How Krytz differs

The honest version
of "vs the competition."

We won't pretend Notion is bad. It's excellent for what it is. But it isn't a clarity system — it's a documents app. Here's the actual difference.

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This page tries to be fair. We use Notion, Things, and Linear ourselves. Comparison sites usually lie — they list their features as ✓ and everyone else's as ✗. We've tried to ask: what is each tool actually for?

Feature matrix

Side by side, without spin.

Capability
Krytz
Notion
Todoist
Things
Linear
Core philosophy
Captures unstructured fragmentsType/speak/paste anything — no fields required ✓Native ~Pages only ✗Structure-first ✗Structure-first ✗Ticket-first
Tells you what to do nextComputed priority with full reasoning trace ✓Multi-signal trace ✗ ~By due date ~By due date ✗
Open to your state, not a blank inputPressure / capacity surfaces on app open ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ~Cycle dash
Intelligence layer
AI extraction from voice/textTasks, deadlines, blockers auto-pulled ✓Multi-tier extractor ~AI add-on ~NLP for dates ✗ ✗
Capacity / pressure modelDetects overload before you crash ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ~Team load
Dependency / ripple graph"This blocks N downstream items" ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
Behavioral learning (per user)Snooze patterns recalibrate weights ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Knowledge & memory
Long-form notes & docsRich pages, embeds, databases ~Memory only ✓Best in class ✗ ✗ ~Doc add-on
Semantic recall"Find what I said about X 3 weeks ago" ✓ ~AI search ✗ ✗ ~
Team & collaboration
Multi-player live editingCursors, comments, mentions ~Teams plan ✓ ✓ ✗ ✓
Trust workflowsSprints, cycles, GitHub sync ✗Personal-first ~ ✗ ✗ ✓Best in class
Privacy & control
No training on your dataExplicit, contractual ✓ ~Opt-out ✓ ✓ ✓
Export everything as plain textOpen formats, anytime ✓Markdown/JSON ✓ ✓ ~ ✓
End-to-end encryptionServer-side keys you control ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
Pricing
Free tier exists ✓10 captures/day ✓ ✓ ✗Paid only ✓
Pro tier price $$8/mo $$10/mo $$5/mo $$50 once $$10/mo
One-on-one

Pick the right tool for the job.
Sometimes it's not us.

✦ vs N

Krytz vs Notion

workspace · docs team wiki

Use Notion when

  • You need an everything-bucket for company knowledge
  • You're building wikis, dashboards, or content workflows
  • Your team's source of truth lives in long documents
  • You want a database + page hybrid that scales to thousands of entries

Use Krytz when

  • You need the system to tell you what to do, not store it
  • Your "to-dos" arrive as voice notes and Slack pings, not page entries
  • You don't want to spend Sundays restructuring your workspace
  • You want priority decisions with full reasoning attached
VerdictBoth can coexist. Many Krytz beta users keep Notion for company docs and Krytz for personal execution. They're solving different problems.
✦ vs T

Krytz vs Todoist

tasks · lists cross-platform

Use Todoist when

  • Your "what to do next" is just a flat list, sorted by date
  • You want a cheap, fast cross-platform inbox
  • You're comfortable adding structure manually as you go
  • Karma scoring and streaks motivate you

Use Krytz when

  • "Sort by due date" stops working after item #50
  • You want to understand why something is on top
  • Your tasks have dependencies, not just dates
  • You explicitly don't want gamification — you want clarity
VerdictTodoist is excellent for simple inbox. Once your work has graph structure — blockers, dependents, capacity — you outgrow flat lists.
✦ vs ●

Krytz vs Things 3

Apple-first GTD

Use Things when

  • You're deeply committed to GTD methodology and want a faithful implementation
  • You're 100% Apple ecosystem and want native polish
  • You prefer to do your own thinking, just with better surfaces
  • You don't want AI involved

Use Krytz when

  • You don't want to "do GTD" — you want the system to maintain GTD for you
  • You work across web, mobile, and a team
  • You're tired of being your own priority system
  • Voice/text capture is most of your real workflow
VerdictThings has the cleanest GTD UI shipped. Krytz is for people who've done GTD for years and want to stop performing the methodology.
✦ vs L

Krytz vs Linear

issue tracker product teams

Use Linear when

  • You manage technical work in sprints/cycles
  • You need a team-wide issue tracker with strong workflows
  • You ship a product and tickets are the primary unit of work
  • Triage, projects, and roadmaps are central to your week

Use Krytz when

  • You're an IC or lead and Linear is one of many input streams
  • You want one place that aggregates Linear, Slack, calendar, voice
  • You need personal capacity / load detection, not team velocity
  • You want reasoning behind "do this next" — not a ticket queue
VerdictLinear is the right tool for the team. Krytz is the right tool for you, the individual. They integrate; Krytz reads Linear and feeds reasoning back up.
Moving over

Importers for the four
most common starting points.

FROM NOTION → KRYTZ

Page → Memory + Items

Notion pages flow into Krytz Memory. Inline "to-dos" become items. Backlinks become dependency edges.

1. OAuth Notion
2. Pick pages or DBs
3. Extract runs · ~3s/page
4. Review & dedupe
FROM TODOIST → KRYTZ

List → Item graph

Projects become tags. Subtasks become dependencies. Karma is silently discarded.

1. Export Todoist JSON
2. Drop in Krytz importer
3. Map projects
4. Done · <30s
FROM THINGS → KRYTZ

Areas → Strategy frames

Areas, projects, headings come over cleanly. Today/Anytime/Someday map to tiers.

1. Export from Things
2. Upload .things3 file
3. Krytz parses · review
4. Done

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