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A TickTick alternative that keeps the five GTD views
Done Bear is a TickTick alternative for people who want built-in GTD views instead of calendar, habits, Pomodoro, and smart lists you configure. It is local-first, so Today loads from your device, with real-time team workspaces and a CLI plus MCP server. Free to start.
Done Bear vs TickTick
Done Bear
TickTick
Done Bear
TickTick
Focus
GTD views
Offline architecture
Team workspaces
CLI / API / MCP
Pricing
Why people switch from TickTick
Feature piles create their own busywork
TickTick wraps a calendar, habits, Pomodoro, and matrix views around the list. When all you want is to capture and finish tasks, Done Bear's five GTD views do the deciding.
Local-first beats cloud-first
Done Bear is local-first: your lists render from your device instantly and sync in the background, so no spinner sits between you and your day.
Your task manager should talk to your tools
Done Bear has a CLI, a GraphQL API, and a hosted MCP server. TickTick hosts an MCP server too, but no CLI, and its public API reaches tasks and lists only.
Who should stay on TickTick
If you use TickTick's habit tracker, calendar, and Pomodoro timer as one bundle, and prefer one app to the best tool for each job, stay on TickTick. Done Bear trades those extras for speed and scripting.
Moving from TickTick
Export your TickTick backup CSV, then open Settings, Import, and TickTick in Done Bear. Review the preview before confirming. Checklist items are preserved in task notes.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the main difference between Done Bear and TickTick?
TickTick bundles a calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro timer around its task list. Done Bear focuses on one thing: a fast, local-first GTD task manager with Inbox, Today, Upcoming, Anytime, and Someday views, plus real-time team workspaces, a CLI, and an MCP server for AI assistants.
How does Done Bear pricing compare to TickTick Premium?
TickTick Premium is a single annual subscription that bundles the calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro timer with the list. Done Bear is free for 250 tasks with unlimited workspace members, then $7/month per member billed yearly, and that money goes into sync speed and shared workspaces instead of bundled extras.
Does Done Bear work offline?
Yes, and the architecture differs rather than the feature. TickTick is cloud-first with offline caching, so a view can still end up waiting on the network. Done Bear reads every view from a local copy first and reconciles in the background, so Today, Upcoming, and search behave the same on a plane as on wifi.
Can I automate Done Bear or use it with AI assistants?
TickTick hosts an official MCP server at no extra cost, so assistant access is not the difference here. Its public API covers tasks and lists, and there is no official CLI. Done Bear puts a first-class CLI and a GraphQL API beside its MCP server, so scripts and cron jobs get the access assistants get.
Can I move my TickTick tasks to Done Bear?
Yes. Export a TickTick backup CSV, then open Settings, Import, and TickTick in Done Bear. Upload the file and review the preview before confirming. Checklist-style tasks become one task with the items in its notes. Habits and Pomodoro history do not come across, because Done Bear has no equivalent: what moves is the task list itself.