GTD Software comparison: ActiveInbox vs Todoist
ActiveInbox |
vs Todoist ▼ |
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| Company |
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| Company name | The Inbox Foundry | Todoist |
| Rating | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ |
| TRO Ready | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Key features |
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| Description | GMail Firefox addon that manages emails as tasks. | Online hierarchical task manager with a simple, text-oriented interface. |
| Home page | ActiveInbox | Todoist |
| Tro training | No TRO training available. | No TRO training available. |
| Platform | ||
| Requires | Firefox 2.0 or later, GMail account (free), Chrome | now Windows 10 compatible |
| Version | released: 2019-09-16 | released: 2019-09-17 |
| Release date | 2019-09-16 | 2019-09-17 |
| Type | Commercial | Commercial |
| Has free version | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free version notes | Free feature-limited version | Free feature-limited version |
| A paid version is available | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full price low | $3 | |
| Full price high | $24.95 | $3 |
| Made specifically for GTD | 1 | 0 |
| Syncs with | Gmail (direct integration); other computers (settings sync, Pro only) | |
| Sync methods | Direct Database Update | |
| Mobile access | Web Access | |
| Email-to-task support |
Manage an email as a Task Emails are automatically tasks |
Link to Task |
| Categories | Unlimited contexts | Unlimited contexts |
| Time boxing | No time boxing support | No time boxing support |
| Number of date fields | ✓ | ✓ |
| Has reminders | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Can automatically prioritize tasks | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Project support | Projects can be nested within other projects | Projects can be nested within other projects |
| Calendar integration | No support for integration between the tasklist and calendar | Tasks can be scheduled directly in the calendar |
| Features URL | www.todoist.com | |
| Screenshots URL | www.todoist.com | |
| GTD setup notes | ||
| Data can be manipulated via an API | 𐄂 | ✓ |
| Short details | Supports sub projects, notes, contexts, mail-to-action, native support for files, and an integration with Dropbox, and Google Drive. | |
| Category dimensions | 1 | 1 |
| Persistent reminders | 𐄂 | 𐄂 |
| Number of priority levels | 0 | 4 |
| Number of prioritization dimensions (besides dates, categories, etc.) | 0 | 1 |
| Collaboration and team support |
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| Date last reviewed | 2019-10-27 | 2019-09-22 |