What should a to-do list app do?
In this busy world that we live in, it can be really difficult to keep all of your work in order. Whether you’re a student, an employee, or a homemaker, you’ve probably experienced the crushing feeling that comes with realizing that you’ve forgotten to do something really important. To-do list apps look to offer a solution to this issue. The app is meant to make it much easier for you to follow a schedule by organizing all of your tasks into a simple and streamlined user interface. (These apps will often utilize various forms of notification to make sure that you remember to do these things.) The ideal to-do list app is easy to use and flexible, making it to where you never miss any appointment or meeting. In this article, I’ll talk about five of the best to-do list apps that are currently available to mobile users on the Android platform. Without further ado, let’s take a closer look at some of these helpful applications!
1. GTasks
If you’ve already attempted to search for a solid scheduling solution, you have probably already heard of Google Tasks. Google Tasks is a service created by Google that allows users to easily create and manage different task lists from their browser or Google application. It isn’t a perfect solution, however, and there isn’t really an app out there that is meant solely to manage this web application. What’s a person to do? GTasks is one of the top task management apps out there, and it offers full synchronization with Google Tasks. The ability to access your task lists across multiple platforms is really the prime thing that GTasks brings to the table. Users can simply connect their Google account and wait for their task lists to sync up across both of these services.
2. Wunderlist
Aside from having one of the more clever app names in the Google Play Store, Wunderlist is also one of the most popular to-do list apps in the store, and with good reason. Wunderlist has an incredibly flexible user interface. giving it a wide variety of different uses for its end user. If you look at an app like GTasks, you might quickly realize that the app is more well-suited for someone organizing a schedule for school or work. Wunderlist isn’t really like that. Its super self-explanatory list creation process makes it to where the app can be used for hardcore work itineraries just as easily as it can be used for a shopping list. The user interface is very pleasant and offers a lot of room for customization, which makes it one of the best list-making apps that is currently available to Android users.
3. Todoist
Even with the aid of different task management tools, a lot of people have difficulty staying organized. Why is that? To put it simply, it isn’t always easy to regularly create, manage, and stick to different task lists. It can be an unforgiving pursuit. For some people, it can be difficult to commit to something so structured. Todoist is the first app on this list that actually incentivizes productivity. Todoist Karma is a feature that allows users to set various weekly and monthly goals, and awards points when the user meets these goals. On top of all of that, the app takes productivity tracking to the next level by transcribing all of this data onto a color-coded graph. This lets you look at which projects you’ve been working hard on (and what projects you’ve been slacking on) with a quick glance, and it’s perfect for someone who is craving some positive reinforcement.
4. TickTick
All in all, I think that TickTick is a really great application for someone who may want to ease themselves into the whole “task management app” thing. It’s easy to use, and it offers several features to make the user experience as easy and convenient as possible. (One of the more novel ones, in my opinion, is the app’s instant time and location reminder feature.) The only real drawback to this app is the limitations in the free version. The free version of TickTick places restrictions on things like task sharing, task reminders, task list length, and so on. If you upgrade to a pro account (for the price of $19.99/yr or $1.99/mo) then these restrictions are significantly loosened. Restrictions still exist, but in my opinion, the average user would never need to exceed them. (Why would you ever need more than 999 tasks in a single list?) TickTick is a brilliant task management solution, but it may be more well-suited for individuals who are willing to pay a little bit for a more intuitive solution.
5. Habitica
Of course, this app isn’t for everybody. Not everyone likes the idea of turning their life into an RPG. I will say, though, that for someone looking for that kick in the pants to get into a to-do list app, Habitica is the perfect fit. Even if you don’t want to use the app for to-do lists, mechanics within the game exist to help users kick bad habits and encourage good ones, too. Having trouble drinking those 8 cups of water per day? The game lets you set a “daily goal” of drinking 8 cups of water per day, and rewards you when you indicate that you’ve accomplished it. Trying to lose weight? You can set a “bad habit” of eating junk food, and the game will punish you when you indicate that you’ve done it. The app puts a really fun spin on the admittedly monotone to-do list app game, and I personally appreciate it for its ingenuity.
That’s the end of my list of the five best to-do list apps for Android. Of course, there were many other to-do list apps that I wasn’t able to mention in this article. Did I happen to snub your personal favorite app? Feel free to go into the comment section below and talk about it.