How Tisty differs
How Tisty differs from Notion, Craft, Todoist, Logseq, Obsidian and Joplin
A finished task is kept, not ticked off. Tisty keeps tasks and documents in one store and one search on your own disk, and a finished task goes to the archive whole, with everything it gathered. Private and secure from the start: no account, no telemetry, and what leaves your disk can go end-to-end encrypted. Here is what it does that the apps you may already know do not, and where they are stronger.
6 of these 15 only Tisty does in full
Checked on 8 November 2026 against each project's own pages, listed at the foot. A no means its own pages do not offer it. These change, so go and look.
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A finished task kept whole
Tisty Yes To the archive with its page, steps, parts, journal and files, and search finds it- Notion
- Partly Marked done in place
- Craft
- Partly To the Logbook, out of search
- Todoist
- Partly Hidden; search finds it
- Logseq
- Partly Marked done in place
- Obsidian
- Partly A ticked box in its note
- Joplin
- Partly Hidden in its notebook
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One document in several languages
Tisty Yes One switch, and Translate into… writes the copy- Notion
- No AI translates a copy
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- No
- Obsidian
- No
- Joplin
- No
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Share a document by an encrypted link that expires on its own
Tisty Yes With Folio by Tisty: no accounts, private, gone after up to 15 days without use- Notion
- Partly Links can expire; not end-to-end encrypted
- Craft
- Partly Links can expire; not end-to-end encrypted
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- No
- Obsidian
- No
- Joplin
- No Shared notes are not encrypted
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Diagrams drawn by hand, saved as Mermaid text
Tisty Yes Mind maps, database schemas, freeform and class diagrams- Notion
- Partly Mermaid as code
- Craft
- Partly Mermaid as code
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- No Mermaid only with a plugin
- Obsidian
- Partly Mermaid as code; Canvas saves JSON
- Joplin
- Partly Mermaid as code; the whiteboard saves JSON
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An assistant (MCP) on your machine that cannot delete
Tisty Yes Built in, with no network; it never closes or deletes a task, or deletes a document- Notion
- Partly Hosted by Notion
- Craft
- Partly Hosted by Craft
- Todoist
- Partly Hosted by Todoist
- Logseq
- Partly Local in the DB beta
- Obsidian
- No No official server
- Joplin
- Partly Local; it can move notes to the trash
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Free, with no paid tier
Tisty Yes- Notion
- No Paid plans
- Craft
- No Paid plans
- Todoist
- No Paid plans
- Logseq
- No Sync is paid
- Obsidian
- No Sync and Publish are paid
- Joplin
- No Joplin Cloud is paid
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Tasks and documents in one search
Tisty Yes The archive included- Notion
- Yes
- Craft
- Partly Not the Inbox tasks
- Todoist
- Partly Tasks only
- Logseq
- Yes
- Obsidian
- Yes
- Joplin
- Yes
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Sync through your own cloud, with no server of theirs
Tisty Yes Google Drive, OneDrive or WebDAV, end-to-end encrypted if you want, or any folder- Notion
- No
- Craft
- Partly A folder on macOS, not advised across devices
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- Partly Any synced folder, in the file-based app
- Obsidian
- Yes Any synced folder
- Joplin
- Yes OneDrive, Dropbox, WebDAV or S3
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End-to-end encryption with a key only you hold
Tisty Yes Optional, with a 24-word phrase- Notion
- No
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- Partly With paid Sync
- Obsidian
- Partly With paid Sync
- Joplin
- Yes
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Your data as files you read without the app
Tisty Yes Markdown and a log you can read- Notion
- No
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- Partly Markdown in the file-based app; a database in DB
- Obsidian
- Yes Markdown
- Joplin
- No A database; Markdown on export
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No account
Tisty Yes- Notion
- No
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- Yes Only Sync and Publish ask for one
- Obsidian
- Yes Only Sync and Publish ask for one
- Joplin
- Yes
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No telemetry
Tisty Yes It only checks for a new version, sending nothing- Notion
- No
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- No Google Analytics among others
- Logseq
- No Usage data, which can be turned off
- Obsidian
- Yes
- Joplin
- Yes Nothing without your consent
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Open source
Tisty Yes AGPL-3.0- Notion
- No
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- No
- Logseq
- Yes AGPL-3.0
- Obsidian
- No
- Joplin
- Yes AGPL-3.0
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Phone apps
Tisty Soon- Notion
- Yes
- Craft
- Yes
- Todoist
- Yes
- Logseq
- Yes
- Obsidian
- Yes
- Joplin
- Yes
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Linux
Tisty No- Notion
- No
- Craft
- No
- Todoist
- Yes
- Logseq
- Yes
- Obsidian
- Yes
- Joplin
- Yes
Where the others are stronger
Each of them does something better than Tisty, and it is worth saying which.
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Notion
Real-time editing with a team, and apps for phones and the web. If your documents are shared work, it is built for that, once you and your data have an account there.
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Craft
Polished documents on Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, and pages you publish with a password and an end date.
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Todoist
Quicker at catching a task on the phone than anything on a desktop, on every system, Linux and the web included. When the task is done, though, what you worked out has nowhere to stay.
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Logseq
Open source like Tisty, an outliner built on linking blocks, and it runs on Linux and on phones.
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Obsidian
A notebook with thousands of community plugins, and apps for Linux, iOS and Android. If plugins are how you work, it is hard to beat.
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Joplin
Open source like Tisty, on every system, Linux, phones and the terminal included, with end-to-end encrypted sync to a cloud you choose.
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Tisty
Has no phone app and no Linux build, nobody edits a document with you live, and tasks from another app have to be typed again.
Sources
Notion
- notion.com/help/search
- notion.com/security
- notion.com/help/use-pages-offline
- notion.com/trust/privacy-policy
- notion.com/help/sharing-and-permissions
- notion.com/releases/2021-12-23
- notion.com/product/ai/use-cases/translate-your-content
- developers.notion.com/guides/mcp/hosting-open-source-mcp
- notion.com/pricing
- notion.com/desktop
- notion.com/mobile
Craft
- support.craft.do/en/plan-and-do/tasks/completing-and-editing-tasks
- support.craft.do/en/organize-and-find/search
- support.craft.do/en/account-and-subscription/data-and-security/data-storage
- support.craft.do/en/account-and-subscription/storage-and-recovery/external-locations
- support.craft.do/en/account-and-subscription/data-and-security/encryption
- support.craft.do/en/integrate/mcp
- support.craft.do/en/share-and-publish/publish
- support.craft.do/en/write-and-edit/mermaid-diagrams
- craft.do/privacy
- craft.do/pricing
- support.craft.do/en/introduction/platforms
Todoist
- todoist.com/help/todoist/features/view-completed-tasks-in-todoist-J19h2s
- todoist.com/help/articles/introduction-to-search-fAfiDSAp
- todoist.com/security
- todoist.com/help/articles/create-a-todoist-account-lu9BkL
- todoist.com/privacy
- github.com/Doist/todoist-mcp
- todoist.com/help/articles/how-to-collaborate-with-others
- todoist.com/pricing
- todoist.com/downloads
Logseq
- github.com/logseq/docs/blob/master/db-version.md
- github.com/logseq/docs/blob/master/db-version-changes.md
- github.com/logseq/logseq
- github.com/logseq/og
- blog.logseq.com/privacy-policy
- blog.logseq.com/how-to-setup-and-use-logseq-sync
- discuss.logseq.com/t/how-to-sync-your-logseq-graph-across-devices/8462
- github.com/logseq/logseq/releases
Obsidian
Joplin
- joplinapp.org/help/apps/to-dos
- joplinapp.org/help/apps/search
- joplinapp.org/help/faq
- joplinapp.org/help/apps/sync/
- joplinapp.org/help/apps/sync/e2ee
- joplinapp.org/privacy/
- joplinapp.org/help/dev/spec/ai_mcp
- joplinapp.org/news/20260831-release-3-7/
- joplinapp.org/news/20210513-095238
- joplinapp.org/help/apps/whiteboard
- joplinapp.org/help/apps/markdown
- github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/LICENSE
- joplinapp.org/plans/
- joplinapp.org/download/