8 alternativesTickTick: Free to start
The best TickTick alternatives
For most people the best alternative to TickTick is Superlist, and the best free one is Todoist.
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| App | Price | How you pay | Mac | iPhone | iPad | Watch | App Store | Developer | Setapp | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.9 | ||||||||
| Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | Too few ratings | ||||||||
| $74.99 once | Pay once | 4 | ||||||||
| From $9.99 | Pay once | 4.8 | ||||||||
| Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.8 | ||||||||
| Free to start | Free, with paid upgrades | 4.8 | ||||||||
| From $12 | Subscription | 4.8 | ||||||||
| From $17 | Subscription | Too few ratings | ||||||||
| From $19 | Subscription | Too few ratings |
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The alternatives, in order
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Pick this if you share lists with family or a small team and want notes attached to every task.
To-dos from the Wunderlist team where each task carries its own notes and checklists, free for 5 lists.
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Pick this if you run dozens of projects and want a strict system with a weekly review.
The deep, review-driven task manager for people with dozens of projects on the go, on every Apple device.
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Pick it if you live on Apple devices and want a calm to-do list you pay for once.
A calm, pay-once to-do app for every Apple device, with your calendar shown above today's tasks and free sync.
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Pick this if you want to add tasks as plain sentences and have dates and repeats filled in for you.
Type a task as a normal sentence and get a dated, repeating to-do in the right project, free for 5 projects.
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Pick this if you plan best by seeing your day as time blocks on 1 visual timeline.
Your tasks and calendar on 1 visual timeline, so you can see whether today actually fits, with most of it free.
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Pick it if you keep a bullet journal and want each day's page next to your calendar on the Mac.
A daily Markdown note with your calendar and tasks next to it, so planning and notes stay on 1 page.
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Pick it if your tasks come from Asana, Jira, Slack and email and you want to fit them into real calendar time.
A daily planner that gathers tasks from Asana, Jira, Slack and email and makes you fit them into real calendar time.
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Pick this if you want tasks from email, Slack and several calendars collected in 1 inbox before you schedule them.
Collects tasks from email, Slack and your other apps into 1 inbox, then puts them on your calendar.
TickTick head to head
Things 3 vs TickTickPick it if you live on Apple devices and want a calm to-do list you pay for once.
Todoist vs TickTickPick this if you want to add tasks as plain sentences and have dates and repeats filled in for you.
Streaks vs TickTickPick it if you want a few daily habits and a streak counter, paid for once with no subscription.
TickTick vs HabitifyPick it if you track more than a handful of habits and want workouts and sleep logged for you.
When TickTick is still the right pick
You want tasks, habits and a focus timer in 1 app that also works on Android and the web.
TickTick prices and verdictFree to start