12 Years and 10+ PM software systems used
Everyone loves a PM system to get more done, more organised, manage your teams and personal work. We've been through loads, including Wrike, ProWorkflow, Asana, Teamwork Projects, Accelo, Plutio and Clickup. This list isn't exhaustive as I will have missed a few we've used. We've looked at and tested many more.
We're currently using:
Avaza: for time management, billing, retainers, reports.
Trello: for sharing workflow with clients, company strategy, getting stuff done
Trello is easy for customers, easy for us, Kanban boards work and allow you to focus on today, this month, this quarter or however you want to break it down. Simplicity is critical.
Then...along comes what I have been waiting for....Bloo.io! It is everything I wanted from Trello and more. Easy, simple, organised, no excess rubbish. Customers need zero help using it - Trello was causing some confusion as you leave the brand website to go to the group website then back so it is no longer as easy for customers.
Bloo.io is a 10/10. Native App is fantastic and automations are a real bonus, and as expected - easy!
The only thing we really need, just 1 thing, as I hope they keep it simple is Templates. The ability to create our own project templates. This is in the pipeline and being worked on now having looked at the Appsumo responses to Q&As.
Final thought, Bloo is backed by a huge agency and their website suggests an honest and ethical company with real knowledge to share. I have just finished the 1st of 3 books they recommend on the website here and it has given me the time to write this review - 5am rise for the last 3 days.

Manny_Blue
May 9, 2024Hey @richard353
Thank you so much for the review, much appreciated!
This is precisely why I decided to start building Bloo, I was tired of constantly training my agency clients on how to use PM tools and fighting to get adoption.
With regards to the templates, you can rest assured that the implementation is going to be nice and simple. Essentially, you can create any type of project and add files, comments, todos, tags, automation, etc...and then simply mark it as a template! You can then add a description and a name for the template so others in your organization know what it's about, and then you can pick it next time you create a project.
Out of interested, which recommended books did you read from the Mäd website? :)
Regards,
Manny