistant/id561717716/reviews.md ## What is Please.Do Personal Assistant? Please.Do allows you to easily send instructions to a “Doer” – a real administrative assistant who could be anywhere in the world – for a fee of $.25 per minute of work-time for simple tasks. It’s a “Personal Assistant in Your Pocket.” It’s especially useful when you are on the run or when you are extremely busy and need to focus on more important things. How it works: Send us a photo or video of something and then tell us what to do – either by typing or saying the instructions. Your Doer will email you the results. We’ll give you an estimate and ask for your go-ahead first, unless the task is really tiny in which case we’ll just do it and then ask for payment. Please.Do can: Transcribe written notes – from a photo of your pad. Create Outlook contacts – from photos of business cards Do expense reports – from photos of receipts and a spoken description of the trip. Do research – from a spoken request. Enter records in a database – from a photo of a form. Be creative. Pricing: Simple tasks will cost $0.25 per minute of work-time, including the time to coordinate. Let's say you take a picture of eight business cards and ask for Outlook contacts. If it takes five minutes, your cost would be $1.25. More complex tasks will cost more but will still be charged on a per minute basis. What our beta testers have to say: "I needed a helper to do the research I didn't have time to do myself, Please.Do got the task done while I slept." – Charles Johnson, Technology Expert “Please.Do helped me through those times when my assistant was on leave. It’s definitely the best productivity app since it lets me stay focused on more important things instead of worrying if the restaurant kept my lunch meeting reservation or creating simple PowerPoint presentations.” - Dave West, CEO “I love Please.Do! I asked them to create vector files of my sketches which I needed for a graphics project. I met my deadline with their help. Thank you guys for all!” – Andrea Mattos, Multimedia Graphics Expert “Please.Do. Please do. Pleasedo. No matter how you write it or say it, they get stuff done (I needed them to look for these cute cake toppers that were so hard to find). I’m hooked to always turning to them when I hear myself saying ‘Please do this for me’.” –Amor de Castro, Busy Mom "I was amazed by the response time of PleaseDo, they transcribed and emailed me my notes within an hour of submitting the Task - and there were no errors (even with my lousy handwriting). These guys are good. PleaseDo gets the job done!" - Charlie Mullaney, Student ## Key features - Send instructions via photo, video, voice, or text - Real administrative assistants complete tasks - Transcription of notes - Contact creation from business cards - Expense report preparation - Research assistance - Database record entry ## Recent user reviews (10 of 16) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pleasedo-personal-assistant/id561717716/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Not very reliable *2022-12-16* Used to be good but the quality of service has gone down. ### 4/5 — Excellent Service! *2021-12-28* I will separate out my review into three segments: initial impressions of the application, quality of services provided, and my eagerness to use the app again. Initial Impression: I am a small business owner and my fiancé recommended this app to me. After reading its summary, I thought to myself “Why not?” There was a minor issue with the initial demo (you must exit the app and reopen it to resume normal operation of the application). The user interface can use some “beautification”, but the general idea is simple and easy to follow along. Send the team a task and they will complete it! In the current state, I give the app a 2 out of 5 on initial impressions. Quality of Service: I asked the Please.Do team a relatively vague task to test the quality of their services. After assigning the task I received a verification email and proceeded with the transaction. I was quoted 20 minutes and they were spot on as far as delivery of the completed task. I am incredibly impressed with how far the team went to complete the task. I could not have done a better job myself. I might have been able to compile the same list of items, but it would have taken me 3-4 times longer. I give the app a 4 out of 5. The only thing I would change is having the email correspondence integrated into the app itself. I give the Please.Do team a 5 out of 5 on their quality and effort in completing the task. Eagerness to Use Again: I am incredibly excited to use this app. Time is incredibly important for a small business owner and I believe I will be able to use this app to improve my workflow and save me a ton of time! If you are a small business, I highly recommend you check this app out. ### 1/5 — Cant get a response on task I added over a week ago *2021-09-05* Just says it was submitted, but no response at all. It was a very simple task so I don’t get why it would not have been picked up and had a price quoted back to me yet. I just need someone to call dog groomers in the area and try to get a same day or a soon as possible dog grooming appt for my dog. You would think calling around trying to do that would be such an easy way to make a little money that it would have been answered within hours of my submitting it but that’s not the case. Which makes me wonder how often anyone’s tasks ever get a response and actually completed..... ### 5/5 — Helped me when I needed it most *2020-03-27* Please do helped me out at an event where I needed to keep notes for all of my contacts. They went above and beyond for me. Not only did they send me notes that I can easily add to my crm, they also created calendar appointments for me so I don’t need to think about creating them. Now that’s great service! Thanks Please.Do ### 5/5 — A+ for adding contacts! *2020-02-13* I recently attended a conference and used PleaseDo for the first time to manage new contacts. I just snapped a photo of a business card, made a recorded note of the conversation and clicked on the Do button. ### 5/5 — Wow! *2019-01-19* I needed a sample legal document for a non-profit organization. I doubted if they would be able to find exactly what I wanted and I did not want to spend an hour searching online myself. So, I thought I would give Please.do a shot. They not only found exactly what I was looking for, but in only a few minutes. I will definitely be asking Please.do to please do many other tasks for me. ### 5/5 — Very professional and fast too! *2017-07-07* I have a very busy company and needed some tasks done urgently. This company not only finished their task in a timely manner but VERY VERY FAST! They're detailed and very friendly. I would like to see a "prettier" app because I do feel it looks kinda old but don't let that scare you away they're very good at what they do! ### 5/5 — Pleasedo App *2016-05-18, version 2.0.1* Help at your fingertips that produces quality output. Highly recommended ### 5/5 — Didn't know what to do with it *2016-04-29* At first I didn't know what to do with the app. But then I started to find all sorts of uses. When I travel I normally do a lot of research, but I asked the "please doers" to do it for a recent trip, and the results were excellent. I took a picture of my white board and they converted it to a word doc in only ten minutes, with the drawings and everything. I even asked them to find a tweed jacket, in my size, at a local store. And they found one within the hour. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2016-04-03* I was really impressed at how fast and complete my request was processed. I have referred several of my friends including my hairdresser to confirm his appointments. I have another friend that is using pleaseDo to transcribe his new book. ## Frequently asked questions about Please.Do Personal Assistant ### How much does Please.Do cost? Simple tasks are charged at $0.25 per minute of work-time. More complex tasks will cost more but are also charged on a per-minute basis. For example, transcribing eight business cards into Outlook contacts could cost $1.25 if it takes five minutes. ### What kind of tasks can Please.Do handle? Please.Do can handle a variety of tasks including transcribing written notes, creating Outlook contacts from business cards, doing expense reports from receipts, conducting research, and entering records into a database. ### How do I submit a task to Please.Do? You can submit a task by sending a photo or video of the item in question and then providing your instructions either by typing or speaking them. The 'Doer' will then email you the results. ### Is Please.Do available on all devices? Please.Do is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed to be a 'Personal Assistant in Your Pocket' for mobile users. ### What is the age rating for Please.Do? Please.Do has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users. ### How often is Please.Do updated? The latest version of Please.Do is 2.6.2, which was last updated on January 20, 2020. This indicates a history of updates, though the frequency may vary. ### What do users like about Please.Do? Beta testers have praised Please.Do for getting tasks done while they slept, helping them stay focused on important things, and for its quick response time. Users appreciate that it helps them meet deadlines and find hard-to-locate items. ### Does Please.Do have ads? No, Please.Do does not contain advertisements. The app is free to download and use, with charges applied only for the completed tasks. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.6.2 — 2020-01-20 Minor bug fixes ### 2.6.1 — 2019-12-19 - UI enhancements - Minor bug fixes ### 2.6 — 2019-11-15 Minor UI Enhancements ### 2.5 — 2018-05-30 This release contains bug fixes and notification improvements. ### 2.4 — 2018-03-28 New notifications ## More apps by Civicom Inc - [Hey DAN (formerly Dial-A-Note)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hey-dan-formerly-dial-a-note/id968142774) - [ThoughtLight](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thoughtlight/id1105599346) - [Back Pain Alliance](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/back-pain-alliance/id1528541590) - [CyberFacility](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cyberfacility/id6444262097) - [Hey DAN for Intune](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hey-dan-for-intune/id6448539741) All apps by Civicom Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/439567568 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*