Free Todoist Alternatives (November 2026): What Each Free Plan Actually Limits

TL;DR:

• Fully free, no paid tier: Microsoft To Do and Google Tasks. Apple Reminders too, if you only use Apple devices.
• Free with a catch: TickTick caps you at 9 lists of 99 tasks, Singularity's free plan works on one device only, and LeaderTask's stops at 100 tasks.
• Before you leave Todoist, check what its free plan covers: 5 projects, 3 filters and 10 sessions a month of Ramble, its voice capture, which understands more than 40 languages.
• Codot is ours. It's for people whose problem is getting tasks into the app in the first place: you say one sentence and it creates tasks, moves events and saves notes. It isn't a project manager.

Codot is our product, so read the Codot section with that in mind. Everything about the other apps comes from their own pricing and help pages and from their US App Store listings, checked on November 3, 2026. We haven't run a speech-recognition accuracy test on any of them, so we don't rank them on it.

You're standing in a packed metro car, one hand on the strap, and you remember the rent is due Friday. Opening Todoist, picking a project and typing with one thumb isn't happening, so the reminder lives in your head until it falls out. Most people searching for a free Todoist alternative hit one of two walls: the free plan ran out of room, or adding things just takes too long. The right replacement depends on which wall it was.

Which free Todoist alternative fits which need?

Status on November 3, 2026. Paid prices are the in-app purchase prices listed on each app's US App Store page.

Sources: Todoist pricing, TickTick plans, Singularity pricing, LeaderTask plan comparison, Todoist on the App Store, TickTick, Singularity, LeaderTask.

Do you actually need to leave Todoist?

A lot of "Todoist alternative" searches start with the five-project ceiling. If that's yours, the fix may be a list in place of a project: one "Home" project with sections often does the job of four small projects.

The other reason people leave is friction, and here Todoist has changed more than most comparison lists admit. Its voice feature, Ramble, works on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and the web, and the help page lists more than 40 languages, Russian among them (Todoist help). You talk and tasks with dates appear. The free plan gets 10 sessions a month, which reset on the 1st.

Todoist is upfront about the limit of that feature. In its own words, Ramble is "a quick capture tool rather than a conversational assistant, so say each task clearly before moving to the next one." It adds tasks. It won't move your Thursday meeting.

If you're on the fence, use your 10 Ramble sessions this month before switching anything. Moving years of projects is a bigger job than it looks.

The completely free ones: Microsoft To Do, Google Tasks and Apple Reminders

These three never show you a price screen.

Microsoft To Do is the one we'd hand most people, especially anyone with Outlook at work. The My Day view is a short list you build each morning, lists can be shared, and due dates repeat. The App Store lists no in-app purchases at all.

Google Tasks is plainer. Its strength is where it lives: dated tasks show up in Google Calendar, and you can turn a Gmail message into a task from the sidebar.

Apple Reminders is already on your iPhone and is better than its reputation, with tags, smart lists and shared lists. It's also the only one of the three with a voice assistant built in: "Hey Siri, remind me to pay rent on Friday" works, and Siri understands Russian, German, Japanese and many other languages (Apple feature availability). If you use Windows or Android anywhere in your day, though, Reminders gets awkward fast.

Microsoft To Do and Google Tasks don't have their own voice capture. You tap the microphone on the keyboard and dictate, which writes text but leaves the date for you to set.

Free with limits: TickTick, Singularity and LeaderTask

TickTick

TickTick's free plan is the roomiest of the three: 9 lists with 99 tasks each, up to 5 habits and 2 shared-list members (TickTick plans). For most single people that's enough. It has its own voice entry button in the app. Premium is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year on the US App Store.

Singularity

Singularity (listed as Сингулярити on the Russian App Store) has one gotcha worth knowing before you import anything. The free Basic plan is described on its pricing page as "Perfect for simple planning on a single device." In practice that means up to 10 projects, up to 5 sections per project, up to 3 habits and "One reminder per task," with device sync reserved for Pro (Singularity pricing). If you plan on the phone and review on a laptop, budget for Pro at $3.99 a month.

LeaderTask

LeaderTask is the answer to the "Russian-made Todoist alternative" question: the company behind it, ООО «Органайзер ЛидерТаск», lists its address in Yaroslavl (LeaderTask). The free plan stops at 100 tasks and 10 projects. Premium is 3,699 rubles a year on its site and $39.99 a year on the US App Store. It leans toward small teams, with boards and paid Business plans for several users, so it's more app than a solo list needs.

Codot: say it, and it does the filing

Codot is a personal AI assistant you talk to. The difference from every app above is where the work happens: with a list app you decide the project, the date and the wording; with Codot you say one messy sentence and it sorts it into tasks with due times, calendar events, notes and details about people.

Back in that metro car, what you'd say is something like: "Pay rent on Friday, call the dentist tomorrow at nine, and move Thursday's call with Anna to Monday." That becomes two tasks with times and one moved event. Other things you can say:

• "Note for Anna: she's starting a new job in January, ask how it went." Saved to Anna's contact.
• "Break 'move apartments' into steps." It drafts the steps as tasks.
• Every morning a briefing lists what's due, so Friday's rent shows up before Friday.

You can reach it from the iPhone app, a Lock Screen widget, Apple Watch and the web, and there's an Android app on Google Play. The morning briefing and email triage are on iPhone; on Android you get tasks, reminders, notes, the CRM and routines. Its events go into Google Calendar. On iPhone, tasks can also go to Apple Calendar and Apple Reminders, one way only: ticking something off in Reminders doesn't tick it off in Codot. It understands spoken English, Russian, German, Japanese, Polish, Czech and other major languages, and the app's menus come in 14 languages, Russian included. Your data is encrypted and not sold.

Where Codot falls short

• It isn't a project manager. No nested projects, labels or saved filter views like Todoist. If you run your work out of a big project tree, keep Todoist for that.
• No Todoist import. You start fresh, which is fine for daily life and painful for a 500-task backlog.
• Its paid plan costs more. Tasks, the calendar, notes, the personal CRM, habits, calorie logging and expenses are free. Reminders at a set time, repeating tasks, daily briefings, scheduled automations and email triage need Codot Max, $12.99 a month or $99.99 a year with 20x the free plan's usage, which is more than TickTick or Todoist Pro. Every new account gets a 7-day Max trial that ends without a charge.

How we'd choose

• Five projects aren't enough and you never want to pay: Microsoft To Do. No project cap to hit, and it works on Windows, Android and iPhone.
• You live in Gmail and Google Calendar: Google Tasks.
• Only Apple devices: Apple Reminders plus Siri. It's free and already there.
• You want the most features on a free plan: TickTick, as long as 9 lists will do.
• You want a Russian-made app: LeaderTask, if 100 tasks is enough to try it; Singularity if you're fine on one device.
• Your real problem is that typing tasks is too slow: try Todoist's Ramble first if you already use Todoist, or Codot if you also want calendar changes, notes about people and a morning briefing from the same sentence.

If you mostly add things by voice, our comparison of voice to-do list apps goes deeper on that one question, the free planner apps for iPhone guide covers calendar-first apps, and our best personal CRM app guide compares tools for managing relationships.

FAQ

Is there a completely free alternative to Todoist?

Yes. Microsoft To Do and Google Tasks have no paid tier at all, and Apple Reminders is free on Apple devices. TickTick, Singularity and LeaderTask are free to start but limit lists, devices or task count.

Is there a Russian-made alternative to Todoist?

LeaderTask is developed by a company registered in Yaroslavl, with a free plan up to 100 tasks. Singularity has a full Russian version, but its pricing page doesn't say where the company is based.

Which Todoist alternative has the best voice input?

Among list apps, Todoist's own Ramble is the most complete: it turns speech into dated tasks in more than 40 languages. Apple Reminders works through Siri. Codot goes further than both by turning one sentence into tasks, calendar changes and notes, but it isn't a full list manager.

How is Codot different from Todoist?

Todoist is a task manager you organize yourself, with projects, labels and filters. Codot is an assistant you talk to: it decides where a sentence belongs, can move calendar events and remembers details about people, but it has no project tree and no Todoist import.

If adding tasks is the part you keep skipping, download Codot on the App Store and say the next thing that comes to mind.