You should be able to run the app without location services. Of course everything related to that will not be included when prioritising your tasks. Are you running the iOS or Android version?
Hey you are right there is a step you can not get over without location services enabled. this is not intentionally though. I will fix this in the next version.
If you are willing to give me your email-address I can add you to the beta testers, which will give you earlier access to the bugfix. Hit me up at team@chaoslist.io if interested.