# Apple Reminders

> Apple's free to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch

Reminders is Apple's to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro. Reminders sit in lists with subtasks, tags, sections and dates, and Smart Lists gather them by date, flag, tag or location. Lists sync between devices through iCloud, can be shared with and assigned to other iCloud users, and can also be opened in a web browser at iCloud.com.

- **Category:** To-Do List Apps
- **Made by:** Apple
- **Website:** https://www.icloud.com/reminders
- **Runs on:** iOS, macOS, Web
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Apple Reminders is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** The app is listed as free on the App Store, with no paid tier: lists, Smart Lists, tags, subtasks, shared lists, location-based reminders and iCloud sync.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Every feature of the app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, plus browser access at iCloud.com. |

Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reminders/id1108187841 on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Apple Reminders before buying.

## Key features

- **Smart Lists:** Built-in lists such as Today, Scheduled, Flagged and Assigned to Me fill themselves. Custom Smart Lists gather reminders by tag, date, time, location, flag and priority.
- **Tags, subtasks and sections:** Reminders can carry tags and subtasks. A list can be divided into sections and shown in a column view, which Apple suggests for simple kanban boards.
- **Time, location and Messages alerts:** A reminder can repeat daily, weekly or at a custom interval, fire on arriving at a place or getting in the car, or appear the next time you message a tagged person.
- **Shared lists and assignments:** Everyone on a shared list can add and complete reminders, changes show up for all collaborators in real time, and reminders can be assigned to people on the list.
- **Grocery lists and templates:** Grocery lists group items into sections such as dairy and produce on their own. Any list can be saved as a template and shared with others through a link.
- **Natural language and Apple Intelligence:** A typed phrase such as "Jog every other morning" sets the schedule. Apple Intelligence can sort a list into categories and suggest tasks from shared text or web pages.

## Good for

- People who use only Apple devices
- Shared grocery and household lists among iCloud users
- Location-based reminders and adding tasks by voice with Siri

## Worth knowing

- Apps are listed only for Apple devices; on anything else, reminders are reached in a web browser at iCloud.com.
- On iCloud.com a reminder's title, notes, day or location alert and flag can be edited; Apple directs you to the app for other details.
- Sync and shared lists depend on iCloud, and collaborators need to use iCloud as well.
- Apple notes that certain features are available only in select languages and regions.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 1,026,732 ratings in the United States, read Oct 7, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1108187841

Often praised:

- Lists shared with a partner or household, grocery lists above all, are a use commenters keep coming back to. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43782924, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44658359, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076985)
- Adding a reminder by speaking to Siri, without opening the app, is how several commenters say they capture things while away from a computer. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44876603, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44868469, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46766096)
- Commenters who had tried other ways of keeping tasks say the built-in app turned out to cover what they need. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44867427, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44658359, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46237907)

Often criticised:

- Other commenters call it limited or too simple for what they want to do with their tasks. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875551, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789711, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49211204)
- Long-time reviewers describe changes that upset a routine, such as search missing a list, repeating reminders losing their repeat or indenting that stopped working for a while. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1108187841)

Based on 10 App Store reviews from April 2022 to September 2026, three of them one star, and about 20 Hacker News comments from April 2025 to September 2026. These are themes summarised from public reviews and discussions, not ToolGPA's own verdict.

## Works with

Siri, Apple Calendar, Messages, iCloud

**Tags:** Tasks, Natural-language input, Real-time collaboration, AI features, Templates, Kanban boards

## Alternatives

- [Things 3](https://toolgpa.com/tools/things): Personal task manager for Apple devices, sold as a one-time purchase. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-reminders-vs-things)
- [Google Tasks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-tasks): Google's to-do list, built into Gmail, Calendar, Chat and Docs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-reminders-vs-google-tasks)
- [Microsoft To Do](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-to-do): Free to-do list from Microsoft that syncs with Outlook tasks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-reminders-vs-microsoft-to-do)
- [Todoist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/todoist): Cross-platform to-do list with natural-language task entry. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-reminders-vs-todoist)
- [GoodTask](https://toolgpa.com/tools/goodtask): Task manager built on top of Apple Reminders and Calendar. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apple-reminders-vs-goodtask)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/reminders/id1108187841
- https://support.apple.com/guide/reminders/welcome/mac
- https://support.apple.com/guide/reminders/get-started-remne4b02adc/7.0/mac/27
- https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/what-you-can-do-with-icloud-and-reminders-mmc591432bd9/icloud
- https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/reminders-on-icloudcom-overview-mmc0cd794a/icloud
- https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/create-and-delete-reminders-mmc0cd77d9/icloud

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