Super Productivity vs Vikunja

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Super Productivity

• Free$0

  All features on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the web, released as open source under the MIT license.

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.

Super Productivity

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.