Todoist vs tududi
We give Todoist a 3.6 GPA and tududi a 3.2, out of 4.0. Todoist grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. tududi grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Todoist
Cross-platform to-do list with natural-language task entry
tududi
Open-source task and life organizer to self-host or use hosted
How we grade them
| 3.6GPATodoistExcellent | 3.2GPAtududiVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFive dollars a month if you pay for the year, eight for teams. Hard to find anything this good on this many devices for that. | Btududi Cloud is €5 a person a month, or €50 a year, before taxes. That's a touch above what paid to-do apps typically start at, and it's one plan with everything: AI day planning, MCP, CalDAV, daily backups and 5 GB. The €50 yearly price is labelled early bird, so don't count on it staying. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree forever, and reminders are included now. But 5 projects is tight. Work, home, one side thing and you're done. | BFree only if you host it: the whole application, with no seat limits, on a server you run, update and back up. tududi Cloud has no free plan, just a 14-day trial with no card. Don't subscribe and the account goes read-only for 30 days, then it's deleted. |
| Features | BTyping tasks in and repeating dates are brilliant. Filters are great if you like that sort of thing. No start dates though, and the calendar view is paid. | AAreas and goals down to projects, tasks and subtasks, with notes and habits alongside. One Add box reads "next fri" or "every first monday". The planner places tasks in the free time between meetings, and there's an Eisenhower matrix, Kanban, saved views and an MCP server with 59 tools. |
| Ease of use | A4.8 from around 129,000 App Store ratings. Open it, type a thing, done. Nobody needs a tutorial for this. | BOn Cloud it's hosted for you: sign up and type into one box. The free route is another story, with Docker, a reverse proxy, TLS, updates and backups all yours. There's no rating on record to go by, so a B. |
| Platforms and integrations | AMac, Windows, Linux (yes, really), iPhone, Android, web, watch and browser. There's an API too if you like wiring things together. | BIt runs in a browser and installs as a PWA, with no native mobile or desktop apps. It connects well, though: two-way CalDAV with Apple Reminders, tasks.org and Thunderbird, a Telegram bot, a REST API and read-only Google, Apple and Outlook calendar feeds. |
| Best for | all-round to-do lists | an open-source task system you can self-host |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Todoist and tududi. How we grade
Where they differ
- Todoist starts at $5 per user / month, billed yearly. tududi starts at €5 per person / month, or €50 per person / year (tududi Cloud).
- Only Todoist lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Only Todoist lists a browser extension.
- tududi is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Todoist also covers templates, calendar and kanban boards.
- tududi also covers habit tracking.
At a glance
| Todoist | tududi | |
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| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5 per user / month, billed yearly | €5 per person / month, or €50 per person / year (tududi Cloud) |
| Free plan | Beginner plan: 5 personal projects, task reminders, list and board layouts, 3 filter views and 1 week of activity history. | Self-hosting is free under the MIT license with the full feature set and no seat limits, on a server you run, update and back up yourself. tududi Cloud has no free plan. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of tududi Cloud, no card needed; it leaves out the AI assistant, public note links and adding members |
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| Made by | Todoist Inc. | Chris Veleris |
| Price read from | todoist.com | tududi.com |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Todoist
- People who want one task list on every device they own
- Fast capture: typing a task with its date in a single line
- Households and small teams sharing a few projects
tududi
- People who want a self-hosted task system under the MIT license
- Planning a day's tasks around calendar meetings
- Connecting an AI agent to tasks through a built-in MCP server
- Keeping goals, projects, notes and habits in one system
Worth knowing
Todoist
- The free plan stops at 5 personal projects and keeps only 1 week of activity history.
- Calendar layout, task durations and custom reminders all need Pro or Business.
- Personal projects are capped at 5 people, even on paid plans.
tududi
- tududi Cloud has no free plan. After the 14-day trial, an account without a subscription turns read-only for 30 days and is then deleted.
- There are no native mobile or desktop apps: tududi runs in a browser and can be installed as a PWA.
- Cloud prices are listed in euros and exclude taxes, and the €50 yearly price is labelled an early-bird rate.
- The free option is self-hosting, which means running Docker, a reverse proxy, TLS, updates and backups yourself.
Key features
Todoist
- Quick Add
- Capture tasks in natural language as they come to you, including recurring due dates and reminders.
- List, board and calendar layouts
- Switch any project between a list, a kanban board and a calendar. The calendar layout needs a paid plan.
- Filters, labels and priorities
- Saved filter views pull tasks from across projects: 3 on the free plan, 150 on Pro and Business.
- Shared projects
- Share a project to assign tasks and comment on them. Personal projects allow up to 5 people on every plan.
- Team workspace
- Business adds public and private team projects, folders, roles and permissions, and shared templates.
- Ramble and Task Assist
- Ramble turns spoken thoughts into tasks; free accounts get limited sessions. Task Assist is included from Pro.
tududi
- One Add box with plain-language dates
- A single box adds inbox items, tasks, notes or projects. Phrases such as "next fri" or "every first monday" set the date or repeat, and #tags, +Project and @person are read as you type.
- Plan my day around your calendar
- The planner ranks what could fit today and places tasks in the free time between meetings from read-only Google, Apple or Outlook calendar feeds. AI can draft the whole day.
- Areas, goals, projects and habits
- Goals and areas sit at the top and contain projects, which contain tasks and subtasks. Notes are kept alongside, and habits are tracked with streaks and a completion history.
- Eisenhower matrix, Kanban and saved views
- Tasks can be shown as an Eisenhower matrix or a Kanban board, and saved searches such as Today, Overdue or Someday reopen a filter in one click.
- MCP server and optional AI assistant
- A built-in MCP server exposes 59 tools to agents such as Claude Desktop or Cursor. A separate, opt-in AI assistant works with any OpenAI-compatible provider, including local ones like Ollama.
- CalDAV, Telegram and API
- Tasks sync both ways over CalDAV with Apple Reminders, tasks.org and Thunderbird. A Telegram bot captures tasks and sends daily digests, and a REST API uses personal access tokens.
Plans
Todoist
Beginner$0
5 personal projects, task reminders, list and board layouts, and 3 filter views.
Pro$5
per user / month, billed yearly ($60)
300 projects, calendar layout, task durations, custom reminders, 150 filter views and Task Assist.
Business$8
per user / month, billed yearly ($96)
Everything in Pro, plus a shared team workspace with up to 500 team projects, roles and central billing.
tududi
Self-host€0
The whole application on your own server or NAS, with no seat limits. You handle Docker, the reverse proxy, TLS, updates and backups.
Cloud€5
per person / month, or €50 per person / year, before taxes
Hosted instance with unlimited tasks, projects and notes, AI day planning, MCP, CalDAV, daily backups and 5 GB of storage. The yearly price is labelled early bird.
Ways to pay less
Todoist
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Todoist's pricing page lists a 20% saving on Pro and Business when billed yearly instead of monthly.
tududi
- Annual discount
About 17% less with yearly billing
tududi Cloud is €5 a month or €50 a year per person. Twelve months at the monthly rate come to €60, so yearly billing costs about 17% less. The page labels €50 an early-bird price.
