Looking for an OmniFocus alternative?
OmniFocus is the most thorough GTD implementation out there. But thoroughness comes at a cost: complexity. tingdo gives you the GTD essentials without the overhead.
What makes tingdo different
Complexity
Deep feature set with perspectives, custom views (a Pro feature), review cycles, defer dates, and forecast mode.
Intentionally simple. Next actions, projects, contexts, weekly review. Nothing more.
Platform
The native apps are Apple only: Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch, Vision Pro. There is a web version, but it needs its own subscription, either as an add-on to the apps or as part of the full OmniFocus subscription.
Web app that works on any device, installable as a PWA on your home screen, Dock, or taskbar. See how to install it. Native Android and iOS apps are in development.
Learning curve
Significant setup and configuration needed to match your workflow.
Start capturing immediately. The GTD workflow is the default, not a configuration option.
Tags and contexts
Tags replaced contexts in OmniFocus 3 and can do far more: nested tags, several per task, tags for people, energy, priority. Deciding what your tags mean is part of the setup.
Contexts, in the plain GTD sense. Where you are and what you have with you. Nothing to design.
Weekly review
Built-in review with configurable intervals per project.
A guided, step-by-step weekly review. Simpler, more structured, less to configure.
Focus mode
OmniFocus has a feature called Focus, but it means something else: narrowing the view to selected projects or folders. It is a view filter, not a timer.
Focus Mode opens one task on a quiet screen and records the time you give it. Each session lands in the Logbook.
What you see when you open tingdo
No calendar, no red badges. Your next actions, grouped by where you are and what you have with you.
#errands
- Buy oat milk
- Return package at post office
- Pick up prescription
#computer
- Draft project proposal for Q2
- Cancel that subscription you forgot about
- Reply to Marco's email
And one thing you won't find anywhere else
Most task apps give you a search screen, a new-task dialog, and a menu. tingdo gives you one quiet box that does all three. Start typing to find any task, project, or note. Type + and a title to capture a task, / to jump to a project, # to open a context. About two seconds, all without leaving the keyboard.
Bring your tasks with you
Switching from OmniFocus? Export your data as CSV from OmniFocus, then import it into tingdo. Your project structure and contexts transfer over.
New to GTD? Learn how the methodology works before you switch, or see the full GTD task manager overview to understand how tingdo implements each step.
A different approach
Next actions, not deadlines.
The only question that matters: what's the next thing you can do? Everything else is context, not urgency.
No guilt.
There is no red-badge panic. No shame. A task is either done or it is not, and that is fine.
Capture in seconds.
A title is all you need. Project, context, deadline: all optional, all addable later.
Review, don't react.
A calm weekly review keeps your system trustworthy. One step at a time, no overwhelm. See how the weekly review works.
Notes live with your tasks.
Reference material like passwords, dimensions, or policy numbers lives right inside your projects. No separate notes app needed. Read more about how tasks and notes work together.
One input for everything.
Search, create, navigate: all from a single input field. Type to find anything, capture a task, or jump to a project. See how the next bar works.