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Alternatives to OmniFocus
21 calendars tools sit alongside OmniFocus in this directory. Below is what separates each from OmniFocus on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 16
- OmniFocus starts at
- $99.99/year
Why people look past OmniFocus
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the OmniFocus entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
OmniFocus starts at $99.99/year. Across the 13 calendars tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $10/month.
There is no free tier
The record for OmniFocus carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 15 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The award-winning personal task manager
- Starts $90 a one-time cheaper, at $9.99/one-time.
The world's #1 task manager and to-do list app
- Can be used without paying; OmniFocus cannot.
- Starts $94.99 a month cheaper, at $5/month.
Free standalone calendar app from Notion, formerly Cron, usable without a paid Notion subscription
- Can be used without paying; OmniFocus cannot.
- 1 tier to OmniFocus's 3.
Simple calendar management and booking
- Can be used without paying; OmniFocus cannot.
- Starts $99.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 5 tiers to OmniFocus's 3.
Free time clock and time tracking app
- Can be used without paying; OmniFocus cannot.
Smart scheduling for the modern workforce
- Can be used without paying; OmniFocus cannot.
- 2 tiers to OmniFocus's 3.
Every OmniFocus alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OmniFocus (this page) | $99.99/year | - | 3 | |
| Things 3GTD task manager for Apple devices with minimal learning curve and emphasis on calm, clean interface design | $9.99/one-time | - | 3 | vs OmniFocus |
| TodoistCross-platform task management with collaboration features, labels, priorities, and recurring tasks | Free, then $5/month | - | 3 | vs OmniFocus |
| Notion Calendar | Free | Free product, no licence fee | 1 | vs OmniFocus |
| TidyCal | Free | Freemium | 5 | vs OmniFocus |
| Jibble | Free | Freemium | - | vs OmniFocus |
| Google Calendar | Free | - | 2 | vs OmniFocus |
| SavvyCal | Free, then $12/month | - | 3 | vs OmniFocus |
| Skedda | Free, then $99/month | Subscription | 6 | vs OmniFocus |
| Apple Calendar | Free | - | - | vs OmniFocus |
| Clockify | Free | Freemium | 5 | vs OmniFocus |
| Harvest Forecast | Free, then $5/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OmniFocus |
| BusyCal | Free, then $4.99/month | - | 3 | vs OmniFocus |
| Kronologic | Free, then $15/month | Subscription | 4 | vs OmniFocus |
| Cron Calendar | Free, then $10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs OmniFocus |
| Microsoft To Do | Free | Free | 1 | vs OmniFocus |
| Morgen | $15/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs OmniFocus |
| Resource Guru | $5/month | - | 3 | vs OmniFocus |
| Practice | $40/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OmniFocus |
| Float | $6/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OmniFocus |
| Rise Calendar | $16/year | Subscription | 1 | vs OmniFocus |
| Google Tasks | Free | - | - | vs OmniFocus |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the OmniFocus badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Todoist , Free, then $5/month
- Notion Calendar , Free
- TidyCal , Free
- Jibble , Free
- Google Calendar , Free
- SavvyCal , Free, then $12/month
- Skedda , Free, then $99/month
- Apple Calendar , Free
Cheaper than OmniFocus (16)
Entry price under OmniFocus's $99.99/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
OmniFocus is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If OmniFocus is broadly right and the question is cost, the OmniFocus pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Calendars category lists everything the directory holds, and best calendars tools ranks them.
OmniFocus runs on macos, ios, ipados, watchos, visionos, web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about OmniFocus alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to OmniFocus?
- 21 other calendars tools are listed in this directory, led by Things 3, Todoist, Notion Calendar, TidyCal. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to OmniFocus?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Todoist, Notion Calendar, TidyCal, Jibble, Google Calendar.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to OmniFocus?
- Yes. 16 of the alternatives below start under OmniFocus's $99.99/year: Things 3 at $9.99/one-time, Todoist at Free, then $5/month, TidyCal at Free, SavvyCal at Free, then $12/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to OmniFocus?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from OmniFocus?
- OmniFocus is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to OmniFocus?
- None of the calendars tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these OmniFocus alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Calendars, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare OmniFocus against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against OmniFocus covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every calendars tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Calendars category, 21 tools beside OmniFocus. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.