2Do vs TaskPaper
Both are bought outright, both sit in email & tasks, and both are bought by people leaving Todoist Pro, TickTick Premium. Here is what actually differs — including what each price does not buy.
The short answer
- TaskPaper costs $24.99 against $49.99 — 50% less.
- TaskPaper has the cleaner licence: own this version forever, against own it, pay for major upgrades for 2Do.
Side by side
 2Do$49.99Paid upgrades |  TaskPaper$24.99This version | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | configurable task manager, bought direct rather than from the App Store | plain-text to-do lists in a real Mac app |
| Price | $49.99 | $24.99 |
| Licence | Own it, pay for major upgrades | Own this version forever |
| What you get | One payment, and the developer charges for major versions on a stated cadence. | One payment buys this major version outright. The next major version is a separate purchase, if you want it. |
| The catch | Updates stop eighteen months after purchase unless you pay a discounted renewal | No iPhone or iPad app — on mobile you edit the file in someone else's text editor |
| Macs per licence | 5 | not established |
| Account required | no | no |
| Works offline | yes | yes |
| Apple Silicon | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| On Setapp | Yes | No |
| Minimum macOS | macOS 13 | not established |
| App Store rating | not established | not established |
| Last updated | not established | not established |
| Price checked | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-22 |
Apple’s public API reports a rating for only a small minority of Mac apps, and returns zero for most of the rest even when the store page plainly shows reviews. A blank here means we could not read a number, never that an app is unrated or disliked.
In their own right
2Do
A deeply configurable task manager with smart lists, projects and checklists, sold as a $49.99 one-time licence direct from the developer. The Mac App Store version of the same app is subscription-only.
TaskPaper
A to-do app whose files are plain text you can open in any editor, with folding, tag queries and scripting layered on top. $24.99 once on the Mac App Store.