I’ve bounced back and forth between RTM and Toodledo a number of times. They both definitely have their strengths and weaknesses. For some time now I’ve leaned towards Toodledo mainly for the efficiency of it’s iPhone app and better flexibility with reminder notifications.

Toodledo’s iPhone tends to put more information at your fingertips when scanning your task list. RTM’s larger text tends to cut many of my tasks off so I have to tap the task to see the full text or rotate it which even then may cut it off. Toodledo’s smaller text and multiline wrap allows me to see the entire text for my task. Subtasks are also a nice feature.

Reminders is the other big issue for me. Toodledo allows me to set the reminder notification on a task-by-task basis while RTM allows me to set some global reminders options that apply across all tasks.

My other small nit with RTM is lack of a simple calendar popup when picking a due date. It’s very popular request. How hard is that to add? Yet, many times I have to jump over to my gCal just to see a calendar so I can pick a reasonable due date. I need to just see a calendar, any calendar, so I don’t put my due date on a weekend or something like that.

I think this reviews nails it though. RTM is simpler, cleaner and allows very fast task entry. Toodledo is more of a workhorse and more customizable to the way some like to work.