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Microsoft Planner App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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Microsoft Planner for Negative User Reviews
✓ Missing Planner hub view with statsThis app is mostly useless since cards are way too big, there is no planner hub view and it can’t be integrated as part of Teams app. I’m not using it at all..Version: 1.9.7
✓ No feature to restore or undoNo feature to restore Bucket or task if you delete it by mistake. Some more glitches from UX perspective..Version: 1.6.20
✓ Almost an amazing appLacking some customization. Cant sync with calendar on mobile app. Has really good interface. Straightforward and efficent. But ABSOLUTELY needs to be easy to sync to calendar to be a good PLANNER app..Version: 1.8.11
✓ Missing key functionsI do most of my work on an iPad but I rely on the scheduling on Planner/Office. The iPad and phone apps don’t have the capacity to view your schedule in calendar view which is very frustrating. It also doesn’t have much integration with the rest of the Office suite.. It could be a lot better!.Version: 1.13.12
✓ Promising, but needs desktop appAlso needs reoccurring tasks..Version: 1.6.6
✓ Cut-down version of website, lacking in personalityThe iPad version is simplified and does not offer all the bells and whistles that you get on the web version of Planner. This would be a feature - for instance to prevent accidental deletion of plans, there is no option to delete a plan - but if you really want to do so via the web version you cannot reach it once the app is installed. That’s right, Safari, Firefox etc bounce you to the app version every time, if it is installed. There are also fundamental problems with the whole platform in terms of customisation. I cannot modify the colours of plans, add icons, or tart it up at all. The theming is basic and does not cut the mustard. Microsoft must think we all want to look at a bland screen. But when I make plans I want to get excited about them, and adding the appropriate colours and icons for my projects is not possible, on the web or on iPad. It is dull..Version: 1.9.0
✓ Syncing with ToDo does not workBiggest frustration is always when features don’t work as advertised, or worse, when they work one day, and then stop the next day, exactly when you most needed them. That’s what my daily life feels like with Planner, never there when I need it the most..Version: 1.8.12
✓ Where’s the due time, repeat options and calendar integrationThis app is a great idea! I really like the kanban view and picture but I could use a few more features for me to use this app. I would like to see task due times and task repeat options, tasks need due times as well, especially if you have a lot of them, repeat options will help a lot for routine tasks, being able to see tasks time and date scheduled in a weekly calendar view will really help with organising and seeing the full picture so an outlook real time calendar integration will be useful or maybe a calendar could be built for planner. Thank you.Version: 1.5.8
✓ Not smartly integrated with MS TeamsAs a stand-alone app, it works for very simplified task-oriented project management. I wish it had more color labels instead of being limited. Regardless, it works good enough. I’m mostly disappointed in the way it is difficult to work with from inside MS Teams. Mainly, it is currently impossible to build a “template” Planner to use in a repetitive process situation for other groups or Teams. That is the one thing keeping me from rating this better. Otherwise, it works good enough..Version: 1.8.18
✓ Good but could be betterWorks well enough but really disappointing that there isn’t a time option. I would clearly like to see these in my calendar and get reminders for them at certain times. Please update this..Version: 1.6.25
✓ First time user• include option to connect Outlook correspondence by Labels • Bug: Label names won’t save..Version: 1.8.12
✓ Needs more functionalityGood but needs work Data should be able to be extracted via reporting Reminders re overdue tasks not prominent the older they are Recurring tasks need to be an option etc.Version: 1.6.19
✓ Planner iOS App is poor - Can’t copy tasksI like Planner but the iOS App makes is near useless. To copy tasks I have to keep going back to my Laptop. The App needs full functionality..Version: 1.13.51
✓ Average rateBecause no good grafics.Version: 1.9.6
✓ Task tracking that you’re already paying for!We have been very pleased with Planner. Its provides task assignment and tracking from an easy to use dashboard. Its not so complex that you need to take a a month off to learn it. It’s bundled in Office365. The solution I needed was hiding right under my nose. When they roll out parent/child events with cascading deadlines, I’ll probably have to take up chess or origami with all the time I’ll have on my hands..Version: 1.6.13
✓ Mixed reviewI love this app, and it offers some great functionality (especially with the ability to link to work plans inside Teams). However, it has been almost useless for about 3 weeks now due to an error that won’t go away. When I update a task with a new item, I keep getting an error saying “planner traffic is unusually high right now”, and it then won’t save any of my updates (others in my group aren’t getting the same error). A bit frustrating, and it has rendered the app almost useless for my primary use with my work team... look forward to this bug being fixed..Version: 1.9.10
✓ Love planner hate the IOS appThere are some major performance issues with this app. It can take 10 or more minutes to load the tasks and then several more minutes to load the details of the task. It doesn’t do a good job of lazy loading just the parts that the user cares about so it spends several minutes loading irrelevant things to what I care about and makes the app useless for larger planner users..Version: 1.11.2
✓ Schedule viewSchedule view is not available. This one feature of planner that would be perfect for iPad. Unhappy.Version: 1.8.11
✓ Annoying emails night and dayNothing but another tool used to bully people.Version: 1.6.2
✓ Needs improvementReally basic app. Needs major improvement to beat the other similar productivity apps out there right now, both with functionality and appearance..Version: 1.15.6
✓ Personal?Why not available on personal plan?.Version: 1.13.4
✓ Sub-Par compared to market leadersThis app needs a lot of work. Falls behind Trello Asana, and Monday. No list view options. Cannot add sub-tasks. Cannot link tasks on other boards. Disappointing considering Microsoft resources. Also, integration with Sharepoint, OneDrive is a complete nightmare. This has a lot of potential, but It is clear that product groups are not working well together. The whole suite is bloated, unintuitive, and buggy. Not recommended, unless you are strapped for cash, and can’t invest in a better PM tool, since planner comes wrapped in a 365 subscription..Version: 1.6.0
✓ Need desktop featuresDon’t have personal board on desktop Teams so can’t use this app effectively.Version: 1.6.25
✓ Team Members should be able to add and edit tasksNeed permission settings..Version: 1.6.18
✓ A few enhancements needed but mostly goodThe biggest problem is not being able to update multiple items together. I'd like to select all and apply the same value. Also, filter is an OR.. not an AND. Meaning, I can't filter by multiple buckets at the same time. It's only one or the other. Also, when in the desktop I can't export nor import. So it's alot of manual effort to set up. Also no ability to include dependencies Otherwise you can sort by different methods. The chart and visual aspects are useful. Assignment is cool too. I like the flags. Checklist is a nice feature to keep track of subtasks. With the buckets, I was able to build a Kanban board for a scrum project!! This also likes well to other areas of Microsoft like SharePoint.Version: 1.6.13
✓ Good tool to work on adhoc tasksI use planner to manage tasks for my team. I like how simple it is. However it needs some key features such as @mention, allow more than just 0, 50 100 status. It would be great to have precedents so we could correlate tasks. I hope MS continues to improve it..Version: 1.10.3
✓ No auditingVery easy to use but tasks can be deleted by any member without auditing and also unable to be recovered..Version: 1.11.2
✓ Good tool but needs repeating tasksOur team use this to manage work in so many ways which is great.. bring part of 365 there is no additional cost which is why we moved off other software (asana) but only frustration is they don’t do repetitive tasks and there is a lot of feedback around this but no sense if it will ever happen....Version: 1.11.0
✓ Planner is OKI can do most tasks on the mobile app but it doesn’t feel intuitive, it’s not great for adding or amending tasks because of the clumsy UI. I also don’t like that we now have Planner, ToDo and some hybrid crossover programme, we only need one app that works well, not 3 that are OK..Version: 1.13.38
✓ No personal account?C'mon Microsoft. I already use outlook, onenotes etc to help organize my life...... how come I can't use my personal account here? I have to use trello ? Really????? I like to have everything integrated, that is the main point of buying a microsoft license. If I can't have everything, I'll just use gmail !!!!.Version: 1.9.5
✓ What happened to ChartsThe last update allowed you to view charts but that seems to be removed in the latest version. Disappointing.Version: 1.6.11
✓ Good start, but key functionality is missingWe started to use planner for an SME to coordinate company side projects. Different buckets, assigning to various people work well. However the reporting on progress is very basic and needs development. Inability to create recurring tasks is quite important and is missing..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Needs a “dense view” like asanaProduct is ok, but needs to take a look at Asana. Asana’s compact view makes it easier to see “everything” vs rolling over multiple pages. It’s not an imperative... but given Planner has been around a while... disappointing Microsoft hasn’t taken a look at some of the standard functionality of competitor software. Sometimes you just need to smash in things to do, planner makes it all a little big and bulky..Version: 1.8.20
✓ Keeps freezing on iPhone OS 17.3As soon as you open a to do/bucket the app freeze. We have tried on multiple iPhones and multiple OS versions. Even with the update from the 31 October still crashes. Its to bad we really wanted to use Planner at work..Version: 1.15.4
✓ Like all things Microsoft fails on the basicsNice idea but this app in all its guises is fundamentally flawed. How difficult would it be to put a time of day start and finish ? How difficult would it be to dynamically link tasks in planner to tasks in outlook complete in outlook complete in planner. How difficult would it be to have an off line ability? How difficult would it be to build a desktop version for your own operating system. The short answer if you are one of the worlds biggest computer company’s is too difficult. I have to use Microsoft with work but this kind of thing reminds me on a daily basis why I switched to Apple all those years ago. If you Re happy that effectively doesn’t talk to any other system has to be on line and you don’t have to manage a diary alongside your tasks (not sure who that would be) then it’s perfect.Version: 1.6.8
✓ Does not open on iPhone 11 Pro MaxIsn’t opening.Version: 1.9.10
✓ RestrictiveWhy can't we have access to app if we have outlook or gmail address? What if my work email address is a gmail or Outlook one? This app would be great for a family to organize their day, what chores need to be done and by who, etc. Why restrict to only business or schools?.Version: 1.8.17
✓ Wish it would work with iPhone sent from notesWish it would work on my iPhone..sent plan from notes to planner just turns in circles.Version: 1.8.18
✓ Only works for work or school accounts.Really stupid that this only works for work or school accounts. My wife wants to make a planning group with me, but I’m stuck using the stupid web interface because the app won’t let me use it..Version: 1.6.32
✓ Limited functionalityCan’t access the schedule view or easily move buckets and items. Have to click ellipses to complete, no check box. But easy to access and see what’s on the lists on the fly. But not great for a total experience- only worthwhile if you mainly use on desktop..Version: 1.11.5
✓ No notifications?How can we use this if users are not notified when they get an assigned task?.Version: 1.8.18
✓ Too basic to be called an appThere isn’t any way to customise viewing setting. Online ver displays a calendar view as well as lists etc..with this one difficult to find a specific deadline when I want to update contents..Version: 1.13.51
✓ Where is the schedule on the appI don’t seam to find the schedule module / tab/ menue in the app !!!! What is the point no if a planner if you can’t look at it on a dedicated calendar as you canning the desk top version !!!! Am I just lit seing no it !???.Version: 1.13.40
✓ When are you going to add the calendar view?Without the calendar view it’s annoying to scroll through all the upcoming tasks. I would rather just use the website..Version: 1.13.21
✓ Still no support for dark mode?The interface is so shockingly and painfully bright, compared to every other app at my comfortable brightness setting, it’s unusable..Version: 1.9.10
✓ Great app, needs and undo buttonI deleted a full bucket of tasks accidentally and couldn’t undo it. Otherwise, it’s an amazing app..Version: 1.10.0
✓ Slow to loadThe tool is almost useless as an iOS app when it takes minutes to load the various planners that we use for our clients..Version: 1.10.7
✓ Nice app.I use this with the aid of a an external flow set up, Each time the flow runs I get a new job land in the to-do bucket of a plan, which I can then easily move to another bucket and assign it to a person, without having to create each task manually. - More Flags would be great instead of having to edit individual flags per item. - The function to preset a group of attachments to a new item would be great, as then all docs usually required for a job are right inside the item. (that may require more digging into ms flow and one-drive for me)..Version: 1.6.18
✓ It won’t openI’m using an iPad Pro, first edition. The app installs but it won’t open. Sometimes it hangs on the logo. Other times it closes itself. So, I continue to install, try, them uninstall. Which is too bad, because without Planner, the links default to the web app in Safari (and I don’t like safari). It’s too bad, because it works fine on my iPhone..Version: 1.9.7
✓ RudimentaryIt would be nice if Microsoft could get it together. Every time they come out with an app, it doesn’t work as intended. If you click a link to a document embedded in a task it reports error 912. This renders the app useless as it will not open docs in the OneDrive app or in OneDrive online. It works “somewhat as intended” on the IPhone: It wont open in OneDrive, but after 3 clicks on the request to open in browser, it finally will open the document. Really, Are you doing any QA testing before you release. This product should be somewhat mature and not have Mickey Mouse issues at this point. No insult intended to Mickey!.Version: 1.3.1
✓ Decent, missing a crucial feature.Good app and layout. Seamlessly syncs with Teams & web app. However, desperately needs a feature to add in hours/days spent on a task, or to give a complexity score, that can be used for agile/scrum working practices. With COVID-19 meaning more groups working from home, this would be timely and hugely beneficial..Version: 1.8.18
✓ Not great - functionality issuesCould be useful but some of the functionality is lacking: 1) tasks are not automatically placed in due-date order but instead in order of entry, so a task with a Sept 1 deadline might be listed before a task with an Aug 1 deadline, unless you move it manually to the right position. Illogical. 2) Screen freezes at times when entering a new task; the “add” button doesn’t work. This happens when the icon for “buckets” appears with the calendar icon. 3) Can’t move the order of the buckets once they are created..Version: 1.11.8
✓ Still No Recurrence in Calendar Events!!Admins promised an update that would contain recurring events back in November. They have failed to provide this most basic and necessary of usability functionality. My team will not use Planner or Teams until this is in here. We should not have to do a work around using Flow..Version: 1.8.3
✓ Won’t openPlanner won’t open on iPhone X. Tried to delete and redownload, tried to open through other applications, and nothing! Desktop version works great but I can’t collaborate with my team via mobile if it won’t even open!.Version: 1.9.10
✓ Wish it wasn’t for a school accountI am no longer a student and this is a cool program. Wish this was also for non school accounts. Would be an awesome feature to have.Version: 1.9.6
✓ Great integration but missing key ability to manage multiple accountsIt’s such a great app that is fundamentally let down by the lack of ability to manage tasks across multiple Microsoft accounts. This seems to be a disparity when compared with other Microsoft apps that allow multiple accounts. Ultimately, until parity is achieved, this app does not meet my expectations or needs from Microsoft’s excellent suite of productivity apps..Version: 1.10.3
✓ I can endure simpler, but not the sloppy syncingThe app is slick. I would like it supported all the things that the web version does and things that the web version doesn’t and are sitting pretty in the Uservoice forum.. for months or year... come on, only now you introduced Excel export (and the simplest possible thing, no exporting of last update) That aside, what makes it a poor app is that the syncing is inconsistent... often post are lost because of poor connectivity (say working on the train), very often changing of status of labels doesn’t seem to go through and it reverts without alerting. But to me the deal breaker is that in many cases (we are a team of 5 working on a plan and this happens one or twice per week) I check my app, I see a task is not updated, go to the website and there are updates from my colleagues from days ago or even weeks, I simply can’t trust it....Version: 1.6.22
✓ App development seems rushed. Can you guys actually test drive the app before publishing?Like, I don’t know why someone WOULDN’T want to delete a plan? It seems like an obvious feature to add. Look, try it yourselves. You click a plan, click edit plan, expecting to find a delete button, but no! The only option is save plan. Can you tell me why something that is so basic is overlooked? Like a delete button? This is clearly indicative of how shoddy the overall development is. Take this: I’ve created many tasks, but not a single one appears on not-started? Don’t tell me I have to go in to each task and manually indicate that I haven’t started it hahaha. Trust me guys save yourself the frustration of downloading this app until they promise major upgrades. This bad work from Microsoft?! The development team is letting the QUALITY household name in Microsoft down, wish people more senior knew about this ....Version: 1.5.3
✓ Pas satisfaiteSerais super si les appels de service serait faites dans les temps..Version: 1.13.47
✓ Great start but keeps crashing!I'm loving this tool with its integration to Teams but hate that it keeps crashing when I assign a team member via the mobile app. Would be great to have the chart function available in the mobile version and filter tasks across my Teams based on the custom buckets (renamed from the standard)....but please first fix the crashes..Version: 1.2.3
✓ Needs improvingActuall less functionality than the web based version. No point in downloading it..Version: 1.11.0
✓ Very limited functionalityWhy is the functionality of the iPad app so limited? Cannot search, filter or see the schedule view.Version: 1.8.4
✓ Online as way more optionsA calendar with all deadlines would be a great add on.Version: 1.8.11
✓ I can’t use it because I have a personal accountI LOVE organization for my personal use. My school doesn’t use Microsoft, but it has helped me over time. I do not have a office account with Microsoft yet, but I decided to try Microsoft Planner, and it didn’t let me in because I had a personal account and when I tried to create an work account, it automatically set the account I created to personal. So I don’t know if I can create a work account or a school one, please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that Microsoft planner would be better if accessible to younger students like me. Please let personal accounts into Microsoft planner.Version: 1.13.25
✓ 365 chaosAnother example of office 365 spreading stuff everywhere. You no longer have a single view of your day like we have had with outlook for decades. Emails are in one place, calendar appointments in another, time stamped tasks in planner but not in calendar, yammer, chat in teams and with documents. O365 is the most in integrated , non joined up suite of products u have ever seen, it feels like it’s still in alpha ..Version: 1.6.3
✓ UselessSpent all night entering a new plan. Can see it on laptop and app. Today. Vanished..Version: 1.6.7
✓ Do not download Rubbish appDo not waste your time with this app, there is no support for any enhancements. There are lots of bugs and unwanted tasks assigned to random people in your address book..Version: 1.13.7
✓ VitesseC’est Vraiment très long a loader les job ..Version: 1.13.2
✓ Needs to support multiple accounts..Without having to log out of my current one..Version: 1.6.32
✓ App won’t loadUnable to open app on iPhonex. Freezes on initial screen white background with the green planner logo in the middle of the screen and Microsoft logo on the bottom. I’ve deleted and re downloaded. I’ve also removed todo and still can’t figure out the issue. Please advise..Version: 1.9.10
✓ Great - could be even betterI very much like how good Planner is at keeping tasks assigned to different team members and especially how it interfaces with Outlook’s calendar - this was very critical for me, so I could not only set deadlines for me and my team, but also plan the workload. A couple of things that I wish it did better: (1) It would be great to be able to archive buckets that are no longer relevant (the only option not to see them any more is to delete them, but that deletes all the information included). (2) It would be great to be able to set a general deadline for the bucket and include notes at the bucket level too. (3) The IPad App does not allow to move buckets around (you can only do it in the web-based version). (4) The IPad app does not allow the user to view projects in a “schedule” view..Version: 1.8.4
✓ Overall a really good app to useOverall a really good app to keep track of ongoing tasks/Jobs for distribution to the allocated people. However once you start to get a few tasks on it starts to take an age to load up on the mobile app..Version: 1.13.22
✓ Lacking details on progress planningIt is a basic planning tool for a team since you can not indicate milestones, only in process. You can indicate bullet points to be completed within a task but these points can do be not charted into a Gantt chart to align team resources. It’s a basic tool as there is limited options to create workflows, follow up or get ready notifications as other members are completing their tasks on a project, but it does interface with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, ToDo and SharePoint software..Version: 1.9.12
✓ Can’t delete or edit comments in cardProbably the only PPM tool that you can’t delete or edit comments..Version: 1.6.23
✓ Frustrated userI’m not sure if this app has trouble interfacing with an internal corporate network, but it is very clunky on occasions, freezes regularly and shuts itself down. At times it works fine but it is so erratic..Version: 1.13.44
✓ Buggy :(Bug encounted after only using app for 60 seconds..Version: 1.6.3
✓ No recurring option or upload/ refresh calendarAlthough crude workarounds are possible through flow. An embedded recurring task option has bizarrely been left out. The calendar feed option is not available in-app and requires you to visit the web version. Even with the option, the feed needs to be re-uploaded in order for the calendar to change. Still rely on dragging tasks from my iPad reminders to my iCal calendar linked to my exchange server as the best solution..Version: 1.6.20
✓ Increase the capability of the cards- make it possible to have templatesThe possibilities of planner are so rich. It has taken the ‘noise’ out of my email with tram tasks created, assigned and progress monitoring happening all in planner. Work is now transparent- for everyone. The calendar integration keeps me organised too..Version: 1.7.10
✓ Feels like a BETA appSimple things like adding multiple attachments doesn't function correctly. There's too many functions that feel either unfinished or just don't work at all - app is clearly a 'work in progress'. The very basics work, when the app doesn't throw a wobbly and crash!.Version: 1.6.3
✓ Good app but has some bugsThis is a great concept although it would be good if the bug where the add description text is lost if there are no Tasks added was fixed..Version: 1.8.3
✓ Cannot make changesThe app does not allow any new tasks to be created. Cannot add anything to existing notes Cannot mark tasks complete. Same on multiple devices and has been like it for months. We can't complete your request because planner traffic is unusually high. Please.Version: 1.8.12
✓ Lack of very basic functionsYou can’t - Edit or delete comments - Show notes and task at the same time for the same card - You can choose a date, but not a time for a card. Really. - Use too many characters to create a task inside a card Plus, the planification center shows only 4 charts with little to none relevant info. Just download something else..Version: 1.11.6
✓ Completely dead on my iphone13 MiniCompletely uh nrespondive once it defaults my work email into the sign on screen Other microsoft work apps work fine , why not Planner?.Version: 1.15.4
✓ Ok... I guess?Limited controls, clunky display. Can’t delete plans or copy them. Can’t use it for planning?? No timescales to see/ deadlines etc. Really not sure what MS put this in the App Store?? What I do like... you have buckets & tasks. You can assign them..Version: 1.6.32
✓ Deleted my plan?Just randomly deleted my entire plan with all my tasks. Was working okay before that except that actually creating tasks would glitch and not let me add them. Then told me I had exceeded my service of use. I pay for Microsoft 365 through my school so how is that possible? Will not be using anymore..Version: 1.10.6
✓ Great potentialKey design issue though. When you type comments on a task the keyboard covers the text you are trying to write..Version: 1.6.8
✓ 👎🏻Never loads, have to close and reopen numerous times.Version: 1.14.8
✓ Improvements needed for agile projectsI really want to use this but some features seem to be missing, which consider MVP for an agile scrum team. I have tried to use it for several sprints, creating standard buckets: To Do, In work, Done, and these are the three main problems I see: 1) No hierarchy epic-userstory-task. So I can't organise by userstory and easily see the progress of tasks for the userstories. Assigning tasks a label, and then remembering green label = userstory 1, orange = 2 etc is the workaround I see, but it is not great because you are limited to 6 labels, and the labels are tiny so not obvious (like different coloured post it's on the wall are) 2) When the team members move tasks to the next column the order gets mixed up and so it is even more difficult to find all tasks relating to one story, or to keep them in priority order. 3) There isn't a field for hours remaining, we have to save this in the comments, but this is a key piece of info for scrum teams so needs to be easy to find. Other features like automatic burndown chart would be great but I don't think this is MVP. I really do want to use this so I hope these comments are useful, and happy to have feedback..Version: 1.5.6
✓ Useless since MS securityVery disappointed that the ability to be an agile planner is now hampered by security. Hopeless. Will dump for a free product somewhere..Version: 1.14.0
✓ TerribleIt barely works, and when it does it takes for ever. I need it to work.Version: 1.11.7
✓ Lacks most of the web apps functionalityThe app has improved in reliability since I first wrote this review, but it is still lacking several critical features like search and keyword filters. There is hope it will eventually be useful. ________\\\\\ I use the browser based app exclusively after trying to use what passes for the iOS app. I’ve experienced frequent data loss, with entries and even tasks entered through the iOS app completely disappearing. This version lacks the filters a search features that make the browser based app usable. Don’t bother with tis app, which is just a waste of space. Access Planner through your favorite browser..Version: 1.6.22
✓ DecuPas de notification.Version: 1.10.3
✓ Lost functionality without filtersMy supervisors insist on using the buckets as the means to separate different projects. This is fine, if you could use filters to sort out the different items that late, due today, or due yesterday. However, with the iPad app, you cannot use filters, so when you’re viewing what you have to do in the my tasks, you cannot see what project (bucket) that task is associated with, until you click on each individual task. Overall, I find myself pulling my hair out trying to have a simple way of organizing my tasks for several projects. When I point this out to my supervisors, they just tell me to not use my iPad for this tool, but just use the desktop version. Two stars for this app because if poor implementation..Version: 1.12.4
✓ Nice but need E365 and be on the same domainPlanner is a well executed Trello-like kanban board. Unfortunately you must have an enterprise Office 365 account to use it and then you can’t collaborate with people outside your company. There is also no way to print a board or list. Sharing within your single company is better executed than in Microsoft To Do. With planner, you select the members that can be added and deleted. To Do uses lame sharing like OneDrive that is link based. Wunderlist list solved the sharing problem many years ago. With Wunderlist you can share to any email but the add/remove process works like the membership in Planner..Version: 1.6.12
✓ Just bad UXThe UX when trying to access using a personal account setup is so bad and if I wasn’t forced to use it through work I would not use this planner tool at all.Version: 1.8.12
✓ App is buggyKeeps saying that I am offline. Terminating the app and restarting it fixes it for a few minutes, but then it goes offline again. I love planner, but this app is unusable..Version: 1.13.54
✓ Mobile app usabilityReally need to be able to search for cards and navigate on mobile easier. On a board with lots of cards it’s way too cumbersome to have to search through everything to find a card. Search and zooming out would be helpful for that. Also other features that would be very helpful and allow me to recommend this app as verses Trello is the ability to assign checklist task items to people and have more than 1 checklist on a card..Version: 1.6.32
✓ Please add recurrent task & list view functionalityThanks.Version: 1.13.31
✓ Has potential but not right yetThe app has potential to be great by linking to Microsoft to do list and some other functions similar to trello. What’s really disappointing is that is very easy to delete an entire board by any user which happened to me, as any user who has access to the sharepoint connected has access and you can’t remove from a board. Do you know if these issues will be addressed? We have to move off this app as it was risking our team day to day working..Version: 1.9.13
✓ This would be cooler if it integrated with outlookOverall this is a pretty good app and a pretty good task planning tool. As a primarily business user, outlook has been home base for long time and it is intuitive. I get that different users like different UIs. But for me I wish that Planner and Teams (and other Office 365 apps) were seamlessly integrated with Outlook. Calendar is integrated with the Outlook iPhone app but why not Planner and Teams? All of these systems seem like they want to connect with each other seamlessly but then they don’t and you end up stuck in silos. The breakthrough for the Office 365 suite will be when MS makes the dynamic work platform of Office available in a unified user interface. For me that ideal interface would be Outlook with all others hanging therefrom. Outlook email groups, Teams channels, Planner threads all tend to get siloed from each other (there is a wonky method for connecting some of these but it is not easy and doesn’t work fully). Yet these are essentially the same workflow data, just with different UI interaction points..Version: 1.8.18
✓ Don’t subject your employees to this cruelty.I love these kinds of programs and have used a large number. This is the worst..Version: 1.8.4
✓ Currently brokenApp is currently not working for me (was working fine a few weeks ago), just freezes after launch. Doesn't respond to touch input or anything. I've uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail. Disappointing..Version: 1.6.13
✓ BugsA plan gets full fairly quickly and slows down very badly. It’s Hard or impossible to migrate task to a different plan. This makes delegating more difficult because it requires retyping. It would be great to be able to move a task to a different plan in the same way we can move a task to a different bucket. Maybe it’s doable already and I just don’t know how. It seems my daughter was able to do this but in my mental memory it took several steps and was not simple. Also I don’t remember if it was a complete task migration with all the notes and lists and attachments and comments etc. We want to be able to share or export an entire a task or a bucket to a person who may not be added as a user to the plan..Version: 1.6.19
✓ Only work or school accounts.I’ve tried to login with one of my accounts. But it says that I cannot use a personal account and must use a work or school account instead. This is completely unfair, as any user should be able to use this. I want to create a development plan for a game I’m working on. But I clearly cannot, and WONT use Microsoft planner.Version: 1.15.6
✓ Save My Drafts Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I have to keep track of the things I do ALL DAY. I cant have a several comments, it needs to be in one. Especially with that stupid long warning that comes with every note we make (seriously, we get it, its confidential). If anything goes wrong, if I leave the comment there too long or data gets interrupted.. its gone, all my notes. Save the drafts, Save drafts, Save my freaking drafts!!!!!!.Version: 1.6.32
✓ Not competitiveI’ve been impressed with the velocity of some of Microsoft’s newer projects, so hopefully there will be some quick improvements to Planner. But right now it’s just not competitive with anything else on the market. Too many taps to add a task, no ability to focus in on one board, have favourites etc. Looks like a version one..Version: 1.3.1
✓ Not workingIt doesn’t work. When adding a plan it just says sorry, we couldn’t complete your request..Version: 1.13.33
✓ Won’t let me log inRubbish.Version: 1.12.5
✓ Bring Web UI to AppAs a PM managing multiple projects, I love the dashboard I get on the web that shows the status of all the projects I’m following with how many items are complete, in progress and late. Without these dashboards this app is significantly hampered..Version: 1.8.12
✓ Not available off lineThe amount of times I have been updating the app for it to fail and I lose my updates as it can’t connect to the internet, it’s a bad situation that it can’t save the work in the background and sync when it connects in the same way as other apps do..Version: 1.15.8
✓ ARUMA DISABILITY SERVICES AUSTRALIA!This company will not allow me to use this app for business as it has restricted employees. Hence this is useless as a business tool..Version: 1.15.8
✓ A poor imitation of Trello or JiraPlanner is not that bad unless you compare it to other tools you could be using. It is one of those annoying Microsoft things where it seems adequate from the outside but the more you use it, the more disappointing it gets.Version: 1.10.0
✓ TaggingI love how you can assign tasks but your comments cannot be tagged to call out a specific person, not can the checklist be assigned to a specific person. We use a group and in some cases not all portions are relevant to each person but holistically we Are aiming to complete the said task/Project. Still learning the tool but liking what is there. Just needs some more product enhancements..Version: 1.2.6
✓ NEEDS BETTER LINK SUPPORT AND INTEGRATION WITH WINDOWS PRODUCTSOverall this is a great application to keep connected with tasks and topics. I think there needs to be better capabilities to tie together notifications, updates, changes, and links as well as some security restriction options that allow individuals to complete certain portions of a task but not others. EG the details but not the overall..Version: 1.13.29
✓ Missing “@“ notificationsWould be great to “@“ people so they get the notifications..Version: 1.10.0
✓ Terrible works 1/50 timesConstantly freezes, then crashes. Gui is infuriating, it never saves the task I’m entering..Version: 1.13.16
✓ Lacks functionalityI still can’t believe that you cannot move tasks from one list to another. You can move tasks within a project but not to a different one..Version: 1.13.35
✓ Works well for its limited scopeThis needs to be combined and simplified with tasks, reminders, calander and whatever other apps office 365 has out there. They should all work together in a simplified way and be connected. The form, assigning, sharing, and due dates parts of planner are easy to use. The problem is that it is a separate app, online only, that you have to log into to view. Integration within Outlook, would help simplify outlook, and give you more power in Outlook to control your life..Version: 1.8.12
✓ No search function3 years and still no search function..Version: 1.7.10
✓ Missing basic features like CRUD.Trello alternative that looks like a school or intern project..Version: 1.10.0
✓ Lacking functionalityI’m bound to planner by workplace and cannot use other tools doing the same thing, but better. Planner is a powerful tool however the functionality of labelling is far too limited with a finite of 6 options, where alternative softwares have infinite options. Also, on team collaboration, the comment function does not give the ability to ‘tag’ a team member to push a notification and alert the required team member about the comment. This is very nonsensical. These functions are basic and should exist especially because of Planners integration with platforms like MS teams..Version: 1.6.32
✓ No notificationsI can’t seem to get notifications on my phone! Also separating tasks in plans is terrible. Why wouldn’t you just be able to mark a plan as completed and not see it in there..Version: 1.10.3
✓ Can't log inCan not press on the sign 8n button 🤷♀️.Version: 1.15.8
✓ Doesn't workDoesn't work with corporate sub..Version: 1.6.0
✓ Needs a fully functional print featureIt’s a great app and really works for my business but to utilise 100% I need to print off each task so the information can be used as a job sheet. Other than that great. Do we have a date for the print feature?.Version: 1.6.3
✓ Slow to update/refreshPlease fix this, it’s so slow and when I make a change I want it to take effect quickly. Not have some janky feeling delay. Also a way to bulk select/delete completed items would be swell I do like this app with that being said, it could just do with a tuneup..Version: 1.13.33
✓ Used to be available for personal accountsWhy on earth would you take this away from paying customers? This was rolled out for everyone paying Office 365, and it was decent and still a little rough around the edges, but then they just take it away from Personal Office 365? How are we supposed to get our data back? Also, I can think of many reasons why individuals would want to use this, but then you just make it inaccessible to lots of people (people who pay for Office 365 mind you). Very disappointed that MS would get people’s hopes up by letting them use the app in it’s infancy and the turn around and wall it off. Classic bait and switch..Version: 1.14.5
✓ Iphone app uselessDon’t bother to download. The Planner on desktop within O365 and Teams works but this mobile version utterly useless. Very unstable. Once you’ve looked at Plans and Tasks, next time you open it only shows “recents” but clicking on them just refreshes the page. You can no longer actually open them. You can add to your favorites but then you still can’t see your favorites. Totally broken useless app. Again the desktop version works fine albeit convoluted approaches. But this iPhone app is a mess. Iphone 11Pro with all iodates (incl 13.5) so it’s not a glitch with ios. Just a really bad app..Version: 1.8.20
✓ Ok but no calendar view on the appUnable to use in the same way as on desktop device as there is no calendar function in the mobile app.Version: 1.14.0
✓ So much potentialThis is a great functional alternative for Trello, free to any office 365 user, and more intuitive than Trello in many ways. Stronger integration with Outlook would seal the deal. It’s baffling that I can use an add in to create a Trello card (or attach to an existing card) directly from an outlook email, but can’t create a new planner task/card (or attach an email to an existing planner card/task). It’s also frustrating that my Outlook categories don’t automatically populate in Planner too..Version: 1.10.3
✓ I couldn’t planUnfortunately it would not let me create a plan which was annoying on a planning app.Version: 1.6.22
✓ Better connectivity btw outlook emails with to doThis app would be better if I can easily convert an email from outlook into a to do tile in a planner. It would be excellent if the to do tile has an option to auto populate the to do with the people listed in the email..Version: 1.8.12
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