Super Productivity vs ToDoList
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Super Productivity
Free, open-source to-do app with time tracking and a Pomodoro timer
Free
ToDoList
Free, open-source task outliner for Windows with Gantt and kanban
Free
Where they differ
- Super Productivity is free. ToDoList is free.
- Only Super Productivity lists a web app.
- Only Super Productivity lists macOS, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Super Productivity also covers Pomodoro timer.
- ToDoList also covers Gantt & timelines.
In commonFree planWindowsOpen sourceWorks offlineLocal-firstTasksKanban boardsTime tracking
At a glance
| Super Productivity | ToDoList | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Every feature on every platform is free under the MIT license, with no account, premium tier or trial. Development is supported by optional donations through GitHub Sponsors. | The whole program is free and open source: the vendor's GitHub repositories publish the source code and the built download. The Help menu links to an optional PayPal donation. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Johannes Millan | AbstractSpoon |
| Price read from | super-productivity.com | github.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Super Productivity
- Developers who plan their day from Jira, GitHub or GitLab issues
- Freelancers who need time sheets from the tasks they tracked
- People who want a free app that keeps data on their own device
ToDoList
- Windows users who want a free, detailed task outliner
- People who keep their tasks in local files instead of an online account
- Planners who want Gantt, kanban and workload views in one program
- Small teams sharing a tasklist on a network drive
Worth knowing
Super Productivity
- The web app is more limited than the desktop app: calendar integration and WebDAV sync are likely to fail in a browser because of CORS.
- SuperSync is labeled beta, and the project's wiki suggests Nextcloud, WebDAV or Dropbox for production use until it is stable.
- Fetching issues and sending work logs needs a network connection, and a failed issue update is not retried automatically.
- The project is maintained by volunteers and funded by donations; help comes from the community on GitHub and Reddit.
ToDoList
- It is a Windows program. The vendor's install notes cover running it on Linux through Wine, not a native Linux build.
- Sharing works by check-out: only one person can edit a shared tasklist at any given time.
- The Evidence Board, Logged Time, Mind Map, Week Planner and Word Cloud views need the Visual C++ 2015 runtime and .NET Framework 4.6.2.
- There is no installer: it is unzipped by hand, and the vendor advises against placing it in Program Files (x86).
Key features
Super Productivity
- Tasks, projects and boards
- Tasks take subtasks, notes, tags, projects and repeat rules, and can be viewed as lists, on a Kanban board, in an Eisenhower Matrix or on boards you build yourself.
- Time tracking and time sheets
- Starting a task tracks time against it. Tracked time can be turned into time sheets and work summaries for export to a company's time-tracking system.
- Focus mode and break reminders
- Focus mode offers Pomodoro, Flowtime and countdown sessions, and a break reminder tells you when it is time to step away.
- Planner and schedule
- The planner lays the day out on a schedule timeline next to calendar events, which come in through Google Calendar or any CalDAV calendar.
- Issue tracker imports
- Issues assigned to you can be imported from Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and other trackers, with time tracked per issue and work logs sent back.
- Local data and optional sync
- Data is stored on the device and no account is needed. Devices can sync through Dropbox, WebDAV or SuperSync, the project's end-to-end encrypted service that can be self-hosted.
ToDoList
- Nested tasks and subtasks
- Any task can hold subtasks, which can hold subtasks of their own, so a large project breaks down into smaller steps. Dragging one task onto another makes it a subtask.
- Detailed task attributes
- Tasks carry priority, risk, time estimate and time spent, percent done, start and due dates, categories, status, version and the people they are allocated to.
- Alternative task views
- Besides the task tree there are kanban board, Gantt chart, calendar, workload and burndown views, plus plugin views such as Mind Map, Week Planner, Evidence Board and Word Cloud.
- Comments and file links
- Each task has plain or rich text comments, which can embed images, and a file link field for local or network files, web and email addresses, Outlook folders or other tasks.
- Import and export
- Tasks import from Microsoft Outlook, GanttProject, FreeMind, MyLifeOrganized or a plain outline, and export to the same applications as well as HTML, CSV and iCalendar.
- Portable install and shared tasklists
- It ships as a zip that runs from a hard drive, USB stick, network share or synced cloud folder. A check-out system lets a team share one tasklist, one editor at a time.
Plans
Super Productivity
Free$0
All features on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the web, released as open source under the MIT license.
ToDoList
Free$0
The full Windows program with every task view and plugin. The plugin source code carries the Eclipse Public License 1.0.
