TickTick review: a personal planner with shared lists

What TickTick is

TickTick is a to-do list and personal planning app. Alongside tasks, its features page lists a calendar, a habit tracker, a Pomodoro focus timer, an Eisenhower Matrix and countdowns. The pricing page has two plans, Free and Premium, and no team or business tier.

How work is organized

TickTick's FAQ gives the hierarchy as Folder, List, Section, Task and Subtask. Folders group related lists, lists hold tasks, and regular lists can be shared. On both plans, tasks take priorities, tags, subtasks, recurring dates, comments and templates.

Natural language input picks up dates and times as you type. Smart lists such as Today, Next 7 Days and Assigned to Me gather tasks from across your lists. The views:

• List and Kanban views on both plans. Kanban groups tasks into columns by the grouping you choose.
• Calendar view: basic on Free, unlimited on Premium. The features page lists yearly, monthly, weekly, agenda, multi-day and multi-week layouts.
• Timeline view on Premium only. TickTick describes it as a lighter tool than a Gantt chart: tasks appear as bars by duration, and you drag them to change dates or length.

Free plan caps are tight: 9 lists, 99 tasks per list, 19 checklist items per task and 1 attachment per day. Premium raises these to 299 lists, 999 tasks per list and 199 checklist items per task.

Collaboration through shared lists

Collaboration happens one list at a time. Members of a shared list can view, edit, add and delete its tasks, assign tasks to each other, comment and @mention people. Each member can be set to edit, comment or read-only access. Only the content of the shared list is visible to others.

Member count is the main limit. TickTick's pricing table lists a member count of 2 on Free and 29 on Premium. Its FAQ words this as free users adding one shared member and premium users adding up to 29 members per shared list. The help center also says only the list owner needs Premium, though non-premium members cannot use premium features.

There is no team workspace. To give a whole team Premium, TickTick's FAQ points to buying gift cards and redeeming one code per member.

Integrations and automation

The pricing page lists integrations as a Premium feature. The features page mentions a Google Calendar integration, subscribing to calendars and connecting apps such as Notion, and the FAQ says you can subscribe to Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars. Tasks can also be added from widgets, a desktop global shortcut, voice input and email.

TickTick's pages do not list rule-based automation. The pricing page lists AI features on Premium.

Planning, focus and statistics

Premium adds task duration, which drives the timeline view, plus constant reminders, checklist item reminders, email reminders, filters and list and task activity history. The collaboration guide suggests list activities (web only) for a project lead who wants to see who did what.

The Pomodoro timer helps you stay focused on a task, and statistics cover tasks, focus duration and habit logs (basic on Free, unlimited on Premium). These describe your own progress. TickTick's pages do not list task dependencies, workload views or project reporting across a team.

Plans and what needs a paid tier

We do not publish prices because they change. Check TickTick's pricing page for current numbers. The capability split we found on 19 October 2026:

• Free: 9 lists with 99 tasks each, list and Kanban views, basic calendar view, natural language input, task reminders, cross-platform sync, 5 habits and shared lists with 2 members.
• Premium: 299 lists with 999 tasks each, multiple calendar views, timeline view, task duration, email reminders, filters, integrations, AI features, more themes, 299 habits and shared lists with up to 29 members.

The pricing page says that for purchases through Google Play, PayPal or Stripe you can request a refund within 14 days, while App Store refunds go through Apple. If Premium expires, your data is kept and you continue on Free without premium features.

When a team outgrows TickTick

TickTick works for a couple, a family or a small group sharing a few lists. These are the signs a team needs something else:

• You need more than 29 people on a list, or one workspace with roles across many lists. TickTick shares and sets permissions list by list.
• You need dependencies, a Gantt chart or a critical path. TickTick does not list dependencies and describes its timeline as lighter than a Gantt chart.
• You need central billing and admin. Team purchases go through individual gift card codes.
• You need reporting across people. TickTick's statistics describe your own tasks, focus and habits.

Who TickTick fits

TickTick suits individuals who want tasks, calendar, habits and focus sessions in one app that syncs across platforms. It also suits small groups, such as two founders or a household, who share a few lists and assign tasks to each other.

If you want a timeline view for personal plans or a small project, Premium includes one without moving to a team product.

Who should look elsewhere

• Teams that want a shared workspace with roles and central billing should compare Todoist's Business plan, which lists team roles and permissions, or work management tools such as Asana and monday.com.
• Teams that need dependency-based schedules should look at Microsoft Planner Plan 1, which lists task dependencies and a Timeline (Gantt) view, or project tools such as Smartsheet and Wrike.
• If you want automation rules inside the app, TickTick's pages do not list them.

How to trial TickTick

Start on Free with one real list. Add tasks with natural-language dates, try the Kanban view, and share the list with one other person to test assignment and comments.

The pricing page does not mention a free trial for Premium. If you upgrade to test the timeline view or larger shared lists, note the 14-day refund window for Google Play, PayPal and Stripe purchases.