Tracks vs tududi
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
tududi
Open-source task and life organizer to self-host or use hosted
Free plan · from €5/mo
Where they differ
- Tracks is free. tududi starts at €5 per person / month, or €50 per person / year (tududi Cloud).
- tududi also covers natural-language input and habit tracking.
In commonFree planWebOpen sourceSelf-hostablePublic APITasks
At a glance
| Tracks | tududi | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | €5 per person / month, or €50 per person / year (tududi Cloud) |
| Free plan | The software is free and open source under the GNU GPL. You download the source or use Docker and run it on your own computer or server; the project itself sells no plans. | 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 |
| Web | ||
| Made by | TracksApp | Chris Veleris |
| Price read from | getontracks.org | tududi.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Tracks
- GTD practitioners who want contexts, projects and a tickler
- People comfortable running a Rails app or a Docker container
- Households or small groups wanting private accounts on one server
- Getting task data out through feeds, exports and an API
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
Tracks
- Running Tracks yourself takes a server with Ruby and a MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite database, or a Docker setup.
- The latest stable release, 2.7.1, is dated July 25, 2024 and was primarily a security release.
- There are no native phone apps. Phones use a lightweight mobile web interface, and the only client listed is for SailfishOS.
- A hosted instance, TaskItIn, is run by the principal maintainer's company at €3 a month after a 30-day free trial.
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
Tracks
- Contexts and projects
- The home page lists next actions sorted by context, and separate pages show one context or one project. Projects and contexts can be reordered by dragging and hidden from the home page.
- Tags and stars
- Actions take free-form tags, each with its own page of matching actions, and a star icon marks actions to pull onto a starred page.
- Due dates and a tickler
- Optional due dates are shown on a traffic-light colored background by how close they are. The tickler schedules an action to appear on the home page only after a future date.
- Multiple private users
- Each user has their own contexts, projects, actions and preferences behind a login. Only the admin can add or delete accounts, so visitors cannot sign themselves up.
- Statistics
- A statistics page shows the average time taken to complete actions, how many were completed in the past month or year, and which days of the week are the most productive.
- Feeds, exports and API
- Next actions are available as text, iCal and RSS feeds, data exports to YAML, CSV or XML, and an API lets scripts read and write tasks. A lightweight mobile web interface is included.
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
Tracks
Free$0
The complete application, installed from source or with Docker on a machine you run, for as many users as the admin adds.
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
Tracks
No public discounts listed.
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.
