Question: Do I find to-do apps helpful?
Answer: Yes!
Question: Do I need to use two to-do apps?
Answer: No!
Question: Why am I using two to-do apps?
Answer: Because I am dumb?
I’ve been using TickTick since late 2021 and started using Microsoft To Do last year. To Do has the advantage of being completely free. TickTick does have a free version (I’ve been using it since fall 2023 after previously paying for a year).
Ideally, I just pick the one that works better for me and chuck the other. Easy-peasy!
My task list needs are not complex, so both work well to cover what I require. In the end, I think, as weird and superficial as it may seem, the best way to pick is aesthetics and UI.
Which app looks better?
To Do offers a variety of backgrounds per list, helping to make each list visually distinctive.
TickTick offers better-looking text, square checkboxes instead of circles, uses colour effectively, and lets you apply labels to tasks. The free version doesn’t let you use the calendar view (which I never ended up using), and seems to offer some limits on the mobile version, which I also don’t use.
So TickTick it is. I’ll try using just it for the next few weeks and see how it goes. If I switch again, I promise to feel both bad and dumb.
