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10 Best Alternatives to Todoist in 2026

Let’s be hon­est — Todoist is real­ly good for man­ag­ing your own tasks. Clean inter­face, nat­ur­al lan­guage task entry, sta­ble mobile apps. Its rep­u­ta­tion is well-deserved.
But here’s where the dif­fi­cul­ties start. If you’re try­ing to use Todoist for team projects, issues arise quick­ly. There are no Gantt charts. No built-in time track­ing. Lim­it­ed vis­i­bil­i­ty into who is doing what. And the pric­ing mod­el for teams quick­ly adds up.
This guide cov­ers 10 proven alter­na­tives for 2026, from full-fea­tured project man­age­ment tools like Work­sec­tion to spe­cial­ized apps like Things. We will break down real prices (not mar­ket­ing rhetoric), hon­est lim­i­ta­tions (every tool has them), and who is tru­ly suit­ed for each option.
Let’s take a clos­er look. 

Why are users look­ing for alter­na­tives to Todoist?

Todoist isn’t bad — it’s just built for a spe­cif­ic use case. If that’s not your sit­u­a­tion, you’ll encounter difficulties.
  • Todoist = per­son­al use tool (not for teams)
Todoist has been focused on per­son­al pro­duc­tiv­i­ty from the start. Tech­ni­cal­ly, you can share projects with col­leagues, but it feels like an addi­tion.” There’s no resource plan­ning, load bal­anc­ing, or cen­tral­ized team dash­board. If you’re man­ag­ing more than 5 peo­ple across mul­ti­ple projects, Todoist becomes a bot­tle­neck rather than a solution.
  • Lim­it­ed visualization
You only get lists. And that’s it.
There are no Kan­ban boards (unless you cre­ate them man­u­al­ly through labels — cum­ber­some). There are no Gantt charts for depen­den­cies. No time­line view to see the pro­jec­t’s progress.
For teams that think visu­al­ly — espe­cial­ly design agen­cies, devel­op­ers, mar­ket­ing teams — Todoist feels like work­ing in the dark.
  • Pric­ing mod­el does not scale
The busi­ness plan for teams costs $8/​user/​month when billed annu­al­ly. For a team of 10 peo­ple — that is $80/​month, and even at that price, you don’t get time track­ing or Gantt charts.
In com­par­i­son, for exam­ple, with Work­sec­tion: $3 – 5/​user/​month with more team fea­tures. Do the math.
  • Absence of time tracking
Todoist does not track time. At all.
You can inte­grate with Tog­gl or Clock­i­fy, but then you’re man­ag­ing two tools instead of one. And inte­gra­tion costs rise — Tog­gl Track Pre­mi­um costs about $18 per user per month when billed annu­al­ly or $20 when billed month­ly. For agen­cies billing hourly, this is unacceptable.
  • Weak project man­age­ment features
Todoist works well with tasks. Not so much with projects.
You can’t set depen­den­cies between tasks. No crit­i­cal path analy­sis. No resource allo­ca­tion. No bud­get control.
If your projects” are com­plex ini­tia­tives with many com­po­nents, Todoist leaves you coor­di­nat­ing every­thing man­u­al­ly in spreadsheets.
  • Absence of built-in communication
Com­ments exist, but they’re hid­den under tasks. There’s no cen­tral­ized team chat, no reli­able @mentions, no file versions.
You still have to use Slack or email — which negates the pur­pose of a PM tool.
  • Com­plex struc­ture for large projects
Todoist hier­ar­chy: Projects → Sec­tions → Tasks → Sub­tasks. Max­i­mum of two levels.
Try man­ag­ing a 6‑month prod­uct launch with 12 work­flows and 200+ tasks. The struc­ture breaks down. You lose con­text. Every­thing again turns into a flat list.

Con­clu­sion: Todoist is great for per­son­al GTD (Get­ting Things Done). But once team coor­di­na­tion, visu­al project man­age­ment, or time track­ing are need­ed — lim­i­ta­tions arise. That’s where alter­na­tives come in.

Cri­te­ria for choos­ing a Todoist alter­na­tive in 2026

Not all Todoist alter­na­tives” actu­al­ly solve Todoist’s prob­lems. Some are sim­ply oth­er fla­vors of the same limitations.

What tru­ly mat­ters when eval­u­at­ing options:

1️⃣Team­work features
Can mul­ti­ple peo­ple work on projects with­out hindrance?
Look for:
  • Role dis­tri­b­u­tion (admin, par­tic­i­pant, client access)
  • Real-time updates (changes syn­chro­nize instantly)
  • Activ­i­ty log (who did what and when)
  • @mentions that actu­al­ly send notifications
  • Client access (if work­ing with exter­nal partners)
If a tool is built for a sin­gle user, and col­lab­o­ra­tion fea­tures are tacked on” lat­er — that’s a red flag.

2️⃣Visu­al project management
Lists are fine for shop­ping. Projects need structure.
Essen­tial in 2026:
  • Kan­ban boards (visu­al stages of work)
  • Gantt charts (chronol­o­gy with dependencies)
  • Cal­en­dar view (dead­lines in context)
  • Load view (who is over­loaded, who is free)
If you only see work as lists, you are work­ing in the blind.”
3️⃣Trans­par­ent pricing
Watch out for tricks:
  • Price per user or flat rate
  • Hid­den costs (automa­tion, stor­age quo­ta, API)
  • Annu­al lock-in (can you pay monthly?)
  • Fea­tures locked for Enterprise
For exam­ple, in Mon​day​.com the basic rate looks cheap ($12 per user per month when billed annu­al­ly), but to access automa­tions, advanced inte­gra­tions, stor­age, and built-in time track­ing, you need to upgrade to high­er rate plans. Sud­den­ly you are pay­ing up to ~$16 – 19 per user/​month.

4️⃣Time track­ing integration
Ide­al­ly: built-in time track­ing (Work­sec­tion, Clock­i­fy, Harvest).
Accept­able: native inte­gra­tion with time tools (Click­Up ↔ Toggl).
Unac­cept­able: lack of time track­ing and API for integrations.
If you bill clients hourly or track inter­nal team pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, this is a must.

5️⃣Set­up with­out complexity
Some tools (Click­Up) have all the fea­tures in the world, but onboard­ing is complicated.
Opti­mal: cus­tomiz­able work­flows with­out over­ly com­pli­cat­ed configuration:
  • Cus­tom fields (pri­or­i­ty, sta­tus, client, budget)
  • Cus­tom work­flows (design → review → approval)
  • Tem­plates for reuse
If it takes 3 days to set up before the team can start work­ing, that’s a problem.

6️⃣Scal­a­bil­i­ty (from per­son­al to team and department)
Today you are a team of 3 peo­ple. And next year?
Good alter­na­tives are scalable:
  • Starter plan for small teams (5−10 people)
  • Growth plan with­out manda­to­ry Enter­prise payment
  • Access to fea­tures with­out arti­fi­cial­ly lim­it­ing small teams
Avoid tools that jump from $50/​month to $500/​month with­out an inter­me­di­ate option.

7️⃣Inte­gra­tion ecosystem
Your PM tool is not an island.
Check inte­gra­tions:
  • Email (Gmail, Outlook)
  • Cal­en­dar (Google Cal­en­dar, Outlook)
  • Stor­age (Google Dri­ve, Dropbox)
  • Com­mu­ni­ca­tion (Slack, Telegram)
  • Account­ing (Quick­Books, Xero — if you bill clients)
  • Native inte­gra­tions > Zapi­er-like approach­es > no integrations.
8️⃣Learn­ing curve and onboarding
How quick­ly can the team start using the tool?
🔴Red flags:
  • Needs a 40-minute video to under­stand the basics
  • The team needs train­ing” for sim­ple workflows
  • The inter­face is so clut­tered that key fea­tures can’t be found
🟢Green flags:
  • Intu­itive from day one
  • Onboard­ing less than 30 minutes
  • Sup­port in the local language
Tip: test the free peri­od on the entire team, not just your­self. Test­ing one user miss­es 80% of real issues.

Best alter­na­tives to Todoist in 2025

Work­sec­tion — best for team collaboration

Work­sec­tion is a Ukrain­ian SaaS plat­form that helps teams keep projects under con­trol since 2008. 
Why it’s bet­ter than Todoist for teams: Work­sec­tion is built for col­lab­o­ra­tion, not just as an add-on to a per­son­al task manager.

Key dif­fer­ences:
  • Gantt charts are includ­ed (Todoist lacks this)
  • Built-in time track­ing (Todoist requires third-par­ty integrations)
  • Team dash­board with vis­i­bil­i­ty into work­load (Todoist lacks team overview)
  • Client access (Todoist has clum­sy sharing)
  • Sup­port for the Ukrain­ian lan­guage (impor­tant for Ukrain­ian teams)
  • File stor­age up to 500 GB in pre­mi­um (Todoist bare­ly sup­ports attachments)
Main fea­tures:
  • Visu­al project man­age­ment: Gantt charts, Kan­ban, list views
  • Time track­ing: timers on tasks start/​stop
  • Bud­gets: set project bud­gets, track expens­es against plan
  • Reports: reports on time, com­plet­ed tasks, team productivity
  • Com­mu­ni­ca­tion: com­ments, men­tions, file shar­ing in one place
  • Flex­i­ble access for clients and contractors
Pros:
  • Every­thing in one (no need for sep­a­rate time tracking)
  • Scales from a small team to 50+ people
  • Ukrain­ian inter­face and sup­port (impor­tant for team adaptation)
  • Gantt charts + Kan­ban + list views
  • Trans­par­ent pricing
Cons:
  • The inter­face looks util­i­tar­i­an, not as styl­ish as Todoist
  • The mobile app is good, but not outstanding
  • Less recog­ni­tion out­side Ukraine
Con­clu­sion: if you are a Ukrain­ian team that has out­grown Todoist’s lim­i­ta­tions and needs prop­er project man­age­ment with­out exces­sive costs, Work­sec­tion is the obvi­ous choice. Rat­ing: 910.


Click­Up — for expe­ri­enced users

Click­Up has all pos­si­ble fea­tures. Gantt charts, kan­ban, cal­en­dar, time­line, work­load, spread­sheet, mind map, ideas board — yes, all of that.
How­ev­er, due to the pletho­ra of fea­tures, the inter­face looks over­loaded, and set­up takes days.

Key fea­tures:
  • 15+ types of views (pos­si­bly more by the time you read this)
  • Built-in time track­ing with detailed reports
  • Automa­tions (actions based on rules)
  • Cus­tom fields for everything
  • Inte­grat­ed doc­u­ments and wikis
  • Goal and OKR tracking
Pros:
  • Extreme­ly multifunctional
  • Pow­er­ful automations
  • Active devel­op­ment (new fea­tures are con­stant­ly being released)
  • API for cus­tom integrations
Cons:
  • Steep learn­ing curve (plan for 1 – 2 weeks for team adaptation)
  • Inter­face is overloaded
  • Per­for­mance issues in large work­spaces (1000+ tasks)
  • Price increas­es if advanced fea­tures are needed
Click­Up is the oppo­site of Todoist’s sim­plic­i­ty. If Todoist seems too basic, Click­Up may seem too com­plex. There is a gold­en mean,” but it requires patience. Rat­ing: 8.5÷10 — pow­er­ful, but not for everyone.

Asana — cor­po­rate project management

Asana is Todoist with seri­ous team fea­tures added, opti­mized for com­pa­nies with over 100 employees.
Key fea­tures:
  • Time­line (Gantt-style dependencies)
  • Work­load bal­anc­ing (who is overloaded)
  • Port­fo­lios (man­age mul­ti­ple projects together)
  • Goal align­ment and OKRs
  • Advanced search and reporting
  • Inte­gra­tions with 200+ tools
Pros:
  • Pol­ished, pro­fes­sion­al interface
  • Strong cor­po­rate fea­tures (SSO, admin controls)
  • Excel­lent mobile apps
  • Good bal­ance of pow­er and ease of use
Cons:
  • Expen­sive for small teams: $10.99/user on the Pre­mi­um plan.
  • Key fea­tures are only avail­able on the Busi­ness plan: $24.99/user.
  • Time track­ing requires inte­gra­tions (Har­vest, Everhour)
  • Overkill for teams <10 people
Com­pared to Todoist: Asana is a larg­er, more expen­sive sis­ter” prod­uct to Todoist. If Todoist is a bike, Asana is an SUV: great if you need space, exces­sive if you don’t. Rat­ing: 8.0÷10 — excel­lent for medi­um and large teams, expen­sive for small.

Microsoft To Do — for per­son­al organization

This free alter­na­tive is inte­grat­ed with Microsoft 365, con­ve­nient for those already in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Key fea­tures:
  • Tasks with lists and subtasks
  • Inte­gra­tion with Out­look and Teams
  • Recur­ring tasks and reminders
  • Pri­or­i­ties and categories
  • Abil­i­ty to share lists
Pros:
  • Free for all Microsoft 365 users
  • Syn­chro­niza­tion between devices and Outlook
  • Sim­ple interface
Cons:
  • Very basic for team collaboration
  • Pre­mi­um fea­tures avail­able through Microsoft 365 subscription
  • No Gantt charts or time tracking
  • Less flex­i­bil­i­ty for large projects
Rat­ing: 610 — ide­al for per­son­al use or small teams.

Trel­lo — visu­al kan­ban board

Trel­lo remains the cult favorite kan­ban board for visu­al task management.

Key fea­tures:
  • Boards, columns, cards
  • Labels, check­lists, deadlines
  • Inte­gra­tions with hun­dreds of apps via Power-Ups
  • But­ler automations
Pros:
  • Easy to teach new users
  • Visu­al­ly con­ve­nient for track­ing status
  • Free tier suf­fi­cient for small teams
Cons:
  • Not suit­able for large-scale project management
  • Many key fea­tures locked behind Premium
  • Time track­ing via third-par­ty integrations
​Rat­ing: 710 — excel­lent for small teams and visu­al work­flows, not for large projects.

Notion — flex­i­ble organization

Notion is all-in-one: doc­u­ments, data­bas­es, tasks, tables, wikis, and kan­ban boards.

Key fea­tures:
  • Cre­at­ing data­bas­es for tasks and projects
  • Kan­ban, tables, cal­en­dar, lists
  • Built-in doc­u­ments and wikis
  • Inte­gra­tions with oth­er ser­vices via Zapier
Best for:
  • Teams that val­ue flex­i­bil­i­ty and documentation
  • Star­tups build­ing an inter­nal knowl­edge base
  • Projects with uncon­ven­tion­al structures
Pros:
  • High flex­i­bil­i­ty
  • All-in-one (tasks + doc­u­ments + knowl­edge base)
  • Suit­able for remote teams
Cons:
  • Not struc­tured enough for clas­si­cal project management
  • Time track­ing is lim­it­ed due to third-par­ty integrations
  • Can become chaot­ic with­out discipline
Rat­ing: 7.5÷10 — excel­lent for star­tups and cre­ative teams.

Things — min­i­mal­ist task man­ag­er (macOS/​iOS)

Things is a clean design, intu­itive per­son­al task man­age­ment for Mac and iPhone users.

Key fea­tures:
  • Task lists and subtasks
  • Projects and areas of responsibility
  • Day plan­ning, cal­en­dar, and reminders
  • Sim­ple drag-and-drop
Pros:
  • Beau­ti­ful interface
  • Sim­ple task organization
  • One-time pay­ment (Mac $49.99, iPhone/​iPad $9.99)​
Cons:
  • Not for team collaboration
  • No inte­gra­tions with Win­dows or Android
  • Lim­it­ed func­tion­al­i­ty for com­plex projects
Rat­ing: 6.5÷10 — great for per­son­al tasks, not for teams.

Tick­Tick — a com­bi­na­tion of task list and timer

Tick­Tick has a sim­ple inter­face, built-in Pomodoro, cal­en­dar, and lists. The Free plan offers basic fea­tures, up to 99 tasks per list. The Pre­mi­um plan will cost $3/​month or $27/​year.

Key fea­tures:
  • Task lists, sub­tasks, reminders
  • Cal­en­dar and time­line view
  • Pomodoro timer and pro­duc­tiv­i­ty statistics
  • Tags and priorities
Best for:
  • Indi­vid­ual users and small teams
  • Those who want sim­ple task and timer integration
Pros:
  • Sim­ple and quick start
  • Pomodoro built-in
  • Mul­ti-plat­for­m​
Cons:
  • Not for large teams
  • Time track­ing is limited
  • Lim­it­ed fea­tures for large-scale projects
Rat­ing: 710 — good for per­son­al plan­ning and small teams.

Any​.do — sim­plic­i­ty and calendar

Any​.do com­bines a task list with a cal­en­dar. Basic fea­tures are free, Pre­mi­um costs $5/​month or $36/​year.

Key fea­tures:
  • Tasks and subtasks
  • Cal­en­dar with drag-and-drop
  • Reminders and recur­ring tasks
  • Syn­chro­niza­tion between devices
Best for:
  • Indi­vid­ual users and fam­i­ly task lists
  • Sim­ple plan­ning and dai­ly tasks
Pros:
  • User-friend­ly interface
  • Inte­gra­tion with calendars
  • Cross-plat­for­m​
Cons:
  • Not suit­able for man­ag­ing team projects
  • Lim­it­ed ana­lyt­ics and reports
Rat­ing: 6.5÷10 — good for per­son­al use.

Quire — for teams and startups

Quire is a light­weight, mod­ern tool suit­able for small teams and star­tups. Free for up to 80 projects, 30 employ­ees; Busi­ness plan with unlim­it­ed projects and users — $8/​user/​month. Suit­able for quick starts, for small teams and startups. 

Key fea­tures:
  • Tasks, sub­tasks, project tree
  • Kan­ban boards and lists
  • Cal­en­dar and deadlines
  • Real-time collaboration​
Pros:
  • Sim­ple start
  • Clean mod­ern interface
  • Easy to scale
Cons:
  • Not many integrations
  • Time track­ing is limited
Rat­ing: 710 — good for quick starts and small teams.

Com­par­a­tive table of the best Todoist alter­na­tives in 2026

ToolKey Fea­turesBuilt-in Time Track­erAccess Mod­elStart­ing Price (2026)Best Suit­ed For
Work­sec­tionKan­ban, Gantt chart, cal­en­dar, reports, APIYesGran­u­lar$3 – 5/​user/​monthSMEs, agen­cies
Click­UpDoc­u­ments, goals, automa­tions, mind mapsYesAdvanced$7 – 12/​user/​monthHybrid teams, prod­uct IT companies
AsanaProjects, port­fo­lios, automa­tion, reportingNoAdvanced$10.99 – 24.99/user/monthMar­ket­ing, development
Microsoft To DoLists, reminders, inte­gra­tion with OutlookNoBasicFreePer­son­al tasks, micro teams
Trel­loKan­ban, automa­tion, Power-UpsThrough plu­g­insBasic$6 – 12.50/user/monthVisu­al planning
NotionData­bas­es, pages, kan­ban, wikiNoAdvanced$8/​user/​monthStar­tups, remote teams
ThingsGTD, cal­en­dar, Siri integrationNoPer­son­al$49.99 one-timeApple users
Tick­TickPomodoro, habits, calendarYesPer­son­al$3.99/user/month or $27/​yearFree­lancers, students
Any​.doVoice tasks, cal­en­dar, remindersNoPer­son­al$5/​user/​month or $36/​yearDai­ly tasks
QuireTask tree, kan­ban, reportsThrough add-onsAdvanced$8/​user/​monthProject teams, cre­ative agencies

Todoist vs Alter­na­tives: Com­par­a­tive Analy­sis 2026

Let’s be hon­est about Todoist. It does some things excellently.

✅What Todoist does well:
  • Sim­plic­i­ty — the clean­est inter­face in the cat­e­go­ry. No clutter.
  • Nat­ur­al lan­guage input — for exam­ple, Tomor­row 3pm buy milk #per­son­al” works seamlessly.
  • Mobile apps — fast, thought­ful, reli­able offline synchronization.
  • Key­board short­cuts — expe­ri­enced users can quick­ly man­age tasks.
  • Kar­ma gam­i­fi­ca­tion — fun­ny, but moti­vat­ing (dai­ly streaks, pro­duc­tiv­i­ty score).
  • If you’re only man­ag­ing per­son­al tasks and don’t need col­lab­o­ra­tion, it’s hard to beat Todoist.
❌Where Todoist falls behind alternatives:
  • Team­work — shar­ing projects feels like a sup­ple­ment. No team dash­board, work­load view, roles, or permissions.
  • Visu­al project man­age­ment — it’s just lists. No Kan­ban, no Gantt. If you can’t see a project time­line, you have to guess deadlines.
  • Time track­ing — non-exis­tent. You need to inte­grate Tog­gl Track Pre­mi­um ($18/​user/​month) or Clock­i­fy (free, but incon­ve­nient). Alter­na­tives like Work­sec­tion, Click­Up, Tick­Tick have built-in tracking.
  • Team pric­ing — $8/​user/​month busi­ness plan quick­ly adds up. For 10 peo­ple — $80 – 85/​month. Work­sec­tion is $30 – 50/​month for the same team and offers more features.
  • Task depen­den­cies — unable to say Task B can­not start until Task A is com­plet­ed.” This is crit­i­cal for com­plex projects.
  • Reports — what did we accom­plish this month? How many hours were spent? Todoist doesn’t show this. You will have to export to Excel.
  • File man­age­ment — basic attach­ment, no ver­sion­ing, no cen­tral­ized library. Alter­na­tives like Notion or Work­sec­tion han­dle this much better.
  • Hon­est­ly, Todoist is a task man­ag­er, not a project man­ag­er. If your projects” are just groups of tasks, Todoist works. If projects have time­lines, depen­den­cies, bud­gets, and teams — you need a dif­fer­ent tool.

Fre­quent­ly Asked Ques­tions (FAQ)

What is the best Todoist alter­na­tive for teams in 2026?

Work­sec­tion is undoubt­ed­ly it. Here’s why:
Todoist costs $8 per user per month for the Busi­ness plan ($80 per month for 10 peo­ple) and it offers shared projects, labels, and com­ments. And that’s it. Work­sec­tion costs $3 – 5 per user per month ($30 – 50 for 10 peo­ple) and includes:
  • Visu­al­iza­tion. Work­sec­tion has kan­ban, Gantt charts, and a cal­en­dar; Todoist has only lists.
  • Time track­ing. Work­sec­tion has a built-in track­er and finan­cial reports.
  • Access rights. Work­sec­tion allows hid­ing inter­nal com­ments and bud­gets from clients, flex­i­bil­i­ty that Todoist does not have.
Todoist is a great task man­ag­er. But if you man­age projects with teams, dead­lines, bud­gets, and depen­den­cies — you’ve out­grown it. The alter­na­tives above pro­vide real project management.

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