Noodle's Plan vs Todoist: a small daily list vs a full task manager

If you need a to-do app, pick Todoist. It's a full task manager, and Noodle's Plan is a short daily list inside an app that's mostly about saving and finding things. We make Noodle, so you might expect us to say Plan wins. It doesn't, except for one kind of person, described below.

Which one to pick

• Pick Todoist if you need due times, tasks that repeat, projects, priorities, labels, a list shared with your partner or team, a calendar, a computer app or links to your other tools. That's most people asking "which to-do app should I use?"
• Use Noodle's Plan if you already save things in Noodle and want a short list for today, in order, where unfinished tasks move on by themselves and a task can open the video or article it's about. It's for one person, one day at a time.
• Use both if you like Todoist for everything and want a separate, deliberately small list for tomorrow. That setup is at the end.

What each one is

Todoist is one of the best-known to-do apps. You type a task in plain words, like "pay rent every month on the 1st", and it picks out the date and the repeat. Tasks sit in projects with sections and subtasks, priorities and labels. You can show a project as a list or a board (a calendar on paid plans), share projects, assign tasks and comment. It runs on Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the web, on Wear OS and Apple Watch, and inside Gmail and Outlook. Its AI includes Ramble: you talk through what's on your mind, and it turns that into tasks with dates and projects.

Noodle's Plan is a rolling daily list inside Noodle, a free Android app for saving and finding things. You add a few tasks for a day (six is the soft limit), drag them into order and tick them off. Anything left open moves to the next day with "Carried 1 day", "Carried 2 days" and so on. After three days Plan asks you to Reschedule or drop. A task can be linked to something you saved, and Home's Today card shows the first three. That's about it, by design. See Plan and the Plan guide.

How we compared

We asked what a person needs from a task list day to day: dates and times, repeats, structure, sharing, devices, reminders, where the tasks live and price. Both get the same rows, even where Plan has nothing to show. Todoist's facts come from its own pricing page and help center, read in October 2026.

How they compare, feature by feature

Todoist facts as of October 2026. Check Todoist's site for current plans and prices.

Sources: Todoist pricing, Todoist apps, Ramble announcement.

Where Todoist is better

Nearly everywhere. Specifically:

• Times and real reminders. "Call the dentist Tuesday at 10" can remind you at 10 on Tuesday. Plan has no times at all.
• Repeating tasks. Trash out every Thursday, rent on the 1st, a check-in every two weeks. Plan can't repeat a task; you'd add it again each time.
• Projects and structure. A house move with 40 steps, split into sections and subtasks, is what Todoist is for. Plan is one short list per day.
• Priorities, labels and filters. Todoist lets you slice a big list many ways. Plan has no labels, no priorities and no task search.
• Sharing. A shared shopping list, a family chores project, tasks assigned at work. Plan is just you.
• Every device. Your list is on your laptop, your phone and your watch, always in step. Plan is on one Android phone, with no sync.
• Talking it out. With Ramble you can say "dentist Tuesday, and renew my passport before the 30th" and get two tasks with dates. Plan takes typing.
• Years of polish. Todoist has been around for well over a decade. Noodle launched in 2026, from a small team, and isn't on the Play Store yet.

Where Noodle's Plan is better

Only in a few narrow ways, and only if they fit how you work.

• It stays small on purpose. Six tasks is the soft limit; a seventh asks if it should go on another day. If long lists make you freeze, a list that pushes back can help. It's the Ivy Lee method built in.
• Carrying over is automatic and visible. You never reschedule yesterday's leftovers by hand. They show up today, below today's tasks, with how long they've been moving, and after three days Plan asks you to decide.
• Tasks tied to what you saved. "Watch the grout video" opens the saved video. Plan it on any saved item puts it on a day. That's the reason Plan exists inside Noodle.
• Past days are a record. Look back at what you finished, what moved and what you dropped, a built-in done list.

Price and privacy

As of October 2026, Todoist's free plan includes five personal projects, three filter views, task reminders, a week of activity history and a limited number of Ramble sessions. Pro adds the calendar layout, custom reminders, Task Assist, unlimited Ramble and up to 300 projects. Business adds team projects. Todoist's pricing page has the current prices for your country.

Your Todoist tasks live on Todoist's servers, which is what lets them sync. For Ramble, Todoist says the audio is "processed securely, never stored, and never used for training"; it doesn't say where, so we won't guess.

Plan is free, like the rest of Noodle, and your tasks stay on your phone. See privacy.

Switching or using both

This is a sensible setup. Keep Todoist as your full list: everything with a time, everything that repeats, every project, everything shared. Each evening, pick the few things that matter tomorrow and put them on Plan in order, linking the ones that involve something you saved.

Noodle doesn't import from Todoist or send to it, so this is a copy by hand. That's part of the point: choosing is the planning. If you'd rather keep it all in one app, Todoist alone works well; make a filter for today and keep it short.

For ways to pick tomorrow's few tasks, see daily planning methods.

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