Less app, more life — a free, minimalist to-do list that understands a single typed line
This is our editors' assessment out of 5, not an average of user ratings. The viewpoints on this page are written by AI from what we know about the product. They are not customer reviews.
According to OpenAITools.app telemetry verified on 2026-11-11, Elephouse (elephouse.de) is an AI platform indexed under AI Assistant generating 0 monthly visits with a month-over-month traffic delta of +0 (0%). Its primary geographic market is Global (— traffic share), and it operates on a Free pricing model. Top competing alternatives by monthly volume include Motion (511.89K visits/mo), Routine (144.58K visits/mo), Akiflow (175.99K visits/mo).
Pure minimalist task management with zero bloat.
Natural language input is blazing fast.
Love that all data exports cleanly to todo.txt.
Needs a dedicated mobile app for offline use.
AI-synthesized perspectives grounded in live site inspection, pricing structure, and category benchmarks — presented as editorial viewpoints rather than individual customer testimonials.
One input line parses title, tag and due date from natural phrasing, so capturing a task takes a single sentence.
Every account has a permanent private list plus any number of flat, equal-footing shared lists for family, partner or household.
The Today view gathers everything due across your private and shared lists in one place, with no configuration needed.
Recurring tasks, push reminders, an iCal calendar feed, offline mode, dark mode, and German and English interfaces.
All tasks export as todo.txt — an open plain-text format with no proprietary lock-in.
Elephouse is a deliberately small productivity tool built around one idea: you should not have to understand your app. Instead of dashboards, settings mazes and onboarding tutorials, it gives you a single input line. Type "Pay invoice #finance 3 days ago" or "Weekly shop #home today" and Elephouse works out the title, tag and date for you. The app was built by Daniel Schnee in Halberstadt, Germany, starting as his own private list and opening to everyone in 2024.
Structurally there are two kinds of list. Your private list permanently carries your name and cannot be shared, left, deleted or renamed — it is meant to be a calm, stable place. Shared lists are created on top of it: flat, ownerless and with all members equal. Invitations go to an exact email address, must be explicitly accepted, and leaving is the only way out. A Today view collects due tasks across every list, so you do not have to check each one. On top of that come recurring tasks, push reminders, an iCal calendar feed, offline mode and dark mode, in German and English.
The roadmap is honest about what is still in progress: calendar, habits and journaling, and finance, with the calendar actively being worked on. Everything remains free — no subscription, no credit card — funded by voluntary Ko-fi donations rather than ads or investors. Infrastructure runs on Hetzner with GDPR-compliant processing, and every task exports as todo.txt so you are never locked in.
Type one line per task and let Elephouse parse the tag and date, keeping capture fast as pen and paper.
Create a flat shared list for groceries and household tasks, invite family or a partner by email, and see everything due in Today.
Use recurring tasks, push reminders and an iCal feed to keep routines visible without setting up a project system.
Run Elephouse in the browser on phone, tablet or computer with no installation, and export everything as todo.txt whenever needed.
Side-by-side telemetry comparison of competing AI tools in the same primary category
| Rank | AI Tool | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth | Direct traffic share | Pricing | Head-to-Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Elephouse | 0 | 0% | — | Free | Current |
| 1 | Motion | 511.89K | -15.5% | 68% direct | Free Trial, Paid | vs Motion |
| 2 | Routine | 144.58K | -14.5% | 49% direct | Freemium | vs Routine |
| 3 | Akiflow | 175.99K | -21.7% | 49% direct | Free Trial, Paid | vs Akiflow |
| 4 | SkedPal | 38.69K | +32.2% | 89% direct | Free Trial, Paid | vs SkedPal |
| 5 | BeforeSunset AI | 20.87K | -20.6% | 41% direct | Free Trial | vs BeforeSunset AI |
| 6 | Craft | 703.42K | +8.9% | 52% direct | Freemium | vs Craft |
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