Drag Task vs TeuxDeux
Drag Task vs TeuxDeux: free and smaller, by design
TeuxDeux and Drag Task begin with nearly the same idea: a to-do list makes more sense when tasks sit directly on the days you plan to do them. TeuxDeux is the polished, more capable subscription product — a week view with native iOS and Android apps, recurring to-dos, focus mode, search, colours and undo. Drag Task narrows the idea to its smallest useful form: days, tasks and dragging in a browser, with no subscription and no settings to maintain. The choice is not which has more features; TeuxDeux plainly does. It is whether those features are worth $3 per month billed annually or $4 month to month when all you want is a date-shaped list.
Pick TeuxDeux
Choose TeuxDeux if you want an installed phone app, a fixed week at a glance, recurring to-dos, focus mode, search, colours or undo — and you are comfortable paying after the one-week trial.
Pick Drag Task
Choose Drag Task if you want the same basic day-first idea stripped back to one free browser screen, and moving a task to another date is the main interaction you care about.
Try it, no sign-in →Drag Task vs TeuxDeux, side by side
| TeuxDeux | Drag Task | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3/month billed annually, or $4 billed monthly, after a free first week | Free. There is no paid tier or trial timer |
| Calendar shape | A week view | An endlessly scrolling line of days, with today magnified |
| Rescheduling | Move to-dos between days in the week-based planner | Drag a task directly onto another day |
| Recurring to-dos | Supported and customizable | Not supported |
| Focus mode | Included | Not supported |
| Search | Included | Not supported |
| Colours and customization | Highlight colours and custom holidays | No customization — one deliberately fixed design |
| Undo delete | Included | Not supported |
| Phone experience | Native iOS and Android apps | Responsive web app; add it to a home screen if you want an icon |
| Try before deciding | One-week free trial | Full no-account demo that stores nothing |
Competitor features and prices checked September 2026. Tiers change — check theirs before deciding.
Official sources: TeuxDeux pricing and included features
What TeuxDeux does better
- Native iOS and Android apps are a better phone experience than a browser tab, particularly if you depend on an installed app every day.
- Recurring to-dos handle routines without making you recreate the same item. Drag Task has no recurrence at all.
- Focus mode, search, highlight colours, custom holidays and undo give you useful control without turning TeuxDeux into a heavy project manager.
- A fixed week view makes the whole seven-day plan visible as one stable frame rather than a calendar you scroll through.
- It is a mature paid product with more polish around the basic day-planning workflow.
What Drag Task does better
- The complete product is free. There is no subscription decision after a trial and no annual plan needed to reach the lowest price.
- The calendar keeps scrolling in either direction instead of being bounded by one week, so next month is reached with the same gesture as tomorrow.
- There is almost nothing to learn or configure: no colours, modes, recurring rules or holiday settings.
- The whole interaction can be tested without an account, and the demo makes no permanent copy of what you type.
The honest verdict
TeuxDeux is the better product for someone who wants a minimal planner but still needs recurrence, search, focus tools and proper phone apps. Its price is modest and those features are real advantages. Drag Task is the credible alternative only when your preference is more extreme: you want tasks sitting on dates, you want to drag them when plans change, and every extra mode feels like another system to maintain. In that narrower job, free and smaller are the point rather than compromises hidden in the fine print.