Todoist alternative
Love Todoist? You might just need less of it.
Todoist is one of the best personal to-do apps there is. Where people feel the gap is the hand-off: once a task belongs to someone else, you still end up holding it, checking it and chasing it.
Carry isn't trying to out-feature Todoist. It's a different tool for a different job: a calm place to put what you're holding and hand it to your team, with no setup and nothing to keep tidy.
Where Todoist is genuinely great
- Fast personal to-do lists
- Recurring tasks and natural-language dates
- Organising your own work beautifully
If that's your world, stick with Todoist. Keep it if your list is mostly yours and you rarely hand things to other people.
Todoist and Carry do different jobs
| Todoist | Carry | |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | The project | The person carrying the work |
| Before it's useful | Set up your structure first | Type one thing and it's held |
| Handing off | Assign inside a project | Hand to one person, a few, or everyone in a tap |
| Following up | Comments, updates, meetings | One gentle Ping, and Carry remembers you sent it |
| Upkeep | Someone keeps it tidy | Nothing to maintain |
| Best for | Structured projects | The small, constant stuff in between |
Try Carry if a big part of your load is work you give to others and then worry about.
Empty your head
Brain-dump anything in two seconds. It lands in your Inbox until you have a minute.
Hand it off for real
Give a task to one person, several, or the whole team. Each gets a banner on their phone.
Stop chasing
See who's carrying what. If something goes quiet, one Ping. No status meetings.
Questions about switching
Is Carry a replacement for Todoist?
Not always. Todoist is built to manage projects. Carry is built to manage what you and your team are holding. Keep Todoist if your list is mostly yours and you rarely hand things to other people. Try Carry if a big part of your load is work you give to others and then worry about.
Can I use Carry and Todoist together?
Yes. Keep Todoist for the big plans and use Carry for everything in between: capture it, hand it off, and get a gentle nudge when something goes quiet.
How long does Carry take to set up?
There is no setup. Download the app, type the first thing on your mind, and invite a teammate when you are ready to hand something off.
How much does Carry cost?
Carry is free for one person. Paid plans start at $19 a month for two people, and everyone you invite rides free on the owner's plan.
Keep Todoist for the big plans. Let Carry hold the rest.
Comparing other tools? Asana, Trello, ClickUp, Monday. Or read why we think mental load is the real problem.