Best Shortcut Alternatives

33 tools that can replace or complement Shortcut

Pricing Comparison

Tool Free Plan Starting Price Rating
Shortcut ✓ Yes Free / $8.5+ ★ 4.4
Notion ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.6
Asana ✓ Yes Free / $10.99+ ★ 4.4
ClickUp ✓ Yes Free / $7+ ★ 4.5
Monday.com ✓ Yes Free / $9+ ★ 4.5
Trello ✓ Yes Free / $5+ ★ 4.3
Linear ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.8
Airtable ✓ Yes Free / $20+ ★ 4.5
Jira ✓ Yes Free / $7.91+ ★ 4.3
Toggl Track ✓ Yes Free / $9+ ★ 4.6
Clockify ✓ Yes Free / $3.99+ ★ 4.5
Motion ✗ No $12+ ★ 4.3
Basecamp ✗ No $15+ ★ 4.1
Wrike ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.2
Smartsheet ✓ Yes Free / $9+ ★ 4.2
AppFlowy ✓ Yes Free / $12.5+ ★ 4.3
Fibery ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.4
YouTrack ✓ Yes Free / $3.67+ ★ 4.3
Plane ✓ Yes Free / $7+ ★ 4.2
Teamwork ✓ Yes Free / $13.99+ ★ 4.3
Huly ✓ Yes Free / $15+ ★ 4.1
Taiga ✓ Yes Free / $5+ ★ 4.2
Everhour ✓ Yes Free / $8.5+ ★ 4.4
Zoho Sprints ✓ Yes Free / $5+ ★ 4.2
Focalboard ✓ Yes Free ★ 4
Height ✓ Yes Free / $8.5+ ★ 4.3
Toggl Plan ✗ No $9+ ★ 4.3
TeamGantt ✗ No $19+ ★ 4.4
LiquidPlanner ✗ No $15+ ★ 4.2
MantisBT ✓ Yes Free / $4.95+ ★ 3.9
Bugzilla ✓ Yes Free ★ 3.7
Smartsheet ✓ Yes Free / $9+ ★ 4.3
Linear ✓ Yes Free / $8+ ★ 4.7
Fibery ✓ Yes Free / $10+ ★ 4.3

All Shortcut Alternatives

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Notion

★★★★★ 4.6
Free / $10+

All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

  • Extremely flexible
  • Great free tier
  • Powerful databases
  • Slow with large pages
  • Steep learning curve
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Asana

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $10.99+

Work management platform for teams to organize, track, and manage tasks.

  • Clean interface
  • Great for teams
  • Timeline view
  • Limited free plan
  • Can feel complex
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ClickUp

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $7+

All-in-one productivity platform replacing multiple tools.

  • Feature-rich
  • Affordable
  • Great free plan
  • Can be overwhelming
  • Mobile app needs work
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Monday.com

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $9+

Work OS for teams to run projects, workflows, and everyday work.

  • Visual and intuitive
  • Great automations
  • CRM built-in
  • Expensive at scale
  • Free plan is very limited
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Trello

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $5+

Simple, visual Kanban-style project management tool.

  • Dead simple to use
  • Great free plan
  • Power-Ups ecosystem
  • Limited views
  • Not great for complex projects
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Linear

★★★★★ 4.8
Free / $10+

Streamlined issue tracking built for modern software teams.

  • Blazing fast
  • Beautiful UI
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Dev-focused only
  • Limited customization
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Airtable

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $20+

Low-code platform for building collaborative apps.

  • Powerful database views
  • Great API
  • Interface designer
  • Expensive
  • Row limits
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Jira

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $7.91+

Industry-standard issue and project tracking for software development teams.

  • Powerful Agile/Scrum support
  • Detailed reporting (burndown, velocity)
  • Deep dev tool integrations
  • Steep learning curve
  • Overwhelming for non-technical users
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Toggl Track

★★★★★ 4.6
Free / $9+

Simple and intuitive time tracking tool for freelancers and teams with powerful reporting.

  • One-click timer start
  • Works across all devices
  • Detailed reporting and analytics
  • Free plan limited to 5 users
  • No invoicing built-in
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Clockify

★★★★★ 4.5
Free / $3.99+

Free time tracking tool with unlimited users and projects, plus invoicing and scheduling features.

  • Completely free for unlimited users
  • Simple and clean interface
  • Invoicing and scheduling included
  • Advanced features require paid plans
  • Reporting less detailed than Toggl
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Motion

★★★★☆ 4.3
$12+

AI-powered calendar that automatically schedules tasks, meetings, and projects based on priorities and deadlines.

  • AI auto-schedules your entire day
  • Combines calendar + tasks + projects
  • Automatically reschedules when things change
  • No free tier
  • AI scheduling can feel restrictive
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Basecamp

★★★★☆ 4.1
$15+

Simple project management and team communication tool with opinionated workflows to reduce meetings and email.

  • Flat monthly price for unlimited projects (Pro)
  • Reduces meeting culture with async communication
  • Hill Charts for visual project progress
  • No free tier available
  • Limited customization compared to Asana/Monday
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Wrike

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $10+

Versatile project management platform with Gantt charts, custom workflows, and cross-tagging for complex organizations.

  • Cross-tagging lets tasks live in multiple projects
  • Powerful Gantt charts with dependencies
  • Custom request forms for intake workflows
  • Interface can feel cluttered and overwhelming
  • Free tier limited to basic features
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Smartsheet

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $9+

Enterprise work management platform combining spreadsheet familiarity with project management, automation, and governance.

  • Familiar spreadsheet interface reduces learning curve
  • Powerful automation with no-code workflows
  • Enterprise-grade permissions and governance
  • Can feel overwhelming for simple projects
  • Expensive at enterprise scale
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AppFlowy

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $12.5+

Open-source Notion alternative offering documents, databases, kanban boards, and AI-powered features with data privacy and self-hosting capabilities.

  • Open-source with full self-hosting option
  • Familiar Notion-like interface and features
  • Local-first with offline support
  • Less mature than Notion with fewer integrations
  • Template library is limited
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Fibery

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $10+

Connected workspace for product teams combining project management, knowledge management, feedback analysis, and custom databases in one flexible platform.

  • Highly flexible with custom entity types and relations
  • Combines PM, wiki, and feedback tools in one platform
  • Bi-directional relations between any entities
  • Steep learning curve due to extreme flexibility
  • Smaller community than Notion or ClickUp

YouTrack

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $3.67+

Issue tracking and project management tool by JetBrains with agile boards, time tracking, and deep IDE integration for software development teams.

  • Free for up to 10 users
  • Powerful query language for filtering
  • Seamless JetBrains IDE integration
  • Steep learning curve
  • UI can feel dated compared to Linear

Plane

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $7+

Open-source project tracking that serves as a modern alternative to Jira.

  • Open source and self-hostable
  • Modern clean interface
  • Jira-like power without complexity
  • Relatively new
  • Smaller integration ecosystem

Teamwork

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $13.99+

Project management and client work platform designed for agencies and professional services, with built-in time tracking, billing, and resource management.

  • Excellent for client-facing work
  • Built-in time tracking and billing
  • Unlimited free client users
  • Interface can feel cluttered
  • Learning curve for full feature set

Huly

★★★★☆ 4.1
Free / $15+

Open-source all-in-one project management platform combining issue tracking, team collaboration, HR, and knowledge management in a Linear-inspired interface.

  • Open-source with self-hosting option
  • All-in-one platform reducing tool sprawl
  • Fast and modern interface
  • Smaller ecosystem than established tools
  • Documentation still growing

Taiga

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $5+

Open-source agile project management platform for cross-functional teams, with Scrum and Kanban boards, epics, user stories, and sprint planning built in.

  • Fully open-source and self-hostable
  • Beautiful modern interface
  • Both Scrum and Kanban support
  • Smaller community than Jira
  • Fewer integrations

Everhour

★★★★☆ 4.4
Free / $8.5+

Time tracking tool that integrates directly into project management tools like Asana, Trello, and Jira, allowing teams to track time without switching contexts.

  • Native integration with PM tools
  • Timer appears inside Asana/Trello/Jira
  • Visual budgeting and estimates
  • Requires a PM tool to get full value
  • Free plan limited to 5 users

Zoho Sprints

★★★★☆ 4.2
Free / $5+

Agile project management tool from Zoho designed for Scrum teams, with sprint planning, backlog management, velocity charts, and deep Zoho ecosystem integration.

  • Free for up to 5 users
  • Deep Zoho suite integration
  • Built-in timesheet tracking
  • Limited outside Zoho ecosystem
  • Fewer integrations than standalone tools

Focalboard

★★★★☆ 4
Free

Open-source project management tool by Mattermost that serves as a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion boards, and Asana, with kanban, table, and calendar views.

  • Completely free and open-source
  • Self-hostable for data control
  • Multiple view types (board, table, gallery)
  • Limited to basic project tracking
  • No built-in time tracking

Height

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $8.5+

AI-powered project management tool that automates routine work like bug triage, task labeling, and status updates using built-in AI agents for engineering teams.

  • AI automates repetitive PM tasks
  • Cross-project task management
  • Beautiful modern interface
  • Newer tool with smaller community
  • AI features can over-categorize
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Toggl Plan

★★★★☆ 4.3
$9+

Visual project planning tool with drag-and-drop timelines for teams.

  • Beautiful visual timelines
  • Simple interface
  • Team workload view
  • Limited features vs competitors
  • No free tier
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TeamGantt

★★★★☆ 4.4
$19+

Online Gantt chart software for simple and intuitive project scheduling.

  • Intuitive Gantt charts
  • Easy collaboration
  • Drag-and-drop scheduling
  • Limited beyond Gantt view
  • No free tier
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LiquidPlanner

★★★★☆ 4.2
$15+

Predictive project management with intelligent scheduling and resource planning.

  • Predictive scheduling
  • Automatic resource leveling
  • Risk assessment
  • Steep learning curve
  • Expensive
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MantisBT

★★★★☆ 3.9
Free / $4.95+

Open-source bug tracking system that is simple yet powerful for development teams.

  • Free and open-source
  • Easy to set up
  • Lightweight
  • Dated interface
  • Limited agile features
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Bugzilla

★★★★☆ 3.7
Free

Server-based bug tracking system used by Mozilla and many open-source projects.

  • Completely free
  • Battle-tested
  • Advanced search
  • Very dated interface
  • Difficult to set up
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Smartsheet

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $9+

Enterprise work management platform combining spreadsheet familiarity with project tools.

  • Familiar spreadsheet interface
  • Powerful automation
  • Enterprise-grade
  • Can be confusing
  • Expensive for small teams
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Linear

★★★★★ 4.7
Free / $8+

Fast and streamlined issue tracking tool built for modern software teams.

  • Incredibly fast
  • Beautiful design
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Limited customization
  • Opinionated workflow
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Fibery

★★★★☆ 4.3
Free / $10+

Connected workspace for product teams combining strategy, discovery, and delivery.

  • Highly connected
  • Custom entities
  • Good for product teams
  • Complex setup
  • Steep learning curve

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