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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

Web App

Remember The Milk

A long-running to-do list app with smart lists and natural-language task entry.

Visit Remember The Milk4.4

  • Rating

    4.4 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web, iOS, Android

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What is Remember The Milk?

Remember The Milk lets you add tasks in plain language, with due dates, tags and priorities picked up as you type, then organise them into lists and smart lists. The free plan syncs across web and mobile, while Pro at $49.99 a year adds subtasks, unlimited sharing and reminders on your phone.

Pros: what Remember The Milk does well

  • Quick natural-language task entry
  • Powerful saved searches as smart lists
  • Works on almost every platform

Cons: where it falls short

  • Subtasks need Pro
  • Mobile reminders are a paid feature

Who Remember The Milk is for

People who want a dependable to-do list that has been around for years.

Who can skip it

Teams that need boards, timelines and project views.

Remember The Milk alternatives

Not sold on Remember The Milk? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Task Management resources

Tasks.org

Focus: caldav, open source and github. Shares to-do list and reminders with Remember The Milk. An Android app, not a web app. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Android AppFreeAndroid
4.6Visit

Planify

Focus: linux app, todoist sync and open source. Shares to-do list with Remember The Milk. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Adds Offline. Rated 4.6 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Desktop AppFreeLinux, Offline
4.6Visit

Microsoft To Do

Focus: daily planner, outlook and microsoft. Shares to-do list with Remember The Milk. A mobile app, not a web app. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Same 4.4 rating.

Mobile AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.4Visit

Taskwarrior

Focus: command line, gtd and open source. Shares to-do list and task manager with Remember The Milk. A desktop app, not a web app. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.6Visit

Grocy

Focus: groceries, household and meal planning. Also in Organization and Personal Productivity, like Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.5 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.5Visit

Things 3Editor's pick, verified

Focus: gtd, apple and minimal. Also in Task Management and Personal Productivity, like Remember The Milk. A Mac app, not a web app. Paid but Affordable (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Mac AppPaid but AffordablemacOS, iOS
4.8Visit

Free alternatives to Remember The Milk

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

tududi

Focus: gtd, recurring tasks and self-hosted. Shares to-do list with Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Monica

Focus: personal crm, contacts and open source. Shares reminders with Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Same 4.4 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.4Visit

Goblin Tools

Focus: neurodivergent, task breakdown and adhd. Also in Task Management and Personal Productivity, like Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

Paperless-ngx

Focus: documents, ocr and self-hosted. Also in Organization and Personal Productivity, like Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.7 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.7Visit

Actual Budget

Focus: budgeting, personal finance and self-hosted. Also in Personal Productivity and Organization, like Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Dashy

Focus: dashboard, start page and self-hosted. Also in Organization and Personal Productivity, like Remember The Milk. Free (Remember The Milk: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Remember The Milk: 4.4).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit
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