TickTick will not live in your Obsidian vault.
TaskForge does. Every task is a plain markdown line in the vault you already have. You do not need to bridge two systems because there is only one.
Get Free - iOS & Mac 
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TickTick stores tasks in its own cloud behind a required account. Obsidian stores notes as plain files on your device. The two systems were not designed to share data, and there is no official bridge between them.
Community plugins exist that attempt to sync TickTick into Obsidian by calling TickTick's unofficial API. That approach requires a TickTick account and adds a sync layer that has broken in the past when TickTick changed its sign-in flow. You end up maintaining two task systems and hoping the connector keeps up.
TickTick also has no official Obsidian integration and no official markdown export, so there is no sanctioned path for getting your tasks out of TickTick and into your vault.
What living natively in your vault looks like
TaskForge reads and writes your Obsidian vault directly. A task is a line in a markdown file. You can open that file in Obsidian and edit it; you can open TaskForge and edit the same task from your phone. The file is the single source of truth for both.
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TaskForge itself requires no account and works offline. Your vault can sync however you already sync it: iCloud Drive, Obsidian Sync, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any other method. You choose where the files go.
What TaskForge adds that a sync plugin cannot
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Home screen and lock screen widgets
See your tasks and complete them from your phone's home screen or lock screen. The widgets read straight from the vault files, so they work offline and fire notifications when a due date arrives.
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Calendar view with your actual events
TaskForge pulls your Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook events into the same calendar view as your tasks. You can drag a task to reschedule it, and the change writes back to the markdown file in your vault.
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Kanban built from local vault files
TaskForge's Kanban board reads from your vault with no cloud account involved. TickTick also has a Kanban board, but it lives in TickTick's cloud. If you want your board and your notes in the same local system, TaskForge is the one that works that way.
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Natural language capture in 18 languages
Type or dictate a task in plain language and TaskForge turns it into Obsidian Tasks syntax with the right date, priority, and recurrence. Works in 18 languages, including time ranges like "2-4pm".
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No account, no data collection
TaskForge requires no registration. It does not collect user data. Your tasks stay in files you own, on devices you control.
When TickTick is still the right choice
TaskForge is not a general-purpose replacement for every TickTick use case. TickTick is worth keeping if you work with a team on shared task lists, use its built-in Pomodoro timer or habit tracking, rely on its web app or browser extensions for access from machines that are not yours, or depend on integrations with other tools via Zapier or IFTTT. TaskForge is a single-user, vault-first app. It does not have a web interface or team collaboration.
Pricing: one payment vs an annual subscription
TickTick
TickTick Premium costs around $35.99 per year and has no lifetime option. The free tier is limited. You pay as long as you use the premium features.
TaskForge
TaskForge is free to download. Core features are free. A one-week trial gives you access to everything. After that, Premium is a one-time purchase of $39.99, or $1.99 per month if you prefer. No annual lock-in, and the lifetime option means you pay once.
Questions
Can I import my tasks from TickTick into TaskForge?
TickTick lets you export tasks as a CSV file from its web interface. There is no one-click import into TaskForge; you would need to convert the CSV to markdown task lines manually or with a script. TaskForge reads standard Obsidian Tasks syntax, so once the tasks are in markdown files in your vault, they appear automatically.
Does TaskForge replace a TickTick Obsidian sync plugin?
It answers a different question. A sync plugin tries to bridge TickTick into Obsidian so your TickTick tasks appear as vault notes. TaskForge removes the need for that bridge entirely: tasks start in your vault, stay in your vault, and you get native apps and widgets on top of the same files. If you are currently running a sync plugin and want to stop maintaining it, TaskForge is the alternative.
I already use the Obsidian Tasks plugin. Will TaskForge break my setup?
No. TaskForge reads and writes the same emoji-based markdown syntax the Obsidian Tasks plugin uses. Tasks you create in TaskForge appear correctly in the Obsidian Tasks plugin, and tasks you create in Obsidian appear in TaskForge. Both tools work from the same files.
Does TaskForge support TaskNotes format as well?
Yes. TaskForge supports both the Obsidian Tasks checkbox format and the TaskNotes format, where each task is its own markdown file with YAML frontmatter. You can use both in the same vault.
What happens to my tasks if I stop using TaskForge?
Nothing. Your tasks are plain markdown files in your vault. TaskForge does not add any proprietary metadata or lock you into a format. If you stop using TaskForge, the files are still there and still readable by Obsidian or any text editor.
Your tasks in your vault, on every device.
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