Looking for an alternative to apps like TickTick and Todoist but I don’t want a subscription to deal with. I can justify a one time purchase of a todo app though as long as it’s reasonable. Any recommendations?
Dooit. It’s a terminal based todo list, so simple but amazing.
Free as in a standalone app or as in its part of something you already own?
The gmail and Microsoft both have apps that are not only cross-platform, web-accessible, and cloud sync’d but they integrate with native apps in your phone.
If you really want an app, Tusk is great, even just the free version. No ads. Nice colorful icons. Smooth interface, good scheduling options. Some functions are paywalled though, like calendar sync. I can’t remember if premium is a purchase or a subscription.
But really pen and paper is the best, imo. You can get little pocket notebooks. Much more satisfying and less restrictive than an app, if you don’t need it to also be giving you notifications.
Edit: Tody is great for household cleaning todos/scheduling. Also free and ad free, except for some paywalled functions.
On desktop, emacs + org, on phone, obsidian. Maybe if I figure out how to put emacs properly on the phone, then will move all to org…
Task Warrior ( https://taskwarrior.org ) and syncing it to https://inthe.am
Task Warrior is open source ( MIT license https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/taskwarrior.git ) as is InThe AM (AGPL https://github.com/coddingtonbear/inthe.am ) and can be spun up without too much difficulty for self hosted options.
Things. It’s a one-time purchase but if you’re using it on iPhone, iPad and Mac it’s 3 one-time purchases and they are not cheap. But for me personally it feels and works exactly as I need it and after trying a bunch of others, I decided Things is the one. And I’ve used it long enough now that the price doesn’t hurt anymore.
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I just use Google Tasks, and it works very well. Got a widget on my home screen with open tasks and I can manage them via my desktop as well.
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It has subscription only features like ticktick.
If you download it from Fdroid, it doesn’t have a subscription. And it has all the features unlocked.
Yes, just found this. Anyways, I was fine to pay few bucks per year, but I need a full functional web version as well.
Tasks.org syncs with various services. Those services may or may not have a web UI. I use it with Nextcloud tasks, which has a serviceable web UI.
I know, but non of these UI covers all tasks.org features (recurring, subtasks, tags etc). Moreover, you need a separate server for this - if you have one already - greate, if not this is an issue.
I needed webgui reachable from my office as well, used tasks.org with Google tasks for a while, but it is too limited (from the Google side), then I considered alternatives and found that in my case ticktick offers best set of features and “just works” for simple cross devices needs Microsoft Todo also works surprisingly well.
Now support of wearos becomes also a useful option.
What features are locked? I’ve only ever used the f-droid version, and haven’t noticed anything blocked. But I don’t use it much (unfortunately).
On play store sync is a paid feature and if I recall correctly, something tags related. It looks like, fdroid version is completely free: https://tasks.org/docs/subscribe
Anyway, it does not have full functional web version.
Syncs with Nextcloud as well, very good although the €1 a year subscription is a bit meh
Version from fdroid is free
have you tried notion?
I use ticktick free mode. The best what I have found for my needs. I do miss few features from tasks.org, but ticktick advantages are more important for me.
What kind of advantages does TickTick have over something like ToDoist in your workflow?
I do not remember exactly, but I think todoist had a terrible widget (very unproductive usage of the space) and needed a subscription for recurring reminders.
I’ve been using Remember The Milk for years. I get daily notifications by email (doesn’t mean I always do them) and there is an app but several features do require a Pro subscription.
2Do - has so many features that I don’t even use half of. Very powerful and I believe it is just a one time charge. Ive been using it for almost a decade now
Damn they’re making todo lists a subscription service now??
To answer the question: anything that provides a CALDAV backend (e.g. Nextcloud, Etesync, Radicale). Some are free with limited storage, but some are subscription based, but you get calendar, storage, other stuff too. You can additionally self-host a CALDAV server or Nextcloud to use these services gratuit. For a more minimal implentation, try plain text, markdown, orgmode, etc., and use Syncthing to sync between devices.
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