Best To-Do List Apps for 2025
The ultimate list of the top to-do applications picked by me
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These are my recommendations for the next year that I believe to be the best to-do apps on the market. This list normally takes me about 3–4 weeks to put together, and I make sure to include a wide range of tools.
With task management apps evolving into more AI and daily planner tools in the last year, these to-do apps are picked carefully and for a range of use cases. We hope you enjoyed them:
1. Todoist
Perfect as an all-round to-do app, Todoist works well for your everyday needs. Adding planner-like views, deadlines & better project management in the last few months, this is a great time to explore Todoist.
Available on all major devices.
2. TickTick
TickTick is well-priced and good as a to-do list app. One of the features that people tend to love is the calendar (premium) and the ways to organize your tasks with Eisenhower matrix and manage habits alongside too.
Available on all major devices.
3. Akiflow
The folks at Akiflow have been building fast, introducing better features and now with some AI chatbot abilities too. Akiflow is a great consideration for your task management if you’re a busy professional looking for more.
Available on desktop & iOS.
4. Sunsama
Mindful task management, that’s the best way we describe Sunsama. It allows you to add tasks, organize them and use guided planning to organize how much you need to do. We also like the timer, guided help ending each day and the notifications you get when you add too many tasks. More suitable for busy professionals.
Available on desktop, iOS.
5. Motion
Motion wants to be your smart AI assistant by allowing you to organize tasks for you, by using the context you add. Many people want to remove administration from workload. Motion helps with that. More suitable for busy professionals without a budget.
Available on desktop & iOS.
6. Superlist
Superlist is a to-do app with a difference. You can add tasks & notes in one house. It helps you manage your lists, assign them to other, making it a great option for meeting notes and a great real-time collaboration to-do app. You can also import tasks from other apps.
Available on all major devices.
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7. Things 3
Things 3 is a apple-focused to-do app. Easily the most attractive to-do list app on the market, with the minimal feel with powerful features. You can not only manage tasks, lists but personal projects too, making it a great place to organize and schedule tasks for your solo use.
Available on iOS, macOS.
8. Microsoft To-Do
Microsoft To-Do is the best free to-do list app for those looking for something similar, yet useful for daily task management. It connects with Microsoft Outlook for those who want to flag emails, allows you to assign tasks and organize what’s on.
Available on all major devices.
9. Structured
Structured is a stunning, casual to-do list app. Perfect for those who are timeline based and like to see their habits, routine items and tasks all together. It works easily to help you manage all of these in one view. They have an AI feature in their premium that allows you to add tasks easily.
Available on iOS, web, Windows & macOS.
10. Trello
Suitable for visual thinkers, Trello allows you to manage your tasks in Kanban-style lists, with stickers, backgrounds, emojis and more. This is perfect for those who want to share their tasks as a team too, but for solo users a great way to manage your lists and tasks.
Available on iOS, web, Windows & macOS.
11. Routine
This is an attractive to-do app for those who want something that balance notes, tasks and calendar in one. It’s more of a minimal tool for managing all three with good capture and perfect for those who want an all-in-one productivity hub for workload management. Routine is an interesting option.
Available on iOS, Windows & macOS.
12. Lunatask
A combo of to-do, notes, journal and with security under pinning Lunatask. It could be a great way for you to manage your workload and all the other elements around it. Lunatask is fast and a favorite for many, with E2E.
Available on Windows & macOS.
13. Godspeed
Speed demon. Godspeed wants to remove any weight from your to-do experience allowing you to capture and manage your tasks fast. Claiming to be as fast as Superhuman for task management, this tool is perfect for those with keyboard shortcut skills and want to capture fast and save into lists. There’s plenty of hotkeys to learn and embrace.
Available on macOS.
14. Nirvana
Still focused on organizing tasks with GTD. This app is one of the best. Nirvana helps to manage your workload in the style of David Allen allowing you to better focus on what’s important, what’s next and with context tags. People love this and we think it’s one of the best GTD apps on the market, with a reasonable annual price tag too.
Available on all major devices.
