Todoist keeps your list. tidemind ranks it.
Both have an MCP server. Todoist’s returns tasks. tidemind’s returns the calculation: rank, fit on your window and energy, and the number of tasks that don’t fit. Below: where Todoist wins, and where it doesn’t.
Todoist is a good app. That is not the question.
The question is what happens at four in the afternoon when you ask your assistant what to do next and it reads back 23 tasks in a friendlier voice.
You still decide. You just decide later.
The proof
Add: call the tax advisor about the Q3 documents.
capture({ text: "Call the tax advisor about the Q3 documents" })
Captured to inbox (id: steuer-2). Similar open task: “Call tax advisor and agree Q3 documents” (a2) @calls · 10 min · rank AKept both. Say “merge” to fold the new one into a2.
Compared
| tidemind | Todoist | |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant access | MCP server, 11 tools | MCP server |
| What the assistant gets back | Rank, fit, remainder count | Task records |
| Method | GTD® built in: 5 lists, weekly review | Free-form projects, labels, filters |
| Time and energy per task | Minutes and energy on every task | Duration (Pro), no energy |
| Estimate correction | From measured sessions, per context | — |
| Data location | OVH, Germany (EU) | USA |
| Integrations | MCP, email intake, calendar feed | 80+ integrations |
| Native apps | Web app | iOS, Android, Windows, macOS |
| Track record | Since 2026, built in public | Since 2007 |
| Price | €0 · €3 · €6 per person and month | Free · Pro · Business |
▲ marks a row where the other product is ahead.
What is actually there
Questions
Is tidemind a Todoist alternative?
For one use, yes: a task manager your AI assistant can decide with. tidemind is a GTD task manager whose MCP server returns a ranked decision fitted to your time and energy, not a list. If you want 80+ integrations, native apps on every platform and 19 years of polish, Todoist is the safer choice today.
Can I import from Todoist?
Yes. Export your Todoist projects as CSV and drop the files on the tidemind inbox. Every task arrives as an inbox item with its project and labels preserved as a note, so you clarify it once into a GTD list. Recurring tasks come across as scheduled items.
Does Todoist have an MCP server?
Yes. Todoist offers an MCP server that lets assistants read and write tasks, projects and labels. The difference to tidemind is what comes back: Todoist returns the records and the assistant ranks them; tidemind returns the ranking, computed by the same rules the app uses.
What does Todoist do better?
Native apps on every platform with offline use, 80+ integrations, a mature team product and 19 years on the market. tidemind is a web app from 2026 with an email intake, a calendar feed and MCP, built by one person in public.
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