TickTick vs Todoist: which task list should you pick?

TickTick vs Todoist is a close call, because both are real to-do lists with a usable free plan. TickTick Premium is US$49.99 a year. Todoist Pro is $7 a month, or $60 a year ($5 a month billed yearly). TickTick puts more tools in one app: calendar views, a habit tracker and focus tracking. Todoist stays closer to a clean list, and it has a Business plan if you plan with a team.

We make Carnet, a digital bullet journal, so read this page with that in mind. Every TickTick, Todoist and Lunatask fact below comes from those products' own sites, checked on November 8, 2026. The sources are listed at the bottom.

TickTick vs Todoist at a glance

The short verdict

Choose TickTick if:

• you want one app for tasks, a calendar, habits and focus tracking;
• the lower yearly price matters, or the free plan's 9 lists are enough;
• you plan from calendar views more than from a project list;
• you work mostly alone or share a couple of lists.

Choose Todoist if:

• you want a focused list with strong quick-add and filters;
• you share work with a team and need a real Business plan (roles, a shared workspace, one bill);
• you already live in Todoist's project, label and filter setup;
• you want a widely supported set of desktop, phone, watch and browser apps.

If you keep opening a long list less and less, or you want appointments, tasks and notes on the same weekly page, look at Carnet further down. It costs more ($10 a month, no free plan) and does less on purpose. Our Todoist alternative page goes deeper on that contrast.

Pricing: TickTick vs Todoist

On list price, TickTick is cheaper to upgrade. Every limit of its free and Premium plans is in our TickTick pricing and review.

TickTick's pricing page lists two tiers: Free at US$0, and Premium at US$49.99 a year. The page we checked showed the annual plan, not a monthly web price. Free includes 9 lists with 99 tasks each, list and kanban views, natural-language dates, task reminders and sync. Premium raises those ceilings to 299 lists and 999 tasks per list, adds up to 199 attachments a day, 5 reminders per task, 29 members per list, 299 habits and 299 countdowns, and unlocks the full calendar views.

Todoist's pricing page lists three tiers:

• Beginner, free: 5 personal projects, Smart Quick Add, task reminders, list and board layouts, 3 filter views, 1 week of activity history, and integrations.
• Pro: $7 a month, or $60 a year ($5 a month billed yearly). That adds 300 personal projects, a calendar layout, a table layout, task duration, custom reminders, 150 filters, full reporting history, Task Assist, deadlines and unlimited Ramble.
• Business: $10 per user a month, or $8 per user a month billed yearly ($96 a year). That adds a shared team workspace, up to 500 team projects, team roles and permissions, and centralized billing.

Todoist's help center, updated October 15, 2026, also lists a 7-day free trial for Pro and a 14-day free trial for Business. TickTick does not list a numbered trial: you can stay on the free plan.

A quick yearly comparison for one person:

• TickTick Premium: US$49.99 a year
• Todoist Pro: $60 a year, or $84 if you pay $7 a month
• Todoist Business: $96 a year per user (yearly billing)

Local taxes may apply (Todoist says so on Business). If price is the only question, TickTick wins, and both free plans are real products.

What TickTick does well

TickTick is built as an all-in-one personal productivity app.

You can keep tasks in lists or on a kanban board, type a date in natural language, set reminders, and share a list. Its homepage describes several calendar views: yearly, monthly, weekly, agenda, multi-day and multi-week. It also includes a habit tracker, countdowns, an Eisenhower matrix, sticky notes, calendar subscriptions (it mentions Notion among integrations), statistics for tasks, focus duration and habit logs, and a "constant reminder" that keeps ringing until you complete the task.

AI features sit on the pricing page under Premium: an AI assistant, AI voice capture, and MCP servers. The homepage describes voice capture that extracts dates and priorities, plus recording summaries and automated workflows.

The free plan is generous for a personal list. The tradeoff is the menu: a list, a calendar, habits, a timer, statistics and more. If you use two or three of those every day, TickTick feels like a bargain. If you ignore half of them, they still sit there.

What Todoist does well

Todoist is a very good to-do list, and it stays one.

Smart Quick Add reads what you type. Recurring dates, priorities, labels, sections, sub-tasks and filters go as deep as you need. Shared projects and assigned tasks are available on every plan, including Beginner. The Today and Upcoming views are the core of the product: a list of what is due.

The free Beginner plan is enough for many people: 5 personal projects, reminders, list and board layouts, and 3 filters. You pay Pro when you want the calendar layout, more projects and filters, task duration, deadlines, custom reminders and the extra AI tools.

Todoist also has a path that TickTick does not: Business, with a shared workspace, roles, team projects and centralized billing. If the reason you typed "TickTick vs Todoist" is "we need one tool for the team," Todoist is the one with a team plan on its pricing page.

A limit that matters for planning: Todoist's help center says only tasks with a date appear in Today and Upcoming. The calendar layout, time-blocking and task duration are Pro (and Business) features. On Beginner you plan from lists, not from a week grid.

Calendar, habits and extras

This is usually where people decide.

Calendar. TickTick treats the calendar as a main view. Multiple calendar views are listed on its homepage, and its pricing table marks calendar view as "Basic" on Free and "Unlimited" on Premium. Todoist added a calendar layout, but it is a Pro and Business feature. If you want to see tasks on a week or a month without paying, TickTick's free plan is the more calendar-like of the two, though the full set of views is reserved for Premium.

Habits and focus. TickTick includes a habit tracker (5 habits free, 299 on Premium) and tracks focus duration. Quotes published on its homepage mention a Pomo timer. Todoist has no built-in habit tracker. It has Karma, a points-and-streaks system you can turn off. If habits are part of how you plan your day, TickTick includes them; Todoist does not.

Reminders. Both send them. TickTick's free plan includes 2 reminders per task (5 on Premium) and a constant reminder option. Todoist includes automatic reminders for tasks that have a date and a time on every plan; custom, time-based, location-based and recurring reminders are on Pro and Business.

Sharing and teams

TickTick lets you share lists and assign tasks. Free lists can include 2 members; Premium goes up to 29. There is no Business or team tier on TickTick's pricing page.

Todoist lets you share personal projects on every plan (up to 5 people per personal project). Business adds a shared team workspace, up to 500 team projects, roles and permissions, activity logs and one bill. Its help center also notes that a free team with lower limits is available on any plan.

For a couple sharing a grocery list, either works. For a team that needs admin controls, Todoist is the one that sells that product.

Platforms

Todoist's download page lists apps for Linux, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS, plus browser extensions and email add-ons.

TickTick's homepage says it syncs on your phone, computer, tablet or watch, and its download page lists iOS and iPadOS, Windows, macOS, Linux and a web app.

Carnet is different: it is a web app, with no native mobile app. You use it in the browser on any screen.

A third option: Lunatask

Some comparisons of TickTick vs Todoist put Lunatask next to them, and that is fair: it is another personal to-do app, with habits and a calmer tone.

Lunatask's pricing page lists a free plan (no card required) with 2 areas of life, 7 daily habits, 30 relationships, automatic prioritization, time blocking, task timers, a work-in-progress limit, notes, a mood tracker and journaling, plus email, browser and Zapier integrations.

Premium is $8 a month, or $6 a month if you pay annually. That unlocks unlimited areas, habits and relationships, calendar integrations, an Eisenhower matrix, the Must/Should/Want method, weekly habits, energy and stress trackers, and note templates. There is also a lifetime Premium licence at $300, not sold in the mobile app or the Mac App Store; Lunatask says to use the Windows, Linux or Mac DMG app for that purchase.

Lunatask is a good third look if you want tasks, habits and a journal in one encrypted app. It is still a task app with extras, not a weekly page. Carnet has no habit tracker and no mood tracker: those belong to paper layouts or to apps like TickTick and Lunatask.

If you want a week on two pages instead

TickTick and Todoist both start from a list. A digital bullet journal starts from a week.

Carnet puts your days, a "This week" box and a notes area on one spread. A task gets a day, not a due date and not a time slot. There are no reminders, no streaks and no overdue section in red. It reads Google Calendar (read-only), so appointments can sit next to the things you meant to do. It has no habit tracker and no mood tracker.

It costs $10 a month. There is no free plan. New accounts get a 7-day trial; a card is required. It runs in the browser, with nothing to install.

Choose it only if the list itself is the problem: too long, too many extras, or too easy to ignore. If you want the best to-do list, TickTick or Todoist will serve you better, and both cost less. We wrote more about that contrast in our Todoist alternative. If you were comparing them because a tightly scheduled day felt like too much, you may also like our notes on Sunsama and Motion.

FAQ

Is TickTick better than Todoist?

It depends on what you use besides the list. TickTick is better if you want calendar views, habits and focus tracking in the same app, at a lower yearly price. Todoist is better if you want a cleaner list, stronger filters and a real team plan.

Which is cheaper, TickTick or Todoist?

Both have a free plan. For one person paying annually, TickTick Premium is US$49.99 a year and Todoist Pro is $60 a year. Todoist costs $7 a month if you do not prepay the year, or $96 a year per person on Business with yearly billing.

Does TickTick or Todoist have a better free plan?

TickTick's free plan gives you more lists (9 versus 5 personal projects) and a more complete personal toolkit, including a small habit tracker. Todoist's free plan is tighter on projects and filters, but it includes shared projects and automatic reminders for tasks that have a date and a time. Neither free plan includes Todoist's calendar layout; TickTick's full calendar views are a Premium feature.

Can I use TickTick or Todoist with a team?

Todoist has a Business plan for that. TickTick lets you share lists (up to 29 people on Premium) but does not list a team or Business tier.

What about Todoist vs TickTick the other way around?

It is the same comparison. People type both "TickTick vs Todoist" and "Todoist vs TickTick." The differences above do not change with the order of the names.

Try the spread before you decide

You don't need an account to see whether a week on two pages suits you. Open the homepage, click a line and write. Nothing is saved, so treat it as scratch paper.

Try Carnet's weekly spread

Read next

• Todoist alternative: a weekly planner, not a longer list
• TickTick pricing, review and an alternative with more room
• Motion app review: pricing, limits and a calmer alternative
• Sunsama alternative: a calmer planner, no time-blocking

Sources

Checked on November 8, 2026.

• TickTick, pricing page (Free at US$0 and Premium at US$49.99 a year, plan limits including lists, tasks, attachments, reminders, members, habits and countdowns, calendar view marked Basic on Free and Unlimited on Premium, AI features listed under Premium, refund and cancellation terms): https://ticktick.com/upgrade
• TickTick, homepage (calendar views, kanban, Eisenhower matrix, sticky notes, AI voice capture, constant reminder, NLP, collaboration, integrations including Notion, statistics for tasks, focus duration and habit logs, sync on phone, computer, tablet and watch): https://ticktick.com/
• TickTick, download page (iOS and iPadOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and a web app): https://ticktick.com/about/download
• Todoist, pricing page (Beginner at US$0, Pro at US$5 a month billed yearly / $60 a year or US$7 a month, Business at US$8 per user a month billed yearly / $96 a year or US$10 per user a month, features of each plan, calendar and table layouts on Pro and Business): https://www.todoist.com/pricing
• Todoist, plans, pricing and billing FAQ, last updated October 15, 2026 (7-day Pro trial, 14-day Business trial, calendar layout, task durations, time-blocking and deadlines on Pro and Business, reminder types, shared projects): https://www.todoist.com/help/account-and-billing/plans/todoist-plans-pricing-and-billing-faq-Vq2z0HWL6
• Todoist, downloads page (Linux, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch, Wear OS, browser extensions and email add-ons): https://www.todoist.com/downloads
• Lunatask, pricing page (free plan limits and features, Premium at $8 a month or $6 a month billed annually, lifetime Premium at $300, no card required for the free plan): https://lunatask.app/pricing
• Carnet, homepage (features, price, 7-day trial, demo without an account): https://gocarnet.com/en