Finding a new tasks app on your to-do list? These are the best available.

Best
To-Do List Apps for Windows 10
Windows Central
2020

Staying on top of a to-do list helps you be more efficient and to track your progress. You can use to-do list apps to set reminders, store notes, work with your calendar, and more. All of the best windows 10 to-do list apps sync across platforms and have some features in common, but many are separated by their premium features or the platform they integrate with.

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Microsoft To-Do is the spiritual successor to the popular Wunderlist. With it, you can create lists that are available across multiple platforms, share your lists with friends and colleagues, and set reminders. The app is regularly updated with new features such as attaching files, integrating with Microsoft Mail and Calendar, and syncing with Outlook.

Free at Microsoft

Todoist is a powerful to-do list with the ability to add tasks with natural text. For example, if you say “write an article at 2 pm,” it will set the reminder accordingly. It also has the option to integrate with services, including Dropbox, Amazon Alexa, IFTTT, and Slack. The Windows 10 version of Todoist works well with your PC by having the ability to jump back to a task using Windows Timeline or mark a task as completed within a notification toast. Todoist has a free version, but to use all of its features, you’ll have to upgrade to its premium version.

Free at Microsoft

Trello isn’t a traditional to-do list. Instead, it’s an online productivity board. In it, you can create different boards with multiple columns to keep your items organized. You can add files, notes, due dates, and labels to each card to keep things organized.

Free at Microsoft

TickTick is packed with features including smart lists, recurring reminders, sharing lists, and marking items with differing priorities. You can also track your productivity using statistics and achievement scores. The app even has a white noise generator to help you stay on task. TickTick has a free version, but to unlock all of its features, you’ll need to upgrade to premium.

Free at TickTick

While many to-do list apps are cross-platform, Any.do takes that to the extreme. It’s available on Windows, iOS, Android, the web, and on smart assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. You can even use it to tick off to-dos on your smartwatch! It has an extensive list of features as well, though, for many of them, you’ll need a premium subscription.

Free at Any.do

If we’re making some suggestions

To-do lists are incredibly useful tools when used correctly. One of the features that will make any to-do list more useful is the ability to add and manage items from any device you use. Each of the apps in this list supports cross-platform syncing so you can easily add and check off items. Microsoft To-Do has a good feature set for a to-do list application including shared lists, file attachment support, and integrating with Outlook, Cortana, and Microsoft’s Mail and Calendar apps. It’s free, making it a good value, and is regularly updated with new features from Microsoft so you can have confidence that it’s going to get even better in the future. These factors put together earn Microsoft To-Do the top spot of the best windows 10 to-do list apps.

If you’d like to use something outside of Microsoft’s ecosystem, Todoist is an excellent option. It integrates with services like Alexa and Dropbox and makes it easy to add new items to your list thanks to its natural voice entry. Just because Todoist isn’t made by Microsoft doesn’t mean that it doesn’t integrate well with Windows 10. It supports Live Tiles, Windows Timeline, and actionable toast notifications.

All of the apps on this list are going to be the best option for certain users. Luckily, each of them has a free version so you can try them all out without opening your wallet.