Things 2 vs TickTick

Users need to create an account for Things Cloud (the account can be created from any device). Once signed up, cloud sync will be active, and you’ll have to login on all of your devices to complete setup. From that point on, syncing happens in the background. It is invisible and always reliable.

At the beginning of every day, a yellow box appears at the top of the Today section, displaying all tasks scheduled for this day. You can investigate them, and then decide which ones you’ll have for that day and which one you’d rather want to delay.

Things 2 works from the moment you start it up. Simply add a task and when you want it done by. You can also add notes to tasks or tag when you need them. Things allows you to quickly and easily start keeping track of your tasks.

Things 2 has a projects feature that allows you to organize your tasks together. You can select a project you need to get done and Things helps you focus on each task to get it done. You can even group projects together to focus on the most important aspect of your life at the time.

Things is one of the best apps of doing Getting Things Done.

It's very easy filtering tasks that belong to various areas (etc private vs work)

Logical and responsive navigation and editing. Easy to operate.

The calendar view (when selecting a due date for a task) is a customized, scrollable version of the default iOS calendar view. This makes it look familiar, but also functional for Things 2's requirements.

On each task you can choose between a text description or a checklist.

It’s accessible on the web, via a Chrome extension, on Android (phone/tablet, with widgets), and on iOS.

Recurring tasks are simple to set, and can be created according to custom rules.

You can change the opacity, themes, lists, and cosmetic features of the widget.

You can type "buy milk tomorrow 5pm" it will turn into a task as "buy milk" and reminder set as tomorrow 5pm automatically.

You can add up to five reminders for different time to a single task.

Allows you to set custom filters, making it easier to find tasks.

Supports up to 5 reminders per task.

Tasks can be sorted by dragging and dropping them in the list.

You can integrate TickTick with Google Calendar.

TickTick is resource-light, which is great if you run multiple programs or are using an older device.

TickTick takes a minimalistic approach in order to keep things simple.

Just start typing to add a task.

Pro version of the software allows tasks to be laid out in an easy to overview calendar view.

Just click a hashtag to filter your labeled tasks.

Paid users can add description and checklist into a single task all together.

You can set a different color for each list.

Tags are a native feature; up to five tags can be applied to each task.

Easy to set recurring tasks and a lot of possibilities to do that.

You can share a list through an email or a shareable link.

Remind you of a task when you reach specific location.

You can set starting and ending date and time for tasks.

The mobile Android app of TickTick follows the Android design guidelines for a familiar interface.

TickTick supports keyboard shortcuts that makes it easier to work with.

Paid users can enjoy pro themes.

Easy to see and recover tasks from trash if you deleted them by accident.

Easy to print any task you want to.

You can add tasks via Siri.

Easy to see all concluded tasks by date of conclusion.

Support team responds quickly.

Shows your events on other calendars (like Outlook) in your task list.