Zanshin AlternativesTodo List Managers and other similar apps like Zanshin

Zanshin is described as 'Powerful yet simple application for managing your day to day actions and notes. It helps you organize and reduce the cognitive pressure of what one has to do in his job and personal life. You'll never forget anything anymore, getting your mind like water' and is a todo list manager in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Zanshin for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Android, iPhone, Windows and Linux apps. The best Zanshin alternative is Todoist, which is free. Other great apps like Zanshin are ToDoList, sleek, Task Coach and Toodledo.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Zanshin alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Todoist icon
     435 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Organizes tasks efficiently with quick add scheduling, 60+ tool integrations, advanced language recognition for recurring tasks, and platform compatibility. It offers project templates, visual task priorities, and personalized productivity insights.

    163 Todoist alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • AppImageHub
    • Apple Watch
    • Snapcraft
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Microsoft Outlook
    • Android Wear
    • Safari
    • Gmail
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
    • Todoist is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to Zanshin.

    • Todoist is the most popular free alternative to Zanshin.

    • Todoist is Freemium and ProprietaryZanshin is Free and Open Source
  2. ToDoList icon
     164 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Organize projects with deeply nested tasks, multi-language support, and flexible XML storage. Streamline scheduling, customize printing with stylesheets, and collaborate efficiently on multiple projects, including IT and general GTD use, on Windows or Linux via WINE.

    297 ToDoList alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
    • ToDoList is the most popular Open Source alternative to Zanshin.

    • ToDoList is Free and Open SourceZanshin is also Free and Open Source
  3. sleek icon
     31 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    sleek is an open-source (FOSS) todo manager based on the todo.txt syntax. It's available for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Task Coach icon
     139 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Task Coach is a simple open source todo manager to keep track of personal tasks and todo lists. It is designed for composite tasks, and also offers effort tracking, categories, notes and more.

    217 Task Coach alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
  5. Toodledo icon
     180 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Tasks, Notes, Habits, Lists & To-Dos, Get Organized.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Toodledo is the most popular SaaS alternative to Zanshin.

    • Toodledo is Freemium and ProprietaryZanshin is Free and Open Source
  6. Todo.txt icon
     70 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Track your tasks and projects in a plain text file, todo.txt. A todo.txt is software and operating system agnostic; it's searchable, portable, lightweight and easily manipulated.

    254 Todo.txt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Getting Things GNOME! (GTG) is a personal tasks and TODO-list items organizer for the GNOME desktop environment and inspired by the ''Getting Things Done'' (GTD) methodology.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  8. Go For It icon
     23 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Go For It! is a simple and stylish productivity app, featuring a to-do list, merged with a timer that keeps your focus on the current task.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Todo.txt
     
  9. Planny 3 icon
     7 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Planny is your new friend helping you to be more productive.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple Messages
     
  10. Nextcloud Tasks icon
     10 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Once enabled, a new Tasks menu will appear in your Nextcloud apps menu. From there you can add and delete tasks, edit their title, description, start and due dates, reminder times, mark them as important, and add comments on them. Tasks can be shared between users.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Nextcloud
     
    • Nextcloud Tasks is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Zanshin.

    • Nextcloud Tasks is Free and Open SourceZanshin is also Free and Open Source
    • Nextcloud Tasks is Privacy focusedZanshin is not according to our users
  11. Mindwtr icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    A complete Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system for desktop and mobile. Mind Like Water.

    53 Mindwtr alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. Fokus icon
     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Fokus is an open source application that combines a todo list and a calendar that can help you manage your school related work and events in one place. It's fast and beautiful yet simple design that can help you focus on what matters most.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
12 of 46 Zanshin alternatives