Excellent work, so an excellent app
Update 2026: I love the work, the clever simplicity, the efficiently to shape my needs, so a pleasure to open the app, view my living tasks, add or modify some, so Thanks for this work.
If I need something is an possibility to choice the font, size, etc. (to see more lines) or to get a quick compact view.
If I need something is an possibility to choice the font, size, etc. (to see more lines) or to get a quick compact view.
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Excellent work, so an excellent app
I love the work, the clever simplicity, the efficiently to shape my needs, so a pleasure to open the app, view my living tasks, add or modify some, so Thanks for this work.
If I need something is an possibility to choice the font, size, etc. (to see more lines) or to get a quick compact view.
If I need something is an possibility to choice the font, size, etc. (to see more lines) or to get a quick compact view.
Response from developer
Thank you for your feedback. Please email support@swiftodoapp.com with a description of what you did, and what happened next, and I will see if I can resolve the problem going forward.
iPadOS Bugs
I’ve been using SwiftoDo for over 6 years now and I’m on v3.3.5, which I believe is the latest version. I’ve been to your website but there is nowhere to submit bugs and they don’t conform to 4 preset troubleshooting issues.
Whenever I try to create a new task I receive an error msg of “Conflict with the remote file.” And I’m given three options: “Upload (Keep Local); Download (Keep Remote); Cancel”
Regardless of which option I chose, I receive the same error msg each time I create a task. Also regardless of the option the task is saved in the Todo.txt file.
I’ve tried recreating the todo.txt file and adding the tasks back in one by one and I still receive the same error msg.
In the settings under sync providers I have two enabled (I believe they are the default settings, because I haven’t changed them). The helpful comments says to tap on the sync name to enable/disable it, but that doesn’t work either.
I hope you can resolve these issues as they are most annoying and slows down my work flow.
There is another bug report under the MacOS store for SwiftoDo. Thanks.
Whenever I try to create a new task I receive an error msg of “Conflict with the remote file.” And I’m given three options: “Upload (Keep Local); Download (Keep Remote); Cancel”
Regardless of which option I chose, I receive the same error msg each time I create a task. Also regardless of the option the task is saved in the Todo.txt file.
I’ve tried recreating the todo.txt file and adding the tasks back in one by one and I still receive the same error msg.
In the settings under sync providers I have two enabled (I believe they are the default settings, because I haven’t changed them). The helpful comments says to tap on the sync name to enable/disable it, but that doesn’t work either.
I hope you can resolve these issues as they are most annoying and slows down my work flow.
There is another bug report under the MacOS store for SwiftoDo. Thanks.
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Nice
Love the simplicity, the options, and the markdown. One bug: manual sort does not work. Please fix.
Almost Perfect
The one killer feature this app is missing is the ability to handle more than one todo file at once. I have separate files for home and work but can only have one of them loaded at a time.
Editor issue
I love this app, but I am having an issue with the in-app text editor. When I open my todo.txt file in the editor, not all of the file is visible. My tasks all appear fine in the app itself, and file syncing with Dropbox works well. I can use an external text editor to edit the todo.txt file, and it syncs back into the app with no problem. However, it would be nice to be able to edit my entire todo.txt file inside of the app and to use the editing tools that the app provides. Also, as others have mentioned, it would be nice to have some more modern iOS updates in the app, such as automatic switching between light and dark themes along with the iPhone itself. Also, maybe some push notifications when tasks are due? Otherwise, the app is a great tool to use for managing todo.txt files for task management.
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Works as expected
Generally decent, but I feel there is too much wasted space on the screen. Wish I could set smaller fonts and less closer line spacing. Drag n drop would be nice too. Still, what it does it y decently - never any errors
ASCII is your friend
(My review of SwiftoDo Desktop applies here)
Update Jan 7,2024: Came back to this tool after 2 years wandering in an obsidian, things, and a few other tools haze. Looking at my files I realized this was the only tool (along with the original todo.txt) which I was able to use effectively over multiple years. Mr. Descy solved cross platform syncing solutions back in 2018 and 2019 that other todo.txt implementations are just realizing they need. This is still as close to perfect an app as I’ve come across and I hope Mr. Descy will keep revisiting it every few years to keep it working. —— Update March 13, 2020
Still incredibly happy with this tool and it's ios version. I've actually stayed with a tool for the first time in years (like since the palm pilot days when I used lifebalance) and sort of regularly find myself wanting to drop a note to Michael (creator) just to say thank you! Regular updates and bug fixes keep coming and I appreciate the clarity of purpose Michael brings to his choices - eg. when I asked about adding a time of day for due dates he explained with great clarity not only why that wasn't going to happen but why it would actually negatively impact my effectiveness if it was there. If you download this take a good look a the filters options - they make a huge difference.
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June 25, 2019: My requirements tend to be simple: ascii or excellent import export, multiplatform. I generally float bettween omnifocus, taskpaper and todo.txt (bad habit, but the darn apps keep getting filled up!) It had been a few years sincce todo.txt and I was sad to find that Gina's app no longer worked for sync with dropbox or with ios so I took a look around. Michael did a really nice github version that supported todo.txt formats. Swiftodo, (and the ios version he did) are even better. His sensible additions to filtering are a boon, coupled with great support.
Update Jan 7,2024: Came back to this tool after 2 years wandering in an obsidian, things, and a few other tools haze. Looking at my files I realized this was the only tool (along with the original todo.txt) which I was able to use effectively over multiple years. Mr. Descy solved cross platform syncing solutions back in 2018 and 2019 that other todo.txt implementations are just realizing they need. This is still as close to perfect an app as I’ve come across and I hope Mr. Descy will keep revisiting it every few years to keep it working. —— Update March 13, 2020
Still incredibly happy with this tool and it's ios version. I've actually stayed with a tool for the first time in years (like since the palm pilot days when I used lifebalance) and sort of regularly find myself wanting to drop a note to Michael (creator) just to say thank you! Regular updates and bug fixes keep coming and I appreciate the clarity of purpose Michael brings to his choices - eg. when I asked about adding a time of day for due dates he explained with great clarity not only why that wasn't going to happen but why it would actually negatively impact my effectiveness if it was there. If you download this take a good look a the filters options - they make a huge difference.
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June 25, 2019: My requirements tend to be simple: ascii or excellent import export, multiplatform. I generally float bettween omnifocus, taskpaper and todo.txt (bad habit, but the darn apps keep getting filled up!) It had been a few years sincce todo.txt and I was sad to find that Gina's app no longer worked for sync with dropbox or with ios so I took a look around. Michael did a really nice github version that supported todo.txt formats. Swiftodo, (and the ios version he did) are even better. His sensible additions to filtering are a boon, coupled with great support.
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Great tool
Well thought, good implementation. Works with working copy repos. It is a minor inconvenience that App CRASHES when opened after a pull operation.
Brilliant app let down by sync options
I’ve tried other todo.txt apps and this is by far the best. But limiting the sync options to Dropbox and the Files app may be an issue for some.
Dropbox was the go-to cloud storage 15 years ago, but who uses it now? I got it working with iCloud Drive and syncing between iphone and ipad works - but only sometimes. Lack of documentation for setting up Files app syncing doesn’t help. Also it limits the editing of todo.txt files to Apple devices only.
WebDAV syncing would make this otherwise near-perfect app useful to many more people. I’d pay for that!
Dropbox was the go-to cloud storage 15 years ago, but who uses it now? I got it working with iCloud Drive and syncing between iphone and ipad works - but only sometimes. Lack of documentation for setting up Files app syncing doesn’t help. Also it limits the editing of todo.txt files to Apple devices only.
WebDAV syncing would make this otherwise near-perfect app useful to many more people. I’d pay for that!
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Reasonable
Managing tasks is easy. Archiving, priorities, filters, and recurrence all behave like I expect
My one problem is that I’m using Files for sync and managing underlying with sync thing. I get a reliable crash whenever I open following a remote change. Reopening displays everything fine. M
My one problem is that I’m using Files for sync and managing underlying with sync thing. I get a reliable crash whenever I open following a remote change. Reopening displays everything fine. M
App crashing
App is crashing every time I refresh. Probably due to Google drive integration.
could be better
My first impression is through the experience of exporting Reminders to this app. I was pleasantly surprised of the export feature existing at all, but it’s not entirely useful. It could, for example, apply a project for tasks that were sorted into a specific list. That way, they remain sorted when I import different lists. This can be manually fixed after the fact, but the bulk edit task feature doesn’t allow to bulk apply a project. Of course, one of the benefits of todo.txt is that I can go edit this file on my desktop machine, but wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of having a mobile interface?
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Date picker is still broken
The design is simple and pleasant and I love it. The only problem is that the inline date picker crashes the app when you try to use it, and is automatically opened when trying to enter a due date, so it’s essentially impossible to use due dates.
The last patch suggested this was fixed but as of 3.3.4 it’s not
The last patch suggested this was fixed but as of 3.3.4 it’s not
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Still fail in due date
The app freezes when trying to assign an due date.
Good but lacking a few things..
Love the simplicity of todo.txt and this app’s implementation. However for the price I think it’s lacking some iOS integration. I would like to be able to put a today widget on a screen and cross items off throughout the day without checking the app. Time specific recurring due dates and notifications I think are necessary as well. These couple items would make this a 5 star app.
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I've tried them all but I keep coming back
I've tried most EVERY to-do and task application in existence (click up, notion, microsoft to do, tick tick, google tasks, remember the milk, evernote, omnifocus and org-mode, to name a few), but, I keep coming back to this plain text swift to do app. I use some tricks to organize my tasks, gtd principles of course and even create an events calendar within the app.
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extra CLI + mobile
Excellent application that allow working both on CLI inside your terminal and outside with this application on mobile, everything sync on Dropbox : wonderful
Works well but auto dark mode would be nice
Would like it to change themes automatically like most apps nowadays.
Great app, great basic principle
I love the app, I love todo.txt. Mainly because of the simplicity. However, what I would like from the app is the widget capability.
However, I would like to emphasise the possibility of synchronising the todo.txt via iCloud and thus making it available to the CLI version on the Mac.
However, I would like to emphasise the possibility of synchronising the todo.txt via iCloud and thus making it available to the CLI version on the Mac.
