Looking for an alternative to apps like TickTick and Todoist but I don’t want a subscription to deal with. I can justify a one time purchase of a todo app though as long as it’s reasonable. Any recommendations?
Apple reminders (has gotten better and better, syncs, gets updates, is 100% free, sharing, built in, …).
Things is also great.
These are both iOS/macOS though, so sry if you were looking for something else
The only thing I wish Apple Reminders has is the ability to set a recurring task like “30 days after task completion”
What features that you want are missing from the free versions of ticktick and todoist?
I’m currently using todoist and the 5 project limit is my main problem.
Wow I just mucked around with this just an hour ago because I wanted to swap off ToDoist…
I found Google Tasks has a bunch of cool apps that work great with its API (including a cool Raycast plugin for Mac users), apps like ToDoist and TickTick do a lot but they had too many features for my liking. I wanted something that was just a simple list like TeuxDeux which can sync between my Mac and Android.
Settled on the Microsoft ToDo app for ephemeral tasks and I plan to beef up my obsidian vault a little to use it for more long-term tasks. Ultimately it really depends what you’re looking for because there’s so many options
Before switching to TickTick I found Google Tasks to be a decent option
Free as in a standalone app or as in its part of something you already own?
The gmail and Microsoft both have apps that are not only cross-platform, web-accessible, and cloud sync’d but they integrate with native apps in your phone.
FWIF I’ve tried TickTick and Todoist with paid plans, Google Tasks, Microsoft Todo and probably a few other free apps, and personally have settled on HedgeDoc for lists and Telegram for reminders. Nothing beats their simplicity and reliability.
Dooit. It’s a terminal based todo list, so simple but amazing.
Apple Reminders, which I now keep in a widget on my phone & iPad home screens. This is mainly for repeating items, like shopping, since I can turn on “show completed” and then uncheck them to put back on the list.
Or paper notebook, which I normally have in my pocket. This is for more serious things where I need to write some procedure or notes.
Used to use Things, which is great, but it’s overkill for my current needs.
Tasks.org app because it syncs across Nextcloud or Apple Reminders or Android or Linux, and more.
I have a pretty straightforward solution. I keep a text file called ‘todo’ in my Syncthing sync folder, and I added ‘cat Sync/todo’ to my Fish greeting.
Google Keep (since it convenient) and Github’s built in kanban board (which is super nice for coding projects)
I‘m using Due on the iPhone. It can be purchased per one-time payment and won’t get new features added then (bugfixes are still coming) but that’s fine since there are not so many new features. Plus, it syncs to the Mac (additional purchase needed).
I know this will probably be unpopular, but that’s part of why I’m throwing it in here. Microsoft ToDo started out as a hot pile of garbage after they took over a great to-do app. These days it’s genuinely pretty great, though. Especially if part of what you do involves Outlook or Exchange. You can flag mails and have them show up in a to-do section, it will semi-intelligently suggest things to do next based on things in your to do-list, if you use planner or tasks at work, your things will show up in ToDo as well. I don’t use it for personal stuff, because having the option to quickly have Siri add something in Reminders is super convenient, but other than that it’s definitely a useful option - especially if you don’t use a voice assistant.
+1, there are some things I wish were different but overall Microsoft To Do is a great app.
Stuff is what I use. It’s an offline app though, but it’s pretty customisable and looks great.
Agreed! Came here to mention it. It’s a widget only, and very minimal but I love it. I only wish I remembered to look at it more often.
My wife and I started using cozi a few months ago. Shared to-do lists, shopping lists, etc with widgets. It’s been nice.
