Today on SocialPositives.com, we are looking at Twist, a powerful communication tool from the team behind Todoist.
If you are an avid reader of my blog or a productivity enthusiast, I’m sure you already know about Todoist the worlds best to do list and task manager.
Twist was created by Doist, the company behind Todoist.
On June 21, 2017, Doist announced “Group chat apps are built for a specific type of interaction: rapid-fire messages. This form of communication is sometimes useful (like in emergency situations), but presents significant downsides when it becomes a team’s primary form of communicating”
Today, Doist – the fully remote, bootstrapped, and an independent company behind the popular productivity app, Todoist – is officially launching Twist.
This blog post is not a review of Twist, but we are looking at some of the notable features of Twist.
Notable Features
- Free for lifetime
- Searchable History
- Third party integrations
- 5 GB free storage on free plan and unlimited storage on Premium plans
- Guest access for external clients, contractors, or collaborators
- Apps for iOS, Android, Mac, & Windows
Twist for Teams
A communication tool makes a team to achieve their targets easily. It can help them to improve their productivity to the next level. Twist is made for teams who believe there’s more to work than keeping up with group chat apps.
Collaborate with Guest
Guest collaboration is still a dream for most communication tools. Here on Twist, you can invite a person as a guest and he/she has access to the specific channels to which they have been invited. They couldn’t able to view or join the rest of your team’s public channels.
Perfect Integration with Todoist
Since I’m an avid user of Todoist, Using Twist with Todoist is an effective way to combine teamwork. Our conversations in Twist can be changed into actionable tasks. We can easily add a thread as a Todoist task from within Twist.
More Integrations
You can automate your workflow with Zapier and Twist integration like if something, do some action. You can also connect Giphy, GitHub, Integromat, Gitlab and a lot of with Twist.
Cross Platform
You may use Mac in your office and a Windows Office on your home. So it’s necessary to update everything everywhere if you are using a different kind of OS in different situations. Twist’s cross platy form lets you work everywhere. Twist has Apps for iOS, Android, Mac, & Windows.
With everyone trying to one-up Slack, Twist’s approach is certainly different could be useful for large-scale projects or remote teams. The platform is free with some limitations and if you are ready to pay $5 per month, Twist includes unlimited file storage, archives, and app or awesome service integrations.
Don’t hesitate, give Twist an opportunity to improve your productivity. I’m sure you won’t regret.
