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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft To Do

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft To Do replaces the former Wunderlist task management tool.N/A

    Whimsical

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWhimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.

    $12

    per month per editor

    Pricing
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $12
    per month per editor
    Business
    $18
    per month per editor
    Enterprise
    $240
    per year per editor
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—17% discount for annual billing on Pro and Business plans.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Whimsical
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    34 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Microsoft To Do and Whimsical
    Feature
    Microsoft To Do
    7.0
    74 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Whimsical
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts4.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling5.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation6.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration7.867 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology5.117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology6.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.937 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration6.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access10.070 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking6.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Microsoft To Do and Whimsical
    Feature
    Microsoft To Do
    6.5
    7 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Whimsical
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Workzone
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (74 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (30 ratings)
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft To DoWhimsical
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    It's such a simple and effective tool! If you need an app to safely store your To-do's and make sure you stay on top of things, this is it. You can divide tasks lists into folders (like "home" and "business"), share the lists with co-workers, set notifications, even mark items as a priority. It's great for smaller, day-to-day tasks but if you need something to manage a bigger project or a team, you should look into more robust project management tools. Although this is a great app, it cannot replace tools like TeamWork, Basecamp etc. But they work great together
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    Whimsical
    It's extremely well-suited for rapid wire-framing of concepts, as product teams can quickly collaborate on any idea and create a visual blueprint of it. Whimsical could provide more intuitive feature prioritization templates. The current templates lack the necessary detail and could be further enhanced from a UI/UX standpoint.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Wunderlist is what you need for your to do lists. It's really simple to use.
    • Allows you to set due date to your lists, share them with your team and/or create a folder to divide and organize all your list set
    • Also, Wunderlist is compatible with all platform and devices. So you can always be updated on your list or work on them from wherever you are and with all the devices you have.
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    Whimsical
    • Simple to use
    • Tons of uses
    • Can be customized with themeing
    • Can organize all your boards pretty much however you want
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Viewing more than one task at a time.
    • Email forwarding tasks - sometimes can be buggy and not always smooth.
    • Option to show more detail on a task without clicking task - example: being able to see attachment without clicking on task to view.
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    Whimsical
    • It can be a little frustrating trying to line things up exactly right but that's probably more user error than anything
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    It's working, and doing precisely what we selected it for. The only hesitation is if Microsoft suddenly drops the platform.
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    Whimsical
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    The actual user interface and the way to navigate around the app is very intuitive and easy to learn/use which would make me give it a high ranking, but the syncing issues drop down my rating because there are times where you add an item to the list and then it just disappears. Then when you add it again the sync will happen and now you have duplicates. The other negative with the usability is adding extra information to an item, such as files or comments or assignments. You can do it but it's difficult to tell which items have this information from the main screen. You have to click on them individually.
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    Whimsical
    It's fairly intuitive, I rarely have any problems using the app. The layout is pretty user-friendly and easy to adapt to. There's a lot of tooltips to help with the various features and functions, so it's very easy to get self-help for the most part. Overally, I'm pretty happy and satisfied with the usage of Whimsical for mind-mapping.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    I have not had an issue where I needed to reach out to Wunderlist, but I know their contact and online chat is easy to access and feel confident that they would be helpful. My only worry is Wunderlist is becoming Microsoft to-do in May 2020, and I believe the app will become worse after that.
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    Whimsical
    I reached out to support, as I was interested in possibly investing in the organization, and they quickly and happily informed me they are a bootstrap organization and do not take on investors at this time. The swift response and information readily available for my consumption was extremely helpful and shows how solid the team behind it is.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Wunderlist giving 100% work satisfaction for me and my organization
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    Whimsical
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Wunderlist is the cleanest of all these products, and also the most functional. It performs exactly like you would expect a to-do app to work, and you can make it as simple or as complex as you want. Trello boards were too much for my employees to comprehend and they could never get the hang of it. Microsoft TO-DO is just a stripped down remake of Wunderlist and will be a while before it catches up (if it ever does). Todoist is the most similar to me, and it was mostly an aesthetic choice that made me choose Wunderlist.
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    Whimsical
    Whimsical is so much easier and has a better interface, so I think it's more suited to our workflow if compared to other tools like Google Charts. I really love this tool and I'm looking to learn and use it even more, as it helps us optimize our time, planning, and delivering more efficiently.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Productivity Increase - Knowing exactly what I need to do and when makes sure that I am on the right track, working on the right project and task at the right time, and not missing anything (or wasting my time on tasks that don't move the needle).
    • I'm delivering and following through on projects (big and small) without worrying about if I'm missing anything. This has helped specifically in product releases. One task I used to be late on every year was holiday greeting card releases in May. No one is ever ready to design holiday cards in April, so I wasn't even thinking about it. However, retail shops are buying their holiday products in the summer. I would always remember September as the weather started to change, which would lead me to miss out on the bulk of retail shop sales. With Microsoft To-Do, I mapped out the entire project, starting with designing 3 Hanukkah cards, to 3 Christmas cards, to printing them, photographing them, listing them, and marketing them. All with deadlines attached. Every detail was planned out in a doable way. For two years in a row, I did not miss out on this release and my sales have increased 300% year-over-year in part because of my release planning in Microsoft To-Do.
    • Do you know those tasks that pop up in meetings that you write down somewhere and then sometimes just completely forget? No? Just me? Either way, I used to have them scattered in notepads, sticky notes, and notebooks, and a lot would be lost in the wind. With Microsoft To-Do, I take all of those to-dos gathered during the day and add them to my to-do list with a deadline at the end of my work day. Now, I never miss anything.
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    Whimsical
    • No hard numbers I can quote. Other than the free plan has been adequate for my needs.
    • It's my go to mind mapping tool.
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