Taskito vs TickTick

Taskito

• People who want tasks and events on a single day timeline
• Phone-first planners who block time by dragging tasks
• Buyers who prefer a lifetime purchase to a subscription

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

Taskito

• The free plan stops at 3 projects, 3 repeating tasks, 3 repeating reminders, 1 reminder per task and 2 synced devices.
• Taskito Web and calendar import are Premium features, and upgrading is done only through the mobile app or an app store.
• Calendar import is read-only and runs through the phone's system calendar; the download page says it is available only in the mobile apps.
• The vendor's site gives no prices and says they vary by store and region. The US App Store shows several amounts for the yearly and lifetime options.

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.

Taskito

Timeline and Agenda View

The day is shown as a timeline of tasks, reminders, notes and events. Agenda View adds a clock-time layout where tasks are dragged into open slots, then moved or resized.

Smart Parsing

Quick Add reads the date, time, priority and tag from one typed line, such as a dentist visit tomorrow at 2pm marked p2 with a Home tag.

Recurring tasks and reminders

Tasks repeat daily, weekly, monthly or on a custom rule, and reminders can be snoozed. The free plan allows 3 repeating tasks and 1 reminder per task.

Calendar import

A Premium feature of the mobile apps that reads events from the phone's system calendar, including Google and Outlook calendars synced to it. Events are not editable in Taskito.

Projects and kanban boards

Related tasks are grouped into color-coded projects that can be worked as kanban-style boards. The free plan allows up to 3 projects.

Taskito Web

A browser workspace with the same synced tasks, projects and reminders and its own Quick Add. It needs Premium and a signed-in Taskito account.

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.

Taskito

• Free$0

  Timeline planner and tasks with up to 3 projects, 3 repeating tasks, 3 repeating reminders and sync on 2 active devices.

• Premium Monthly$3.49

  per month (US App Store in-app purchase)

  Unlimited projects, repeating tasks and repeating reminders, 3 reminders per task, calendar import, Taskito Web and sync on 5 devices.

• Premium Yearly$7.99 to $19.99

  per year; the US App Store lists three amounts

  The same Premium features billed yearly. The listing shows $7.99, $15.99 and $19.99 without saying how they differ.

• Premium Lifetime$39.99 or $49.99

  one-time purchase; the US App Store lists two amounts

  One-time Premium access where available. The vendor notes that lifetime purchases cannot be cancelled like subscriptions.

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.

Taskito

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing costs at least 52% less

  The US App Store lists Monthly at $3.49, or $41.88 over twelve months, and Yearly at $7.99 to $19.99, so even the highest yearly amount costs about 52% less.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Premium for $39.99 or $49.99

  The US App Store lists Lifetime as an in-app purchase at two amounts, $39.99 and $49.99. The vendor says lifetime availability depends on platform and region.

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).