Comparison
Dumpling vs Todoist
Last updated: August 16, 2026
Todoist has spent well over a decade doing one thing and doing it exceptionally: tasks. The natural-language parsing is superb, the apps are everywhere, it's inexpensive, and it's proven. If a task manager is all you need, Todoist is a very hard recommendation to beat, and this page won't pretend otherwise.
Dumpling's argument is that for a lot of people, tasks aren't the whole story. The task "Call Sarah about the Q3 launch" touches a person, a project, probably a note from the last call, and a slot on your calendar. In Todoist those live in four other apps. In Dumpling they live together, and connect to each other automatically, without tagging or linking anything by hand.
Side by side
| Feature | Dumpling | Todoist |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks | Priorities, subtasks, recurrence, kanban, natural-language quick add | Excellent: natural language, filters, labels, years of refinement |
| Connections | Automatic: keyword and semantic matching across 8 entity types | None. Projects and labels are the organizing tools |
| AI | Agentic assistant with persistent memory; creates and edits your data, with per-data-type visibility toggles | Lighter AI features focused on task assistance |
| Notes | Rich block editor: callouts, code blocks, version history, daily notes | Task descriptions and comments, no standalone notes |
| Calendar | Two-way Google Calendar sync; day, timeline, month views in-app | Calendar views and calendar integrations for tasks |
| Goals & habits | Built in, with streaks | Recurring tasks and karma stand in for habits |
| People | Lightweight contacts and organizations, linked to your work | None |
| Platforms | Windows and macOS today, iOS, Android and web on the way; native performance, no Linux | Everywhere, including web, Linux, and wearables |
| Collaboration | None. Personal only | Shared projects and assignees |
| Pricing | Free plan (50 active tasks, 10 notes, 5 projects, 2 areas); Pro $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr | Free plan; paid plan costs noticeably less per month than Dumpling Pro |
Choose Todoist if…
- Tasks are genuinely all you need, and you're happy keeping notes and calendar elsewhere.
- You want the cheapest proven option, or you share projects with other people.
- You're on Linux, need it in a browser today, or you want a watch app.
- You want something that has been stable for a decade. Dumpling is in beta.
Choose Dumpling if…
- You're tired of your tasks, notes, calendar, and contacts living in separate apps.
- You want the connections between them made for you, automatically.
- You want an AI assistant that executes, adding the task, rescheduling it, updating the note, rather than only suggesting.
- Goals, habits, and streaks belong next to your tasks, not in another app.
The honest bottom line
If you compare the two apps on tasks alone, Todoist wins on price and track record, and roughly ties on features. Dumpling's task core covers the same ground, but Todoist has been sanding its edges since 2007. Dumpling's case rests on everything around the tasks: the notes, the calendar, the people, the goals, and the connections between all of it that you never have to make yourself. If that surface area sounds like overhead, then for you it probably is. If it sounds like four fewer apps, download Dumpling below. Either way, anything you put in Dumpling stays exportable, and a lapsed subscription leaves everything visible read-only.
Dumpling is in beta. Free to start, and your data is exportable at every moment.
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