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Sugar Calendar vs Todoist

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Sugar Calendar and Todoist — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Sugar Calendar vs Todoist: at a glance

FeatureSugar CalendarTodoist
SectorPMPM
Velocity score5.00.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themeswordpress, event-management, registration, formstask management, ai capture, voice input, productivity
Last editorial update1mo ago2d ago
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What is Sugar Calendar?

Events can finally ask attendees a question at the moment they sign up.

Registration Forms arrive as a tab on the event itself: a small builder with five field types — short text, long text, multiple choice, checkboxes and dropdown — each markable as required, asked at ticket checkout or on the RSVP form, with the answer landing on the attendee's record beside their name and ticket. The post is explicit that this collapses two separate requests, custom fields on checkout and custom fields on RSVP, into one feature. It follows a run of releases that added attendee email, Elementor page design, per-event ticket pricing and Zoom links.

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What is Todoist?

Todoist's 2026 bets are on capture: voice via Ramble, photos and files via Task Capture.

The entries SparkPulse tracks for Todoist are help-center index pages rather than dated release notes, so the detail is thin. They show a 2026 built around getting tasks into the app with less typing: Ramble turns spoken thoughts into tasks (January), came to Wear OS in beta (March), and Task Capture scans notes, photos and files for tasks (beta, April). Later months cover urgency triage and capturing tasks wherever they appear, while the experimental track retired Goals and simplified Quick Add.

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Sugar Calendar vs Todoist: editorial side-by-side

S5.0

Events can finally ask attendees a question at the moment they sign up.

◆ Current state

Registration Forms arrive as a tab on the event itself: a small builder with five field types — short text, long text, multiple choice, checkboxes and dropdown — each markable as required, asked at ticket checkout or on the RSVP form, with the answer landing on the attendee's record beside their name and ticket. The post is explicit that this collapses two separate requests, custom fields on checkout and custom fields on RSVP, into one feature. It follows a run of releases that added attendee email, Elementor page design, per-event ticket pricing and Zoom links.

◆ Where it's heading

Every release this quarter has removed one thing an organiser previously did outside the plugin — the follow-up email, the page builder, the pricing spreadsheet, the Zoom link, and now the post-signup questionnaire and the spreadsheet of answers that went stale on the first cancellation. The pattern is consistent enough to read as a deliberate sweep of the manual work around an event rather than a feature roadmap. Each arrives as a how-to titled post rather than a release note.

◆ Prediction

Answers now sit on the attendee record, so the next obvious step is doing something with them in bulk — filtering or exporting attendees by response, or segmenting the follow-up email by answer. The post stops at collection.

T0.0

Todoist's 2026 bets are on capture: voice via Ramble, photos and files via Task Capture.

◆ Current state

The entries SparkPulse tracks for Todoist are help-center index pages rather than dated release notes, so the detail is thin. They show a 2026 built around getting tasks into the app with less typing: Ramble turns spoken thoughts into tasks (January), came to Wear OS in beta (March), and Task Capture scans notes, photos and files for tasks (beta, April). Later months cover urgency triage and capturing tasks wherever they appear, while the experimental track retired Goals and simplified Quick Add.

◆ Where it's heading

The pattern is AI-assisted capture spreading across inputs and devices: speech first, then images and documents, then other surfaces. The experimental channel is being used to test and prune, as the retired Goals beta shows, so not every beta becomes a permanent feature.

◆ Prediction

Expect Task Capture and Ramble to leave beta or spread to more platforms; the index pages don't give dates, so timing is unclear.

Alternatives to Sugar Calendar and Todoist

Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Sugar Calendar or Todoist.

See all Sugar Calendar alternatives → · See all Todoist alternatives →

Recent activity from Sugar Calendar and Todoist

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 1mo agoSugar CalendarCollect the Details Your Event Needs From Every Attendee
  2. 2mo agoSugar CalendarEmail Everyone Who Signed Up for Your Event
  3. 2mo agoSugar CalendarDesign Your Event Pages in Elementor
  4. 2mo agoSugar CalendarSet Different Ticket Prices for One Event
  5. 3mo agoSugar CalendarAdd a Zoom Meeting to Any Event Without the Link-Juggling
  6. 6mo agoTodoistTodoist 2026: Ramble voice capture and Task Capture beta
  7. 1y agoSugar CalendarSugar Calendar 3.7: Event Management Just Got Easier – RSVPs, Tags, Speakers and More

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Sugar Calendar and Todoist?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Sugar Calendar is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Sugar Calendar better than Todoist?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Sugar Calendar is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 0.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Sugar Calendar?

Top Sugar Calendar alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Sugar Calendar alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/sugar-calendar for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Todoist?

Top Todoist alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Todoist alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/todoist for the full list with editorial commentary on each.