Todoist organizes your tasks. Tupp tracks your time doing them.
Todoist is one of the best task managers there is — natural-language input, AI task breakdown, a massive ecosystem. What it doesn't have is a focus timer, habit streaks, or any sense of time actually spent. Tupp is built around exactly that gap.
The short version
Todoist is a mature, genuinely excellent task manager — type “call client next Friday at 3pm” and it just works, and its AI features (task breakdown, smart scheduling) are ahead of most to-do apps. But it's fundamentally a list: check a box, move on, no record of how long anything actually took. Tupp's daily checklist is simpler by comparison, but it's attached to a live timer, habit streaks, and routines — the same app that lets you check something off also tells you how your day actually went.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Tupp | Todoist |
|---|---|---|
| Live focus timer with lock screen & Watch | ||
| Habit tracking with streaks | ||
| Time tracking & session history | ||
| Routines & recurring schedules | ||
| Natural-language task input & AI breakdown | — | |
| Third-party integrations | A few | Extensive |
| Pricing | Free, PRO $4.99/mo | Free (5 projects), Pro $5/mo |
Why people switch
A timer, not just a list
Todoist tells you what to do. Tupp also tells you how long it actually took, live on your lock screen while it's running.
Habits live in the same app
Todoist has no habit tracker at all — Tupp's streaks and checklist sit side by side.
Routines that repeat themselves
Set a routine once and Tupp keeps it running on schedule — Todoist can set a recurring task, but without any sense of duration or a live session.
One system, not a stack of apps
No need to pair a task app with a separate timer and a separate habit tracker — it's one thing in Tupp.
Tupp vs Todoist — frequently asked.
Is Todoist's task management more powerful than Tupp's checklist?
For pure task organization at scale — sub-tasks, labels, filters, AI-assisted scheduling — yes, Todoist is more mature there. Tupp's checklist is simpler by design, meant for a daily reset, not project management.
Does Tupp have natural-language input like Todoist?
Not for typed text, but Tupp's AI assistant works the other direction — tell it what you did in plain language and it logs the session, habit, or task for you, rather than parsing a due date from typed text.
Can I use both?
Some people do — Todoist for larger project/task management, Tupp for the daily timer, checklist, and habit side. They don't sync with each other.
Which is cheaper?
Similar starting price — Tupp PRO is $4.99/mo, Todoist Pro is $5/mo (billed annually) or $7/mo month-to-month. Todoist's free tier caps you at 5 projects; Tupp's free tier has no such cap on its core features.
Tasks are half the picture.
Free to download. Keep Todoist for the list if you want — add the timer, habits, and routines Todoist doesn't have.
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