Chaos Control vs Todoist

Chaos Control

• People who organize work with GTD-style projects and contexts
• Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime license to a subscription
• Keeping files and voice notes next to the tasks they belong to
• Small teams that want a flat price per workspace

Todoist

• People who want one task list on every device they own
• Fast capture: typing a task with its date in a single line
• Households and small teams sharing a few projects

Chaos Control

• The Time Tracker, cloud storage beyond 100 MB and the AI assistant are limited to the PRO plans, with weekly caps on AI requests.
• The site does not publish the free version's task and project limits.
• Some in-app prices on the US App Store are higher than on the website: PRO 10 GB yearly is $49.99 there against $39.
• Team workspaces are licensed separately, and file storage and AI for team workspaces are marked as coming soon.

Todoist

• The free plan stops at 5 personal projects and keeps only 1 week of activity history.
• Calendar layout, task durations and custom reminders all need Pro or Business.
• Personal projects are capped at 5 people, even on paid plans.

Chaos Control

Chaos Box

An inbox for tasks, ideas and information that arrive unplanned: drop an item in to record it quickly, then process the accumulated entries when there is time.

Projects, checklists and contexts

Large goals become projects that break down into tasks with checklists. Projects are grouped into categories, and context tags group tasks by place, priority or other criteria.

Time Tracker

A timer started on a task collects time statistics for that task and by day, week and month. It is part of the PRO plans.

Files and cloud storage

Photos, voice notes, documents and other files can be attached to tasks or kept in a Files section that syncs across devices: 100 MB free, 10 GB to 1000 GB on PRO.

Chaos Control AI

A built-in assistant answers questions, drafts documents, prepares summary tables and writes action plans. PRO tiers include 10, 100 or 1000 AI requests per week.

Team workspaces

Separately licensed workspaces let members assign tasks to each other, with admin and member roles, a Kanban board and a built-in messenger.

Todoist

Quick Add

Capture tasks in natural language as they come to you, including recurring due dates and reminders.

List, board and calendar layouts

Switch any project between a list, a kanban board and a calendar. The calendar layout needs a paid plan.

Filters, labels and priorities

Saved filter views pull tasks from across projects: 3 on the free plan, 150 on Pro and Business.

Shared projects

Share a project to assign tasks and comment on them. Personal projects allow up to 5 people on every plan.

Team workspace

Business adds public and private team projects, folders, roles and permissions, and shared templates.

Ramble and Task Assist

Ramble turns spoken thoughts into tasks; free accounts get limited sessions. Task Assist is included from Pro.

Chaos Control

• Free$0

  The apps without a license, including up to 100 MB of file storage. Task and project limits are not published on the site.

• Premium$29

  per year ($6.99 monthly, or $49.99 one-time for Forever)

  Unlimited tasks and projects, without the Time Tracker, file storage or AI assistant.

• PRO 10 GB$39

  per year ($9.99 monthly, or $99 one-time for Forever)

  Unlimited tasks and projects, the Time Tracker, 10 GB of cloud storage, 10 AI requests and 10 minutes of audio transcription per week.

• PRO 100 GB$79

  per year ($14.99 monthly, or $199 one-time for Forever)

  The PRO features with 100 GB of cloud storage, 100 AI requests and 100 minutes of audio transcription per week.

• PRO 1000 GB$99

  per year ($19.99 monthly, or $299 one-time for Forever)

  The PRO features with 1000 GB of cloud storage, 1000 AI requests and 1000 minutes of audio transcription per week.

• Workspace: Small$79

  per workspace / year ($9.99 monthly, or $450 lifetime)

  A team workspace for up to 5 members, not charged per user. Larger workspaces for 10, 30 and 100 members cost more.

Todoist

• Beginner$0

  5 personal projects, task reminders, list and board layouts, and 3 filter views.

• Pro$5

  per user / month, billed yearly ($60)

  300 projects, calendar layout, task durations, custom reminders, 150 filter views and Task Assist.

• Business$8

  per user / month, billed yearly ($96)

  Everything in Pro, plus a shared team workspace with up to 500 team projects, roles and central billing.

Chaos Control

• Lifetime license

  Forever licenses for Premium and PRO

  One-time Forever licenses are sold next to the subscriptions: $49.99 for Premium, and $99, $199 or $299 for PRO with 10, 100 or 1000 GB of storage.

• Annual discount

  Yearly plans cost far less than monthly

  A year of Premium is $29 against $83.88 for twelve monthly payments of $6.99, about 65% less. PRO 10 GB is $39 a year against $119.88 paid monthly.

• Other savings

  50% off PRO for Premium license holders

  Existing Premium users are offered an upgrade to PRO at a 50% discount, applied in the app when logged in or through a code requested from support.

• Other savings

  Workspace discount for lifetime PRO users

  Personal lifetime PRO users get 20% to 40% off a team workspace license on request, and PRO users are not counted toward workspace billing.

Todoist

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Todoist's pricing page lists a 20% saving on Pro and Business when billed yearly instead of monthly.