Todoist vs TickTick
Based on product documentation, both compared for task management. See which is better for productivity.
The Story at a Glance
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Todoist
Best for simplicity
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TickTick
Best for features
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Pricing
Todoist: $4/mo · TickTick: $3/mo
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Calendar
TickTick wins with built-in calendar
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Our Pick
Todoist for simple, TickTick for power
Key Facts
Todoist and TickTick both sit in the personal task management tier below full project tools, and they share a natural-language quick-add feature — type "submit report Friday 4pm" and both parse the date correctly. The meaningful differences appear in how much structure each one builds around the list.
Todoist is the minimalist's tool. Its strength is the frictionless capture-to-organize loop: projects, labels, and filters are lightweight, and the karma system rewards consistency. Filters are Todoist's hidden power — a query like "today, p1, #work" builds a custom view across all projects that updates live. The Pro tier costs $4 per month and adds reminders, calendar sync, and larger project limits. What Todoist deliberately lacks is a built-in calendar view; scheduling means assigning dates and trusting the filter system, or pairing with a calendar app.
TickTick bundles more into one subscription at $3 per month: a built-in calendar view, a Pomodoro timer, habit tracking, and an Eisenhower matrix view. For people who would otherwise pay for a separate calendar app or focus timer, TickTick consolidates the stack. The tradeoff is surface area — the interface carries more tabs and modes, which some users find dilutes focus compared to Todoist's single list view.
Choose Todoist if your workflow is list-and-filter based, you live in keyboard shortcuts, and you already have a calendar you like. Choose TickTick if you want tasks, calendar, and time tracking in one place and prefer visual scheduling over query filters. Both sync reliably across platforms and both offer free tiers sufficient for casual use — the deciding factor is usually whether the built-in calendar justifies TickTick's slightly busier interface for your specific routine.