TickTick
Shares rank 12 of 14 task managers by recommenders
People recommend TickTick for task management, reminders and habit tracking in one app, and several describe it as free and essential to their daily routine.
People recommend TickTick for task management, reminders and habit tracking in one app, and several describe it as free and essential to their daily routine.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reminders and habit tracking
“TickTick gives me reminders to do some of these things”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Launch HN: Indy (YC S21) – A support app designed for ADHD brains” “I use TickTick because of the habit-tracking feature.”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “Launch HN: Indy (YC S21) – A support app designed for ADHD brains” Simplifies life and feels essential
“my life has become way simpler since I started using a free app called Tick Tick”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Tell HN: Remember to Change Your Filters” “My todo (TickTick) is vital.”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Who Uses a todo.txt?”
Other task managers people recommend
The four most recommended other task managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beads by Steve Yegge | 79 | 55 | 59% | 11 | 3 mo4 owners | — |
| Apple Reminders | 15 | 16 | 48% | 11 | — | — |
| Paca | 14 | 2 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Todoist | 13 | 7 | 65% | 7 | — | — |
| TickTickThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“my life has become way simpler since I started using a free app called Tick Tick”
“My todo (TickTick) is vital.”
“it can integrate with TickTick, which has been a huge change for me with task management”
“I can add tasks from my lockscreen. I have a single view of notes and tasks.”
“TickTick gives me reminders to do some of these things”
“I use TickTick because of the habit-tracking feature.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.