Tasker

I really want to rate 5 stars. It's a powerful app that lets me make my phone that much better. However, it is complicated and has a big learning curve. I wish it had a tutorial, better user guides, more descriptive explanations of features and tools, and just overall a better user experience. I've managed to get it to work after lots of research and trial and error. However, it should've been easier to learn and use. (EDIT 1/17) Yup, still a big learning curve. Documentation and use guides could definitely be improved with examples and better explanations. Still a great app, but takes time to learn.

I am a huge fan of exelent customer service. I sent email to support asking a question, (I looked in the forums for a while. Couldn't find anything) Within 24 hours I received an email back with a link to some solutions. Absolutely amazing. I did have an issue installing. And the link solved it. I am stunned and will recomends nothing but this app to anyone looking for an automation app. Seriously. This app is absolutely the most powerful automation app out there. And I will continue to use it.

I recently purchased this app and I find it very useful it's so useful that I found that I can do 2 things with this one app that I'd need 2 separate apps for(locking apps and power management) and that's just the start. BUT I HAVE ONE MAJOR GRIPE, WHENEVER I OPEN TASKER IT FEELS LIKE IM RUNNING KITKAT AND THIS APP HAS BEEN UPDATED AS RECENT AS 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOME MATERIAL DESIGN WOULD BE NICE

I don't like it because it clears all my profiles I've made when I clear all applications. I'm not even sure I ever got the profiles to work and have just settled for manual activation of phone functions anyway. Additionally it had no access to my samsung galaxy's 'power saving' function and I couldn't set it up for a nightly toggle on and off.

The concept is great, but it is impossible to use. The UI is among the worst I've ever seen. It doesn't follow a single standard Android design practice. Documentation is sparse and outdated. You'll spend hours fumbling your way through incomprehensible menus only to be more confused than when you started. Making anything of even modest complexity will make you pull out your hair.

Use it to automate many phone settings based on various outside variables. I have started using it, along with plugins, to control items in my house (computers, lights). Looking forward to expanding this functionality. Interface is confusing at first but once you get the hang of it, it isn't bad at all. Overall it has been a reliable app and I enjoy using it

I got this app to help do some small things like change the ringer volume automatically when I get to work, or change the brightness when I wake up. Lately though, I'm finding much more interesting things to do, like manage off-site backups and automatic weather and theme swapping for day/night. And I'm only scratching the surface of what I can do with this app!

It is ~~one of~~ the best automation tool for Android. Tasker is behaving weird. It doesn't recognize files when use root is selected. It gives error that it is a dir. Checking file size always gives 1 when root is used, and without root, it doesn't start the action. In marshmallow it worked fine, but it is having problem in CM 14.1

People say it's complex... Of course an app that virtually automate anything is going to have a learning curve. Take the time to learn, you won't regret it. I've Been using this since 2011. It's "must have app" for anyone who wants to get the most out of their mobile device!

Made changes so that help forums are no longer relevant and their website has no support what so ever. Can't remove specific parts of tasks and must delete whole tasks and constantly start over. Was good 3 years ago but now not functioning correctly

Tasker is exceedingly excellent and I can honestly say that this is one of the very few apps that deserve 5 stars. Most basic to intermediate profiles to create are easy and intuitive. My only complaint is that there is no native NFC integration and the current solutions are tolerable at best. Tasker should be my one stop shop for automation and it fails to properly utilise the incredible versatility that NFC brings to the modern phone. That said, this is THE APP to have.

Update: it's been almost 4 years since I bought tasker and still I find more ways to automate my android devices and improve my tasks and profiles. Worth every penny and more addictive than any video game out there. Day 1, just scratching the surface of this but I've already achieved some things I haven't been able to do any other way like pin/pattern/pass-locking the screen outside, but keeping it unlocked at home. I've made tasks for different situations like being at home, work, outside, roaming and many more. It did what I needed it for, and it's adding much much more along the way.

I wanted to use this app in conjuction with amazon alexa to control my laptop. Is very hard to use unfortunately, i wont spend whole days trying to figure out how it works. I might just start learning to code if i want to waste days of my life

Many complain that it's too complicated, but that is a side effect of how feature rich and customisable it is. If it is too complicated for you, you shouldn't use this. This is for power users and if used wrong it can harm your phone. Don't let this scare you from trying to figure it out.

I decided to check the dictionary definition of automation. The first definition of AUTOMATION listed was TASKER. ( ; Actually, that could be the true definition because Tasker is the epitome of automating tasks on one's device. The learning curve is a tad steep because automating many tasks isn't a simple process. Tasker is a must D/L, a one of a kind app, & has no equal in the GP. Buy it!... Pent (Dev), this is a great & useful app. I appreciate your dedication to continued improvement.

Tasker is deliberately complicated. Unreliable - exit actions don't work and there are several bugs on the Samsung s7. Tasker doesn't handle sleep mode very well. Support is nonexistent and the help log are useless. Looking for alternatives take less time than trying to make Tasker work...

I'm a talented, full-stack developer with >20 years experience and can't figure out how to turn off BT at a given time. Either this app is weak, or horrifically complicated and I can't figure out which. 2nd time it's failed to do a simple thing (last was pausing music).

Very unintuitive. I've had this app for more than a year now and still have little idea how to use it without following guides. I'll probably be switching to automagic.

This app is great, it lets you control virtually every piece of technology you own. To all the people saying that it is too confusing, there are too many possibilities with this app to make it simple and user friendly. If you are looking for ease of use go buy an iPhone.

Super buggy. Cant back out of tasks without selecting something or closing the app all together. So far not an enjoyable experience. Has great potential. But just seems really unresponsive/ buggy most of time. Running on galaxy s7.

WARNING:IF you suddenly find your outgoing calls are being blocked then run the call revert block in a temp action profile. No help on the Google group (my post didn't even get approved) but it does do some great stuff. Programming interface is a bit complex and frustrating but once you got the hang of it, it's a great app. My phone now sends a text to each missed caller with instructions how to turn up my ringer volume if its urgent!

I have been a programmer and this is just ridiculous to try to get to work with how they over complicated it. Things like basic tasks should be able to be reused for other profiles. Would be great to have some common macros you can just change location for, like disable WiFi, disable Bluetooth. Instead it makes you painfully go through all the options to try to piece together something that should be simple. Then how to turn something on? Not listed in a menu. How about adding more than one task to a profil

Finally cracked it!! The automation of my phone to do what I want it to with Tasker!! A warning though - when trying to automate a gps function watch that your phone case does not block the gps from working as mine did >:-(

While the UI may not be as user friendly as some other automation apps and the learning curve may be too steep for some this is without a doubt the powerful automation app in the store. Watch a few tutorials on YouTube to aid you in learning how to navigate the app and you'll soon be on your way to automating virtually task on your device. Tasker is the best automation app hands down.

After learning the syntax the skys the limit. The context aware nature of this app lets me automate all the little things I used to daily. My phone now mutes itself when on campus, and turns the ringer on when I'm home. It downloads my podcasts while I sleep, and connects to my watch when I wake. Spend some time with this app and you'll spend less time fiddling with your phone

I really like this app because it's fun automating stuff on your phone. There is a steep-ish learning curve but if you're computer literate and have a good sense of logic you'll get it in about a week or two. My phone isn't rooted and so far I don't even feel like I need root. 4 stars though because the app could benefit from bringing the UI up to date with Material design and some overall UI polishing.

Definitely needs some love! Lots of services/actions no longer work. Secure settings, which really was Tasker's backbone is deadish, lots of old, good plugins no longer work, settings action no longer reflect the latest Android implementations, common, really common!

If you are coming from Llama, you will be disappointed. Llama was a very powerful app with a very user friendly interface. This app can't even find a business address even though I copy and pasted it.

And it deserves that title. Only if mobile data would work without root. (IIRC it's an Android issue, not Tasker)

COURTESY NOTE! If you are unable to download the app, I'll bet you have Utter downloaded as well. Uninstall it backup Utter and you should be good to go!

Tasker is probably my number one reason for continuing to use Android, truly a great platform. Consider this before buying Tasker; if you do not have basic programming skills, you might find yourself in over your head. But the good news is you can learn how to use Tasker. I like thinking of Tasker as cron for Android. No Android device should be without Tasker, rooted or not.

Tasker is a seriously powerful app that is seriously difficult to use. And now it is proving to be very unreliable. I've used it for years, and I'm a professional software developer, so I know how to program and I know how computers work, but still I struggle to do simple things with this app. The user interface is horrible. I'm doing the simplest of profiles: at a certain time of day, change a setting. Half the time it doesn't execute. The app is in the foreground, screen on, and I'm watching it as nothing happens. The user interface is pretty terrible. You need to confirm changes instead of it automatically saving them. It gives you the confirm button even when you haven't changed anything, except touching a profile to expand or collapse it in the view of profiles. There are too many hidden assumptions. For example, if you create a time condition and you don't specify the To time, it uses midnight.

Really handy app. It does everything you wish smart settings would do after you spend an hour trying to figure it how to work it. Not user friendly whatsoever.

Top 5 app of all time. Not for beginners that have no patience, there IS a learning curve. However, this app can do anything! Its truly amazing the endless amounts of possibilities!

can be frustrating to figure out, but it works really good. constantly pinging my location to do my tasks doesn't seem to take as much battery as u might think.

5 Stars if you add hotspot variable + device locked state. I want to have mobile data switched off if the phone is locked, unless the hotspot is active.

I Don't Know..I Want to,but I just can't.. Not All Apps Fault,But It's Hard to Understand..I install,pay,try,uninstall,install, uninstall,& I'll try again..I hoping to have some sort of understanding,&/or just be able to know how to take advantage,even knowledge,from this App's possibilities..

There has only been a few of apps that have made me want to throw my phone across the room in frustration. Two are Tasker and Autovoice. If you are a dev, I'm sure this is cool. If you are a normal user, this app will make you crazy trying to figure out. I wish I could go back in time to prevent the frustration these apps have caused. Wasted $20+ thinking it would get better. Why so much hype?

Looks like it hasn't been updated in years! Long-time fan, but I'd expect a material design update -- Holo design died a LONG time ago! Other than that, this is my go-to app for automation. Awesome stuff!

The interface looks very outdated and isn't user friendly. However the functionality this app offers is outstanding