jtx Board vs Vikunja

jtx Board

• Android users who sync tasks with their own CalDAV server
• Nextcloud, Fastmail or Radicale users who want journals too
• Keeping meeting minutes and their follow-up tasks together

Vikunja

• People who want their task data on a server they control
• Households and teams sharing projects across list, board and Gantt views
• Moving off Todoist, Trello or Microsoft To Do with a built-in importer

jtx Board

• Android only: the vendor's terms say the app is currently available on Android, and no iOS, desktop or web version is listed.
• Sync needs the separate DAVx5 app and a server that accepts VJOURNAL; the compatibility list marks iCloud, Posteo, Ionos and Infomaniak as not supporting it.
• In the Google Play version, editing entries in remote collections is part of the paid Pro upgrade.
• Google Play lists in-app purchases at $0.99 to $3.49 per item without naming them, so the exact Pro price is not shown; the app's code treats Pro as a one-time purchase.

Vikunja

• Vikunja Cloud has no free plan. The free option is self-hosting, where server maintenance, updates and backups are your job.
• The mobile app is an alpha pre-release for Android that the docs say covers only very basic features, and the maker gives no iPhone support.
• The admin panel, audit logs and time tracking belong to Vikunja Pro, a paid add-on for self-hosted instances in private beta with no public prices.
• Cloud prices are listed in euros only, and the vendor describes its CalDAV integration as early alpha with known bugs.

jtx Board

Journals, notes and tasks in one app

Journals hold dated entries such as meeting minutes or a diary, notes hold memos without a date, and tasks carry due dates, subtasks and a progress value.

Linked entries

Tasks can be attached to a journal or a note, and any entry can take a comment or an audio comment, so follow-ups stay with the minutes they came from.

iCalendar standard format

Journals and notes are stored as VJOURNAL components and tasks as VTODO components under RFC 5545, so other apps and servers that follow the standard can read them.

CalDAV sync through DAVx5

The separate DAVx5 app syncs entries with a CalDAV server the user picks, including a self-run one. Infomaniak's kSync, a fork of DAVx5, also works.

Local storage and offline use

Entries are stored on the device and the app works without an internet connection; syncing is optional.

Recurrence, alarms and locations

Entries can recur daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, raise alarm notifications and carry a map location. Geofence notifications are in the Google Play version only.

Vikunja

List, kanban, Gantt and table views

Each project can be shown as a list, a kanban board, a table with selectable columns or a Gantt chart, and you can switch between them at any time.

Quick Add Magic

Typing a date, a *label, an @assignee, a +project or a !priority into a task title sets those fields as the task is created. It works in the web UI.

Sharing, teams and link shares

A project can be shared with one user, a team or a link. Link shares let people view or edit tasks without an account, with the same permission levels.

Reminders, repeats and relations

Tasks take due dates, reminders, repeat intervals, priorities, labels, attachments and subtasks, and can be related to tasks in other projects, for example as blockers.

Imports and CalDAV

Built-in importers cover Todoist, Trello, Microsoft To Do, TickTick, WeKan, Planka and CSV files. A CalDAV integration syncs tasks with outside clients such as iOS Reminders.

API, webhooks and MCP

A documented REST API with token authentication, webhooks, a vendor-maintained community node for n8n and, from version 2.7.0, an MCP endpoint for AI assistants.

jtx Board

• Standard$0

  The free Google Play version for journals, notes and tasks stored on the device. Editing entries in remote collections needs Pro.

• Open source edition$0

  The F-Droid build, made only from open-source libraries, with a donations page in place of the in-app purchase and no ads or subscriptions.

• jtx Board Pro$0.99 - $3.49

  in-app purchase; Google Play lists a range, basis not shown

  Unlocks editing in remote collections, quick entries, quick editing by long click and dynamic colors on Android 12 and later.

Vikunja

• Self-Hosted€0

  The open-source version on your own server: unlimited tasks and projects, all four views, teams, sharing and CalDAV.

• Personal€4

  per month, or €40 billed yearly

  One managed Cloud account with unlimited lists, tasks, reminders, share links and filters, and 10GB of attachment storage.

• Organization€5

  per user / month, or €50 per user billed yearly

  Everything in Personal, plus unlimited teams, 50GB of attachment storage, priority email support and central team billing.

• Family€10

  per month for up to 5 users, or €99 billed yearly

  Everything in Personal for up to 5 users, with shared household projects on one subscription and one bill.

jtx Board

No public discounts listed.

Vikunja

• Annual discount

  Lower price with yearly billing

  Yearly billing costs €40 for Personal, €99 for Family and €50 per user for Organization, which the pricing page labels as 17.5% to 20% less than paying monthly.