AgenToDo vs Nirvana

AgenToDo

• Mac users who follow Getting Things Done and want a guided weekly review
• People who would rather describe a change in a sentence than click through menus
• People moving from OmniFocus, whose keyboard model the app borrows
• Anyone who wants tasks kept in their own iCloud and off the vendor's servers

Nirvana

• People who follow Getting Things Done and want its lists ready-made
• Solo users who want one task system on web, desktop and phone
• Connecting an AI client such as Claude or Cursor to a to-do list

AgenToDo

• Mac only: the site requires macOS 26 (Tahoe) on Apple silicon and says there is no Windows, Android or web version.
• The AI features spend Setapp AI credits. Setapp plans include a monthly allowance, and extra credits are a monthly add-on from $17.99 for 15,000.
• The site's only download route is Setapp, MacPaw's own app store, and the AI features need a Setapp account.
• No iPhone or iPad app is listed on the vendor's site; in an August 2026 reply on its Setapp listing the developer said one was in testing.

Nirvana

• Basic accounts are capped at 5 projects, 3 reference lists and 2 areas, and recurring to-dos need Pro.
• Pro has no free trial, and the vendor gives no refunds and does not prorate a cancelled billing period.
• The AI assistant is a beta for Pro early-access members on the web and desktop apps, and it has no calendar integration.
• No Linux app is listed. The apps page names Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android and the web browser.

AgenToDo

AI command bar

A request typed or spoken in plain language becomes a set of proposed changes shown as a preview. Nothing is applied until it is approved, and one sentence can carry several changes.

GTD structure and eleven views

Inbox, Today, Forecast, Flagged, Waiting On, Review and five more built-in views, with sequential, parallel and single-action projects, folders and nested tags.

Calendar and time blocking

Events from the Mac's calendars appear beside tasks in day, week and month views. Tasks can be dragged onto time slots, and a commitment meter shows when a day is overbooked.

Quick Entry and smart parsing

A global shortcut opens a capture window from any app. The title field picks out flags, tags, projects, people, estimates, dates and repeats, in English and Ukrainian.

iCloud sync and shared projects

Data sits in a local database and syncs through the user's own iCloud. A project can be shared with edit or view-only access, with an activity feed and task assignment.

Automation and command line

Siri, Apple Shortcuts, Spotlight indexing, interactive desktop widgets and a bundled command-line tool are included. Read.ai can pass meeting action items in for review.

Nirvana

Built-in GTD lists

To-dos move between Inbox, Next, Waiting, Scheduled and Someday lists, and a Focus list collects the ones you star for attention now.

Projects, areas and reference lists

Projects group related to-dos, areas of focus separate parts of your life, and reference lists hold material that is not actionable. Basic accounts cap all three.

Tags, contexts and filters

Filter to-dos by tags, areas, contacts, energy and time required to see what is practical for where you are and how much time you have.

Capture and Focus by email

Forwarding an email to your Nirvana address turns it into a to-do, and the Focus list can be emailed to you on chosen days of the week.

Scheduled and recurring to-dos

Scheduled to-dos stay out of the actionable lists until their start date, and due dates can be set on to-dos and projects. Recurring to-dos need Pro.

AI assistant and MCP server

A built-in assistant, in beta for Pro early-access members, runs guided reviews. An MCP server lets clients such as Claude and ChatGPT read and create tasks; updating them needs Pro.

AgenToDo

• Free$0

  The full task manager without AI: all eleven views, the calendar, widgets, the command-line tool, iCloud sync and shared projects.

• Setapp Mac$14.99

  per month, billed monthly; $107.88 billed yearly

  Setapp membership for 1 Mac. It supplies 1,000 AI credits a month for AgenToDo's AI features, or 300 a month when billed yearly.

• Setapp AI Enthusiast$22.99

  per month, billed monthly; $161.88 billed yearly

  Setapp AI+ plan for 1 Mac with 6,000 AI credits a month, or 3,750 a month when billed yearly.

• Setapp AI Expert$35.99

  per month, billed monthly; $259.08 billed yearly

  Setapp AI+ plan for 4 Macs and 4 iOS devices with 9,000 AI credits a month, or 7,500 a month when billed yearly.

Nirvana

• Free$0

  The GTD lists, tags and contexts, notes and checklists, sync and email capture, with up to 5 projects, 3 reference lists and 2 areas.

• Pro$3

  per month, billed annually ($36); $5 billed monthly

  Everything in Free, plus unlimited projects, areas and reference lists, recurring to-dos and priority support.

AgenToDo

• Annual discount

  Up to 40% off Setapp plans billed yearly

  Setapp's pricing page advertises savings of up to 40% with yearly billing. Yearly plans carry fewer AI credits a month: 300 against 1,000 on the Mac plan.

• Education

  20% off Setapp's annual Mac + iOS plan

  Students, researchers and educators who are new to Setapp get 20% off the annual Mac + iOS plan, listed at $107.88 a year with 300 AI credits a month.

Nirvana

• Annual discount

  40% off Pro with yearly billing

  Pro costs $5 a month billed monthly or $36 a year, which works out to $3 a month. The pricing page labels the yearly option as 40% off.