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The TickTick alternative for people who want less, done better
Done Bear is a TickTick alternative for people who want a calmer, faster task manager instead of an all-in-one suite. It ships a built-in GTD workflow, local-first sync that loads instantly offline, real-time team workspaces, and a CLI plus MCP server for automation and AI assistants. Free to start.
Done Bear vs TickTick at a glance
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's calendar, habits, Pomodoro, and matrix views are impressive, and a lot of surface area when all you want is to capture and finish tasks. Done Bear's five GTD views do the deciding for you: what's now, what's next, what's someday.
Local-first beats cloud-first for speed and trust
Done Bear is local-first: your lists render from your device instantly and sync in the background, so the app never feels like a loading spinner between you and your day.
Your task manager should talk to your tools
With a real CLI, GraphQL API, and hosted MCP server, Done Bear plugs into scripts and AI assistants from the free plan up. TickTick's MCP server is in beta and gated to paid plans.
Who should stay on TickTick
If you actively use TickTick's habit tracker, built-in calendar, and Pomodoro timer as one bundle, and you'd rather have one app than the best tool for each job, TickTick remains strong value. Done Bear is for people who want their task manager fast, focused, and scriptable.
Moving from TickTick
There's no one-click importer yet. Export your lists from TickTick as CSV to keep an archive, then recreate them in Done Bear: lists become projects, tags become labels.