# Todoist alternative: reminders in WhatsApp

> Looking for a Todoist alternative? When a WhatsApp reminder assistant works better than a to-do app, when Todoist is still the right pick, and how to use both.

Source: https://www.getmindie.app/alternatives/todoist (updated 2026-10-31)

## Messages to send Mindie
- Plain words: "Remind me Friday at 3pm to send the proposal"
- Recurring: "Every Monday at 9am remind me to plan the week"
- Before a deadline: "The tax form is due on 15 April. Remind me a week before"

If you're looking for a Todoist alternative because the list keeps growing and you've stopped opening the app, a reminder assistant inside WhatsApp may suit you better. Mindie keeps reminders, notes and short lists in a WhatsApp chat, so they reach you in the app you already check all day.

Todoist is a strong product, and for many people it's the right one.

## The short answer

- **Stay with Todoist if** you manage projects: sections, priorities, labels, filters, subtasks, boards, shared projects with a team.
- **Try Mindie if** you mostly used Todoist for "remind me to..." and short lists, and the reminders get lost among app notifications.

## At a glance

| | Mindie | Todoist |
|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | A WhatsApp chat | Its own apps for phone, desktop and web |
| How you add things | A sentence, voice note or screenshot | Quick add with natural-language dates, or the app |
| Projects, labels, priorities | No | Yes |
| Shared work | No, personal only | Shared projects and team workspaces |
| Repeats | Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, weekdays, hourly, every N days, weeks or months | Flexible repeat rules |
| Calendars | Google and Outlook, from the chat | Calendar integrations |

## Where Todoist is better

Todoist is built to organise a lot of work. You can break a project into sections and subtasks, sort by priority, filter by label and share projects with a team. Its repeat rules are still more flexible overall. Mindie covers the common ones, like "every weekday", "every other week" or "every 3 months", but Todoist handles more patterns. If those are why you use it, Mindie is not a like-for-like swap.

## Where Mindie fits

Mindie is a contact in your WhatsApp. You text it the way you'd text a friend ("pay rent on the 5th at 10am"), or send a voice note or a screenshot, and it replies with the time it understood. If you leave out a time, it asks. At the right moment it messages you in the same chat, and you reply to move or cancel the reminder.

The difference is where the reminder arrives. A to-do app notification is one of dozens on your lock screen. A WhatsApp message from Mindie sits between your chats, where you look anyway. There's also no list to maintain: ask "what's on this week?" and Mindie tells you, and every Sunday it sends a recap of the week ahead.

## Using both

Many people keep Todoist for projects and use Mindie for the time-bound things that have to happen: bills, appointments, follow-ups, renewals. Mindie doesn't sync with Todoist, so pick one home for each kind of task and keep it there.

## Price

Mindie is free for 7 days with every feature. A card is saved at checkout, nothing is charged during the trial, and Mindie texts you two days before it ends. After that it's $9 a month or $90 a year, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the first payment. Cancel any time by texting "cancel". See [pricing](/pricing) or [start your trial](/signup).

## FAQ

### Is Mindie a full Todoist replacement?
Not for project work. Mindie has no projects, priorities, labels, subtasks or boards. It replaces Todoist for people who mainly used it for reminders and short lists.

### Can I use Todoist and Mindie together?
Yes. Plan projects in Todoist, and send Mindie the few time-bound reminders you can't afford to miss. There's no sync between them.

### Does Mindie understand natural language like Todoist?
Yes. Write "every Monday at 9am remind me to send the report" and Mindie works out the date, time and repeat, then tells you what it understood.

### Can I move my Todoist tasks into Mindie?
There's no import. Send the few that matter as a message or a screenshot, and leave long-term projects in Todoist.

### Do Mindie's reminders stop if I ignore them?
A normal reminder arrives once. Say "nag me" and it repeats every 30 minutes, up to 3 times, until you reply done.

## Related
- [TickTick alternative](https://www.getmindie.app/alternatives/ticktick)
- [Microsoft To Do alternative](https://www.getmindie.app/alternatives/microsoft-to-do)
- [WhatsApp reminders](https://www.getmindie.app/features/whatsapp-reminders)
- [Recurring reminders](https://www.getmindie.app/features/recurring-reminders)