Todoist for Windows: one list, every device
Todoist on Windows: personal, work, and family in one list. Five GTD views built in. Agents can read and add on the same list.
TL;DR: On Windows, Todoist still splits personal, work, and family across projects and filters you maintain. Done Bear keeps them in one list, with Inbox through Someday built in. Agents can read and add on the same list. Stay for integrations, quick add, or karma. If you want the built-in list, start free and preview a CSV first.
Personal, work, and family in one list
Work is one project. Home is another. Family sits in a third, or in a filter you rebuilt last month.
On a Windows PC, that split is daily work. Personal, work, and family stay apart unless you keep joining them.
Done Bear keeps them in one list. The same account opens on the Windows app, the web app, macOS, Linux, and iOS.
Todoist already ships a Windows app. The gap is the list, not a missing installer.
Built-in GTD views
Todoist shapes the list with filters, labels, and custom views you maintain. When a filter drifts, you fix it before the list is trustworthy again.
Done Bear ships five GTD views as the app navigation. The same structure opens on Windows, web, and phone.
The five lists in Done Bear. They are in the Windows app too. Select the image to see it full size.
ChatGPT and Claude can read this list and add tasks.
Stay on Todoist for integrations, quick add, and karma
Stay on Todoist if you rely on its integration catalog, natural-language quick add, or karma. Stay if you need Android this week. Done Bear has a waitlist on /android, not a store listing.
Todoist also has a hosted MCP connector. Stay if that connector is why the list lives in Todoist.
TickTick is the better stay if you want a calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro timer next to the list.
Preview a CSV before anything is written
Export one Todoist project as CSV from the web or desktop app, or a Pro or Business ZIP backup of active projects. In Done Bear, open Settings → Integrations & Import → Import from another app, choose Todoist, and upload the file. Review the preview before anything is written. Sections are recorded on tasks rather than recreated as headings. Extract files from a ZIP before uploading.
The Todoist export guide has the full walkthrough. This post does not repeat the steps.
Start free. No card. Free up to 250 tasks. Current limits are on the pricing page.
One list. Every device.
If you searched because Things has no Windows app, that is Things 3 for Windows. This post stays on Todoist. The longer comparison is on Todoist alternatives. The Windows page covers native install and offline use.
Sources
- Todoist: Download Todoist for apps on Linux, Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch and WearOS, plus browser extensions and email add-ons.
- Todoist: Import or export a project as a CSV file for CSV export per project on Beginner, Pro and Business, on web, macOS and Windows, excluding completed tasks.
- Todoist: Connect Todoist to an AI assistant for hosted MCP at ai.todoist.net/mcp.
- TickTick: Download TickTick for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and a web app.
- Done Bear: Windows for the native Windows app with five GTD views.
- Done Bear: Things 3 for Windows for the Things-on-Windows path; this post stays on Todoist.
- Done Bear: How to export your Todoist data for project CSV and backup routes, and what each file misses.
Import your list
Create your account, then preview your import before adding tasks. Keep your original list while you check the result. Free up to 250 tasks. No credit card.
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