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Resource Guru vs Todoist
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Resource Guru and Todoist — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Resource Guru vs Todoist: at a glance
What is Resource Guru?
Resource Guru is turning the schedule from a canvas you arrange into a system that resolves itself.
The feed mixes SEO articles with genuine product notes, and the product notes have been unusually consequential this quarter. Total Hours bookings let a user commit a number of hours across a date range and have the scheduler fit them around existing work. An MCP server exposes account data to AI clients through plain-language prompts. Around those, a run of smaller controls landed: custom-field colour coding on the Schedule, a configurable Projects view, a daily digest of placeholder bookings, and a Trello integration.
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.
Resource Guru vs Todoist: editorial side-by-side
Resource Guru is turning the schedule from a canvas you arrange into a system that resolves itself.
◆ Current state
The feed mixes SEO articles with genuine product notes, and the product notes have been unusually consequential this quarter. Total Hours bookings let a user commit a number of hours across a date range and have the scheduler fit them around existing work. An MCP server exposes account data to AI clients through plain-language prompts. Around those, a run of smaller controls landed: custom-field colour coding on the Schedule, a configurable Projects view, a daily digest of placeholder bookings, and a Trello integration.
◆ Where it's heading
Two moves define the direction. Total Hours changes what a booking is — an amount of work to be placed rather than a block a human placed — which points the product at constraint solving rather than manual arrangement. The MCP server makes the same schedule queryable by assistants instead of only viewable in the UI. The smaller features are consistent with both: placeholders, custom fields, and colour rules are all ways of encoding intent that a solver or an assistant can act on.
◆ Prediction
Expect the auto-fitting behaviour introduced by Total Hours to extend to placeholders and to rescheduling after a conflict, since those are the cases where a declared total is most obviously better than a fixed block.
Todoist
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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 Resource Guru 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 Resource Guru or Todoist.
NocoBase
NocoBase's Runner Agent gets conversation management, task links and agent switching mid-thread.
Camunda
Camunda opens the 8.11 cycle with job-worker fixes and variable metadata across gRPC, REST and MCP.
Atarim
Atarim's AI experts now propose changes to live pages as drafts, and the app runs on phones.
Fibery
Fibery's MCP server can now upload local files, so AI assistants can attach screenshots and images.
SmartSuite
SmartSuite adds a scheduled JavaScript runtime with secrets and run history.
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Recent activity from Resource Guru and Todoist
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 2mo agoResource GuruBest project scheduling software in 2026
- 2mo agoResource GuruTotal Hours bookings: Create bookings that adapt to schedule changes ⚡
- 2mo agoResource GuruProject team roles and responsibilities explained (with examples)
- 3mo agoResource GuruConnect Resource Guru to AI tools: Introducing our MCP server ⚡
- 3mo agoResource GuruCapacity planning guide: Definitions, strategies, and formulas
- 3mo agoResource GuruGet a daily summary of placeholder bookings
- 6mo agoTodoistTodoist 2026: Ramble voice capture and Task Capture beta
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Resource Guru and Todoist?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Resource Guru is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 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 Resource Guru better than Todoist?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Resource Guru is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 7.5 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 Resource Guru?
Top Resource Guru alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Resource Guru alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/resource-guru 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.