Irkless or Nirvana?
If you've used Nirvana, Irkless will feel familiar: the same Inbox, Someday, Waiting For and Areas. What you gain is in the detail.
Moving takes minutes. Copy your Nirvana tasks, paste them into an Irkless list, and each line becomes a task. Indented lines become subtasks. How moving works
What you gain
Notes and files on every task
Checklists, links and formatting in the notes, and the document or photo you need attached right there.
A review for each project
Set how often each project needs a look, and Review walks you through the ones that are due.
Today, on purpose
Next actions are all in Anytime. Today holds just what you've picked for today.
A key for everything
Fast at the keyboard, and easy with a mouse.
Your lists in the terminal
A full-screen terminal app with the same lists.
What you'd give up
- Nirvana has an Android app. Irkless doesn't yet; the web app works in your phone's browser.
- The Irkless iPhone app is still in private beta.
Stay with Nirvana if you need an Android app, or it already does everything you ask.
Written from what each app offered when this page was last updated. Check Nirvana's own site for current features and prices. Product names belong to their owners.
Irkless and Nirvana side by side
| Feature | Irkless | Nirvana |
|---|---|---|
| Works in a browser | Yes | Yes |
| Windows and Android apps | In early planning; the web app works on both | Yes |
| Mac and iPhone apps | In private beta | Yes |
| Waiting For list | Yes, and a Delegated list | Yes |
| Someday list | Yes | Yes |
| Start dates that hide a task | Yes | Yes |
| A review of each project | Yes, each on its own schedule | A weekly review guide, no per-project schedule |
| Free plan | No: 30 days free, then $6 a month | Yes, with limits on projects and areas |
| AI assistant connector | Yes, over MCP (beta) | Yes, a built-in assistant and MCP |
Checked against each app's own website in October 2026. Features change, so check Nirvana's before you decide.
Moving from Nirvana
- In Nirvana, export your data as CSV, open it in a spreadsheet and copy the column of task names.
- In Irkless, open a project or the Inbox and paste. Each line becomes a task, and a line indented under another becomes its subtask.
- Sort them at your own pace: into projects, Today, Someday or Waiting For.
Try it with this week's tasks
Paste your Nirvana list in on Monday and see by Friday whether it sticks. Thirty days free, no card, and Nirvana stays where it is until you decide.