# Twist

> Async team messaging organized into threads

Twist is a team messaging app from Doist, the company behind Todoist, built for asynchronous communication. Conversations are posted as titled threads inside channels and collected in each member's inbox, while one-on-one and group messages cover quick exchanges. It deliberately shows no online-status indicators, and video meetings are started through a Jitsi Meet integration.

- **Category:** Team Communication
- **Made by:** Doist Inc.
- **Website:** https://twist.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Twist has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6 per user / month, billed yearly.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Access to the last month of comments and messages, up to 5 integrations, 5 GB of file storage, and up to 500 members and 500 guests.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Up to 1 month of comment and message history, 5 integrations, 5 GB of file storage, 500 member accounts and 500 guest accounts. |
| Unlimited | $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($8 billed monthly) | Full history, unlimited integrations and file storage, unlimited members and guests, priority support, custom groups and Google sign-in. |

Read from https://twist.com/pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Twist before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **25% less with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Twist Unlimited costs $6 per user / month billed annually against $8 billed monthly. Doist's help center says no other discounts are currently offered. Source: https://twist.com/help/articles/what-is-twist-unlimited-mehD6bnu

## Key features

- **Threads:** Each conversation in a channel is a titled thread with its own comments. Threads can be closed, pinned, muted or moved to another channel.
- **Public and private channels:** Channels group threads by team, project, topic or client, and can be public to the whole team or private to invited members.
- **Inbox:** The inbox lists every thread a member has been notified about across channels, with Active, Done and Saved views for working through them.
- **Direct and group messages:** Messages sit alongside threads for one-on-one or small-group exchanges, with file attachments, GIFs and emoji reactions.
- **Search with filters:** Search covers threads and messages and can be narrowed by author, channel, thread title and date range.
- **Integrations and API:** The directory covers tools such as GitHub, Google Calendar, Jira Software and Todoist, plus Zapier, Make and n8n, and a developer API for custom automations.

## Good for

- Distributed teams that reply across time zones rather than in real time
- Teams that want written discussions kept findable by topic
- Working with clients or contractors: single-channel guests are free
- Teams already using Todoist, which has several Twist integrations

## Worth knowing

- Twist's own What's New page says development is on hiatus: no new features and no fixes for small bugs for the time being. Its last entry is from May 2023.
- The Free plan shows and searches only the last month of comments and messages; older content is kept but hidden until the team upgrades.
- Free teams are limited to 5 integrations and 5 GB of file storage.
- On Unlimited every member and multi-channel guest is billed, so a team cannot mix free and paid members.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 1,080 ratings in the United States, read Oct 6, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1126800020

## Works with

Todoist, GitHub, GitLab, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Jira Software, Trello, Zapier

**Tags:** Team chat, File sharing, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Slack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slack): Channel-based team messaging with huddles, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/slack-vs-twist)
- [Zulip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zulip): Open-source team chat that organizes channels by topic. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/twist-vs-zulip)
- [Mattermost](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mattermost): Self-hosted team messaging with playbooks, calls and boards. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mattermost-vs-twist)
- [Pumble](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pumble): Team chat with unlimited message history on the free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pumble-vs-twist)
- [Microsoft Teams](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-teams): Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-teams-vs-twist)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://twist.com/pricing
- https://twist.com
- https://twist.com/integrations
- https://twist.com/help/articles/download-twist-OEgZFaqN
- https://twist.com/help/articles/how-to-install-twist-on-linux-AoHRc6FyR
- https://twist.com/help/articles/what-is-twist-unlimited-mehD6bnu
- https://twist.com/help/articles/do-you-offer-a-discount-nAlJwczVt
- https://twist.com/help/articles/how-guests-work-in-twist-pPt1PKPY
- https://twist.com/help/articles/how-to-search-in-twist-aTA4QN07
- https://twist.com/help/articles/what-is-the-inbox-r2KEWZwI
- https://twist.com/help/articles/what-is-twist-aTA4QrqG
- https://twist.com/help/articles/use-jitsi-meet-with-twist-WFWDf4r1
- https://twist.com/help/articles/whats-new-JPJ4HduH

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