Irkless or Workflowy?
Workflowy is a lovely outliner, and plenty of people end up running their tasks in it. Move the to-dos when they start getting lost in the outline. Keep Workflowy for thinking.
Moving takes minutes. Copy your Workflowy tasks, paste them into an Irkless list, and each line becomes a task. Indented lines become subtasks. How moving works
What you gain
Dates you can rely on
Type friday and it's due Friday. Upcoming and Forecast show what's coming.
Just today, when you want it
Today shows what you've picked and nothing else.
Waiting For
See what's in other people's hands at a glance.
The thinking beside the action
Every task has formatted notes.
What you'd give up
- Endless nesting. Irkless has areas, projects, tasks and subtasks.
Keep Workflowy for notes and planning. Many people use both.
Written from what each app offered when this page was last updated. Check Workflowy's own site for current features and prices. Product names belong to their owners.
Irkless and Workflowy side by side
| Feature | Irkless | Workflowy |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (it's an outliner) |
| Someday list | Yes | Not built in |
| Start dates that hide a task | Yes | Date tags only |
| A review of each project | Yes, each on its own schedule | Not built in |
| Files on tasks | Yes, up to 10 MB each | Yes |
| Shared lists | No, it's for one person | Yes |
| Free plan | No: 30 days free, then $6 a month | Yes, with a monthly limit |
| AI assistant connector | Yes, over MCP (beta) | Yes, MCP in the desktop app |
Checked against each app's own website in October 2026. Features change, so check Workflowy's before you decide.
Moving from Workflowy
- Get your Workflowy to-dos out as plain text, one per line, keeping the indentation.
- 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 Workflowy list in on Monday and see by Friday whether it sticks. Thirty days free, no card, and Workflowy stays where it is until you decide.