TickTick vs Todoist
Two of the best personal to-do apps, compared honestly: all-in-one versus focused and fast.
TickTick and Todoist are the two to-do apps people weigh most often. Both capture tasks in plain language, run everywhere and have generous free plans. They differ in philosophy: TickTick puts habits, a calendar and a focus timer in the same app, while Todoist stays a focused task list and has invested heavily in built-in AI, with voice capture and AI task breakdown. Both now run an official MCP server, so agents like Claude can read and edit either list.
Choose TickTick if…
- You want habits, a focus timer and a calendar in the same app as your tasks
- You want the most features for the lowest yearly price
- You plan your day visually on a calendar
Choose Todoist if…
- You want the fastest, cleanest task capture and a focused list
- You want AI help built in: voice capture, task breakdown, filters from a sentence
- You want the broader MCP server for Claude: 40+ tools, plus a Claude Code plugin
The verdict
Pick TickTick if you want an all-in-one personal system (tasks, habits, focus sessions and a calendar) at a low price. Pick Todoist if you want the most polished pure task manager and more AI built in. On agents it's closer than it was: both now run an official MCP server, so Claude can work in either list, and Todoist's covers more ground. Neither one lets you hand a task to an AI agent and approve what it delivers.
Where Done fits
Done isn't trying to out-feature either. It's for the tasks you'd rather not do yourself: assign one to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP agent, and its result waits on the task for your approval. Plenty of people keep TickTick or Todoist for personal lists and use Done for delegated work; both export a CSV that Done imports.
Compare each with Done:Done vs TickTickDone vs Todoist
Frequently asked questions
Is TickTick better than Todoist?
It depends on what you want in one app. TickTick bundles habits, a focus timer and a calendar view; Todoist is a more focused task manager with stronger built-in AI features. Both publish an official MCP server. For tasks alone, many people find Todoist faster; for an all-in-one, TickTick wins.
Which is cheaper, TickTick or Todoist?
TickTick Premium is $49.99 a year. Todoist Pro is $5 a month billed yearly ($60 a year) or $7 month to month. Both have a free plan.
Which works better with Claude or other AI agents?
Both work with Claude now: each runs an official, hosted MCP server that signs in with OAuth. Todoist's goes further today, with more than 40 tools and a Claude Code plugin; TickTick says its server covers basic task, list, habit, focus and countdown operations for now. Neither has an approval step before an agent's work counts. If you want an agent to own and finish tasks with an approval step, that's what Done is built for.
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Comparison based on publicly available information last verified in October 2026. TickTick, Todoist and other names are trademarks of their respective owners; features change — check their sites for the latest.