Todoist is a 15-year-old leader with millions of users, a polished web app, and powerful filters. Taskify is a young indie task manager built around real two-way Google Calendar sync and a lifetime price tag. This page tells you honestly which one to pick for your situation — including when Todoist is the better choice.
Prices and feature availability verified May 2026. We update this page as things change — if you spot something outdated, email us.
| Feature | Taskify | Todoist Free | Todoist Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-way Google Calendar sync | ✓ Free | ✗ | ✓ Premium only |
| Recurring tasks | ✓ Free, full | Limited | ✓ |
| Home screen widgets (Android/iOS) | ✓ 2×1 and 3×1, rotating messages | ✓ Basic | ✓ |
| Subtasks with progress bars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Eisenhower Matrix view | ✓ Built-in | ✗ | ✗ (3rd party only) |
| Pomodoro timer | ✓ Built-in | ✗ | ✗ (3rd party only) |
| Web version | ✗ Mobile only | ✓ | ✓ |
| Desktop apps (Mac/Win/Linux) | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Natural language input | Basic dates | ✓ Powerful | ✓ Powerful |
| Filters and labels | Categories + priorities | Limited | ✓ Advanced |
| Team collaboration | ✗ | Up to 5 people | ✓ Up to 25 |
| Lifetime payment option | ✓ Available | ✗ Subscription only | |
| Languages (full localization) | 10 (incl. Bulgarian) | 20+ | 20+ |
| Annual price | $9.49/year or $11.99 lifetime | Free | $48/year |
We're not going to pretend otherwise — Todoist genuinely beats Taskify in these areas:
Todoist has a polished web app and native desktop clients for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Taskify is currently mobile-only (Android and iOS). If you live at a computer most of the day, this matters a lot.
Todoist supports shared projects, assigned tasks, comments, and team workflows. Taskify is built for personal use — there are no team features. If you manage a team, Todoist is the right tool.
Type "every Monday at 9am #work !p1" and Todoist parses everything: recurrence, time, project, priority. Taskify supports basic date parsing ("tomorrow at 3pm"), but Todoist's parser is significantly more advanced.
Todoist has been around since 2007 and has deep integrations with Slack, Zapier, GitHub, IFTTT, Gmail, and dozens more. Taskify is younger and the integration ecosystem is smaller.
Custom filters with query language, multiple labels per task, saved views — Todoist Pro is built for power users with complex workflows. Taskify keeps things simpler.
These are the reasons people switch from Todoist to Taskify:
Change a task date in Taskify, it updates in Google Calendar. Move an event in Calendar, it shows in Taskify. Real two-way, via OAuth 2.0, on the free tier. Todoist's Calendar sync is one-way and only on the Pro plan ($48/year).
Pay once, use forever. Taskify's lifetime tier costs less than three months of Todoist Pro — and roughly the same as one year of Todoist's annual plan. If you plan to use a task manager for more than 6 months, the math is obvious.
Both productivity techniques are first-class features in Taskify, not third-party add-ons. View your tasks in the Important/Urgent grid; start a Pomodoro session for any task. Todoist doesn't have either natively.
Taskify's 2×1 and 3×1 home screen widgets show your day, support tap-to-complete, and display rotating motivational messages in 10 languages. Todoist has basic widgets, but Taskify's are more thoughtful.
Not machine-translated menus — full localization including notifications, date formats, weekday names, and even the widget messages. Useful if English isn't your first language.
Dismiss "Monday workout" today without breaking next Monday's instance. Todoist's free plan has very limited recurrence — full recurrence requires Pro.
Verified May 2026. Both apps have free tiers; the question is what's behind the paywall.
Math: If you use a task manager for 5+ years, Taskify lifetime saves $228 vs Todoist Pro ($240 over 5 years).
14 days of premium, no credit card. If Taskify isn't the right fit, you stay on Todoist with zero loss. If it is, you save $228 over five years.