When comparing Casual vs UpWave, the Slant community recommends UpWave for most people. In the question“What is the best task management software for small teams?” UpWave is ranked 19th while Casual is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose UpWave is:
On UpWave you only have three "rows": To Do, In progress and Completed making it very easy to get an overview.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Tracks task dependencies using a graph
Pro Great to-do templates
Every to-do list & project can be saved as an amazing template that you can re-use in the future.
Pro Offers a high-level overview of projects
The workflow with dependencies shows where the things are at a glance. No more frustrations of how your project is going and who is doing what.
Pro Sync deadlines to Google Calendar
To-do items can be integrated with your day-to-day schedule using Google Calendar.
Pro Visual way of organizing your work
The workflow includes dependencies and shows you where things are at a glance.
Pro Intuitive interface
On UpWave you only have three "rows": To Do, In progress and Completed making it very easy to get an overview.
Pro Integrations
Several integrations: Slack, Teams, Zapier, Office etc.
Pro Easy to switch between different boards
Pro Flexible layout to customise for different purposes
Cons

Con Price
At its cheapest level, Casual is $9 per month for two users and two GB of storage. The trial period is short and there is no free version.
Con Not free
After a 30-day trial the price is $4 per user, per month.
