Top 24 To-Do List Apps to Help You Keep
Your Life on Track (2018 Ver.) PART I
From notepads to digital to-do list apps, the
world has changed drastically. Fully-enabled, powerful to-do list apps not only
offer quality assistance for task management but improve your productivity too.
There’re lots of to-do list apps available.
Some of these apps are free, some are fee-based, but the primary objective of
all of them is to offer classic task scheduling assistance to help you manage
and finish the tasks with ease and on time.
Yes, many apps offer many of the same
features but are these features useful for you? Do all these apps offer the
level of assistance you need to keep your life on track?
In order to guide you in deciding which is
the best to-do list app for you, I have made a list of some of the best to-do
list apps available, which you can use for managing all your tasks.
But before my recommendations, let me offer
some tips to help you choose the best to-do list app for your unique needs.
How
to choose the best to-do list app
Statistics suggest that there are 17 million
to-do list software applications and websites available but not all of them
will be useful for you.[1]
So, where do you begin to choose the best for
your needs?
First, define your method of task management:
- How do you assign your tasks to the group?
- What is your task completion and notification
process?
- Do you allow others to add additional details
or like to keep the task details short?
- How do you keep a record of your tasks?
Answer these questions first in order to
determine the best task management method for you.
Almost every app offers a simple to-do list
feature, like organizing a grocery list.
However, if you want to add subtasks,
attachments as well as additional details to existing tasks, which is typical
for teams working collaboratively on a project, you need a more powerful
project management platform.
Below is the list of some of the best to-do
list apps to let you organize tasks with ease and improve productivity.
24
Best to-do list apps to keep your life on track
From simple task scheduling to detailed task
management, all these apps offer everything you need for efficient task
recording.
1.
Agile CRM
Agile CRM is a customer relationship
management software solution which allows the sales and marketing team to
connect with customers at every step of the buyer journey. Agile CRM comes with
built-in scheduling features such as an online calendar, to-do list, and
real-time notifications.
Your online calendar link facilitates
appointment scheduling by displaying available time slots. Customers and
prospects can schedule time with you at their own convenience. You can add
tasks in the to-do list feature of Agile CRM to stay updated with your
schedule.
Android and iOS apps for Agile CRM let you
work in a highly efficient ecosystem, which allows you to stay updated at every
step.
Although Agile CRM is free to use up to 10
users, for detailed assistance and exciting features you can subscribe to
premium plans which starts from just $8.99 per month.
Cost – Free | Premium – From $8.99 per user
per month
Available on Web | Android | iOS
2.
Any.do
This is one of the most beautiful and
well-designed apps on the list, Any.do offers a drag-and-drop interface with
the ability to swipe tasks to mark them complete.
But some of the key differentiators, like
getting push notification in the morning about all the schedulings of the day,
make it one of the preferred choices.
Other features like deleting the task just by
shaking your phone and adding tasks through voice command provide any.do a nice
modern look and feel.
Apart from its attractive and intuitive user
interface, its integration with Alexa and Slack allow you to collaborate with
ease.
Cross-platform availability and superb
scheduling assistant make this a perfect choice for effective task management.
Cost – Free | Premium from $2.09/month
Available on Web | Android | iOS | Chrome
3.
Asana
After Agile CRM, Asana is another
business-oriented to-do list app. It is best suited for larger teams who
collaborate often.
It offers some of the best features
available, such as task categories, tagging options, and deep sorting, in
addition to numerous ways to add extra information to a task.
One of the features I like most about this
app is that it offers a separate thread for each task, which solves all of your
communication worries. You can share or discuss a task with only those
involved, without disturbing others.
Asana does offer a decent number of features
in its free plan but the pro version is way more useful and best fit for a
large-sized team.
Cost – Free | $9.99 per user per month
Available on Web | Android | iOS
4.
Basecamp
Basecamp is one of the most popular
applications for task management. In its fully-enabled project management tool,
Basecamp offers business-oriented features such as milestone management, file
sharing, time tracking, and forum-like messaging.
Basecamp’s to-do list feature works much like
Asana, which offers separate threads for each task. You can assign the task to
team members with due dates and add details for the task in the form of
comments.
Even though Basecamp is a fully premium app,
you can use its 30-day free trial by signing up through with your email
address.
Cost – Starts from $99/ month
Available on Web | Android | iOS
5.
Carrot To-Do
The exclusive feature of Carrot is to gamify
the whole process of task listing and management.
You finish a task in Carrot and it rewards
you with “fortune cookies”. On the other hand, you ignore the task and
Carrot takes away all the rewards you have earned and may also give you
negative points. This feature makes Carrot an interesting and fun to-do list
app.
Carrot’s interface is simple and easy on the
task management front. There is no option to add subtasks and other
information. It is just a digital pad and paper.
However, once you cross level 18, you are
allowed to add due dates as well as reminders for your task, which makes Carrot
the perfect app for increasing production.
It is available for $2.99 on the App Store as
a one-time fee. But the in-app purchases, for adding themes, icons, sounds, and
more are available from $0.99.
Cost – $2.99
Available on iOS
6.
DropTask
DropTask, another team and task management
app, provides world-class assistance in coordinating all your projects.
DropTask, a versatile task management app, also offers the best visual
coordination with color-based linked circles.
DropTask, even in its free tier, offers many
useful features for up to five users. Premium features such as task dependencies
and support for unlimited project members and file attachments are added in the
paid version, which starts from $5 per month.
Cost – Free | Starts from $5 per month
7.
Focuster
Focuster is an automated task scheduling
application, which makes it the first of its kind.
With Focuster, you just need to add all your
tasks in the left sidebar and the tool automatically will arrange them
according to their priority. After adding all the tasks, just press the Now
button and the tool will show the tasks you should be focusing on for the day.
Apart from offering automated task listing,
Focuster comes with numerous integrations, which makes it one of the most
powerful to-do list apps.
Cost – Starts from $9.99/month
Available on Web | Chrome
8.
Google Keep
Google, for a long time, has been struggling
to produce a better productive app. With Google Keep, it has successfully
delivered a competitive app to the market. Google Keep is a simple note-taking
and to-do list app. It offers simple and intuitive functionality with colored
labeling and team sharing.
Moreover, as a Google product, Google Keep is
fully integrated with other Google offerings such as Google Docs and Gmail,
which makes it extremely helpful.
You can share your Google Keep notes with
team members to work in collaboration on small projects. Google Keep will
automatically display working notes or lists for a particular task until you
archive it or are done working with it, which makes arranging all your lists
extremely easy.
Cost – Free
Available on Web | Android | iOS | Chrome
9.
Google Tasks
Google Tasks is a newly released task
scheduling app from Google, which is fully integrated with Gmail, Google
Calendar and other productive apps offered by Google.
A simple and intuitive app with Google’s
material design, Google Tasks let you add tasks in Gmail without opening a new
window on your desktop. This proves extremely helpful when you need to add an
email as a task and be reminded about it later.
Google Tasks, which is also available for
free on Android and iOS e, allows you to check your schedule on your mobile
devices and stay updated at every step.
Cost – Free
Available on Android | iOS
10.
GTasks
GTasks is one of the most popular and highly
rated to-do list apps on Google Play. While the app is available to download
for free, users are able to make various in-app purchases.
The free version offers some shiny features
such as Google Tasks sync, widgets, and voice-enabled task scheduling. The pro
version, on the other hand, offers additional security with a pattern lock,
task scheduling with Google Now, and many others.
GTasks is best for people who are looking for
a simple but effective to-do list app.
Cost – Free (in-app purchases)
Available on Android
CONTINUES IN PART II
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