Irkless or Todoist?
Todoist is excellent and runs on everything, but it leaves the system to you. Irkless comes with one, so you can stop maintaining filters and start trusting the list.
Moving takes minutes. Copy your Todoist tasks, paste them into an Irkless list, and each line becomes a task. Indented lines become subtasks. Todoist can export a project as a CSV: copy the task column and paste it in. How moving works
What you gain
The lists you built from filters, ready-made
Today, Someday, Waiting For and Delegated are places you move things to. Nothing to keep in sync by hand.
What you'd give up
- Shared projects, assignees and comments. Irkless is for one person.
- Android and Windows apps. The web app works on both in the meantime.
- A free plan. Irkless is 30 days free, then $6 a month, with every app included.
Stay with Todoist if you share lists with other people, or you enjoy building your own system from filters.
Written from what each app offered when this page was last updated. Check Todoist's own site for current features and prices. Product names belong to their owners.
Irkless and Todoist side by side
| Feature | Irkless | Todoist |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not built in (a label or filter) |
| Files on tasks | Yes, up to 10 MB each | Yes, on comments |
| Shared lists | No, it's for one person | Yes |
| Free plan | No: 30 days free, then $6 a month | Yes, with limits |
| AI assistant connector | Yes, over MCP (beta) | Yes, MCP |
Checked against each app's own website in October 2026. Features change, so check Todoist's before you decide.
Moving from Todoist
- In Todoist, export a project 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 Todoist list in on Monday and see by Friday whether it sticks. Thirty days free, no card, and Todoist stays where it is until you decide.