How the AltMarket team switched from Jira to t0ggles

We are the altmarket.app team. We're building a digital goods store where you can quickly and safely purchase keys for games and software. Our priorities are transparent pricing, security, and a simple checkout - no registration or extra steps.

Our team is just three developers and a project manager. Early on we chose Jira - the “number one solution on the market,” which supposedly would cover all our project-management needs. But it quickly became clear that for a team our size, Jira didn't simplify work - it slowed it down. We found the tool was dictating our process instead of adapting to it.

#What's wrong with Jira

The first thing that stood out was the cluttered interface. We wanted a simple, clean task tracker without a dozen fields and buttons. Even after disabling most of the extras, creating a task was still long and multi-click. As a result, we increasingly left todos right in the code - and, as you can guess, they were easy to lose.

The second problem was Jira's philosophy. It has everything: tasks, epics, roadmaps, Confluence, reporting, integrations. But any small customization turned into a quest. To add a simple field or rearrange a board, you had to spend time sifting through dozens of settings. At some point we realized we were spending more time not on the tasks themselves, but on hunting for the right checkboxes.

And then there was Confluence. We planned to keep project notes centralized, but pages loaded so slowly that everyone kept local notes instead. The result was fragmented information and the team falling out of sync.

#Moving to t0ggles

We knew about t0ggles even before its release - we'd been following development and waiting for launch. When we received an invite to test it, we moved our current sprint over. Within a couple of days it was obvious: this is what we needed.

The interface is minimalist and intuitive, without bloat. There's no guessing where a setting lives - everything is clear and straightforward. Unlike Jira, t0ggles doesn't try to show the “entire arsenal” at once; it lets you grow with your team. We configured the board to fit us, keeping only what we needed. Visual noise dropped dramatically, and the focus shifted back to the work itself.

#How our process changed

After the switch, the team started adding more detailed task descriptions. The t0ggles interface practically nudges you to do this: the description area takes up most of the screen, so you can't ignore it.

The documentation issue was solved too. We ditched local notes entirely and moved them into t0ggles. The documents section opens instantly, so finding information is much easier.

Task creation also became much faster. We don't have a dedicated task manager role - developers write up tasks themselves. In Jira that was slow and inconvenient; in t0ggles it's just a couple of clicks. Now we don't lose todos in the code - we log them straight into the backlog.

Most importantly, the “heaviness” of working with the tracker disappeared. The tool stopped getting in the way and started accelerating the process.

#Bottom line

Switching to t0ggles helped us eliminate distractions, speed up task intake, and increase team engagement.

Our experience proved again that a tool should match the size of the team and its tasks - not the other way around. Sometimes the “most popular and feature-rich solution” is overkill, while a lightweight, stylish, and flexible tool works far more effectively.

We want to extend special thanks to t0ggles' creator - Vladimir! For the product itself, the attention to detail, and the thoughtful approach to feedback. As some of the earliest users, we felt our input truly influenced the tool's development. That's invaluable.

We wish t0ggles continued success and look forward to seeing the product grow alongside its users.