Looking for a Todoist alternative?
Todoist is a powerful task manager. But if you follow GTD, you may have noticed it was not designed for that workflow. tingdo was.
What makes tingdo different
Dates and deadlines
Every task invites a date, and since 2025 there are two of them: a date for when you plan to do it, and a separate deadline for when it has to be done. Two fields to keep honest instead of one.
One optional date, and only when something genuinely has to happen by then. Everything else is organized by context and next actions.
GTD workflow
Priority levels
Four priority levels with color coding.
No priorities. The GTD approach uses contexts and the next action decision instead.
Weekly review
No built-in review. You build your own routine.
A guided weekly review walks you through every project and waiting-for item, one step at a time.
Capture
Quick add with natural language parsing.
One input field for everything. Type + to capture, / to navigate, # for contexts. All in one place.
Focus mode
No quiet screen for a single task. For timing your work, Todoist leans on integrations like Toggl or Clockify, and the timer lives in that other tool.
Focus Mode gives one task the whole screen and keeps time while you work. The clock pauses when you step away, so the log is the time you really spent.
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
tingdo can import your Todoist data. Todoist exports one project at a time as CSV, so you'll do this per project. Completed tasks stay behind, the rest of the file carries your task names, dates, and labels. Bring the projects that still matter, and turn the labels into contexts while you go. That part is quick, and it tends to be the useful half of the move anyway.
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.