Palby Planner

TickTick alternative

TickTick alternative: tasks, habits and the timer, with your Google Calendar on the same day

TickTick and Palby Planner both do tasks, habits and a focus timer. The difference is the day: Palby Planner puts your Google Calendar and your tasks on one timetable, and takes a task by Telegram message.

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30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with TickTick if you want a US$0 plan, a known yearly price, or an app on your watch. Pick Palby Planner if you want your Google Calendar events and your tasks on the same hours, routines that nudge you, and capture from Telegram.

Who should pick which

Stay with TickTick if

  • You want to start at US$0. It has 9 lists of up to 99 tasks
  • You want a known price: Premium is US$49.99 a year
  • You want the Eisenhower matrix or an app on your watch

Pick Palby Planner if

  • You plan the day hour by hour around your Google Calendar
  • You want a nudge on Telegram when a routine slips
  • You want goals and notes in the same account

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerTickTick (from ticktick.com, 31 October 2026)Source
PriceNo published price yetUS$0 to start. Premium is US$49.99 a yearTickTick pricing
To startBook a 30-minute walkthroughThe US$0 plan: 9 lists of up to 99 tasks, list and kanban views, plain-word datesTickTick pricing
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetPhone, computer, tablet and watchTickTick site
CalendarGoogle Calendar events beside your tasks; the time you plan can go back onto GoogleYearly, monthly, weekly, daily and agenda views. More calendar views on PremiumTickTick siteTickTick pricing
HabitsHabits with streaks, and routines that come back on the days you pickA habit tracker: 5 habits on the US$0 plan, 299 on PremiumTickTick siteTickTick pricing
FocusA 25-minute focus timer. Tap Done and the task is ticked offA Pomodoro timer in 25-minute roundsTickTick site
As of October 2026. TickTick's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where TickTick is strong

TickTick packs a lot into a US$0 plan: 9 lists, list and kanban views, dates typed in plain words and reminders. It has a habit tracker, a Pomodoro timer, the Eisenhower matrix and five calendar views, on phone, computer, tablet and watch. Premium is US$49.99 a year. If you want all that at a known price, it is hard to beat.

The three differences that matter

One timetable for the calendar and the list

Your Google Calendar events and your tasks sit on the same hours. Tap a task onto an hour, stretch it in 15-minute steps, and the time can go back onto Google as busy, so nobody books over it.

Send it a task

Type "buy milk tomorrow 9am" in Telegram and it's on tomorrow's list. Say it as a voice message, or send "note: gate code 4821" and it lands in your notes.

Routines that check in

A routine comes back on the days you pick. If it isn't done by its time, you get a Telegram message, and one tap marks it done.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see the planner on your own week.
  2. Add this week's tasks and habits. There's no import from TickTick yet.
  3. Connect Google Calendar and plan tomorrow on the timetable.

Questions

See whether tomorrow fits before it starts.

Your calendar and your list on one timetable.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

Sources

Every page read on 31 October 2026. Nothing about a competitor on these pages comes from anywhere else.

  • TickTick: US$0 with 9 lists of up to 99 tasks, list and kanban views, plain-word dates, reminders and sync; Premium US$49.99 a year with 299 lists, more calendar views and task duration; 5 habits on US$0, 299 on Premium. ticktick.com/about/upgrade
  • TickTick: Calendar views (yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, agenda); a 25-minute Pomodoro timer; a habit tracker; the Eisenhower matrix; phone, computer, tablet and watch. ticktick.com/