The To-Do List Apps Insider’s Guide

Every one of the 124 to-do list apps we grade in one document: the top three, what they cost, the grades and the full list. Read it here, or keep a copy.

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ToolGPAOctober 2026

To-Do List Apps

The Insider’s Guide

Task managers for getting things out of your head and done on time.

Todoist
TickTick
Microsoft To Do
Apple Reminders
Google Tasks
Super Productivity

Every one we grade, what they cost, the best buy at each budget and the three to look at first.

Checked Oct 9, 2026 · toolgpa.com

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01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the To-Do List Apps page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing

124

to-do list apps we grade, from their own pages

Task managers for getting things out of your head and done on time.

Before you choose, here are 8 things to know about to-do list apps, worked out from every one we grade.

1
We grade 124 to-do list apps
102 of them are free or have a free plan, and 17 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.
2
Paid plans start at $3 a month in the middle
From $0.08 (Tasks.org) to $29 (Checkli), going by what each one's paid plans start at.
3
Best value: TickTick, Microsoft To Do and Apple Reminders
Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.
4
53 of 124 have iPhone and Android apps
52 run in a web browser and 34 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.
5
The middle GPA is 2.6
21 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Apple Reminders, at 3.6.
6
Best free option: Apple Reminders
Apple Reminders has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.6. Apple's free to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
7
76 worth keeping, 5 you could make
By our keep-or-make rules, 76 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 5 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 43 are a close call.
8
3 price changes in the past year
That's how many price moves we've recorded for to-do list apps in twelve months. Prices change, so check the maker's page before you pay.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three to-do list apps we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1st
2.8GPA
Todoist
Free plan · from $5/mo
For: Most people
Todoist runs on the web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android, so one list follows you to every device. The free plan covers 5 personal projects with reminders, and paid plans start at $5 per user a month, billed yearly. It has shared projects and a team workspace for when a list stops being yours alone. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 from about 129,000 ratings. Know the limits: the free plan stops at 5 projects, and the calendar layout and custom reminders need a paid plan.
The Todoist Insider’s Guide
2nd
3.4GPA
TickTick
Free plan · from $49.99/yr
For: One person who wants habits and a focus timer in the same app
TickTick runs on the same devices as Todoist and adds a habit tracker and a Pomodoro timer, which Todoist's listing does not have. Premium is $49.99 a year, less than Todoist's yearly price, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.9 from about 46,000 ratings. It is second because it is built around one person and shared lists, with no team workspace, and its pricing page shows Premium only as an annual plan. The free plan stops at 9 lists and 99 tasks per list.
The TickTick Insider’s Guide
3rd
3.6GPA
Microsoft To Do
Free
For: Anyone who wants to pay nothing
The whole app is free, with no paid tier: lists, due dates, reminders, shared lists and file attachments up to 25 MB. It runs on the web, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 268,000 ratings. It is third because it does less than the two above. There is no Linux app, you need a Microsoft account to sign in, and lists can be shared only between personal Microsoft accounts or within one workplace or school.
The Microsoft To Do Insider’s Guide

Part 03 · Pricing

What they cost

What paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans

A month to start, in the middle of those that charge

Going by our grades, TickTick, Microsoft To Do and Apple Reminders give the most for the money among to-do list apps: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $3 a month across the 69 that charge, from $0.08 (Tasks.org) to $29 (Checkli). 30 more cost nothing at all.

21 of the 99 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 9 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

The best buy at each budget

Free
Apple Reminders, Microsoft To Do
Costs nothing. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.
Up to $5 a month
TickTick
Starts at $4.17 a month when paid by the year. Nothing at that price or less scores higher.

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 99 to-do list apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. The green line is the best score at each price.

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

The best free ones

Apple Reminders
Free
3.6
Microsoft To Do
Free
3.6
Google Tasks
Free plan · Free plan · from $7/mo
3.4
Super Productivity
Free
3.4
Tasks.org
Free plan · Free plan · from $0.99/yr
3.4
TickTick
Free plan · Free plan · from $49.99/yr
3.4

Part 04 · Grades

The grades

The highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject

3.6

The highest GPA, Apple Reminders's

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded to-do list apps, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Apple Reminders	A	A	A	A	C	3.6
Microsoft To Do	A	A	C	A	A	3.6
Google Tasks	A	A	C	A	B	3.4
Super Productivity	A	A	C	B	A	3.4
Tasks.org	A	A	B	B	B	3.4
TickTick	C	B	A	A	A	3.4
todo mate	A	B	B	A	B	3.4
beorg	A	B	B	A	C	3.2
Goblin Tools	A	B	C	A	B	3.2
HamsterBase Tasks	A	B	C	B	A	3.2
Mindwtr	A	A	B	C	B	3.2
Cfait	A	A	B	D	B	3.0

How the whole category does

Each bar is every to-do list app we grade, cut by the letter it got on that subject.

Value for money
avg 2.9
Free plan and trial
avg 2.7
Features
avg 2.3
Ease of use
avg 2.6
Platforms and integrations
avg 2.4

Part 05 · Keep or make

Keep or make?

Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself

Simple enough to make yourself, of 124

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where to-do list apps land, by the same rules for every tool.

76
Keep it
It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.
43
Your call
You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.
5
You could make this
What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Worth keeping

Apple Reminders
Apple Reminders is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
Microsoft To Do
Microsoft To Do is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
Google Tasks
The plain part of Google Tasks you could make: tasks, calendar and time blocking. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Super Productivity
Super Productivity is free, so making your own would save you nothing.

You could make these yourself

Checkli$348 a year
Good Todo$96 a year
TasksBoard$47.88 a year
Checklist$39.99 a year
TeuxDeux$36 a year

What each costs a year on its cheapest paid plan, which is what making your own would save. A judgement from each listing and our own testing.

Part 06 · Every tool

Every tool

All of them, best graded first, with what each costs

124

Tools, best graded first

Every to-do list app we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1Apple RemindersFree3.6
2Microsoft To DoFree3.6
3Google TasksFree plan · from $7/mo3.4
4Super ProductivityFree3.4
5Tasks.orgFree plan · from $0.99/yr3.4
6TickTickFree plan · from $49.99/yr3.4
7todo mateFree plan · from $1.99/mo3.4
8beorgFree plan · from $0.993.2
9Goblin ToolsFree plan · from $0.99 one-time3.2
10HamsterBase TasksFree plan · from $20/yr3.2
11MindwtrFree3.2
12CfaitFree3.0
13Do!Free plan · from $20.00 one-time3.0
14Lists To doFree plan · from $1.993.0
15My TasksFree plan · from $2.99/mo3.0
16OpenTodoListFree3.0
17PlanifyFree3.0
18Remember The MilkFree plan · from $49.99/yr3.0
19sleekFree3.0
20TappskFree plan · from $2.99/mo3.0
21Things To DoFree3.0
22Any.doFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.8
23Do.ListFree2.8
24KanriFree2.8
25OneTaskFree2.8
26TasksFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.8
27TaskwarriorFree2.8
28To Do List - Reminders & TasksFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.8
29ToDo: Simple ToDo ListFree2.8
30todo.vuFree plan · from $9/mo2.8
31TodoeryFree plan · from $1.99/mo2.8
32TodoistFree plan · from $5/mo2.8
332DoFree plan · from $9.99 one-time2.6
34ActionsFree trial · from $19.99/yr2.6
35Aida ReminderFree plan · from $2.99 one-time2.6
36Amazing MarvinFree trial · from $8/mo2.6
37CheckvistFree plan · from $3.9/mo2.6
38Daily ChecklistFree trial · from $4.99 one-time2.6
39DGT GTDFree2.6
40DonaFree2.6
41DoneitFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.6
42DonetickFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.6
43DooitFree2.6
44dstaskFree2.6
45ErrandsFree2.6
46Finale To DoFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.6
47FlaskFree2.6
48Focus MatrixFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.6
49GoodTaskFree trial · from $19.99 one-time2.6
50GQueuesFree plan · from $3/mo2.6
51jtx BoardFree plan · from $0.992.6
52KomoDoFree2.6
53LeaderTaskFree plan · from $49.99/yr2.6
54ListberryFree plan · from $0.99/mo2.6
55MinimaListFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.6
56NudgeFree plan · from $1.99/mo2.6
57Priority MatrixFree plan · from $12/mo2.6
58RecurrenceFree plan · from $7.99/yr2.6
59Reminder NotificationsFree plan · from $0.992.6
60Reminders MenuBarFree2.6
61Reminders: Todo List & NotesFree plan · from $1.99/mo2.6
62SingularityAppFree plan · from $3.33/mo2.6
63Smart TasksFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.6
64SnaptickFree2.6
65SuperlistFree plan · from $5/mo2.6
66Tasks: To Do List & RemindersFree plan · from $1.99/mo2.6
67Things 3Free trial · from $9.99 one-time2.6
68Todo.txtFree2.6
69ToDoListFree2.6
70topydoFree2.6
71TracksFree2.6
72tududiFree plan · from €5/mo2.6
73WaterDoFree plan · from $0.99/mo2.6
74YataFree plan · from $2.00/mo2.6
75ZanshinFree2.6
76Zoho ToDoFree plan · from $1/mo2.6
774.DoFree plan · from $4.99/mo2.4
78AgenToDoFree plan · from $8.99/mo2.4
79BrisqiFree plan · from $29.99 one-time2.4
80Chaos ControlFree plan · from $29/yr2.4
81ChecklistFree plan · from $5.99/mo2.4
82DueFrom $7.99 one-time2.4
83GodspeedFree trial · from $48/yr2.4
84MyLifeOrganizedFree plan · from $29.992.4
85NirvanaFree plan · from $3/mo2.4
86NozbeFree plan · from $9/mo2.4
87OmniFocusFree trial · from $74.99 one-time2.4
88Swift To-Do ListFree trial · from $99/yr2.4
89Task FlowFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.4
90TaskaFree plan · from $2.99/mo2.4
91TaskFireFree plan · from $2.50/mo2.4
92TaskPaperFree trial · from $24.99 one-time2.4
93TasksBoardFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.4
94TeuxDeuxFree plan · from $3/mo2.4
95ToodledoFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.4
96VikunjaFree plan · from €4/mo2.4
97Zenkit To DoFree trial · from $8/mo2.4
98BlitzitFree trial · from $4.99/mo2.2
99BZ ReminderFree plan · from $4.492.2
100CheckYourListFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.2
101ClearFree plan · from $3.992.2
102COL ReminderFree plan · from $0.992.2
103EisenhowerFree plan · from $2.99 one-time2.2
104EverdoFree plan · from $39.99 one-time2.2
105FacileThingsFree trial · from $7/mo2.2
106FiretaskFree trial · from $24.99/yr2.2
107LifeUpFree trial · from $4.99 one-time2.2
108Llama LifeFree trial · from $39/yr2.2
109LunataskFree plan · from $6/mo2.2
110myTinyTodoFree2.2
111NoteCircleFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.2
112PlannduFree plan · from $3.99/mo2.2
113PrioritiesFrom $4.99 one-time2.2
114Tasks.mdFree2.2
115TaskTroveFree plan · from $129 one-time2.2
116To Do List by Splend AppsFree plan · from $2.992.2
117UnforgetfulFree trial · from $19.99/yr2.2
118WeDoFree plan · from $5.99/mo2.2
119Good TodoFree trial · from $48/mo2.0
120Kan DoFrom $2.99 one-time2.0
121MementoFrom $5.99 one-time2.0
122OrderlyFrom $1.99 one-time2.0
123CheckliFree plan · from $29/mo1.8
124SplittiFree plan · from $9.99/mo1.8

Part 07 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two

Questions, each answered in a line or two

What are the best to-do list apps?

Todoist first, TickTick second, Microsoft To Do third. Todoist is for most people.

Which to-do list apps give the most for the money?

TickTick, Microsoft To Do and Apple Reminders. Each is the highest-scoring tool at its price or below: Apple Reminders scores 3.3 out of 4 and is free; Microsoft To Do scores 3.3 out of 4 and is free; TickTick scores 4.0 out of 4 and starts at $4.17 a month when paid by the year.

Which are the best free to-do list apps?

Of the 30 to-do list apps here with no paid plan at all, Apple Reminders and Microsoft To Do score highest, at 3.3 out of 4.

Which to-do list apps are best for under $5 a month?

TickTick, with a score of 4.0 out of 4: the highest among the 85 that start at $5 a month or less.

Which to-do list apps cost the most for what they offer?

On this chart, Checkli (starts at $29 a month, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 73 tools score higher for less), AgenToDo (starts at $8.99 a month, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 70 tools score higher for less) and Splitti (starts at $6.58 a month when paid by the year, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 63 tools score higher for less).

How much do to-do list apps cost?

The middle starting price is $3 a month: half of the 69 to-do list apps with a recurring price start below that and half above.

How is the score on this chart worked out?

It is the average of three of the five grades ToolGPA gives every tool: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations, with an A worth 4 and an F worth 0.

How does ToolGPA grade to-do list apps?

Five grades, A to F, for value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them.

Part 08 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

3,189

Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries

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