Todoist has 30 million users and ships beautiful product. This is not a takedown. But for GTD practitioners, the structural differences become clear fast.
Where Todoist Wins
Natural language input. Type “Review contract Friday 3pm p1” and Todoist parses it. Toodledo requires explicit fields.
Nested subtasks. Todoist supports infinite depth. Toodledo is single-level only.
Native integrations. Slack, Gmail, Outlook — pre-built and polished.
Where Toodledo Wins for GTD
Native Context field. Every task. First-class. Saveable as a search. Todoist requires labels as a workaround.
Status field. Next Action, Active, Waiting, Someday/Maybe — all native. Todoist has only priority levels.
Saved searches as sidebar lists. Toodledo persists them. Todoist has filters but the workflow is not as integrated.
Pricing. Toodledo’s free plan: unlimited tasks and folders. Todoist’s free plan: 5 active projects max.
Bottom Line
Choose Todoist for natural language input, deep nesting, native integrations, or team collaboration. Choose Toodledo if you run GTD and want native fields not workarounds, depend on saved searches, or have outgrown a 5-project free plan. The forums are full of people who made the switch.
Try Toodledo free → toodledo.com/subscribe
Read the docs → toodledo.com/info/index.php
Join the conversation → toodledo.com/forums
