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Todoist vs Trello

Todoist and Trello are both low-complexity, freemium tools aimed at individuals and small teams, but they organize work differently. Todoist is built around fast personal task capture with natural language dates, while Trello visualizes work as boards and cards - a better fit once more than one person needs to see the same plan.

TodoistTrello
CategoryTime TrackingProject Management
PricingFreemiumFreemium
Platform
Strengths
  • Excellent mobile apps
  • Natural language dates
  • Karma productivity system
  • Extremely easy to start
  • Free plan available
  • Power-Ups extend functionality

Choose Todoist if…

  • You want to capture tasks the moment you think of them, with natural language dates and strong mobile apps
  • Your work is mostly personal or individual, not a shared project multiple people need to visualize together
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Choose Trello if…

  • You want a visual board that a small team can look at together to see what's in progress
  • You're willing to trade Todoist's fast personal capture for Power-Ups that extend the board as needs grow
See full Trello review →