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TickTick
Cheap, cross-platform, and orthogonal to the AI wave.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the productivity job, so this one still earns its $3/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Habit and task tracking is behavioural, not generative. OpenAI, May 13, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Todoist and Apple Reminders.
- What the call is worth $36/yr
- $3/mo at the entry paid tier — $36 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- May 13, 2024
- List price
- $3/mo
- Per year
- $36
The backstory
TickTick does tasks, habits, a calendar and a pomodoro timer for a low annual price. None of that is something a chat product replaces — you do not want your to-do list inside a conversation you have to scroll. AI added natural-language date parsing years ago and nothing since has changed the equation.
Escape hatches
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Todoist Free tier, similar model.
todoist.com open_in_new A 
Apple Reminders Free on Apple devices.
apple.com open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.