The Verdict · Todoist
43
Momentum score
Todoist competes in a market with 2 analyzed competitors.
33
Traffic
31
SEO
8
Commercialization
17
Distribution
45
Community/Momentum
Scored from 3 first-party signals · 0 guessed
Competitive Intelligence Report
TodoistvsTickTickvsThings
Analysis of Todoist against 2 competitors. 57 pages analyzed across 3 sites.
43
Momentum Score
▲ 10 vs TickTick
Coverage57 pages
Competitors2 tracked
Features25/30
Momentum+10 pts
Reviews124.5K vs 42.1K
ScanStandard
Pricing is not a wedge here. Everyone lands within 20% at every tier — the decision won't be made on price.
Todoist (YOU)
Beginner
$0/monthly
- 5 personal projects
- Smart Quick Add
- Task reminders
- Flexible list & board layouts
Pro
$5 per user/monthly billed yearly
- Everything in Beginner
- 300 personal projects
- Calendar layout
- Task duration
Business
$8 per user/monthly billed yearly
- Everything in Pro for every member
- Shared team workspace
- Up to 500 team projects
- Calendar layout for team projects
TickTick
No pricing data
Things
No pricing data
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IOverview
No gaps detected
No major channel gaps detected.
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Beat your closest competitor
1
Promote your unique features: Comments on tasks, File attachments in tasks, Roles and permissions
Feature matrix shows 9 feature(s) that no competitor offers
→ Unique capabilities are your strongest differentiation lever
Todoist competes in a market with 2 analyzed competitors. Momentum comparison is limited — Things could not be fully analyzed. Rankings may not reflect actual market position. Your pricing is positioned as median in the market (median: $5).
Data confidence: medium
Todoist competes in a market with 2 analyzed competitors. Momentum comparison is limited — Things could not be fully analyzed. Rankings may not reflect actual market position. Your pricing is positioned as median in the market (median: $5).
Key Threats
- TickTick has higher app satisfaction (4.9 vs 4.8)
Top Opportunities
- API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in
- Geographic expansion to serve international customer demand
Strategic Options
Differentiation
Double down on: Cross-platform ubiquity: 10+ apps and add-ons across desktop, Android, iOS, wearables, browser extensions, and email add-ons make it easy to keep Todoist in the user’s daily loop [6].
Bottom Line
Todoist needs to increase market presence. Prioritize the opportunities above to close the gap with more active competitors.
Sitemap Tree
10 pages
Homepage
Pricing
Product
Customers
Integrations
Company
Content
Trust / Legal
Other
Sitemap Tree
20 pages
Homepage
Pricing
Company
Content
TodoistYOUR PRODUCT20 pages
https://todoist.com
Founded
2007
Employees
~120
Funding
Bootstrapped
4.8
/ 5.0
124,540 reviews
Tech Stack
AstroGoogle AnalyticsNext.jsReactKey Findings
- Mid-market monetization signal: Business pricing is US $8 per user/month billed yearly with SOC2 Type II compliance, showing Todoist is not just selling productivity but procurement-ready team software [12].
- Scale credibility for team adoption: The site claims 50k+ teams and 30 million+ people, which lowers buyer fear for managers choosing a collaboration tool with visible network adoption [7].
- Workflow breadth reduces replacement risk: Todoist combines task capture, recurring due dates, filters, multiple views, comments, files, voice notes, shared workspaces, and team roles, making it harder to replace with a single-purpose to-do app [6].
- Integration depth supports embedded usage: 80+ integrations and explicit Google Calendar/Outlook support mean Todoist can sit inside existing workflows rather than forcing behavior change [6].
- Brand trust reinforced by awards: Claims like Best Free Productivity App and Best for Shared Task Management support the product’s legitimacy in both personal and team purchase conversations [7].
Strengths
- +Cross-platform ubiquity: 10+ apps and add-ons across desktop, Android, iOS, wearables, browser extensions, and email add-ons make it easy to keep Todoist in the user’s daily loop [6].
- +Team-ready workflow model: shared workspace, team projects, roles and permissions, centralized billing, and private/public project controls create a credible collaboration layer [6].
- +High-trust security posture: TLS 1.2/1.3, AWS hosting, encryption at rest, and SOC2 Type II on Business reduce enterprise buyer anxiety [9].
- +Strong social proof at scale: 30 million+ people and 50k+ teams are concrete adoption markers that help reduce procurement risk [7].
- +Integration ecosystem depth: 80+ integrations broadens daily utility and makes switching costlier [6].
Weaknesses
- -Price step-up for teams: Business starts at US $8/user/month billed yearly, which is materially above TickTick’s reported low-end pricing and can slow adoption in price-sensitive SMBs [12].
- -Crowded feature parity risk: many of Todoist’s core capabilities—reminders, calendar views, sub-tasks, sharing—are now table stakes in the category, making differentiation harder to sustain [6].
- -Consumer-to-team transition is not automatic: the product has strong personal and team usage proof, but the packaging still needs to convert solo users into paid workspaces more explicitly [7].
TickTick17 pages
https://ticktick.com
Employees
30-50+ employees
4.9
/ 5.0
42,096 reviews
Tech Stack
Next.jsGoogle AnalyticsKey Findings
- Value-for-money positioning: External research cites $2.79/month and $3.99 monthly premium pricing, which gives TickTick a sharper price wedge against Todoist Business.
- Power-user breadth: Habit tracker, Pomodoro, timeline, location reminders, constant reminders, and statistics make TickTick more than a task list, which helps retain individuals who want one app for productivity rituals [6].
- Cross-platform convenience: Native surfaces and widgets across web, desktop, mobile, Windows, Mac, and browser-like capture flows make it easy to slot into daily life and reduce switching friction [6].
- Recurring-task and reminder depth: Multiple reminder modes, daily reminders, and natural-language capture make the product strong in execution-heavy personal productivity, where reminder reliability matters more than team workflow depth [6].
- Enterprise credibility exists but is under-specified: The presence of an enterprise tier suggests the company is not limited to consumers, but the scraped materials emphasize consumer productivity more than team governance [6].
Strengths
- +Power-user feature density: habit tracking, Pomodoro, timeline, Eisenhower Matrix, and statistics create a “one app for everything” experience that is hard to replicate quickly [6].
- +Flexible capture speed: keyboard shortcuts, voice add, browser/email capture, and widgets support ultra-low-friction task entry [6].
- +Reminder robustness: constant, email, repeat, location, and daily reminders make it unusually strong for time-sensitive personal workflows [6].
- +Cross-platform usability: web plus native desktop/mobile experiences reduce device-lock risk for individual users [6].
- +Price value perception: research-backed sub-$4 monthly pricing is a strong buyer magnet for cost-conscious users.
Weaknesses
- -Weaker enterprise trust signal than Todoist: security page mentions AWS and encryption, but the scraped materials do not show the same explicit compliance language Todoist uses for Business [9].
- -Broader personal-productivity scope can blur the buyer story: habit tracking, Pomodoro, and themes make the app attractive, but not all of those features help justify team purchases [6].
- -Pricing transparency is weaker in the scraped site than Todoist’s published plan table, which can create friction for procurement-focused buyers comparing total cost.
Things20 pages
https://culturedcode.com/things
Founded
2008
Employees
12 employees
Funding
No documented external funding; bootstrapped and venture-capital-free
Valuation
$5.71B
4.8
/ 5.0
15,756 reviews
Tech Stack
AngularThird-Party Tools
CrispKey Findings
- Apple-only premium niche: Things runs on Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, which creates a polished experience for Apple loyalists but excludes mixed-device teams by design [23].
- Small-team operating model: The company explicitly says it currently consists of 12 people, implying a focus on product quality over aggressive enterprise expansion [23].
- Release velocity is visible: The blog shows a major OS 26 refresh in September 2025 and a stream of historical feature posts, reinforcing a craftsmanship-led product culture [57].
- Product strategy favors simplicity over breadth: The recurring-task posts show careful design iteration, suggesting Things wins by reducing complexity rather than stacking enterprise features [57].
- Pricing is platform-fragmented rather than team-led: App Store-based pricing across devices points to a premium consumer model, not a collaborative SaaS motion.
Strengths
- +Best-in-class Apple experience: support for Mac, iPad, iPhone, Watch, and Vision Pro aligns tightly with the premium Apple user base [23].
- +Design-led differentiation: the company explicitly foregrounds simplicity and beautiful design, which supports willingness to pay among aesthetic-sensitive buyers [23].
- +Focused product direction: a 12-person team and a singular product surface create tight product coherence and rapid design consistency [23].
- +Platform-native refinement: recent OS 26 refresh notes show ongoing tuning for Apple UI conventions and new OS features [57].
Weaknesses
- -Apple ecosystem lock-in narrows TAM: no evidence of Windows or Android support means it cannot serve mixed-device teams [23].
- -Small team implies limited enterprise expansion bandwidth: 12 people and no open positions reduce the likelihood of fast horizontal expansion into collaboration or admin features [23].
- -Pricing appears device-fragmented and App Store-based, which is frictional for teams that want a single SaaS billing relationship.
Things
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founders | Werner Jainek |
| CEO | Werner Jainek |
| HQ | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Employees | 12 employees |
| Funding | No documented external funding; bootstrapped and venture-capital-free |
| Latest Round | seed, Series A, Series B, or later-stage investments, maintaining complete ownership and operational auton |
| Funding Rounds | seed, Series A, Series B, or later-stage investments, maintaining complete ownership and operational auton |
| Valuation | $5.71B |
| Revenue | $12.9 million |
| Recent Launches | Things 3.22 (Sep 15, 2025) |
| Mission | Passionate about productivity, simplicity, and beautiful design |
Todoist
| Founded | 2007 |
| HQ | Remote-first |
| Employees | ~120 |
| Funding | Bootstrapped |
| Revenue | ~$50M ARR |
TickTick
| Founded | 2013 |
| Founders | Zhong Sheng |
| HQ | Shanghai, China |
| Employees | 30-50+ employees |
| Recent Launches | AI-powered features for task suggestions and prioritization, Mobile app enhancements for iOS and Android, Enhanced real-time cross-platform synchronization, Third-party app integrations and API development, Backend performance improvements |
| Mission | Empower everyone to stay organized, stay creative |
Things
| Tagline | About Us |
| Value Prop | A simple, beautiful task manager for Apple users. |
| Positioning | Premium Apple-native personal productivity app. |
| Tone | Minimalist, design-led, and artisan. |
| vs Competitors | Differentiates from multi-platform productivity apps by leaning into simplicity and Apple ecosystem polish. |
Todoist
| Tagline | Get ready to turn thinking into doing. |
| Value Prop | Capture, organize, and collaborate on tasks and projects across devices, with team-ready controls and integrations. |
| Positioning | Cross-platform productivity platform that scales from personal tasks to team collaboration. |
| Tone | Clear, pragmatic, and productivity-focused with light motivational language. |
| vs Competitors | Implicitly positions against simpler to-do apps and enterprise-heavy tools by offering breadth without complexity. |
TickTick
| Tagline | Boost Your Productivity with Features |
| Value Prop | Manage work and life with fast capture, powerful reminders, and one app for habits, time, and tasks. |
| Positioning | All-in-one productivity app for users who want more than a task list. |
| Tone | Feature-rich and utility-driven. |
| vs Competitors | Positions against other task apps by emphasizing breadth, reminders, and speed of capture. |
Things
| Primary Users | Apple-centric individual professionals |
| Primary Buyers | Self-serve consumers |
| Company Size | Individuals and small teams on Apple devices |
| Industries | General productivity |
| Geography | Apple ecosystem, global user base |
| Channels | Blog, App Store, Apple ecosystem discovery |
Todoist
| Primary Users | Individuals, professionals, and team members managing tasks across devices |
| Primary Buyers | Individuals, team leads, and operations/admin buyers for Business |
| Company Size | Solo users to mid-market teams and larger organizations |
| Industries | General productivity, agencies, teams with compliance needs |
| Geography | Global |
| Channels | SEO/content, templates, customer stories, integrations, app store |
| Community | 30 million+ people; 50k+ teams |
TickTick
| Primary Users | Individual productivity users and small teams |
| Primary Buyers | Self-serve consumers and team organizers |
| Company Size | Individuals to small teams |
| Industries | General productivity |
| Geography | Global |
| Channels | App store, free sign-up, product-led acquisition |
| Community | Millions of users |
IICore Analysis
You're winning on every dimension we can rank.
Leading in API Availability, Employee Count. Defend the lead — competitors are not standing still.
Lead
Lag
Scroll horizontally for full competitor coverage
Nobody's pulling ahead. All competitors are in the same momentum band, which means there's still an opening if you move.
43
/100
33
/100
?
/100
Some companies' signals were too sparse to score. Gauges marked "?" are below the signal threshold — available data only, not a real momentum read.
Signals: Employees · Funding · Social followers · Reviews · App Store · Open positions · Content velocity · Changelog · Careers · Customer proof
Pricing Intelligence
Your Position
At Median
Market Median
$5
Free Tier Available
None
Pricing Models
Things: unknown Todoist: freemium TickTick: unknownPricing Patterns
- 1 of 3 companies offer a free tier
You own 5 features in Enterprise & Admin no competitor matches.
That category is your moat. Lean into it in positioning and onboarding.
Feature Coverage by Category
Todoist (83%)
Things (27%)
TickTick (63%)
IIIStrategic Analysis
TickTick is your biggest threat: 1 threats and 5 strengths.
Things is your biggest threat: 1 threats and 4 strengths.
Cross-Analysis
Leverage (S+O)
- Leverage "Cross-platform ubiquity: 10+ apps and add-ons across desktop, Android, iOS, wearables, browser extensions, and email add-ons make it easy to keep Todoist in the user’s daily loop [6]." to pursue "API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in"
- Leverage "Cross-platform ubiquity: 10+ apps and add-ons across desktop, Android, iOS, wearables, browser extensions, and email add-ons make it easy to keep Todoist in the user’s daily loop [6]." to pursue "Geographic expansion to serve international customer demand"
- Leverage "Team-ready workflow model: shared workspace, team projects, roles and permissions, centralized billing, and private/public project controls create a credible collaboration layer [6]." to pursue "API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in"
Vulnerability (W+T)
- "Price step-up for teams: Business starts at US $8/user/month billed yearly, which is materially above TickTick’s reported low-end pricing and can slow adoption in price-sensitive SMBs [12]." is exposed by "TickTick has higher app satisfaction (4.9 vs 4.8)"
- "Crowded feature parity risk: many of Todoist’s core capabilities—reminders, calendar views, sub-tasks, sharing—are now table stakes in the category, making differentiation harder to sustain [6]." is exposed by "TickTick has higher app satisfaction (4.9 vs 4.8)"
Overall Market Attractiveness
6.0 / 10
Things is the GTM motion you need to beat: Product-Led Growth.
Things shows up in 0 channels. Todoist runs Hybrid (PLG + Sales).
Your clearest GTM opening is Twitter/X: Only Todoist is active — low competition channel
Growth Motion Comparison
TodoistHybrid
- Free tier enables self-serve acquisition
- Enterprise tier indicates sales-assisted upsell
Channels: Twitter/XInstagram
Content: Case StudiesBlog
TickTickSales-Led
- No public pricing — contact sales model
Channels: YoutubeInstagram
ThingsProduct-Led
- Public pricing enables self-serve buying
Content: Blog
Channel Opportunities
Twitter/X1 of 3 companies active on Twitter/X
Only Todoist is active — low competition channel
Linkedin0 of 3 companies are active on Linkedin
No competitor has a presence on Linkedin — early mover advantage
Youtube1 of 3 companies active on Youtube
Only TickTick is active — low competition channel
Tiktok0 of 3 companies are active on Tiktok
No competitor has a presence on Tiktok — early mover advantage
Facebook0 of 3 companies are active on Facebook
No competitor has a presence on Facebook — early mover advantage
Social Proof Comparison
Todoist
moderate
TickTick
moderate
Things
moderate
Todoist
sales-assistedConversion
Freemium model
Primary CTA
Not detected
Onboarding Signals
None detected
Retention Signals
Integrations page
TickTick
sales-assistedConversion
Demo request / contact sales
Primary CTA
Sign Up for Free Features
Onboarding Signals
None detected
Retention Signals
Integrations page
Things
self-serveConversion
Direct paid signup
Primary CTA
Not detected
Onboarding Signals
Live chat support
Retention Signals
Community/forum
Journey Gaps & Opportunities
- No competitor offers a quickstart guide — opportunity for better onboarding
- Most competitors have weak onboarding — differentiate with guided experience
Funding gaps don't tell a clear story. Nobody has a war chest big enough to simply outspend the others.
Estimates based on public data — not audited financials
Company Financials
Todoist (YOU)
Total Funding
Bootstrapped
Revenue
~$50M ARR
Things
Total Funding
No documented external funding; bootstrapped and venture-capital-free
Revenue
$12.9 million
Valuation
$5.71B
Funding Rounds
seed, Series A, Series B, or later-stage investments, maintaining complete ownership and operational auton
Scenario Analysis
TickTick raises a large funding round and doubles sales/marketing spend
unlikelyImpact: Increased competitive pressure in acquisition channels; potential pricing pressure from subsidized free tiers
Response: Prepare defensible differentiation narrative; lock in key customers with annual contracts
Core product features become commoditized and prices converge toward free
unlikelyImpact: Revenue compression; need to find alternative monetization or premium differentiation
Response: Build premium features (AI, integrations, enterprise) that cannot be easily commoditized
A well-funded new entrant enters the market with a superior product at lower price
unlikelyImpact: Market share erosion; potential loss of early-stage customers
Response: Strengthen switching costs through integrations and data lock-in; build community moat
Underserved Segments
Developer/technical users
Only 0 competitor(s) offer API docs
API-first approach could attract developer-led adoption and platform ecosystem
Feature Gaps
Comments on tasksGap to close
Only you offer "Comments on tasks" — a unique differentiator
File attachments in tasksGap to close
Only you offer "File attachments in tasks" — a unique differentiator
Roles and permissionsGap to close
Only you offer "Roles and permissions" — a unique differentiator
Outlook integrationGap to close
Only you offer "Outlook integration" — a unique differentiator
SOC2 Type II complianceGap to close
Only you offer "SOC2 Type II compliance" — a unique differentiator
Centralized team billingGap to close
Only you offer "Centralized team billing" — a unique differentiator
1
TickTick has higher app satisfaction (4.9 vs 4.8)
2
API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in
Each move below is read against your own positioning — what it means for you, and what to do. Every claim links to the source it came from; anything we couldn't source, we dropped.
TickTick
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE
The move
TickTick publishes a dedicated features page. [22]
Against your position
Your features page is the public baseline for this comparison. [6]
So what for you
A sales-ready card per competitor — why you win, their weak spots, how to handle "but they do X", and what to ask in discovery. Every claim links to the source it came from; anything we couldn't source, we dropped.
vs TickTick
Why we win
- Lead with Cross-platform ubiquity. Contrast it with TickTick's weaker enterprise trust signal than Todoist. [1][6][9][17]
- Lead with Team-ready workflow model. Contrast it with TickTick's broader personal-productivity scope can blur the buyer story. [1][6][17]
- Lead with High-trust security posture. [1][9]
Their weaknesses
- Weaker enterprise trust signal than Todoist: security page mentions AWS and encryption, but the scraped materials do not show the same explicit compliance language Todoist uses for Business. [9][17]
- Broader personal-productivity scope can blur the buyer story: habit tracking, Pomodoro, and themes make the app attractive, but not all of those features help justify team purchases. [6][17]
Objection handling
vs Things
Why we win
- Lead with Cross-platform ubiquity. Contrast it with Things's apple ecosystem lock-in narrows TAM. [1][6][23][31]
- Lead with Team-ready workflow model. Contrast it with Things's small team implies limited enterprise expansion bandwidth. [1][6][23][31]
- Lead with High-trust security posture. Contrast it with Things's pricing appears device-fragmented and App Store-based, which is frictional for teams that want a. [1][9][31]
Their weaknesses
- Apple ecosystem lock-in narrows TAM: no evidence of Windows or Android support means it cannot serve mixed-device teams. [23][31]
- Small team implies limited enterprise expansion bandwidth: 12 people and no open positions reduce the likelihood of fast horizontal expansion into collaboration or admin features. [23][31]
Objection handling
1
Promote your unique features: Comments on tasks, File attachments in tasks, Roles and permissions
Feature matrix shows 9 feature(s) that no competitor offers
Unique capabilities are your strongest differentiation lever
This Month
Strategic
2
Leverage "Cross-platform ubiquity: 10+ apps and add-ons across desktop, Android, iOS, wearables, browser extensions, and email add-ons make it easy to keep Todoist in the user’s daily loop [6]." to pursue "API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in"
Derived from SWOT cross-analysis (strength + opportunity alignment)
Leveraging strengths to capture opportunities creates sustainable advantage
This Quarter
Longer Bet
Biggest Threat
TickTick has higher app satisfaction (4.9 vs 4.8)
Market Positioning
Todoist competes in a market with 2 analyzed competitors. Momentum comparison is limited — Things could not be fully analyzed. Rankings may not reflect actual market position. Your pricing is positioned as median in the market (median: $5).
Opportunities
- API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in
- Geographic expansion to serve international customer demand
IVMarket Signals
Public marketing pages discovered during scraping, grouped by intent.
Todoist (YOU)
10 pages
Pricing1
- › /pricing
Product1
- › Features | Todoist
Customers1
- › Customer Stories | Todoist
Integrations1
- › Integrations | Connect your apps to Todoist
Company1
- › Team productivity (made simple) - Todoist
Content1
- › Blog Post - Templates | Todoist
Trust / Legal1
- › Security Policy: Todoist
Other3
- › Team productivity (made simple) - Todoist
- › Channel Partners | Todoist
- › Business Travel Packing - Templates | Todoist
TickTick
9 pages
Product1
- › Features - TickTick
Integrations1
- › Integrations - TickTick
Company6
- › About - TickTick
- › Windows - TickTick
- › Mac - TickTick
- › License - TickTick
- › Security - TickTick
- +1 more
Trust / Legal1
- › Security - TickTick
Things
20 pages
Pricing1
- › Things Pricing (from research)
Company2
- › About - Cultured Code
- › About - Cultured Code
Content17
- › Things Blog - Cultured Code
- › A Roadmap? - Things Blog - Cultured Code
- › Dates, Dates, Dates - Things Blog - Cultured Code
- › Natural Language Input for Due Dates - Things Blog - Culture
- › Providing Feedback from within Things - Things Blog - Cultur
- +12 more
You have 2.4× the team size of TickTick.
~120 employees vs their ~50. Headcount advantage is real.
Team Size Comparison
TickTick
HQ
the United States
Things
Team Size
12 people
Leadership & Founders
TickTick
Founders
Zhong Sheng
Things
CEO
Werner Jainek
Founders
Werner Jainek
Todoist (YOU)
Revenue
~$50M ARR
Things
Revenue
$12.9 million
Customers rate everyone about the same. No reputation wedge to exploit or defend.
| Source | Todoist (YOU) | TickTick | Things |
|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | — | — | — |
| Capterra | — | — | — |
| Trustpilot |
★★★★★
3.6
81 reviews
|
★★★★★
4.4
18 reviews
| — |
Things
siliconangle.com
Mar 25, 2026
Things
siliconangle.com
Mar 25, 2026
Todoist
venturebeat.com
Mar 24, 2026
Things
theverge.com
Mar 24, 2026
Things
siliconangle.com
Mar 23, 2026
Nvidia GTC 2026: Jensen Huang's Groq 'Mellanox moment' and the inference land grab - SiliconANGLE
Neutral
Things
siliconangle.com
Mar 16, 2026
Things
siliconangle.com
Mar 14, 2026
Verge Release Notes | The Verge
Neutral
Things
theverge.com
Mar 13, 2026
Things
siliconangle.com
Mar 13, 2026
Things
theverge.com
Mar 12, 2026
Showing up to 20 most recent press mentions across all analyzed companies
Todoist (YOU)
Enterprise TierYes
Status PageYes
Enterprise Readiness
2 / 10
TickTick
Enterprise TierYes
Status PageNo
Enterprise Readiness
1 / 10
Things
Status PageNo
Enterprise Readiness
0 / 10
Todoist: To Do List & Calendar
Rating
★★★★★
4.6
Reviews
228.0K
Installs
—
Last Updated
—
Family
View on Google Play →
TickTick:To Do List & Calendar
Rating
★★★★★
4.6
Reviews
125.2K
Installs
—
Last Updated
—
Family
View on Google Play →
Every data point in this report is traceable. Below are the 69 sources consulted.
🌐
Website Analysis
(3 sources)
📱
App Store Data
(3 sources)
Todoist
App Store rating (4.8 stars)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/todoist-to-do-list-calendar/id...
TickTick
App Store rating (4.9 stars)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ticktick-to-do-list-calendar/i...
🔎
Web Research
(11 sources)
Todoist
Todoist Pricing & Plans Update 2025: Everything You Need to Know
https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/todoist-pricing-and-pl...
Todoist
Todoist Business Plan: Pricing Update
https://www.todoist.com/help/articles/todoist-business-plan-...
TickTick
TickTick Pricing (March 2026): Compare Plans & Find the Best One | SaaSworthy
https://www.saasworthy.com/product/ticktick/pricing
TickTick
How much is TickTick? (TickTick app pricing)
https://ellieplanner.com/productivity-copilot/ticktick-prici...
Things
Things 3 Is Coming - Things Blog - Cultured Code
https://culturedcode.com/things/blog/2017/04/things-3-is-com...
📄
Deep Page Scraping
(42 sources)
Todoist
Page content: /templates/business-travel-packing
https://todoist.com/templates/business-travel-packing
Data coverage
This report analyzes 2 competitors. Some strategic sections require data from 3+ competitors. Sections below our confidence threshold have been hidden rather than showing unreliable estimates.
DDCompetitor Deep Dives
TickTick
https://ticktick.com
Momentum Score
33
Key Findings
- Value-for-money positioning: External research cites $2.79/month and $3.99 monthly premium pricing, which gives TickTick a sharper price wedge against Todoist Business.
- Power-user breadth: Habit tracker, Pomodoro, timeline, location reminders, constant reminders, and statistics make TickTick more than a task list, which helps retain individuals who want one app for productivity rituals [6].
- Cross-platform convenience: Native surfaces and widgets across web, desktop, mobile, Windows, Mac, and browser-like capture flows make it easy to slot into daily life and reduce switching friction [6].
- Recurring-task and reminder depth: Multiple reminder modes, daily reminders, and natural-language capture make the product strong in execution-heavy personal productivity, where reminder reliability matters more than team workflow depth [6].
- Enterprise credibility exists but is under-specified: The presence of an enterprise tier suggests the company is not limited to consumers, but the scraped materials emphasize consumer productivity more than team governance [6].
SWOT
Strengths
- Power-user feature density: habit tracking, Pomodoro, timeline, Eisenhower Matrix, and statistics create a “one app for everything” experience that is hard to replicate quickly [6].
- Flexible capture speed: keyboard shortcuts, voice add, browser/email capture, and widgets support ultra-low-friction task entry [6].
- Reminder robustness: constant, email, repeat, location, and daily reminders make it unusually strong for time-sensitive personal workflows [6].
Weaknesses
- Weaker enterprise trust signal than Todoist: security page mentions AWS and encryption, but the scraped materials do not show the same explicit compliance language Todoist uses for Business [9].
- Broader personal-productivity scope can blur the buyer story: habit tracking, Pomodoro, and themes make the app attractive, but not all of those features help justify team purchases [6].
- Pricing transparency is weaker in the scraped site than Todoist’s published plan table, which can create friction for procurement-focused buyers comparing total cost.
Opportunities
- API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in
- Content marketing (blog, guides, case studies) could drive organic acquisition
- Security certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001) would unlock regulated enterprise deals
Threats
- Feature convergence may commoditize core product capabilities
Team & Funding
HQ: the United States
Tech Stack
Next.jsGoogle Analytics
App Store
4.9 stars (42,096 reviews)
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Sources: 17 pages scraped from ticktick.com
Momentum Score
30
Key Findings
- Apple-only premium niche: Things runs on Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, which creates a polished experience for Apple loyalists but excludes mixed-device teams by design [23].
- Small-team operating model: The company explicitly says it currently consists of 12 people, implying a focus on product quality over aggressive enterprise expansion [23].
- Release velocity is visible: The blog shows a major OS 26 refresh in September 2025 and a stream of historical feature posts, reinforcing a craftsmanship-led product culture [57].
- Product strategy favors simplicity over breadth: The recurring-task posts show careful design iteration, suggesting Things wins by reducing complexity rather than stacking enterprise features [57].
- Pricing is platform-fragmented rather than team-led: App Store-based pricing across devices points to a premium consumer model, not a collaborative SaaS motion.
SWOT
Strengths
- Best-in-class Apple experience: support for Mac, iPad, iPhone, Watch, and Vision Pro aligns tightly with the premium Apple user base [23].
- Design-led differentiation: the company explicitly foregrounds simplicity and beautiful design, which supports willingness to pay among aesthetic-sensitive buyers [23].
- Focused product direction: a 12-person team and a singular product surface create tight product coherence and rapid design consistency [23].
Weaknesses
- Apple ecosystem lock-in narrows TAM: no evidence of Windows or Android support means it cannot serve mixed-device teams [23].
- Small team implies limited enterprise expansion bandwidth: 12 people and no open positions reduce the likelihood of fast horizontal expansion into collaboration or admin features [23].
- Pricing appears device-fragmented and App Store-based, which is frictional for teams that want a single SaaS billing relationship.
Opportunities
- Enterprise tier could unlock higher-value contracts
- API/developer ecosystem could create switching costs and platform lock-in
Threats
- TickTick has higher app satisfaction (4.9 vs 4.8)
Team & Funding
Team: 12 people
Tech Stack
Angular
Third-Party Tools
Crisp
App Store
4.8 stars (15,756 reviews)
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Sources: 20 pages scraped from culturedcode.com