Karma boosts your motivation to get things done on time. Every completed Todoist task gains you Karma points, and a step closer to new Karma levels.
Check your Karma level
When you first sign up for Todoist, your Karma starts at the Beginner level. As you complete tasks or use advanced features, you gain points that’ll help you advance to the next level.
| Karma points | Karma symbol | Karma level |
|---|---|---|
| 0-499 | Beginner | |
| 500-2499 | Novice | |
| 2500-4999 | Intermediate | |
| 5000-7499 | Professional | |
| 7500-9999 | Expert | |
| 10000-19999 | Master | |
| 20000-49999 | Grand Master | |
| 50000 and more | Enlightened |
To check your Karma level:
- Click your avatar at the top-left.
- Select the Productivity view.
- Click the Karma tab to see your current level, Karma points, and Karma Trend.
- Tap Browse at the bottom-right.
- Tap your avatar at the top-left.
- Select the Karma tab to see your current level, Karma points, and Karma Trend.
Track progress with Karma Trend
Your Karma Trend lets you see how you’ve accumulated Karma points over the last week. Your progress is illustrated as a line graph below your current Karma level, and updates automatically as you gain or lose Karma points.
Here’s a breakdown of the Karma Trend symbols:
| Karma symbol | What it means |
|---|---|
| You added new tasks. | |
| You completed tasks. | |
| You used advanced features. | |
| You reached your Daily or Weekly goals. |
Earn Karma points
To advance to the next Karma level, you’ll need to earn Karma points. You earn points when you:
- Add tasks.
- Complete tasks on time.
- Use advanced features such as labels, recurring dates, and reminders.
- Reach self-set goals regarding the number of tasks you want to complete either daily or weekly.
- Achieve ongoing "streaks" by meeting your daily or weekly goals consistently.
Karma points are added throughout the day. The higher the Karma level you have, the more challenging it becomes to earn points.
Lose Karma points
You lose Karma points when you have tasks that are four or more days overdue. Make sure to complete your tasks on time, or reschedule tasks to a later date.
Change Karma settings
- Click your avatar at the top-left.
- Select Settings.
- Select the Productivity tab in the side menu.
- Make the necessary changes to your Karma:
- Set your daily or weekly task goals.
- Turn goal celebrations on or off.
- Select days of the week when you’d like to take a break.
- Turn Vacation mode on or off.
- Click Update to confirm.
- Tap Browse at the bottom-right.
- Tap Settings at the top-right.
- Select Productivity.
- Make the necessary changes to your Karma:
- Set your daily or weekly task goals.
- Turn goal celebrations on or off.
- Select days of the week when you’d like to take a break.
- Turn Vacation mode on or off.
- Tap back to Settings at the top-left.
- Tap Done to confirm.
- Tap Browse at the bottom-right.
- Tap Settings at the top-right.
- Select Productivity.
- Make the necessary changes to your Karma:
- Set your daily or weekly task goals.
- Turn goal celebrations on or off.
- Select days of the week when you’d like to take a break.
- Turn Vacation mode on or off.
- Tap back to Settings at the top-left. Your changes are saved automatically.
Turn off task goals
If you don't benefit from using the daily and weekly goals, you can turn them off by setting the goals to zero. The goals will always be completed and won't get in your way.
- Click your avatar in the top-left.
- Click Settings.
- Click Productivity.
- Change Daily tasks to 0.
- Change Weekly tasks to 0.
- Click Update.
- Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
- Tap the gear icon at the top-right.
- Tap Productivity.
- Change the Daily Task Goal number to 0.
- Change the Weekly Task Goal number to 0.
- Tap Done.
- Tap on Browse in the bottom-right.
- Tap the gear icon in the top-right.
- Tap Productivity.
- Tap Daily goal.
- Change it to 0.
- Tap OK.
- Tap Weekly goal.
- Change it to 0.
- Tap OK.
Turn off Karma
If you don’t want the pressure of earning or losing points, here’s how to turn Karma off:
- Click your avatar at the top-left.
- Click Settings.
- Click Productivity.
- Toggle Todoist Karma off.
- Click Update to confirm.
- Tap Browse at the bottom-right.
- Tap the gear icon at the top-right.
- Tap Productivity.
- Tap Use Karma to turn it off.
- Tap Browse at the bottom-right.
- Tap the gear icon at the top-right.
- Tap Productivity.
- Tap the Karma checkbox to turn Karma off.
Reset your Karma level
Need a fresh start? Although there’s no option to reset your Karma level in Todoist, get in touch with us and we’ll reset it for you. Your Karma will go back to the default score of 50 points.
Restore a broken streak
If your daily or weekly streak broke and you couldn’t keep it going (for example, due to illness, travel, or a technical issue), get in touch with us. We can restore your most recently broken streak.
A few things to keep in mind:
- We can restore your streak up to three times per account.
- We can restore only the most recently broken streak. Older streaks aren’t recoverable.
- We can’t set custom streaks.
- To help avoid future streak breaks, turn on Vacation mode while you’re away, or set your days off in your Karma settings.
Best practices for Karma
To reach Enlightenment and prevent losing your streak, follow these best practices:
- Select your days off, so you don’t lose points when you know you can’t use Todoist on those days.
- Turn Vacation mode on if you’re going to be away for longer periods of time. Your Karma and streaks remain intact, even when you don't achieve your daily or weekly goals.
- Remember to turn Vacation mode off once you've returned, so you can start gaining Karma points again.
- Postpone tasks you can’t work on just yet. This reduces pressure and gives you a better sense of how much time is needed to complete specific tasks.
Get started
Embark on your journey to Enlightenment by discovering the workflows that fit your needs. Check out the Get started guides or get a head start with Todoist setups.
If you’re experiencing any issues with Todoist Karma, get in touch with us.