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Framezone vs Todoist

More than a to-do list.

Todoist is one of the best task managers around, and if tasks are all you need, it is a great pick. Framezone is for when the list is only part of the picture: habits, goals, money and training live next to your tasks and feed the same weekly review.

Last reviewed September 2026. Prices in USD.

The short answer

Two good tools for different jobs.

Choose Framezone if

  • You track habits, spending or workouts in other apps and want one place
  • You want a daily Top 3 and a focus timer linked to your tasks
  • You want goals that show progress from the habits and projects behind them

Choose Todoist if

  • You only need tasks, in the most polished task app with native apps everywhere
  • You share projects with a team or your family
  • You depend on fast quick add and many integrations

Happy with Todoist? Keep it for tasks and use Framezone for habits, money and training. You lose the shared weekly review, but nothing breaks.

Side by side

Feature by feature.

What each one does out of the box, without templates or add-ons.

Tasks, projects, recurring tasks Yes: Framezone: Priorities, deadlines, subtasks, attachments Yes: Todoist: Excellent, with filters, labels and quick add
A short list for today Yes: Framezone: Daily Top 3 pinned above everything Yes: Todoist: Today view and priorities
Habits and streaks Yes: Framezone: Daily, weekdays or times per week, with freeze days Partly: Todoist: Recurring tasks; no per-habit streaks
Goals Yes: Framezone: Milestone and numeric goals linked to habits and projects Partly: Todoist: Daily and weekly task-count goals (Karma)
Focus timer Yes: Framezone: Pomodoro and stopwatch, stats per project No: Todoist: Not built in; available through integrations
Money, training, reading, journal Yes: Framezone: All built in No: Todoist: Outside its scope
Reviews Yes: Framezone: Weekly, monthly and annual, filled in for you Partly: Todoist: Productivity trends through Karma
Working with others No: Framezone: Personal only Yes: Todoist: Shared projects, plus a Business plan for teams
AI assistants (MCP) Yes: Framezone: Official MCP server with 62 tools across every area Yes: Todoist: Official MCP server for your tasks
Apps Partly: Framezone: Installable web app for phones; no native app yet Yes: Todoist: Native apps for phone, desktop and web
Price Yes: Framezone: Free plan with every module. Pro is $9 a month, or $99 once for the first 100 founding members Partly: Todoist: Free plan; Pro and Business are paid

What's different

Where Framezone goes further.

Top 3 and focus

From a list to started

Todoist is great at capturing and sorting. Framezone adds the next step: pick three for today, start a 25 minute focus session on the first, and see afterwards where the week's time really went.

  • Top 3 pinned above everything
  • Focus sessions linked to tasks
  • Focus stats by hour and project
The focus timer set to 25 minutes with today's focus time above it

Habits

A habit isn't a task

Ticking off a recurring task isn't the same as keeping a habit. Framezone tracks habits daily, on chosen weekdays or a number of times a week, with freeze days so one bad day doesn't reset the count.

  • Check, count or duration habits
  • Streaks with freeze days
  • Linked to the goal they serve
Five habits with this week's check-ins and streaks from 10 to 47 days

Reviews

A weekly review of the whole week

Because tasks, habits, focus time and your journal live in one place, the weekly review shows them together: what you finished, which habits held and how the week felt.

  • Tasks done and habit completion by day
  • Focus time per project
  • Plan next week from the same screen
The weekly review with tasks completed and habit completion by day

In fairness

Where Todoist is the better pick.

Capturing tasks

Todoist's quick add, with dates and labels typed in plain words, is excellent.

Teams and families

Shared projects, comments and assignees. Framezone is personal only.

Apps everywhere

Native apps on phones, desktops and watches, plus browser extensions.

Integrations

Calendars, email and many other tools connect to Todoist.

Trying it

One area at a time.

There is no Todoist importer, and you don't need one to start. Begin with what Todoist doesn't do.

  1. 01 Start with habits or a daily Top 3, the parts Todoist doesn't cover.
  2. 02 Move active projects when you are ready. Finished ones can stay where they are.
  3. 03 Paste a project's task list into your AI assistant and ask it to create the tasks in Framezone.
  4. 04 Run one weekly review. If it shows you something new, move the rest.

Questions

Good to know.

Not with one click. The quickest way is to paste a list into an AI assistant connected to Framezone and ask it to create the tasks, with priorities and due dates.

For personal tasks, yes: projects, recurring tasks, priorities, subtasks and a daily Top 3. If you work in shared projects with other people, Todoist is still the better fit.

Both have official MCP servers. Todoist's covers your tasks. Framezone's covers tasks plus habits, goals, money, training, reading and your journal, so one assistant can answer questions about your whole week.

Not yet. Tasks have due dates and a board view, and the weekly plan shows what is coming up.

There is a Free plan with every module and limits on active habits, goals, projects and accounts. Pro removes the limits for $9 a month or $90 a year, and the first 100 founding members can pay $99 once. Everyone who signs up during early access gets their first year of Pro free.

Try it next to what you use now.

Free during early access. Start with one area and keep your other tools until you don't need them.

Free during early access. No card needed.