SceneTasks vs Todoist: a fair comparison
Todoist is one of the best list-based task managers ever made: fifteen years of polish, apps on every platform, natural-language input, and a huge ecosystem. If you're here, it's probably because the list itself stopped working for you. That's the actual difference between these two products, so let's compare honestly.
The core difference
Todoist shows your tasks as a list you read. SceneTasks shows them as a canvas you see: priority is bubble size, deadlines pull tasks toward you, and neglected tasks fade and pop instead of piling up. In Todoist, an untouched task sits in the list forever, politely. Here it visibly decays, and if you never rescue it, it removes itself. One philosophy preserves everything; the other keeps the view honest about what still matters.
Side by side
| SceneTasks | Todoist | |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Physics canvas (plus board and list views) | List (plus board view) |
| Platforms | Web + installable PWA | Native apps everywhere |
| Free plan | Unlimited tasks, all views, repeats, sharing, calendar feed, metered AI | 5 personal projects, limited features |
| Repeats | Full engine incl. "every 2 weeks on Mon+Thu" | Excellent natural-language repeats |
| Neglected tasks | Fade, shrink, pop (guilt-free by design) | Accumulate until reviewed |
| ADHD-specific tools | Pick-one-for-me, brain dump, focus spotlight, hide-until, time bands | General-purpose |
| AI | Built-in features on every plan, plus MCP for your own assistant | Limited AI assist features |
| Sync | Two-way Google Tasks + Microsoft To Do | Its own ecosystem + integrations |
| Team features | Sharing and guest proposals | Full collaboration product |
| Maturity | Young and moving fast | Extremely mature |
Pick Todoist if
You want native apps on every device, deep keyboard workflows, team collaboration at scale, or a tool guaranteed to look the same in five years. It's a great product; we mean that.
Pick SceneTasks if
Lists rot on you. You want the important thing to be visually obvious, the stale stuff to clean itself up, and tools shaped for attention that wanders: the ADHD page covers those. You can try the live demo on the front page without an account, and the free plan has no task cap.