Card #3141 · Todoist Integrations
High resource consumption and poor optimization of desktop apps
The desktop applications are perceived as bloated and unoptimized, causing excessive RAM and CPU usage. This leads to system slowdowns, laptop overheating, and loud fan noise, prompting users to prefer browser versions or seek alternatives.
Pain score
0.68/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.52distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.98freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.48upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 6 verified quotes
Upon startup, the program consumes nearly 900 MB of RAM.
the app's RAM usage can spike to 4-7 GB
it maxes out my memory super quickly and chugs on my CPU
It eats up so much of your RAM and CPU in background.
all my laptop’s fans go full noisy until I quit
Yeah their app is not native, so not really optimized.
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