Alternatives to TickTick
A to-do list app with calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and a habit tracker built in. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
TickTick
A to-do list app with calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and a habit tracker built in.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TickTick.
Todoist
A to-do list and task manager with natural-language task entry, projects, labels and filters.
Todoist offers natural-language entry, custom filters and many integrations, but drops the built-in Pomodoro timer and habit tracker that TickTick includes.
Microsoft To Do
A free to-do list and task management app from Microsoft that works with Outlook tasks and Planner.
Microsoft To Do is free with no paid tier and works with Outlook and Planner, but has no built-in focus timer or habit tracker.
Any.do
A to-do list app combining tasks, lists, a calendar and a daily planner for individuals, families and teams.
Any.do combines tasks with a calendar and daily planner and adds shared family boards, with some features behind paid plans.
Things 3
A personal task manager for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro.
Things 3 is a paid personal task app for Apple platforms only, with each platform version bought separately and no web version.
Super Productivity
Plan tasks while tracking time and focused work sessions.
Super Productivity is free and open source under MIT with desktop and Android apps, combining tasks with time tracking and focused work sessions.
Superlist
A task and notes app from the creators of Wunderlist, combining to-do lists, notes and projects.
Superlist puts tasks and notes in one workspace with shared lists and voice-to-action items, but has no Windows desktop app listed.
Amazing Marvin
A highly customizable task manager with features aimed at people with ADHD and procrastinators.
Amazing Marvin offers over 100 optional features aimed at people with ADHD, but is paid with no free plan beyond the trial.
OmniFocus
A task manager for Apple devices built for professionals who manage many projects and tasks.
OmniFocus is a paid GTD-style task manager with native apps only for Apple platforms, plus a web version for PCs.
Also worth comparing
These listings name TickTick as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Flowkeeper
Organize focused work with a desktop Pomodoro timer.
TickTick bundles a Pomodoro timer with tasks, calendar views and a habit tracker, but it is a proprietary web service with some features on the paid tier.
Forest
A mobile focus timer that grows a virtual tree while you stay off other apps.
TickTick includes a Pomodoro timer alongside tasks, calendar views and habit tracking, so focus timing lives in a broader to-do app rather than a game.
Habitica
An open-source habit and task tracker that turns daily productivity into a role-playing game.
TickTick combines a to-do list with a habit tracker, Pomodoro timer and calendar views, dropping the role-playing game in favour of a conventional interface.
Nozbe
A task and project manager for organizing personal and small-team work into projects, tasks and comments.
TickTick adds calendar and board views, a Pomodoro timer and a habit tracker to its task lists, which can make the interface busier.
Planify
A task manager for the GNOME desktop that syncs with Todoist, Nextcloud and CalDAV.
TickTick adds calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and a habit tracker to the task list, but runs as a closed source web service with some features on a paid tier.
Pomofocus
A customizable online Pomodoro timer with a task list that runs in any browser.
TickTick includes a Pomodoro timer inside a full to-do app with calendar views and a habit tracker, though some features need the paid tier.
Remember The Milk
A long-running to-do list and task manager with reminders, shared lists and sync across devices.
TickTick adds calendar views, a Pomodoro timer, a habit tracker and an Eisenhower Matrix to the to-do list, with some features on the paid tier.
Reminders MenuBar
Manage Apple Reminders from the macOS menu bar.
TickTick is a freemium to-do app with calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and habit tracker, replacing Apple Reminders with its own account-based service.
Tasks.org
An open-source Android to-do list and reminders app that syncs with CalDAV, Google Tasks and more.
TickTick adds calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and a habit tracker, but it is closed source and some features require a paid tier.
Vikunja
Manage tasks through a self-hostable project workspace.
TickTick is a hosted freemium task app adding calendar views, a Pomodoro timer and habit tracker, without a self-hosted option.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Streaks
A habit-tracking to-do list for Apple devices that extends a streak each day you complete a task.
Sunsama
A daily planner that puts tasks and meetings in one plan and helps you time-block your day.
Morgen
A daily planner that combines calendars and task managers, with AI suggestions for time blocking.
