Kalend is the better app overall, scoring 9.6 to 8.7. Kalend wins on 5 of the 5 scores, TickTick on 0.
People who want tasks, habits and a journal in one private, free app
Students and planners who want tasks, calendar, habits and focus in one app
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Kalend | TickTick |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Productivity & Notes | Productivity & Notes |
| Category rank | #1 of 10 | #6 of 10 |
| Developer | The Big Head | Appest Limited |
| Pricing | Free | Free + paid plans |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | — | ✓ |
| Mac | — | ✓ |
| Windows | — | ✓ |
| Linux | — | ✓ |
| Web | — | ✓ |
Strengths and weaknesses
Kalend
- Four planning tools in one app, with nothing locked
- No account; syncs through your own iCloud
- Habit streaks forgive a missed day
- iPhone and iPad only, no Android, Mac or web app
- No shared lists or team features
Kalend folds a to-do list, a calendar, a habit tracker and a journal into one native iPhone and iPad app, and asks nothing for it. There is no account and no company server: everything syncs through your own iCloud and works offline. It is not as deep as Todoist or Things for complex projects, but for planning a normal day it covers a lot of ground for free.
Full Kalend review
TickTick
- Huge feature set for the price
- Useful free plan with habits and focus timer
- Apps for every major platform, including Linux
- Interface feels busy with so many features
- Fewer third-party integrations than Todoist
TickTick packs more into one app than almost any task manager. Alongside lists and natural language input, you get a calendar view, habit tracker, Pomodoro focus timer and Eisenhower matrix, on every major platform. The free plan is unusually useful, and Premium is good value. The trade-off is a busier interface than Things or Todoist, and fewer integrations. Great if you want tasks, time and habits in one place.
Full TickTick review
