The TickTick Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about TickTick in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
TickTick
The Insider’s Guide
To-do list with a calendar, habit tracker and Pomodoro timer built in
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among to-do list apps, read from TickTick’s own pages.
Made by Appest Inc. · checked Oct 4, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02Insider tipsWhat most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
- 03What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 04What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 05Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 06After you payGetting your money back, getting out, and getting help
- 07The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 08Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 09About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from TickTick’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on TickTick’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 4, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
3.4
GPA, above 117 of the 123 other to-do list apps we grade
TickTick is a to-do list app that also includes a calendar, a habit tracker, a Pomodoro timer and countdowns for important dates. Lists can be viewed as a plain list, a kanban board, a timeline or an Eisenhower matrix, and can be shared so that tasks are assigned to other people. The free plan syncs across devices; Premium raises the limits and adds the full set of calendar views.
To get you started, here are 10 things to know about TickTick, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Dates and times are recognized as you type, so adding a task doesn't mean filling in a form.
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Best for tasks, habits and a focus timer in one app
TickTick is a to-do list with a calendar, a habit tracker and a Pomodoro timer built in, on every platform including Linux.
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Paid plans start at $4.17 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $49.99 per year (about $4.17 per month).
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There is a free plan
9 lists, 99 tasks per list, 5 habits, 2 reminders per task and 1 attachment per day, with list and kanban views, a basic calendar view and sync across devices.
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It runs on 6 platforms
Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, with a browser extension too.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Refunds: 14 days
Buy Premium on the web, through Stripe, PayPal or Google Play, and you have 14 days to ask for the money back, from a button in your own order history, with TickTick saying it will process the refund in three business days. You cancel yourself in the settings and your data stays put when Premium lapses.
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A 3.4 GPA, above 117 of 123
That is against the other to-do list apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
The plain part of TickTick you could make: tasks, natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
TickTick at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $49.99 per year (about $4.17 per month)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- Made by
- Appest Inc.
- Category
- To-Do List Apps
- Our grade
- 3.4 GPA, very good
- Store rating
- 4.9 on the App Store, 46,196 ratings
The report card
Best for tasks, habits and a focus timer in one app
TickTick is a to-do list with a calendar, a habit tracker and a Pomodoro timer built in, on every platform including Linux. But the free plan stops at 9 lists, 99 tasks a list, 5 habits and 1 attachment a day, the full calendar views are Premium at $49.99 a year, the site sells Premium by the year only, and location reminders are iOS only. Shared lists stop at 2 members unless you pay.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Premium is $49.99 a year, about $4.17 a month, which sits in the middle of what this category charges rather than below it. It buys 299 lists, multiple calendar views, task durations and 299 habits. The site sells it by the year only; the App Store also lists $4.99 monthly. |
| Free plan and trial | B | Free for good, with sync across devices, list and kanban views and a basic calendar. 9 lists and 99 tasks a list is enough that one person could really live here, though 5 habits, 2 reminders a task and 1 attachment a day are tighter. |
| Features | A | Type a task and it picks out the date, or just say it out loud. Show a list as a board, a timeline or an Eisenhower matrix. Then the calendar, the habit tracker, the Pomodoro timer and shared lists with tasks assigned. It covers the whole job and bundles three things rivals sell separately. |
| Ease of use | A | 4.9 from 46,196 App Store ratings. Dates and times are recognized as you type, so adding a task doesn't mean filling in a form. |
| Platforms and integrations | A | Web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, and it connects to Notion and Google Calendar. One catch: location-based reminders are listed as iOS only. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who TickTick is for
- Fits if you want tasks, habits and a focus timer in one app, not three
- Works for people who move between Windows, Mac, Linux and a phone and want the same lists on all of them
Who it is not for
- Tight if you're staying free, with 9 lists, 99 tasks a list, 5 habits, 2 reminders a task and 1 attachment a day
- Not for you if you want every calendar view, task durations or email reminders without paying
- Skip it if you share a list with a crowd, since it's 2 members on free and 29 on Premium
- Watch out: the site sells Premium only at $49.99 a year, and the $4.99 monthly option is on the App Store
- Watch out: location-based reminders are listed as iOS only
Good to know
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Tips
Insider tips
What most people miss: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches
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Things most people miss, each from its own help pages
The things about TickTick that are easy to miss until they cost you: ways to pay less, settings worth changing and the catches at renewal or when you leave. Each one is from TickTick’s own pages, linked beside it.
Read on Oct 17, 2026. Read from TickTick's help centre (payment and upgrades, adding tasks, constant reminders, smart recognition, backups and deleting an account) on 17 October 2026. Not tried out: these tips are what its own pages say.
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Renewal
Want a refund? Don't ask for an invoice first
Paid through Google Play, PayPal or Stripe? You can ask for a refund within 14 days, from Settings, Premium Account, Order History, and TickTick says it handles them within 3 business days. But orders with invoices can't be refunded. App Store refunds go through Apple.
help.ticktick.com - 2
Renewal
TickTick can't cancel an App Store subscription for you
App Store plans renew by default and Apple won't let TickTick stop them, so cancel in your Apple ID's subscriptions. For Google Play, Stripe or PayPal, use Settings, Premium Account, Cancel Subscription on the web, and check the confirmation window shows up.
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Shortcut
Shift+Alt+A adds a task from anywhere on your computer
That's TickTick's global add shortcut on Windows and Mac, and it pops up the task bar over whatever you're doing. While you're typing a task, Shift+Enter adds a description and Command+Enter saves it.
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Setting
Preset the list, date and priority every new task gets
Go to Settings, General, Task Default. If Smart Recognition grabs a word you didn't mean as a date, press Delete or click the highlighted time to undo it. Or switch Smart Date Parsing off under Settings, General, Smart Recognition.
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Easy to miss
Constant Reminder rings through Silent mode on newer iPhones
Switch on Constant Reminder for a task and it keeps going until you act. On iOS 26 and later, with alarm permission, it uses the system alarm and rings even in Silent mode or Do Not Disturb. On Android it alerts 30 seconds on, 30 off, for 5 minutes.
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Setting
Auto-import from Reminders deletes the originals
On iPhone, Auto-import from Reminders lets you say "remind me to..." to Siri and have it land in TickTick. But each time TickTick opens, it pulls in your default Reminders list and deletes those tasks from Reminders. Skip it if anyone else uses that list.
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Leaving
A deleted account sits in TickTick's backups for 90 days
Its help page says personal information stays in backup archives for 90 days after you delete your account, and subscription and transaction records are kept even after that. Want a copy first? Back up on the web, then delete from Settings, Account, Manage Account.
help.ticktick.com
Part 03 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$4.17
A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too
TickTick has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49.99 per year (about $4.17 per month).
Free for good, with sync across devices, list and kanban views and a basic calendar.
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.
The free plan
9 lists, 99 tasks per list, 5 habits, 2 reminders per task and 1 attachment per day, with list and kanban views, a basic calendar view and sync across devices.
Read from ticktick.com on Oct 4, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on ticktick.comAnnual 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).
Stated on apps.apple.com
How its prices have moved
- Jul 23, 2026Premium: $35.99 per year → $49.99 per yearThe archived copy of 23 July 2026 gives $49.99 as the regular yearly price, beside a limited-time offer at $35.99; the copy before it, of 21 February 2026, shows $35.99 with no offer. The regular price changed between the two.
- Sep 10, 2023Premium: $27.99 per year → $35.99 per yearThe archived copy of 10 September 2023 shows the annual plan at $35.99; the copy before it, of 4 August 2023, shows $27.99. The price changed between the two.
What the app costs elsewhere
Each country’s App Store price for “Annual TickTick Premium”, against $49.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.
| Country | Price there | In dollars | Against the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | ₱ 1,450.00 | $23.08 | 54% less |
| Turkey | ₺1.199,99 | $24.40 | 51% less |
| Indonesia | Rp 439ribu | $24.55 | 51% less |
| India | ₹ 2,599 | $26.87 | 46% less |
| Canada | $69.99 | $49.20 | about the same |
| Australia | $79.99 | $55.84 | 12% more |
| Germany | 49,99 € | $56.02 | 12% more |
| United Kingdom | £49.99 | $66.09 | 32% more |
Part 04 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
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Places it runs: Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android and Browser extension
To-do list with a calendar, habit tracker and Pomodoro timer built in. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, tasks, natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer, habit tracking.
Type a task and it picks out the date, or just say it out loud.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- Linux
- iOS
- Android
- Browser extension
What it works with
- Notion
- Google Calendar
- OpenClaw
Who makes TickTick
TickTick is provided by Appest Inc., the company its terms of service name. Its About page says the team began with GTasks, an Android app that synced with Google Tasks, before building TickTick. It earns money from Premium subscriptions on top of a free plan.
- Founders and leaders
- Damon Woo, Founderapps.apple.com
- Affiliate program
- TickTick Ambassador Program, by application: 30% of what a referred user pays for Premium in their first year when bought on the web through PayPal or Stripe, 15% through Google Play or the App Store, paid by PayPal monthly once rewards reach $25.ticktick.com
- Lately
- AI Assistant Is Here! Work Smarter, Get More Done · Oct 8, 2026
- Editing and Task Management Improvements · Sep 15, 2026
- Capture Faster, Stay Organized · Jun 3, 2026
- TickTick ✖️ AI 🤖 Smarter Task Management · Apr 29, 2026
Read on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports. What is not stated there is left out.
Part 05 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
117/123
Other to-do list apps it is graded above
TickTick's GPA of 3.4 is higher than 117 of the 123 other to-do list apps we grade, and level with 4.
It stands best on features (A, above 120 of 123) and worst on value for money (C, above 13).
Its paid plans start at $4.17 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3 for the category: 46 of the 68 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 4.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 124 to-do list apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. TickTick’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 123
- BFree plan and trialAbove 68 of 123
- AFeaturesAbove 120 of 123
- AEase of useAbove 105 of 123
- APlatforms and integrationsAbove 108 of 123
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 99 to-do list apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. TickTick is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
The plain part of TickTick you could make: tasks, natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.4 is higher than 117 of the 123 other to-do list apps we grade. It costs $49.99 a year.
What you could make
- Tasks, natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
- The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. TickTick’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 06 · Refunds
After you pay
Getting your money back, getting out, and getting help
What happens once you have paid: whether you can get your money back, how to leave, and how to reach a person when something goes wrong. Each is graded from TickTick’s own terms and help pages.
Refunds and cancelling
Good · checked Oct 18, 2026
Buy Premium on the web, through Stripe, PayPal or Google Play, and you have 14 days to ask for the money back, from a button in your own order history, with TickTick saying it will process the refund in three business days. You cancel yourself in the settings and your data stays put when Premium lapses. It is a B rather than an A because the window is 14 days, not 30, and an invoice or an App Store purchase takes it away.
- Refund window
- 14 days
- How you cancel
- Yourself, in settings
- Getting your money back
TickTick says a Premium subscription bought through Google Play, PayPal or Stripe can be refunded within 14 days of payment, and that no refund can be issued beyond 14 days. You submit the request yourself from Order History in the Premium Account settings, and it says the refund is processed within three business days. Orders that have had an invoice issued cannot be refunded, and App Store purchases go to Apple.
Stated on help.ticktick.com- How to cancel TickTick
A subscription taken through Google Play, Stripe or PayPal is cancelled in the TickTick web app, under Settings and then the Premium Account tab, and TickTick says to check for the confirmation window. It can also be cancelled on Google Play or in PayPal directly. An App Store subscription must be cancelled in Apple's subscription settings, which TickTick says it cannot do for you.
- Open the TickTick web app and click your profile at the top left, then Settings
- Click the Premium Account tab
- Click Cancel Subscription
- Confirm by clicking Yes, cancel
- Check that the confirmation window appears, and repeat the steps if it does not
- What you keep afterwards
TickTick says that after a Premium account expires your data is fully retained: you can keep using TickTick as a free account, without the Premium benefits. A separate FAQ says an account can be deleted from the account information page in Settings, and that data can be backed up and imported into another account first.
Stated on help.ticktick.com- Renewals
The help article treats cancelling as the way to stop Premium auto-renewing, and says App Store subscriptions renew by default and have to be cancelled by you because Apple does not let the developer do it. None of the pages read promises a reminder before a renewal, and the 14-day refund window runs from the payment, so a renewal you noticed late may still be inside it.
Stated on help.ticktick.com
In your favour
- Fourteen days to change your mind, and you file the claim yourself from your order history.
- TickTick says a refund is processed within three business days, which is more than most promise.
- Cancelling is four clicks in the web app's settings, with nobody to write to.
- Let Premium lapse and nothing is deleted: the account carries on as a free one with your data.
Watch out for
- Fourteen days is the whole window, and TickTick says nothing comes back after it.
- Ask for an invoice on an order and that order can no longer be refunded.
- Bought Premium in the App Store? Apple decides the refund, and TickTick says it cannot.
- Nothing promises a warning before the subscription renews, so the 14 days can pass unnoticed.
Customer support
Ordinary · checked Oct 18, 2026
A ticket form, an address to write to and a well-stocked help centre, and that is the lot. No live chat, no phone, and no page that says when the team works or how fast it aims to reply. TickTick will tell you how long a refund takes but not how long a question waits. That is where most apps at this price sit, so a C.
Ways to get help
Email
The About page invites anyone to write to the team to ask about TickTick or share feedback, and the pricing page's FAQ gives the same address next to a link to the help centre.
Stated on ticktick.comContact form or ticket
A support ticket, opened from the Contact Us link in the help centre's footer. The page asked our reader to sign in first, so the form itself was not read.
Stated on ticktick.comHelp inside the app
The help article on still being charged after cancelling tells you to get in touch under Help & Feedback inside the app if the question is not settled.
Stated on help.ticktick.comHelp centre
A searchable help centre with a beginner's guide, feature guides, an FAQ and a Payment and Upgrades section that covers cancelling, refunds, invoices and payment methods.
Stated on help.ticktick.com
Not listed on TickTick’s pages: live chat, phone.
- When people answer
Its pages do not say.
- How fast it says it replies
Its pages do not say.
- What depends on your plan
Its pages do not say.
In your favour
- There are three ways in: a ticket, an address to write to and Help & Feedback inside the app.
- The help centre is open to anyone and walks through refunds, cancelling and invoices step by step.
Watch out for
- No page states support hours or how quickly TickTick aims to reply.
- No live chat and no phone line are offered.
- You have to sign in before the ticket form will open.
- No page says that paying for Premium gets your question answered any sooner.
What these two grades rest on. Read on 18 October 2026: TickTick's help article on payment and upgrades, which covers cancelling, refunds and invoices, its general FAQ, its terms of service, the pricing page's own questions and answers, the help centre, the About page and the contact page. The terms say nothing about refunds or cancelling, so the help pages are the policy here. Nobody here cancelled a plan or contacted its support. They are graded apart from the five that make the GPA. How we grade refunds and support.
Part 07 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Todoist, Any.do, Microsoft To Do, Things 3 and Superlist
The 5 tools TickTick is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
Todoist
Free plan · from $5/mo
Cross-platform to-do list with natural-language task entry.
- TickTick also covers Pomodoro timer and habit tracking.
- Todoist also covers templates.
- 2.8GPA
Any.do
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
To-do list and calendar app with separate family and team plans.
- Only TickTick lists a Linux app.
- TickTick also covers natural-language input, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking.
- Any.do also covers templates, Gantt & timelines and workflow automation.
- 3.6GPA
Microsoft To Do
Free
Free to-do list from Microsoft that syncs with Outlook tasks.
- Only TickTick lists a Linux app.
- Only TickTick lists a browser extension.
- TickTick also covers natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking.
- 2.6GPA
Things 3
Free trial · from $9.99 one-time
Personal task manager for Apple devices, sold as a one-time purchase.
- TickTick has a free plan. Things 3 does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only TickTick lists a web app.
- Only TickTick lists Windows, Linux and Android apps.
- 2.6GPA
Superlist
Free plan · from $5/mo
To-do lists that hold tasks and notes together, with AI meeting notes.
- Only TickTick lists Windows and Linux apps.
- Only TickTick lists a browser extension.
- TickTick also covers natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking.
Part 08 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
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Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is TickTick free?
TickTick has a free plan. 9 lists, 99 tasks per list, 5 habits, 2 reminders per task and 1 attachment per day, with list and kanban views, a basic calendar view and sync across devices.
How much does TickTick cost?
TickTick lists 2 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does TickTick work on?
TickTick is available on Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. It also has a browser extension.
Does TickTick offer any discounts?
TickTick publicly lists the following: 25% off Premium for students, faculty and staff; Annual billing costs about 17% less than monthly.
How is TickTick rated?
TickTick's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.9 out of 5 from 46,196 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Is TickTick open source?
TickTick is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 4, 2026.
What does TickTick integrate with?
TickTick's listing names Notion, Google Calendar and OpenClaw. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Does TickTick have a student discount?
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.
Who makes TickTick?
TickTick is made by Appest Inc.
What are the alternatives to TickTick?
The closest alternatives to TickTick in our directory are Todoist, Any.do, Microsoft To Do, Things 3 and Superlist.
Does TickTick give refunds?
TickTick says a Premium subscription bought through Google Play, PayPal or Stripe can be refunded within 14 days of payment, and that no refund can be issued beyond 14 days.
How do I cancel TickTick?
A subscription taken through Google Play, Stripe or PayPal is cancelled in the TickTick web app, under Settings and then the Premium Account tab, and TickTick says to check for the confirmation window.
What happens to my data if I cancel TickTick?
TickTick says that after a Premium account expires your data is fully retained: you can keep using TickTick as a free account, without the Premium benefits.
How do I contact TickTick support?
TickTick's pages list these ways to get help: email, contact form or ticket, help inside the app and help centre.
How does TickTick compare with other to-do list apps?
TickTick's GPA of 3.4 is higher than 117 of the 123 other to-do list apps we grade, and level with 4.
Is TickTick good value for money?
ToolGPA grades TickTick C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $4.17 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3 for the category: 46 of the 68 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of TickTick?
The plain part of TickTick you could make: tasks, natural-language input, calendar, kanban boards, Pomodoro timer and habit tracking.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from TickTick’s own pages on Oct 4, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from TickTick's own pages on 4 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-06-03.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Appest Inc. Prices change, so check ticktick.com before you buy.
Part 09 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- TickTick, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/ticktick
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
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- Apple Reminders Insider's GuideApple's free to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch3.6 GPA
- Microsoft To Do Insider's GuideFree to-do list from Microsoft that syncs with Outlook tasks3.6 GPA
- Google Tasks Insider's GuideGoogle's to-do list, built into Gmail, Calendar, Chat and Docs3.4 GPA
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