TickTick vs Zoho ToDo

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

Zoho ToDo

• Teams already using Zoho Mail or Zoho Workplace
• Organizations that assign and discuss tasks inside groups
• Zoho users who want CRM, Projects and Desk tasks on one screen

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.

Zoho ToDo

• Not sold on its own: Zoho ToDo comes with Zoho Mail and Zoho Workplace plans, which are priced per user.
• Assigning one task to several people, up to 5, is limited to paid plans.
• Collaboration is built around an organization: the help pages describe assigning tasks to, and inviting, members of the same Zoho organization.
• Mail Lite and Mail Premium are billed annually only, and the Forever Free plan is offered only in select data centers.

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.

Zoho ToDo

Personal and group tasks

Personal tasks are visible to their owner and assignee. Group tasks belong to a Streams group, where every member can view, track and comment on them.

Subtasks, priorities and statuses

A task splits into subtasks with their own assignees, takes a High, Medium or Low priority, and can use custom color-coded statuses beyond Open and Closed.

List and kanban views

Tasks are shown as a list or as a kanban board, and can be sorted and filtered, with the chosen filters kept for the next visit.

Reminders and recurring tasks

Tasks take start and due dates, reminders by notification or email, an overdue alert, and daily, weekly, monthly or yearly recurrence.

Tasks from email

In Zoho Mail an email becomes a task from its menu, with the subject as the title. A task can also be created by sending yourself an email in a set format.

Unified View

One screen gathers tasks from Zoho ToDo, CRM, Projects, People, Desk and Connect, once each integration has been switched on in Zoho Mail.

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.

Zoho ToDo

• Free$0

  Zoho Mail's Forever Free plan: up to 5 users on one domain with 5 GB of mail storage each, in select data centers. One assignee per task.

• Mail Lite$1

  per user / month, billed annually; no monthly plan

  Zoho Mail with 5 GB of mail storage per user ($1.25 for 10 GB). ToDo is included, along with Calendar and the free edition of Cliq.

• Workplace Standard$3

  per user / month, billed annually ($4 billed monthly)

  30 GB of mail storage per user. ToDo is included alongside WorkDrive, the office apps, Cliq, Meeting and Vault.

• Mail Premium$4

  per user / month, billed annually; no monthly plan

  50 GB of mail storage per user plus 50 GB of retention storage, with email retention and eDiscovery. ToDo and Calendar are included.

• Workplace Professional$6

  per user / month, billed annually ($7 billed monthly)

  100 GB of mail storage per user and 1 TB of team file storage. ToDo is included alongside the full Workplace suite, with Connect added.

• Workplace EnterpriseCustom

  The highest plans and custom limits of the included Workplace products, priced through sales.

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).

Zoho ToDo

• Annual discount

  Lower Workplace rates with annual billing

  Zoho's pricing lists Workplace Standard at $3 per user a month billed annually against $4 billed monthly, and Workplace Professional at $6 against $7.