Task management tool with Gmail sync issues
Users find the task management tool vital yet frustrating to use, particularly when synced to Gmail on Android. Key functionalities are missing, leading to a limited experience compared to both paid and free alternatives.
4 different people have complained about this since 07 Jan 2023, most recently on 07 Sept 2026.
“A very vital tool that is somewhat annoying to use sync'd to Gmail, especially on Android.”
“Many important functionality missing, specially considering the integration with other Google apps.”
“The task management experience on this app is severely limited compared to paid apps like Todoist and even free apps like Microsoft Todo/tasks app.”
4 people in 4 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 4 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 4 people using Google Tasks: Get Things Done
- What goes wrong
- Missing feature25% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score low (25/100)
- Since
- 07 Jan 2023 → 07 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Google Tasks: Get Things Done
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Many important functionality missing, specially considering the integration with other Google apps.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint4100%
Sources
4 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Google Tasks: Get Things Done A very vital tool that is somewhat annoying to use sync'd to Gmail, especially on Android. The setting to add an email to a task is not intuitively located so requires searching each time. Then, I have to hit the "view" button to add a due date. Otherwise, it's like you have a to do list…
FrustratedGoogle Tasks: Get Things Done Many important functionality missing, specially considering the integration with other Google apps. Notifications are really nothing one can rely on, either late or even too early but not on time, as one could expect. Notifications have no option to make them louder or so, so they're easy…
Missing featureGoogle Tasks: Get Things Done The task management experience on this app is severely limited compared to paid apps like Todoist and even free apps like Microsoft Todo/tasks app. The experience is fragmented between the Google Calendar/Gmail apps and the Tasks app. while you can't do certain task management related…
…. You can only set up recurring tasks in the app and not on computer. I wish it would let me move lists higher or lower in line. I have multiple lists and it is annoying that all new lists are at the bottom. I wish it would let me prioritize lists. It works for what I need right now. I mostly use it for grocery list…
Wishes it existedFrustrated
Market and score
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 34.7 · 25 Sept 2026, 03:00 → 04:15 UTC
How the score was measured39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Task management tool with Gmail sync issues a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 4 different people described it independently, in 4 mentions, the earliest from 07 Jan 2023 and the most recent from 07 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: rising — mentioned more often than before. Momentum is 62/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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