Lunatask vs TickTick

Lunatask

• Keeping tasks, habits, mood and a journal in one private app
• People with ADHD, whom the vendor says the app was designed for
• Students and teachers, who can request a 50% discount

TickTick

• People who want tasks, habits and a focus timer in a single app
• Keeping the same lists on Windows, Mac, Linux, phones and the web
• Students and school staff, who can apply for a discount on Premium

Lunatask

• The Free plan stops at 2 areas of life, 7 daily habits and 30 relationships, and calendar integrations and weekly habits need Premium.
• There is no web app and no official browser extension; saving web pages relies on a bookmarklet or community-built extensions.
• Task metadata such as status, priority and dates is stored unencrypted, and the API cannot read end-to-end encrypted content.
• Premium has no free trial and a no-refund policy. The lifetime purchase is not sold in the mobile apps, and discount coupons do not work in the Mac App Store version.

TickTick

• The free plan is capped at 9 lists, 99 tasks per list, 5 habits and 1 attachment per day.
• Multiple calendar views, task duration and email reminders are listed as Premium features.
• The pricing page shows Premium only as a $49.99 annual plan; a $4.99 monthly option appears on the App Store listing.
• Location-based reminders are listed as iOS only.

Lunatask

Task lists that prioritize themselves

Tasks are prioritized automatically, with a work-in-progress limit, timers and time estimates. The Eisenhower Matrix and Must/Should/Want workflows need Premium.

Daily calendar and time blocking

Planned tasks and habits can be dragged onto a daily calendar to block time. Connecting Google, Outlook or iCloud calendars to see events alongside is a Premium feature.

Habit tracker

Habits have customizable recurrence, current and record streaks and reminder notifications. Free covers 7 daily habits; weekly habits need Premium.

Mood tracking and journal

A mood and emotion tracker sits alongside a journal with a customizable entry template and PIN protection. Energy and stress trackers are Premium.

Notes and relationships

Notes and notebooks support Markdown, sharing and PIN protection. A personal CRM keeps details about friends and family with reminders to get back in touch.

End-to-end encryption and API

Text is encrypted on your device before it syncs, and encryption is always on. A public API and Zapier can create and update items but cannot read encrypted data.

TickTick

Typed and spoken task capture

Dates and times are recognized as a task is typed. Voice Capture turns speech into one or more tasks and uses AI to pull out dates and priorities.

Calendar views

Yearly, monthly, weekly, multi-day, multi-week and agenda views show tasks alongside subscribed calendars. The free plan has a basic calendar view; Premium lists multiple views.

Kanban, timeline and matrix

A list can be shown as a kanban board, as a timeline for tasks that have a duration, or as an Eisenhower matrix that sorts tasks by urgency and importance.

Pomodoro timer

Work on a task in 25-minute focus intervals. Statistics report focus time next to completed tasks and habit logs.

Habit tracker

Habits are logged and charted in the same app as tasks. The free plan allows 5 habits and Premium allows 299.

Shared lists

Share a list with other people and assign tasks to them. The member count is 2 on the free plan and 29 on Premium.

Lunatask

• Free$0

  2 areas of life, 7 daily habits and 30 relationships, with time blocking, timers, a work-in-progress limit, notes, journaling and Zapier.

• Premium$6

  per month, paid annually; $8 paid monthly

  Unlimited areas, habits and relationships, calendar integrations, Eisenhower Matrix, Must/Should/Want, weekly habits and note templates.

• Lifetime Premium$300

  one-time payment

  Premium for a single payment. Sold in the Windows, Linux and Mac DMG apps, not in the mobile apps or the Mac App Store version.

TickTick

• Free$0

  9 lists with 99 tasks each, list and kanban views, date recognition as you type, task reminders and cross-platform sync.

• Premium$49.99

  per year

  299 lists with 999 tasks each, multiple calendar views, task duration, email reminders, themes and 299 habits.

Lunatask

• Annual discount

  25% off Premium when paid annually

  Premium costs $8 a month when paid monthly or $6 a month when paid annually, which is 25% less.

• Education

  50% off for students and teachers

  A 50% discount coupon for the monthly and yearly plans is sent on request to a school-issued email. It does not apply to the lifetime purchase or the Mac App Store version.

• Nonprofit

  Discount extended to selected nonprofits

  Lunatask says it extends the 50% discount on request to selected nonprofit organizations supporting charitable causes and to emergency workers.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Premium for a one-time $300

  A lifetime Premium license costs a single payment of $300, bought in the Windows, Linux or Mac DMG apps. It is not offered in the mobile apps or the Mac App Store version.

TickTick

• Education

  25% off Premium for students, faculty and staff

  Eligible students, faculty and staff can apply with proof of status for 25% off one year of Premium. TickTick lists the price after the discount as $37.99.

• Annual discount

  Annual billing costs about 17% less than monthly

  The App Store listing shows Premium at $4.99 monthly or $49.99 annually, so a year paid up front costs about 17% less than 12 monthly payments ($59.88).