At a glance
Built for: Asana is built mainly for office and project teams. Please Do It is built for teams on the ground and the people who manage them.
How it feels: Asana is organised around projects, boards and timelines. Please Do It feels like a messenger, so people pick it up without training.
Communication: Asana has comments on tasks, and many teams still use a separate chat app. Please Do It has team chat and task chat built in.
Finishing work: in Please Do It, the person who asked approves or declines the finished result.
Pricing: Please Do It has one plan with every feature included.
Where Asana is strong
Asana is a good fit for planning complex projects across departments. Timelines, portfolios, dependencies and a large library of integrations make it popular with marketing, product and operations teams who work at a desk.
Where teams on the ground struggle
Too much tool for a quick request.
A technician on a ladder doesn’t want to pick a project, a section and a custom field. They want to see what’s next and say when it’s done.
The conversation lives somewhere else.
When tasks and chat are in different apps, the real decisions happen in WhatsApp or on the phone, and the task never gets updated.
Nobody opens it.
If the app feels like office software, people in the field don’t use it. Then you’re back to chasing.
How Please Do It works
Assign: every task has one owner and a deadline.
Discuss: photos, files and voice messages stay with the task.
Review: approve the result, or send it back with a note.
Recurring tasks, folders, checklists, polls, time tracking and work reports are all included.
When Asana is the better choice
Choose Asana if you run long, multi-stage projects with dependencies and timelines, or if you rely on connecting many other tools to your task system.
When Please Do It is the better fit
Most of your team works away from a desk.
You want tasks and team chat in one app.
You need people to use it from day one, without training.
Every request needs a clear owner, deadline and approval.
Frequently asked questions
Can I organise tasks by project?
Yes. Use folders and categories to group tasks by project, site or client.
Does it work on desktop?
Yes. There are apps for iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. 30 days free, no credit card required.