In the past, keeping a to-do list was a matter of pen and paper. We live in a different world now, and some days there’s just too much to do to stop and write something down. Wouldn’t it be great if your to-do list followed you wherever you went?
The best way to get organized is by setting aside time each day to plan tasks. If you wait until you are in the moment to plan, the distractions around you will take over, resulting in procrastination.
nTask
nTask is one of the top free reminder app for web, iOS, and Android devices. It is used by more than 100,000 individuals and teams to stay in their project’s game and to not miss any deadlines.
This application offers robust features to become productive and organize, both personal and professional life, in an efficient manner. Users can set reminders and notifications by creating a task and setting its due dates. The good thing about this app is that it allows you to set both planned dates and actual dates.
Once the deadline is approaching, or if the task is overdue you will get the in-app web and mobile notifications, plus reminders in email and on desktop. nTask gives you the ability to set reminders and notifications as per your preference through the settings panel.
nTask makes it easier to collaborate with your team on projects and gives you updates on budget management.
Key Features
- Available on web, iOS and Android devices
- Planned and actual due dates
- Task statuses
- To-do list and task progress
- Task assignment
- Team collaboration
- Gantt charts
- Project Management
- Meeting Management
- Integration with Zoom, Zapier, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Slack
Pricing
- Basic Free Plan
- Premium plan at $2.99/user per month
- Business plan at $7.99/user per month
- Custom Enterprise plan
Calendar Notify
Price: Free / Up to $5.49
Calendar Notify is an above-average calendar app and a great reminder app. It syncs to Google Calendar, so you can use both if you need to. It delivers a quick view of your agenda and schedule in a spiffy widget format. In addition, you get some widgets along with a high degree of customization. Of course, you can add in reminders to your calendar tasks and get notifications for it as needed. The benefit of having a widget on the home screen with the info and also notifications helps a lot. It’s a bit simpler than the stock Google Calendar app, but you can use both interchangeably for more control.Get it on Google Play
To-Do Reminder with Alarm
Next on the list of best reminder app is a tool that gives everything away with its name, To-Do Reminder.
This app has a lot going on. It features a dark mode, integrations with Facebook, Google Calendar, birthday, an anniversary list, and listen to this! – voice commands are the best way of getting things done fast.
Setting a reminder has never been easier!
Key Features
- Voice command
- Upload to Drive
- Day and Night mode
Pricing
- Free
Google Keep Notes
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Google Keep Notes is probably the best note-taking app available right now. It’s also about two or three feature updates away from being a to-do list app. It features collaboration features that let you share notes with others. You can also take text, list, photo, audio, and video notes. The reminders feature is fairly simple but effective. You can set notes to pop up as notifications at certain times or places. For instance, you can make your shopping list note pop up when your GPS indicates that you’re at your local grocery store. It also saw a major redesign in late 2018 that makes it even more pleasant to look at.Get it on Google Play
BZ Reminder
BZ Reminder is one of the best reminder app Android. Unlike the apps discussed above, it doesn’t have many features in its pocket.
However, the few features it has, they have been extremely impressive.
This elegant app is super easy to use. You can color-code your reminders to differentiate between them and give priority to the tasks.
And how awesome is the fact that it supports Android Wear!
Key Features
- Repeat task
- Call reminder
- Birthday Reminder
- Calendar
Pricing
- Basic – Free
- Paid plan starts from $3.99
Heynote
Price: Free
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Heynote is kind of a wildcard in this space. It’s actually a live wallpaper app mixed with a note-taking app. You leave notes on your wallpaper and re-apply it to get your reminders right on your home screen at all times. It’s a neat way to accomplish the feat without extra push notifications or a widget. You can create notes over plain backgrounds or simply write them over your existing wallpaper. Just remember that this is a wallpaper app, so if you decide you don’t like it, you still have to switch your wallpaper back to what it was manually. It’s also entirely free as of this writing.Get it on Google Play
Microsoft To-Do
Any reminder apps list would be incomplete without the mention of Microsoft To-do. As expected, Microsoft has shown its magic with this app as well.
Intelligent features like Smart Suggestion, sub-tasks, and periodizing tasks makes Microsoft’s To-do app a complete package. The app can be used on any laptop or PC – you can have it on your iPad and iPhone as well.
Moreover, Outlook users can rejoice as it integrates with Outlook beautifully.
Key Features
- See all your tasks in one view.
- Updated Today and Week view.
- See your notifications on the iOS app badge.
- Print your lists.
- Change how you add your tasks.
- See your completed tasks more easily.
Pricing
- Free
Things 3
Things 3 is a gift to phone users from the German-based company Cultured Code. This is an award-winning app which means, you ought to try it.
Things 3 keeps things simple yet stylish. Does that make sense? No? Well, let me explain…
You can make categories of your reminders, tasks, and even projects. Furthermore, anything can be added to these reminders or tasks ranging from images, audio, and notes.
This app also integrates with your phone calendar and makes sure you never miss a thing!
And here’s the cherry on top; it syncs to iCloud. That means you get interruption-free regular data backups.
Key Features
- Gestures based add
- Quick search
- Project deadlines
- Multi-view
- Subtasks
Pricing
- $9.99 (iPhone)
- $19.99 (iPad)
- $49.99 (Mac) (15-day free trial available)
Capsicum
Capsicum is a rather interesting app for setting out reminders, taking notes, and manage your to-do lists.
The app is super smart, and it analyzes the way you work and which reminders are important to you.
It has a few tricks up its sleeve; the Time Travel feature is one of them. It helps you to navigate to a past or future date quite stylishly.
Key Features
- Monthly, weekly, and daily to-do lists.
- Migrate unfinished tasks to another day.
- Quickly jump to a past or future date with Time Travel.
- Sync events with Apple calendars.
- Daily notes.
Pricing
- $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year.
Clear
Clear is lined up with a spick n’ span intuitive user interface – hence the name: Clear comes into play.
The program’s interface looks like an ordinary piece of blank paper. However, there’s a lot more to it than whatever meets the eye.
Create reminders, tasks, and to-do items and cross them once they’re complete. Missed reminders are highlighted via a distinct color combination.
Create unlimited lists for anything you need to do during the entirety of the week. This app also introduces gesture input. Reminders are repeated automatically for periodic tasks. They can be turned off as per users’ convenience.
Key Features:
- Available to iOS and Android users
- Create unlimited lists and set auto-reminders for periodically occurring activities.
- Introduces gesture input for creating notes, to-do list items, and much more.
- Comes with a wide range of gorgeous color schemes. Apple’s retina display technology takes it all to the next level.
- Auto syncs to Apple Calendar for all tasks and lists.
Pricing:
- $4.99 per user/ per month.
Ike
Price: Free / $1.99
Ike To Do List is another unique reminder app. It uses President Eisenhower’s Priority Matrix. You put in a bunch of tasks and assign them an importance value. The app then prioritizes the tasks. It also comes with reminders, due dates, images, audio, notes, widgets, customization, and more. It definitely covers all of the basics and does so in a fun way. The app is free. The pro version goes for $1.99 and unlocks all themes, widgets, and some additional features.Get it on Google Play
Conclusion
We all need a little reminder to do things sometimes. We live in a world filled with distraction and various shiny things that often lead us off course of whatever it is we’re trying to do. Thus, setting reminders can not only be productive but a savior in some situations. There are a variety of ways to use reminders on Android. You can set them up in your calendar app, a dedicated to-do list app, and some apps exist only to serve up reminders when you need them. Even some note-taking apps have reminder functionality built-in. It’s honestly pretty difficult to not find a good reminder app because they are literally everywhere. We’ll take a look at the best reminder apps for Android here!