About a quarter of the price
Premium is $12 a year, flat, against about $50 for the apps it gets compared with. No tiers, no per-seat pricing, no dark patterns when you cancel.
Free on every device · Premium for $12/year, flat · local currency
Everything you need to get things done.
Everything you need to get things done.
Private, no AI, one tiny price.
Tickbase is a fast, private, no-nonsense to-do app for your tasks, deadlines, habits and plans. Type a task in plain English, hit enter, move on.
No account needed. Works offline. Export everything as JSON or CSV any time.
Until 31 March 2027 Lifetime Premium: pay $50 once
No AI features, ever
No ads, no tracking
Works offline
Sync is encrypted on your device
JSON and CSV export any time
Delete your account in one tap
Why Tickbase
A to-do app that stays out of your way
Most task apps keep growing: more tiers, more upsells, more “smart” features. Tickbase is fast, works offline, and is built to stay small and honest. Four things set it apart.
No AI features.
No assistants, no summaries, no “AI credits”. Tickbase does not read your tasks to train or feed a model. It's a to-do list, and that's the point.
Encrypted at rest
Sign in to sync and your tasks are encrypted on your device first. We don't read them, and nothing tracks you. How it works →
Switch in a minute
Coming from TickTick, Todoist, Things, Apple Reminders, Microsoft To Do or Any.do? Bring your lists, dates and tags across in one go, free.
Features
Everything you need, on one page
50 features, from typing a task the way you'd say it to shared lists, alarms and a bucket list. Most are free on every device. Each one has pictures and how it works on the Features page.
Capture anything
Get it out of your head and into Tickbase, however it reaches you.
Natural-language quick add · Add tasks by e-mail · Siri and Apple Intelligence · Widgets and controls · and 3 more
Plan your time
Dates you can trust, and a calendar to put the work in.
Due dates and deadlines · Repeats that tell the truth · Calendar and day planner · Work sessions · and 3 more
Organise it your way
Lists, sections and views that fit how you think.
Today and smart lists · Lists, folders, sections and tags · Board view · Saved filters · and 4 more
Never miss what matters
Reminders that actually reach you.
Reminders that ring · Ring as an alarm · A count on the app icon · Away, on purpose
Reach your goals
Big plans, kept moving a week at a time.
Resolutions · Targets · Bucket list · Habits · and 2 more
Look back
See what you got done.
Weekly and monthly review · Reports you can share · Your week as a card · Statistics, achievements and your year · and 3 more
Together
Share the load with the people around you.
Shared lists · Give Premium as a gift · Refer a friend
Private by design
Your tasks are yours. We don't read them.
Encrypted on your device · App lock and locked lists · Lists kept on one device · Bring your lists, take them with you
On every device
One list, wherever you are, kept in sync for free.
Free sync, offline first · iPad, iPhone Duo and folding phones · Web and desktop apps · Menu bar and system tray · and 1 more
Pricing
Free on every device. $12 a year, flat, for Premium.
Two options, that's all. Free is meant to be enough for most people, for good, sync included. Premium lifts the limits.
Free
Every device. Account optional.
$0forever
No account needed to start. No AI features.
Includes:
- Unlimited tasks
- 5 lists
- Tags, priorities, subtasks and notes
- Natural-language dates and repeats
- 3 habits, with streaks and a heatmap
- Sync across web, desktop, iOS and Android, encrypted on your device
- Works fully offline, no account
Tickbase Premium
Everything in Free, without the limits, on all your devices.
$12per year, flat
That's $1 a month, billed yearly.
Or pay $50 once for Lifetime, until 31 March 2027.
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited lists, habits, countdowns and resolutions
- Multiple reminders per task
- Plan by the hour: week and day calendars, durations and the Eisenhower matrix
- Statistics for any range, all time
- Every review kept, and exported as a PDF or Markdown
- All accent themes
- Founder badge if you pay on or before 31 March 2027
- And more
Tickbase is made by one person in the UK, with no investors and no ads. Going Premium is how you support an independent developer, and it's what keeps Tickbase going.
Compare
How Tickbase compares
If you like the shape of TickTick, Todoist or Things but not their direction, Tickbase is the same idea with a flat price and no AI. We keep an honest, feature-by-feature comparison — including what we have not built yet.
Tickbase$12flat, no AI
TickTick?
Todoist?
Things?
See how they compare →
Roadmap
What's coming later
These are on the roadmap, not promises with dates. Tickbase ships when things are ready, and never with AI.
Your tasks as a calendar feed, from the desktop
The phone already writes your tasks into your calendar; a feed to subscribe to from a work machine is next.
More languages
Tickbase in German, Spanish and French, with Japanese first. The apps, the website and quick add's plain-language dates.
Apple Watch
Today's tasks and habits on your wrist, ticked off with a tap, and reminders that ring there.
Reminders at a place
"When I get to the shops." Worked out on your phone, so where you are never leaves it.
Today's next task, live on iPhone
What's next on Today, on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, the way the focus timer already is.
Browser extension
Save a page as a task from Chrome, Firefox or Safari, and a share sheet on the phones.
Promised here, and now in the app
Siri, Shortcuts and Apple Intelligence
Since Tickbase 1.4 on iPhone and iPad: add a task, log progress on a resolution or ask what's due, by voice or in a shortcut. Tickbase itself still uses no AI.
The focus timer in the Dynamic Island
Since Tickbase 1.4: a running focus timer counts down on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, with Pause and End.
Menu bar and system tray
New in Tickbase 1.4.6, on Mac, Windows and Linux: Today one click away, and reminders that keep ringing with the window closed.
About
Made in Britain, by one person who wanted a better list
Tickbase is designed, built and run in the United Kingdom by Caesoose Studios, an independent studio, not a venture-funded company chasing growth. That shapes everything: the flat price, the absence of AI and ads, and how seriously your data is treated.
British-built, British-run
Written and run in the UK, under UK data-protection law. Support comes from the person who wrote the code.
We don't read your tasks
Everything you sync is encrypted on your device before upload, and nobody at Tickbase reads it. How the encryption works.
Independent, and staying that way
No data brokers, no "AI credits". Tickbase is paid for by its subscribers, so the only person it has to please is you. Questions, ideas or complaints go straight to hello@tickbase.app.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Looking for how to use something? Step-by-step instructions are in the guide.
Is there any AI in Tickbase?
No. No assistants, no summaries, no auto-generated subtasks, no “AI credits” tier. Natural-language quick add is plain deterministic parsing that runs on your device; it doesn't send your text anywhere.
Who has to pay when lists can be shared?
Only the person who shares. Hosting a shared list is Premium; joining one is not. If a Premium user shares a list with you, you use it for free, and everyone they invite stays on whatever plan they already have. The same rule will apply to every collaboration feature we add.
What happens if I stop paying for Premium?
Tickbase goes back to the free version. Nothing is deleted: your tasks stay on each device you've used, you can keep using Tickbase on all of them with the free limits, and you can export everything as JSON at any point. Sync carries on either way; if you resubscribe later, the limits lift again.
How do I move over from TickTick, Todoist or Things?
Export from the app you are leaving, then open Settings → Import in Tickbase and drop the file in. Lists, tasks, dates, priorities and tags come across, on Free and without an account.
Can I export my data?
Yes, in two formats, on Free or Premium. Settings → Export JSON gives you a single file with every task, list, tag, note and completion — that's the one to keep for a backup. Export CSV gives you a spreadsheet of your tasks for reading anywhere else. There's no waiting period and no “contact support” step.
Is Tickbase open source?
Not currently. Tickbase is independently built and self-funded, and the export format is documented so your data is never locked in. If that changes we'll say so here.
Do you track me?
No. There is no third-party tracking in the apps or on this website: no ads, no tracking pixels, no tracking cookies. The privacy policy has the details.
Can you read my tasks?
No. When you sign in, everything is encrypted on your device before it is uploaded, and we don't read it. Turn on Strict mode and we can't. How the encryption works.
Which platforms does Tickbase run on?
Web (as an installable PWA), macOS, Windows and Linux desktop apps, and iOS and Android. Tickbase runs on all of them, and syncs between them for free. See the download page.
Does it work offline?
Yes, completely. Tickbase stores everything on your device first, so you can add, edit and complete tasks with no connection. If you're signed in, changes are merged when you're back online.
Will my phone remind me about something I added on my laptop?
Yes. When something changes on another device, your phone catches up and sets its own reminders. Some phones need a setting or two for this, and the guide has them.
What's the refund policy?
14 days, no questions asked. Email hello@tickbase.app if you bought on the web; for App Store or Google Play purchases, refunds go through Apple or Google and we'll point you to the right place. Full details in the refund policy.
Is there a referral programme?
Yes. Share your link from Settings → Account: friends get a longer free trial, and you earn credits that unlock app icons you cannot buy. How referrals work.
Ready when you are
Open the web app and start typing. No account, no card, no onboarding tour.