The Best To Do List App For Mac

Any.do is a popular to do list app that gets the basics right. You have the usual array of tasks, sub tasks, and notes that you can add to help remind yourself of what you’re supposed to do. There is also cloud syncing so you can access your tasks on a variety of devices, including desktop, web, and tablet. It has a sleek interface and built-in support for Cal Calendar if you want to kill two birds with one stone.

It’s powerful, it’s simple, and most of its features are free. Any.do is also one of the few to do list apps with support for both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Asana is a business-oriented to-do list app. Those looking for individual solutions should probably steer clear of this one. This one works best for groups of people.

It features task categories, various sorting and tagging options, and tons of ways to add info to a task. Additionally, each task has its own comment thread for communication purposes. The app also has a decent free option for those who want to try it first. This is one of the better business solutions and works best in a work environment rather than for personal use. GTasks is a popular and highly rated to do list app and one of the few that adhere to a simple free-paid system. The free version has a ton of features, including the basics along with widgets, quick adding for tasks using voice, and syncing with Google Tasks. If you go pro, you’ll also get batch task adds, a pattern lock for security, and theming.

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You can even add tasks using Google Now if that's a thing you like to do. The app even has integration with TickTick (if you use TickTick). It looks good and it works well, especially if you’re in the market for something simple and effective. Memorigi is one of the newer to-do list apps. It features a beautiful Material Design UI along with a bunch of other stuff. The basic features include tasks and lists, cloud syncing, recurring tasks, notifications (reminders), and more.

The more unique stuff includes floating actions (like Facebook Messenger's chat heads), integrated weather, and theming. It gets the job done and looks good doing it. The organizational structure takes a bit of time to get used to, especially if you're used to things like Todoist, TickTick, or GTasks. The free version includes some features.

There is a single $3.99 for the plus version that adds most of the basic features, and a monthly subscription for the rest of it. Most should get by fine with the free or plus versions.

Microsoft is eventually going to kill off Wunderlist. That's bad news because Wunderlist is easily the best to-do list app ever. However, the team working on Microsoft's new To-Do app are the same people that did Wunderlist. Thus, we expect for Microsoft's To-Do app to be as good as Wunderlist someday. The app can already do a bunch of stuff.

That includes recurring tasks, notes, smart suggestions, and cross-platform support with Windows 10. Recent updates added task sharing with other people and some other, smaller features. It's not as good as Wunderlist yet, but it's certainly getting there. Plus, it's one of the few decent options that is also totally free. Tasks is one of the newer to do list apps. It features a gorgeous UI, plenty of customization options, and a decent set of features.

Functionally, it works like most other to do list apps. You simply put in the tasks, add due dates and reminders, and complete the tasks when necessary. Some of the other features include multiple lists, a dark theme, and a simple layout. It doesn't have more popular features like list sharing or cloud syncing. However, not everyone needs those features. It's still very much in active development, so check the Play Store to see what's changed between now and when we update this list again.

TickTick is another simple, but powerful to do list application. This one has the basic features along with cloud syncing so you can keep track of your tasks between devices. It also includes a tag system so you can easily sort your tasks, widgets, priority levels to differentiate more important tasks, and location reminders.

If you go pro, you’ll also get improved task management, improved collaboration support, and more. It’s another solid, simple option that can work very well. In fact, we routinely recommend this app to people who left Wunderlist and don't want Microsoft's To-Do list option yet. The premium version adds more features, but the free version should be more than good enough for most. Todoist is a powerful to do list app that can do pretty much whatever you need it to do.

On top of its mobile apps, you can get native apps on Google Chrome (as an extension), desktop, and other places for full cross-platform support. It covers the basics and also includes offline mode, tags and inboxes for easy task sorting, Android Wear support, integration with a ton of other apps (including Google Assistant), and a unique karma system that helps you visualize how productive you’ve been. We aren't a fan of reminders being a premium-only feature when most other to do list apps don't do that. Otherwise, this is easily among the best in its category.

To Do List is perhaps the least inventive name of any app on the list. However, it's actually pretty good.

It covers the basic to do features, including the ability to get reminders to make sure you get your stuff done. The interface is reminiscent of Wunderlist but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's very clean and easy to use.

It has plenty of tertiary features like adding tasks through voice commands, widgets, and more. This is a simple to do list app for simple needs. Those looking for something more complicated may need to try another option. You can download it for free to try it out. The full version costs $2.99. Trello is a big name in the to do list game and it’s one of the few options that’s entirely free.

At least for right now. It comes with all of the basic features as well as a unique, card-based interface where you create your tasks on “boards”. It also comes with Google Drive and Dropbox support, Android Wear support, collaboration features, and scaling so you can do something as simple as a grocery list or as big as a multi-person group project. The app is powerful, it looks cool, and the price tag is great for a lot of folks. It was purchased in early 2017 by Altassian.

We don't know how that'll affect it in the long term, but right now it works the same.

Most of our choices come in free versions, so you can try one, see if it's a good fit for you, and then go on to the next app if you want to check if there is something better out there. What to look for in a to-do list app? The most useful apps can track to-do lists, help you complete tasks on time, remind you of events, keep you organized, and allow you to work on tasks with coworkers. Many also let you set location-based reminders to nudge about something when you reach - or leave - a destination. Most of our picks have a Web counterpart and are available for Windows PCs and Android devices if you are working with a team of people.

Can you sync tasks across platforms? If you check your tasks on a Mac and iPhone, look for a to-do list app that syncs across all your devices. Most of our picks have iPhone and Android versions, and if you get stuck, you can usually manage your tasks via a website.

Many of our selections also have extensions for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. And some also work with the Apple Watch, letting you view notifications on your wrist. Can you share tasks and to-do lists with others? A checklist app is a replacement for a project-management software such as Microsoft Project, but if you are part of a team that just needs to track tasks, share documents, write notes, and assign to-do items, a task app, such as Remember The Milk or Todoist, comes with collaborative tools for managing team projects and could be a perfect fit for your team.

What about free versus paid? If you only need to manage your own simple to-do lists and keep a few notes, a free to-do list app, such as the Mac's homegrown Reminders app or Google's Keep app, could be up to the task. But if you are managing a lot of tasks, consider paying for premium features, which can include recurring tasks, subtasks, and tags.

A subscription may also include collaboration tools - such as team scheduling and project-management - to help you track tasks across a team. Annual subscriptions start at around $25. Can you manage your to-do list online? Nearly all of our picks let you manage your tasks and lists via a Web browser - or a browser extension - on a Mac.

A few even have Mac apps as well, such as Things from Cultured Code. Can it work across devices? You want to check your list wherever you are, so our picks are available, of course, for iPhone and iPad, via a website or as a browser extension, in most cases for Android, and and in some cases as MacOS apps - with everything synced across devices. Can I manage a to-do list in another app?

From Apple Mail - which lets you create reminders via the Share button - to Todoist that lets you access your tasks from Gmail and Google Calendar via plug-ins, many of our picks work well with other apps, so you can manage your time in a way that makes sense for you. Some also come as browser extensions, so you can keep tabs on your items right from Chrome or Firefox.

Any.do The Any.do app comes in a free version of the task manager that can handle to-do items across iPhone and iPad, Android, and the Web version. For $26.99, you can unlock the premium version of the well-designed app and gain the ability to assign tags to tasks, set project colors, share lists with collaborators, create recurring tasks, and set location-based reminders. Evernote It's more than a to-do list manager. Evernote can capture your notes, create checklists, track tasks, set reminders, and save websites you want to visit later. The digital notebook synced everything it holds across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac machines.

And you can set reminders to keep track of events. With the free version, you get a monthly upload limit of 60MB and can sync between two devices. Move to 10GB a month for $69.99 a year and sync across every device you have.

Google Keep The free Google Keep app is a simple way to take notes, keep lists, make drawings, and store voice recordings and images and then access them from anywhere - on your iPhone and iPad, through Gmail, via Keep's webpage, and with Keep's Chrome extension. You can also set location-based reminders for your notes, if you want to be notified about something when you arrive at your destination.

Microsoft To-Do In 2015, Microsoft acquired the Wunderlist task-manager app and started building its own to-do list based on the ideas found in the popular app. Microsoft's To-Do app, the free successor to Wunderlist, gives you an easy way to track tasks and stay organized. It even has an importer tool if you want to move your Wunderlist data over to To-Do. Unfortunately, it lacks some of the features that made Wunderlist popular, but you can share your to-do lists with anyone who has a OneDrive account. Remember The Milk Don't let the name put you off: Remember The Milk is a powerful to-do list app that won't break a sweat, helping you to remember your grocery items.

Create lists, share tasks with coworkers, and build smart lists that automatically update based on criteria you set. Sync your tasks with Microsoft Outlook, view tasks in Apple and Google's Calendar, and create reminders in Evernote that will be added automatically to Remember The Milk lists.

For $39.99 a year, subscribe to the pro version to create subtasks for complicated items. Like Microsoft To-Do, Remember The Milk has an import tool for moving your Wunderlist tasks over if you are looking for a new task manager with Wunderlist's impending retirement. Reminders Mac's own Reminders app may be all you need to create to-dos, manage projects, and create lists. You can use it to create a reminder in another iOS app and have Siri create a reminder for you. All your to-do items are synced across all your Apple devices.

Things A well-designed and good-looking to-do list app for Apple users, Things from Cultured Code is a handy way to manage projects on iOS and Mac devices. If you are looking to collaborate with colleagues on non-Apple devices, you will want to look elsewhere. Todoist Todoist can easily manage your projects and keep you on schedule. It's available on Mac, iPhones, iPads, Windows, and Android and via the Web and browser extensions, so you can check off tasks from almost anywhere. Todoist comes with collaboration tools, so if you work on a team, you can use the app's group tools to manage projects, share files, assign tasks, and track progress.

Everyone on the team needs a Todoist Premium $28.99 account first. Wunderlist Wunderlist from Microsoft is a free, simple, and popular way to keep track of to-do lists and projects. Unfortunately, Microsoft plans to retire Wunderlist, moving its efforts over to its own to-do list software, Microsoft To-Do.

While Microsoft intends to keep Wunderlist going for a while, if you use Wunderlist you have the task of moving to another to-do app someday. Microsoft offers an importer tool to transfer Wunderlist data to To-Do. And Remember The Milk has an import tool as well for bringing your data in from Wunderlist.

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