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Alternatives to Todoist
25 productivity tools sit alongside Todoist in this directory. Below is what separates each from Todoist on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 25
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- 6
- Todoist starts at
- Free, then $5/month
Why people look past Todoist
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Todoist has a free tier, and starts at $5/month against a category median of $9.99/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
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.
Stay organized, stay creative
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 2 tiers to Todoist's 3.
To do list & planner
- Starts $0.009999999999999787 a month cheaper, at $4.99/month.
- 2 tiers to Todoist's 3.
The award-winning personal task manager
- No free tier, where Todoist has one.
- Starts $4.99 a one-time dearer, at $9.99/one-time.
Your personal task management app
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 1 tier to Todoist's 3.
Professional task management for complex workflows
- No free tier, where Todoist has one.
- Starts $69.99 a month dearer, at $74.99/month.
- 4 tiers to Todoist's 3.
Journalling app for iOS, Android and Mac now sold as a subscription after years as a one-time purchase
Priced and rated the same as Todoist on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Todoist 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todoist (this page) | Free, then $5/month | - | 3 | |
| TickTickDirect competitor with similar features including calendar view, habit tracking, and focus tools. TickTick is frequently cited as the closest alternative to Todoist. | Free | - | 2 | vs Todoist |
| Any.doSimpler task manager with clean interface and freemium model. Combines task organization with calendar integration for personal productivity. | Free, then $4.99/month | - | 2 | vs Todoist |
| Things 3Apple ecosystem focused personal task manager with elegant interface. Designed for users seeking simplicity over collaboration features. | $9.99/one-time | - | 3 | vs Todoist |
| Microsoft To DoFree, cloud-based task manager integrated with Microsoft 365. Offers basic task organization with Microsoft account synchronization. | Free | Free | 1 | vs Todoist |
| OmniFocus 3Comprehensive GTD system for Apple users with advanced features like custom perspectives and defer dates for complex task management. | $74.99/month | One-time | 4 | vs Todoist |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 3 | vs Todoist |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | 3 | vs Todoist |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Todoist |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | 2 | vs Todoist |
| Samsung Food | Free | Free, no subscription | 1 | vs Todoist |
| Bluemail | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Todoist |
| Spark Mail | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Todoist |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | 2 | vs Todoist |
| Supernormal | Free, then $20/month | Per month by credits | 3 | vs Todoist |
| MeetGeek | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Todoist |
| Bluedot | Free, then $14/month | Per recording user per month | 4 | vs Todoist |
| LibreOffice | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Todoist |
| Gamma | Free, then $12/month | - | 6 | vs Todoist |
| Memtime | €10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Todoist |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Todoist |
| AnyList | On request | Per user per year | 1 | vs Todoist |
| Mimestream | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs Todoist |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase, priced separately per platform | 2 | vs Todoist |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs Todoist |
| Fastmail | $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Todoist |
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 Todoist badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (16)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- TickTick , Free
- Any.do , Free, then $4.99/month
- Microsoft To Do , Free
- Day One , Free
- Canary Mail , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Bring! , Free
- Samsung Food , Free
Cheaper than Todoist (6)
Entry price under Todoist's $5/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- TickTick , Free
- Any.do , Free, then $4.99/month
- Microsoft To Do , Free
- Mimestream , $4.99/month
- Paprika Recipe Manager , $4.99/one-time
- Fastmail , $3/month
What you would be giving up
Todoist is most often brought in for personal task management, team project coordination, goal tracking, habit building, daily planning. 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 Todoist is broadly right and the question is cost, the Todoist pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Productivity category lists everything the directory holds, and best productivity tools ranks them.
Todoist runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows. 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 Todoist alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Todoist?
- 25 other productivity tools are listed in this directory, led by TickTick, Any.do, Things 3, Microsoft To Do. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Todoist?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: TickTick, Any.do, Microsoft To Do, Day One, Canary Mail.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Todoist?
- Yes. 6 of the alternatives below start under Todoist's $5/month: TickTick at Free, Any.do at Free, then $4.99/month, Microsoft To Do at Free, Mimestream at $4.99/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Todoist?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Todoist has a free tier, and starts at $5/month against a category median of $9.99/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Todoist?
- Todoist is most often brought in for personal task management, team project coordination, goal tracking, habit building, daily planning. 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 Todoist?
- None of the productivity 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 Todoist alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Productivity, 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 Todoist against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Todoist 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 productivity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Productivity category, 25 tools beside Todoist. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.