Writer ditches Notion for TickTick to manage daily tasks on Android

A writer who spent years hopping between productivity apps says he has finally settled on one. In a Nov. 9, 2026 piece for Android Police, Parth Shah says TickTick beat Notion, Anytype and Capacities for daily task management on his Google Pixel 8. His main complaint about the others was speed on a phone.

Why the big apps fell short

Shah says Notion, Anytype and Capacities offer strong features and customization on a desktop computer. On his phone, he found them slow and cumbersome. He says they often felt like a web page wrapped in an app. He also missed good widgets and the snappy feel of an app built for Android. In his words, he needed a tool built for a 6-inch screen.

What TickTick bundles in

Shah says TickTick has replaced three or four paid apps for him. The features he names:

• A focus timer (Pomodoro) built into every task, with stats on focus time by day, week or project
• A habit tracker for things like reading 20 minutes or taking medicine, with streaks
• Kanban boards, a lighter take on tools like Trello, for projects with team members
• Calendar view with Gmail calendar integration
• An Eisenhower matrix, a way to sort tasks by priority

He also says TickTick's reminders are reliable. He trusts that alarms he sets will fire, which he did not feel when using a note-taking app like Evernote for alerts.

The everyday details

The feature Shah says he cannot live without is natural language entry. Typing "Pay credit card bill next Friday 7 pm" makes the app set the date and time on its own. He values quick capture, and says widgets and quick toggles let him add a task from the notification bar.

TickTick also runs as a native app on Mac, Windows and iOS, not only Android. It offers dozens of themes beyond dark and light, plus a customizable bottom bar for add-ons.

What is not covered

This is one writer's experience, not a lab test. The article does not give TickTick's price or say which features cost extra. It also does not say how the app handles large, database-style notes, which is where Notion is strongest. Anyone who relies on that kind of setup would need to check for themselves.