Fantastical vs TickTick
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Fantastical is the better app overall, scoring 8.9 to 8.4. Fantastical wins on 4 of the 5 scores, TickTick on 1.
Busy Apple users juggling work and personal calendars
Students and planners who want tasks, calendar, habits and focus in one app
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Fantastical | TickTick |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity & Notes | Productivity & Notes |
| Category rank | #6 of 13 | #11 of 13 |
| Developer | Flexibits | Appest Limited |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | — | ✓ |
| Mac | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ |
| Linux | — | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Common questions
Is Fantastical better than TickTick?
Fantastical is the better app overall, scoring 8.9 to 8.4. Fantastical wins on 4 of the 5 scores, TickTick on 1.
Which is cheaper, Fantastical or TickTick?
Fantastical: Free basics; Flexibits Premium is $6.99 a month or $56.99 a year on the App Store. TickTick: Free plan; Premium $49.99/year, or $4.99/month in the iPhone app. On value for money, TickTick scores higher.
Do Fantastical and TickTick work on the same devices?
Only TickTick runs on Android, Linux, Web.
Which is more private, Fantastical or TickTick?
Fantastical scores higher on privacy (8.4/10). App Store label: no tracking; email, name, IDs, usage and crash data are linked to you. Flexibits says most synced data is end-to-end encrypted, never sold, and forwarded emails aren't used for AI training.
Strengths and weaknesses
Fantastical
- Add events by typing a normal sentence
- Polished apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows
- Works with Microsoft 365 and Google accounts
- Most power features need the subscription
- No Android phone or tablet app yet
- Microsoft 365 users must switch to Graph sync
Fantastical lets you add an event by typing a normal sentence with the who, what and when, and it fills in the rest. Around that you get the DayTicker, Calendar Sets, tasks from Todoist and Google Tasks, Openings and Proposals for scheduling, weather, and AI that turns forwarded emails and screenshots into events. Most of the best parts need Premium, and Android phones aren't supported yet.
Full Fantastical review
TickTick
- Huge feature set in a single app
- Useful free plan with habits and a focus timer
- Apps for every major platform, including Linux
- Interface feels busy with so many features
- Premium price rose sharply in 2026
- Free plan caps you at nine lists
TickTick packs more into one app than almost any task manager. Alongside lists and natural language input, you get calendar views, a habit tracker, a Pomodoro focus timer and an Eisenhower matrix on every major platform, and a new AI assistant can break projects into tasks. The free plan is unusually useful. The trade-offs are a busier interface than Todoist, and Premium now costs $49.99 a year.
Full TickTick review
