TickTick:To-Do List & Calendar Reviews

by Selmatard13

I adopted time blocking as my work/task management approach a while back and had been using ToDoist with its 2-way Google Calendar integration to make it work. But what ToDoist seems to refuse to do is to allow me to set a duration for a task, or a start date. I decided to look at this app and I’ve been impressed with what has been a mostly seamless transition from ToDoist. Now, i have all the tools I need in TickTick to time block with ease, and I subscribe to the this app calendar feed to see my task schedule in whatever calendar I want, mostly in my corporate Exchange calendars in Outlook. I think ToDoist still does some things better Than this app, but those things are insignificant compared to this app’s time blocking capabilities. 4 stars so far because some of the navigation around TickTick is difficult, and because I can’t login to the Windows app with my Apple ID (support request pending). However, I don’t do rating inflation; 4 stars is an awesome rating for me and 5 stars is very hard to achieve for an app this complex.

by RyanD8766

I’d love to give this 5 stars. I use it daily, and it really is the best to-do app I’ve used. There’s one issue that keeps me from 5-stars.
The price.
I would like to upgrade to premium. I absolutely would, as I think they do great work, and should be paid for it. However, $3 a month, or $27 a year?! That’s just too much.
I have the best adblocker available, that I would be willing to pay those numbers for, but even that only cost a one time purchase of $3. I’m not trying to sound cheap. I just think a monthly/yearly payment is too much. Even if it was $27 for the lifetime I would do it. But yearly? That’s too much. It’s a bummer, because I like to change appearances and stuff, and I would gladly pay a more reasonable fee to do so. But I also don’t see myself paying for the next 10-20 years to do so. I think there should be a one-time purchase option, and can’t believe there isn’t. Otherwise it’s great, but I’d really like to be able to do more.

by Cdrhbkutgjids3479

So let me just start off by saying TickTick has kept me so organized ever since I downloaded it and it is very convenient. The tags and lists are a great feature that I definitely am using, the personalization for each task is great, and the calendar is extremely easy to use. However, there is one problem. When I say one problem, I mean out of the whole app I have found only one problem (which is fantastic!). The problem is that when I’m not able to get something done that I put in as a task for the day, there is no option for incomplete. The only options are to mark it as complete (which effects the statistics) or leave it alone and it runs into the next day as overdue; but, I don’t want a lot of the tasks I can’t get done in the overdue section. The other button it has is a delete button, but then I can’t go back and see the task as incomplete because it’s gone. If I choose delete task and it’s something I have set to repeat (like my workouts), it automatically deletes all of the future workout tasks. What I’m trying to say is that I really need an incomplete or something like that button.

I hope you see this feedback and can get back to me about fixing the problem. Thanks for the otherwise perfect app!

by Selaphim

I love TickTick. I’ve messed with bullet journals, regular planners, G**gle calenders, etc. all to varying degrees of success… but nothing has ever stuck or has been so easy to use as this app, mainly due to its widget function, minimal layout + pared back features, and ease of use. I wish more apps would realize that we don’t need to be able to do a million different things semi-well, as long as we can use just a few really well developed core functions, and I believe this app does that.
I mainly like to use its task features, not so much the habits although the feature is nice.
There are just two things I think could make TickTick better, the first being for a way to set your “end of day” time in TickTick . By default, the new day starts at midnight, but more often than not I am still working/doing things past that time, so it’s still technically the same day for me. If I could set it to like 2am or something, it would be great and I wouldn’t have to keep postponing whatever tasks I have “leftover”. Secondly, I use the free version of TickTick — I wish there was a way to get the premium version with a one time payment. I understand it’s more lucrative to use a subscription model, but dang I’m just so tired of having to subscribe to apps all the time.
Beyond that, I LOVE TickTick and am grateful that it’s been so helpful in my day to day life.

by TotoroGeek

I just recently got tick tick to help me with productivity and goals. I’m a little old school and had been using pen and paper for my to do lists forever. My issue with other apps was I couldn’t subtask my larger tasks. After complaining a little my partner suggested this app and I’ve been very happy with it. I can organize everything in my life in a way that works with my brain! If subfoldering and subtasking is the way your brain works TickTick might work for you.

I’ve started using the habits feature as well and it’s been helpful to keep track of and begin some good habits. I’ve given 4 stars only because the cumulative habits feature needs a little bit of work. It can be a little bit annoying to have to swipe then input the specific amount of completion. I’m someone who checks off tasks as soon as I complete them throughout the day. It would be nice if I could tap the little check box multiple times for each cumulative task rather than a once at the end of the day or fiddling with the record input feature each time.

by Heartlesshunter109

I downloaded every. single. to-do list app. And after upwards of two hours of combing through everything and comparing, I can confidently say this app is the best one out there. My favorite part of TickTick is how specific you can get with the organization. Put priority markers, put tags on each task, manually adjust the list. It makes things so much easier to help keep on track for the day. I also love the fact that you can set a list to be for task, for notes, or both. This, as well as how specific the organization can get, really helps you get the absolute most out of the free version. What really set this aside for me was how pleasant everything is to look at. There’s a good amount of color pallet options, even with the free version. I noticed that with most other apps like this is that it either look very bland and didn’t offer any options worth noting or it focused too much on appearance and began lacking in the actual functionality that brought you to TickTick in the first place. this app not only accomplished both well, but did so with an interface that is very easy to learn and use. Whether you want a list for yourself, or to share it with someone and keep things together, this is TickTick .

by AlX★

TickTick is a hidden gem - it’s honestly one of the best I’ve ever used when it comes to task management. I love the format and the additional functions of being able to create folders, lists, and subtasks. Yet it’s so flexible; you control how organized or how simple your lists are. And the additional Pomo timer and habit tracker are so helpful; I don’t have to switch between apps since it’s all in one place!
Yet even with all of these functions it never feels cluttered. The design is so streamlined and breathable that I could have a full schedule and not feel overwhelmed. And they offer extra themes (and a dark theme for night) all for free!

This is an absolutely amazing app that deserves so much more credit - I thank the creators for making something that has honestly improved my productivity and my life. My only problem is that I didn’t find it sooner. Can’t wait to see what’s to come and I’m excited to upgrade soon.
❤️

by NF (Scrum Master)

I have tried a lot of apps to help manage tasks, track habits, and stay focused but none have measured up to this app. TickTick /website is clean and simple so you don’t get overwhelmed with the things you want to accomplish - which is what I want in an app.

But the reason I love TickTick is the features. It is everything I was looking for bundled in one and provided a better user experience an the competition, too.

1. Habit Tracker - easy and fun to use
2. Tasks/Notes - nothing too crazy or out of the box here - but effective
3. Focus timer/stopwatch - this is my favorite feature. It’s SO well integrated in the apps it makes a breeze to actually use on a daily bases.

Then, the thing that make it all possible to use in today’s society is the apps. TickTick for Mac is awesome. When TickTick is enabled there’s a small emblem telling you how many tasks you have or how much time is left on to focus depending a quick to configure toggle.

Lastly, it can sync to you calendar which can be a big deal if you manage your life off your calendar.

My suggestion to this app, I would like to see is more options when it comes to alerts on tasks and option for the sound that notifies you when your focus timer has ended.

My suggestion to you (the person try to better manager to time and habits)... Download it!!

Overall, a well deserved 5-Star rating!! Good work, keep it up.

by Lovetolearn4

I have been using the free version of TickTick for a month or so, and I love it! It replaces three of their apps I had because it is a to do list, a promo timer, and a habit tracker all in one. It has really helped me get organized and stay focused on what I want to accomplish. I check my daily list each night and clear everything on it by either moving it to another day or checking it off. As they say, lists don’t work. Systems do.

I love TickTick so much I am paying my teenagers to learn how to use it for one month. I think it will be invaluable for them down the road. The only feature I wish it had that it doesn’t is something to celebrate when you clear your list each day. I miss that from Todoist, where it shows a girl in a bicycle and plays a happy sound and says, “you accomplished 13 tasks today! You deserve a break.” Sounds silly, but I loved this. Thank you, Tick Tick developers, for a truly life enhancing app.

by SemperFi57

So far, So good. I use both Wunderlist and this app. this app has numerous features that Wunderlist lacks. Wunderlist was is a very good task oriented program, but falls under Microsoft’s umbrella of apps. Therefore, by design Wunderlist requires Outlook to get the full benefit of a calendar program to give the user a Calendar view. This isn’t the case with this app as it is right in TickTick . Genius...LOL..

While, I still use Wunderlist as it features a desktop version that doesn’t require web connection, I may consider moving on as the yearly subscription is twice that of Wunderlist. The desktop version is the only reason I still use Wunderlist for my Work related Tasks. this app at this point is used for all personal related tasks.

As a matter of fact, I have changed to a monthly Wunderlist and have started moving my information to this app..Keep up the good work on this excellent app and when you get a Desktop app that doesn’t require a web browser I will get a second account for my Work related tasks.

by Lisaaaa K

TickTick has changed my life.
I have never found a system that is so easy to use and customizable. I am 51yo with ADHD and I have my own business. have always struggled with constantly trying to find systems to keep me me organized digitally. Often my life is full of post it’s and to do lists everywhere. I have tried so many apps and it works for a while but after a while does not seem to fit my needs. This has reduced my stress dramatically because I can easily capture thoughts with one click. I am a morning person and often on my way to work I have all these ideas pop into my head that I want to capture. With this I literally start talking and it puts it directly into my “inbox”. Boom out of my brain and I can mentally move forward. This is just one of the gazillion ways I use TickTick. The best app I have ever used. Much love to the person that created TickTick - thank you. ❤️

by Cdsayswhat

Tried many. Todoist was great, paid for it for a year, but worked better for managing work projects, not so well for personal. Anylist is good, still a current subscriber for Grocery Shopping and Recipes, just not for day to day tasks. Wunderlist was probably the closest I got to something like this app. Used it for a long time, but something as basic as sorting properly didn’t work for me. Lag in completing a task and having the next one show up was frustrating. So I moved onto Apple Reminders. Something simple and easy, but it was too simplistic and lacked in even the basic of features, again looking at you sorting.

We get to TiskTisk. It checks off all my needs. It works as I would expect it to, and has the features I need out of the box without needing to go pay. Though I am seriously considering subscribing to get a couple of those features and if anything support the development of TickTick. Where has this one been. Thank you.

by Michael Ndudim

The title says it all. TickTick has Exactly what I needed. On my quest to finding the perfect To-Do List style app, I tried using Google Tasks, and Todoist. Neither had the functions I really wanted. It wasn’t till I started using Tick-Tick. Despite the name which reminds me of an app that shall not be named, I love the UI and the widgets they’ve created. Don’t get me started about the widgets! TickTick has about 8 different widget options to personalize your homepage. I’m trying to make my IPad look cooler so the one with the habits is great, It works better for me because I have daily tasks. These daily tasks are basically habits. Since I do them every day. Thank you Tick Tick for making me more productive in the morning, reminding me to eat breakfast and creating an overall amazing app. I purchased the yearly premium because I was so impressed. And to any Dev reading, consider adding hotkeys and support for the apple magic keyboard. Just a suggestion. :) 10/10.

by App_critic 42

I can’t tell you how amazing your app is. I love all the features and think it’s by far the most thought-out, all in one to do list and planner. I love that you can keep habits separate from your regular calendar—it keeps it from being cluttered. There’s a pomodoro timer built in, so that’s two less apps I have to download! The interface is intuitive and lets you easily drag and drop tasks and neatly sort by priority, it’s easy to organize lists in multiple ways. It’s also just nice to look at! Some other apps out there just have terrible designs. There’s also so much room for personalization with TickTick and I know it’s a small thing, but using emojis to name lists makes it easier to see what it is and sometimes apps don’t give you that freedom. Plus I have it on my Mac too! I have tried sooo many popular task management apps and this is by far the best. I really appreciate you offering such a well developed app for free. Thank you so much.

by Dbdndideond

If you have ADHD—you know it’s incredibly overwhelming to organize your day, start new projects, and keep yourself focused. This is the task manager that will actually help you! This one is the best because of the way you can organize your tasks AND projects within TickTick . I’ve had countless therapists tell me I need to break down my big projects into smaller tasks. But of course actually doing that creates a mess of little to do lists that I will definitely misplace. TickTick will help you keep it all in one place. And being able to actually visualize your schedule and interact with it on a screen makes it loads easier to organize it faster. Now you can actually start your project instead of thinking about “how” for hours. I recommend TickTick to nearly everyone I meet with the same
struggles as me. I stumbled on TickTick through a lot of trial and error on other apps. I’m so glad because I don’t think I would have graduated college without it. I still use it post-grad to organize my hobbies, my job, and my day to day.

by VerticalQ

TickTick as a whole works very well. However, there are just a couple tweaks that would make it perfect.
1.) Calendar subscription settings do not currently sync between devices. I have about 12 Google Calendar calendars in my account, but I only want to see 2 of them displayed in this app. That’s not a problem, but when I have to turn off the others from displaying on my phone, iPad, and computer, it becomes a hassle. Setting it once should be enough for all devices.
2.) Adding events to the calendar isn’t very intuitive. I know this is more of a task management app, but the integration between calendar and lists is why I’m using this app. It feels like it takes 3 minutes to figure out how to add a calendar event every time I use TickTick , and I’m still not sure I’ve figured that out.
That said, this app has been a great way to get my lists and calendars into one app. The addition of the widgets for iOS 14 has also been a great for keeping task reminders right on my home screen. I would recommend this app without hesitation.

by Chumlette

I’ll start by saying that (as a former Wunderlist user) I really like many things about TickTick .

But customer support takes forever and sometimes no one ever responds. And if you are lucky enough to get a reply, it is scripted and has little useful information, so then you can go back and forth for days or weeks trying to resolve issues due to lag times. I’d like to see their customer support system vastly improved and beefed up, not only for those of us with paid subscriptions but also those with free accounts. An online community forum, manned by support staff, would also help. Maybe even have customer support through Twitter? A multi-pronged support system would be ideal.

Also, the latest update for both iOS and Mac has bugs, which I’ve reported, that would probably be dealbreakers except I know that this developer updates TickTick a lot, so hopefully the problems will be fixed in the next update. But this could be another opportunity where a customer forum could help us understand how widespread the issues are and inform us of possible workarounds until bugs are squashed.

by PrintableGirl

I love Tick Tick for all its features! It works great and is a blessing for sure. There is only one feature I wish it had: to prompt me when putting in a task to assign how long it will honestly take to do that task. Then when I open the Today list it would automatically tell me the total amount of time it will take to complete all the tasks on my Today list.

For me it would be very encouraging to see my big list of today tasks will only take, for instance, 3 1/2 hours to do. Most people make To Do lists, but rarely assign how long it will actually take them to do the task. Then they may feel like a failure if they don’t get it all done, because they had never considered how much time is required for them to complete each task.

So while I manually put how long a task will take me to complete next to the task I enter into Tick Tick, for instance: Empty the dishwasher (15 minutes) it sure would be nice if the Tick Tick app would automatically total all my times for the today list and all other lists created in Tick Tick. It would certainly help me to see if I am being unrealistic in how much I think I can accomplish in a day or if I have much more time than I thought to do the things I’ve been wanting to do.

by WrigglingOstrichEgg

This application is very well suited for people to organize their lives in one place. Physical planners tend to have monthly calendars, weekly calendars, daily to-do lists and even some form of habit tracking and this is the only application that offers that in a friendly interface.

Room for improvement would be to add a “project functionality,” but that can be achieved a number of ways with the current software without the written designation. It could also use a deadline function similar to Things3 and a “plan ahead” function that takes the events yet to be assigned a deadline or due date then helps you organize them into your schedule according to the time it takes to complete the task and the openings you have within a given period of time (which would be scalable for people looking to achieve long term or short term goals/projects)

A personal note—I was hit by a car recently and have a degree of memory problems and this application is a life saver for me. Having habits, calendars and my to-do list all in one place helps me immensely. I always know ai need to check in with one app and not three. The collaboration elements help me coordinate with others during COVID as well.

by Technis27

I dislike giving out 5 stars and I avoid paying for premium versions like the plague because no software, service, or item is what you expect or exactly what you need. This is doubly true for productivity software. I obviously feel different about this app. I have bounced around from one app to the next trying to find one that felt just right and it took up years before a friend recommended this app. I bought the premium version within a day of using it and I’ve used it everyday since then. TickTick has bugs that annoy me and the interface isn’t perfect, but the fact that it’s constantly being updated and features are added based on how useful they are rather than just because it’s content makes it worth every penny. Seriously, take a cynical and broke penny-pincher’s advice. If you need a flexible calendar and task list, TickTick is worth the money. I recommend it to everyone who asks how I organize my time.

by Violent Youth

So far seems great for my needs. Although when I had initially opened TickTick and started adding my things into it I noticed a sign in feature. When I went to sign up and came back everything I had just typed in got deleted. Not a huge deal to me as I was just starting but a bit annoying. Nervous about doing the subscription because I don’t want it deleting everything I’ve added. If I could give a suggestion, it would be to add a lock feature. Something you can just tap on and anything that editable is safe from accidentally deleting full list. I’m clumsy and fear accidentally deleing something important as I go to grab my phone from falling. A lock would just be good peace of mind. Other than that this was exactly what I had been searching for! Fantastic app and would definitely recommend to all my friends.

by Jfdefjoer

I’m happy my other calendar app that I had been using went away, and I was forced to look for another. TickTick is much better than that one, and that one was great. And having tried over 100 other calendar apps, it the best of those too.

The interface of TickTick is perfect after a few customizations, making it complex enough to store all the data types I need, such as lists and todos, but also simple enough to get out of the way. I love that any annoying things are usually customizable in settings, like getting rid of useless tabs or allowing completed tasks to appear in some tabs but not others. I’ve only found three problems, two small and the other large. Fix these and it’s perfect.

1. When moving a calendar event from one day to the next, there is a lag so that the event still appears on the original day until refreshing by going to another tab. This is a small error.

2. I was surprised to find I could not add calendar events from TickTick and only as tasks. I was totally surprised at this, because the rest of TickTick is perfect. This is a big error and should be fixed in a future release to allow us to add calendar events if we don’t want to make it a task.

3. Needs password for individual task lists too. I’d like to add a password for some lists and not others.

I will update my review as changes are made. I’m currently a paying monthly customer.

4/5

by Damon Kex

Wunderlist was working perfectly for my needs until it was purchased by Microsoft, so I had to look into other options. I tried many others, but none of them had the right feel or layout. I found this app because it was the only app that offered a direct transfer of tasks from Wunderlist. I didn't end up using that feature, but went all in and subscribed to the premium version shortly after trying it anyway because I needed more tasks. 1 month later, it has not only surpassed Wunderlist, but improved upon itself even in the few weeks I have had it. I am extremely picky about how I organize things, & nothing else compares; it's feature-packed but also super intuitive & not overcooked. I would pay more for it if I had to.

by Annoyed201938

TickTick is so underrated. I’ve tried all the apps to organize my life but nothing ever looked aesthetically pleasing and functional as this one. I’m so glad I stumbled into this. I have been using it for a year now and I honestly don’t know what I would do without it. I’m a busy student in university and so this really keeps me on track and help me balance school life, social life and family life. I’ve recommended it to all my friends and sometimes don’t even have to because they just think it looks cool- which I agree wholeheartedly! I’ve even subscribed to the annual subscription because I just know that I will use this for life!!! This is my only app subscription and will probably remain so! So if you’re looking for a great calendar app, give this a try! You won’t regret it

by RudyB72

I'm the kind of person that gets easily distracted and forget tasks that were mentioned a minute before. TickTick has allowed me to organize my terribly busy starup workload. Whenever I get a request or task, I simply add it to the list. For now I haven't had to get the premium version because the base version had everything I needed including task priority, dating the tasks, subtask list within a task, tags, and seeing the list of completed tasks and when they were completed. I've went through quite a bit of Todo apps that work for all platforms (Mac, web, iPhone, etc.) and no other Todo app in its free state offers all the features and ease of use like this one. It's for sure an upgrade the default Reminders app from Apple and I would suggest TickTick to everyone.

by Тυna

TickTick is honestly the best app ever! I would give it 10 stars if I could. It’s just so much more organize than the other apps and there’s so many options like that you can still get for the free version. You can set alarms on certain times and certain days. While in other apps you need premium to do that. If you have an iPhone your phone comes with an app called “Reminders” but honestly to me, reminders isn’t organized enough and when I try to set certain birthday dates it doesn’t let set the tag for the birthday cake sign to show which bothers me a lot. In tick tick you can have multiple lists and inside those lists you can also set another lists for that certain topic! It’s just so organized and I love it!! Highly recommend TickTick to anyone who reads this!

by Boniverfan

I’ve tried around 10 or 15 different calendar and to-do apps and so far this is the only one that had the features and intuitive design that I was looking for. It’s like a far better functioning (and looking) version of Apple reminders mixed with google calendar. One app for all of my scheduling and reminding needs; now all of the things that I have to do are in one place. It’s as simple as you’d like or as involved as you need it to be, and it’s a joy to use. Absolutely worth the money for premium. I love TickTick.

PS: To the developers - the only changes that I would make would be to allow users to make sub tasks for sub tasks, allow an “admin” for collaborated lists, and to have the option to edit or delete just one instance of a recurring task, instead of only all of them. Other than these things so far TickTick is absolutely perfect.

by Eeeew444444444

I love making lists but I always do it on paper and then I loose them. So then I tried making lists in my notes but then the stuff that is repeated I have to uncheck or rewrite a bunch of times and it still feels unorganized and calendar isn’t easy to use for the same reason. But then I found this gem! I can set repeats I can set times or no times I can access it from my computer and it automagically syncs with my phone. I can have my workout as one task with a todo list for the workout inside of it!!!!! It’s just perfect. The only thing I have found that’s weird there are things I can do from my computer that I can’t do from my phone and visa Versa but it’s fine because I do have both. Like I can skip today’s task and fast forward it to the next time it’s suppose to be done on my phone but not on the computer and I can set times better on my computer.

by ChrisK0338

Absolutely love TickTick. My favorite task manager I’ve found to date. Still love 2Do and think there are some features that could be brought over to this app (not only from 2Do, but other apps/programs as well) to improve it. Main reason I love TickTick so much is how well it works on iOS and Mac. Syncing is amazing, and everything does what it’s supposed to. Overall 5/5. Feature-wise maybe a 3.5 or 4/5, but it doesn’t necessarily decrease the usability or function of TickTick overall. Still plenty to use and do to organize all that you gotta get done.

Overall, can not recommend TickTick enough. And can we take a moment to appreciate the fact I just need ONE subscription to use this on Mac and iOS? No need to drop $50 on the Mac version of 2Do. *cough*