Google Keep vs Microsoft To Do
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Google Keep
Capture, edit, and share notes and lists across all your devices. Organize with labels and colors, and set time or location-based reminders. Collaborate with others in real-time for shared tasks.
- Capture notes, lists, photos, and audio
- Organize with labels and colors
- Set time and location-based reminders
- Collaborate on notes and lists
- Transcribe voice memos
- Extract text from images
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• Capture, edit, share, and collaborate on your notes on any device, anywhere. • Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep. • Organize your notes with labels and colors. • Set and forget. Get reminded about a note at the right time or place. • Record a voice memo and have it automatically transcribed. • Grab the text from an image to help you quickly find that note again through search. WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED IT Need to remember to pick up some groceries? Set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list right when you get to the store. Need to finish a to-do? Set a time-based reminder to make sure you never miss a thing. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS Next time you go to the store, share your shopping list on Keep and watch as items get checked off in real time. No need for text messages back and forth. Get things done together, faster. FIND WHAT YOU NEED, FAST Quickly filter and search for notes by color and other attributes like lists with the label “To-dos”, audio notes with reminders or just see shared notes. Find what you're looking for even faster, and let Keep do the remembering for you. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH Keep works on your phone, tablet and computer. Everything you add to Keep syncs across your devices so your important stuff is always with you. Try Google Keep on the web at http://keep.google.com and find it in the Chrome Web Store at http://g.co/keepinchrome.
Microsoft To Do
Manage your daily tasks and create various lists to stay organized. This app offers personalized daily planning tools and intelligent suggestions to help you focus on what matters. Collaborate with others on shared lists and access your tasks across all your devices.
- Personalized daily planner
- Intelligent task suggestions
- Cross-device syncing
- Collaborative list sharing
- Task breakdown into steps
- File attachments up to 25MB
- Customizable themes and dark mode
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Stay organized and manage your day-to-day with Microsoft To Do. Make shopping lists or task lists, take notes, record collections, set reminders and more to improve your productivity and focus on what matters. Microsoft To Do is the task management app that makes it easy to stay organized and manage your life. Accomplish what’s important to you each day with My Day and Suggestions, personalized day planner tools. Intelligent suggestions recommend tasks from across your lists that may be relevant each day. Quickly capture and retrieve your lists and tasks across devices by syncing reminders and tasks with Microsoft 365 to access them anywhere. For lists in personal accounts, you can collaborate with anyone with updated notifications for any changes to your to-do lists. Capture tasks from different Microsoft apps and services and sync them with Microsoft To Do, from flagging emails as tasks in Outlook to lists from Cortana. Your tasks and lists are hosted securely on the Microsoft 365 service. Make your lists unique with customizable features like emoji, colorful themes, dark mode and more. Stay connected and collaborate with friends and family by sharing lists that stay synced as changes are made. Microsoft To Do Features: Daily planner • Stay focused with My Day, a personalized daily planner with suggested tasks • Get your lists anywhere, on any device • Share your list with anyone and work together • Add notes to any task Task manager • Share lists and tasks with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates • Get notified when others create, complete or remove tasks in shared lists • Personalize your lists by choosing theme colors or backgrounds • Set one-time or recurring due dates and reminders • Break your tasks into manageable steps • Attach up to 25MB of files to any task To-do lists for any purpose • Bill planner • Shopping lists • Set reminders • Task management • Business calendar • Note taking • And more Microsoft 365 Integration • Sync your tasks between Outlook and To Do • Host lists and tasks with the reliability and security of Microsoft 365 • Compile tasks from across your Microsoft 365 apps and services Whether it's for work, school, or home, To Do helps you organize and simplify your plans. To Do is free and available on all your devices. Learn more: https://to-do.microsoft.com Follow us on Twitter: @MicrosoftToDo Have an idea or feature suggestion? https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2171952 Need support? https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2156547 By installing Microsoft To Do, you agree to the Microsoft Terms of Use: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=842575
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Google Keep at weekly against Microsoft To Do's monthly. Microsoft To Do's advantage is ratings volume (265K vs 29K). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Google Keep against 4.7 for Microsoft To Do. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft To Do has 265K ratings behind it against 29K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 42% and 42% positive.
Google Keep ships an update weekly, Microsoft To Do monthly. Both last shipped on September 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Google Keep | Microsoft To Do |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (29K ratings) | 4.7 (265K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.4% of reviews — better | 42.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29K | 265K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #75 — better | #137 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 210 MB | 160 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | |
Customer experience
Google Keep
Microsoft To Do
User reviews
Google Keep
From 29K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Lean and efficient
- 👍 Minimalistic and easy to use
- 🤝 Good for collaboration
- 💡 Useful for note-taking and lists
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🔄 Sync issues and data loss
- 🕰️ Slow performance and lag
- 📱 Limited functionality on mobile
- 🔒 Lack of security features
Microsoft To Do
From 265K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Lightning-fast syncing
- 👍 Visually appealing design
- 📅 Helpful 'My Day' feature
- 💡 Customizable backgrounds
- 🤝 Shared list functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔀 Difficulty rearranging tasks
- 🗓️ Lack of calendar view
- 🔍 Poor search and sorting options
- 🔗 Inconsistent syncing across devices
Bugs and requests
Google Keep
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes randomly duplicating or disappearing
- Checkboxes not working as expected
- Keyboard issues and text input problems
- Refresh failures and connectivity problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for widgets
- Improve text formatting options
- Introduce folder/category organization
- Enable password protection for notes
- Enhance search and sorting capabilities
Microsoft To Do
Reported bugs
6 issues- Disappearing tasks and lists
- Inconsistent behavior when checking off tasks
- Syncing issues causing duplicate lists
- Login problems and account suspension
- Formatting issues and random spacing
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- Inability to delete or rearrange completed tasks
Requested features
6 requests- Calendar view for planned tasks
- Ability to create custom smart lists
- Improved sorting and filtering options
- Automatic population of 'My Day' tasks
- Subtask and nested list functionality
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- Direct integration with Outlook and Planner
In-app purchases
Google Keep
No in-app purchases
Microsoft To Do
No in-app purchases








