Drag Task vs TickTick
Drag Task vs TickTick: one calendar instead of a productivity suite
TickTick and Drag Task both let you organize work by date, but they solve different-sized problems. TickTick is a broad task system: lists, tags, priorities, natural-language entry, reminders, recurring tasks, collaboration, habits, Pomodoro, integrations and several views. Its free plan is genuinely useful, including a basic calendar, nine lists and 99 tasks per list; Premium costs $49.99 per year and expands capacity, calendar views and task duration. Drag Task is not a free clone of that suite. It is one calendar-shaped list with no projects, reminders, habits or settings. Pick it only if reducing the system is the outcome you want.
Pick TickTick
Choose TickTick if you need reminders, recurrence, lists, tags, priorities, habits, Pomodoro, collaboration, integrations or native apps. Its free plan already does much more than Drag Task.
Pick Drag Task
Choose Drag Task if all that machinery is why your old to-do system stopped being useful, and you want one task-only calendar where rescheduling is simply a drag.
Try it, no sign-in →Drag Task vs TickTick, side by side
| TickTick | Drag Task | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Useful free tier; Premium is $49.99/year | Free, with no paid tier |
| Calendar | Basic calendar on Free; multiple calendar views and task duration on Premium | The calendar is the only view and every part of it is free |
| Free capacity | 9 lists and 99 tasks per list | No lists and no stated task cap — one personal calendar |
| Organization | Lists, filters, tags, priorities, subtasks and more | None. A task has text, a day, an order and a done state |
| Adding dates | Natural-language date recognition and several capture methods | Click the day where the task belongs and type |
| Reminders and recurrence | Task reminders and recurring rules | Neither is supported |
| Productivity tools | Habits, Pomodoro, Eisenhower Matrix, statistics and more | Not supported — it is only the daily task calendar |
| Collaboration and integrations | Shared lists, assignment, Google Calendar and other integrations | Personal use only, with no third-party integrations |
| Apps | Cross-platform apps and sync | Browser-based on phone and desktop, synced with Google sign-in |
| Try without an account | Account required to use the product | Full demo with no sign-in; nothing is saved |
Competitor features and prices checked September 2026. Tiers change — check theirs before deciding.
Official sources: TickTick plan limits and pricing · TickTick feature overview
What TickTick does better
- Almost every capability beyond putting a short task on a day. TickTick is a complete, mature task manager rather than a deliberately tiny planner.
- Reminders and flexible recurring tasks, which are essential for many people and completely absent from Drag Task.
- Fast capture through natural-language dates, widgets, shortcuts, voice and integrations instead of navigating to a day first.
- Lists, filters, tags, priorities and subtasks for work that genuinely needs structure beyond a date.
- Native cross-platform apps, collaboration, calendar integrations, habit tracking, Pomodoro and useful progress statistics.
What Drag Task does better
- There is no premium boundary to understand. The sole view and every interaction Drag Task has are free.
- A task's position is its date, so adding and rescheduling never opens a detail pane, due-date field or view switcher.
- There is no organization system to design and no productivity dashboard to maintain — a benefit only if you actively want less.
- You can try the entire interaction in a disposable demo before giving the product an account or any saved data.
The honest verdict
TickTick is the rational choice for most people comparing feature lists, and its free plan means price alone is not a good reason to leave it. Drag Task fits a smaller group: people who already know that lists, tags, habits, reminders and multiple views invite them to organize the tool instead of doing the work. If you need any of those capabilities, choose TickTick. If the calendar-shaped list is the only part you kept returning to, Drag Task offers that single idea without the rest of the suite.