Comparison

Reminders vs Microsoft To Do

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Reminders

Easily manage your to-do lists for groceries, work projects, and more. Create reminders with voice commands, set location-based alerts, and collaborate with others. Keep everything organized and accessible across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated reminder creation
  • Location-based reminders
  • Smart Lists for automatic organization
  • Subtasks and section headers
  • Collaboration and list sharing
  • Home screen widgets
  • Grocery list auto-categorization
Features
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Reminders makes it easier than ever to remember the things you need to do. You can use it for all of life's to-dos, including grocery lists, projects at work, or anything else you want to track. And with iCloud, it's easy to keep all your devices in sync, so you’ll always have your reminders with you. Features Fast and easy to use • Use Siri to create reminders with your voice, or add Reminders to your Control Center or iPhone Action Button to quickly create a reminder on the go. • Create, edit, and complete scheduled reminders from within the Calendar app. • Add a widget to your Home Screen on iOS and iPadOS, or Notification Center on macOS, to view and complete reminders. • Make shopping easier with grocery lists that automatically group related items into sections like dairy and produce. Powerful organization • Smart Lists - Today, Scheduled, Flagged, All, and Assigned to Me, and Completed - automatically organize and display upcoming reminders. • Organize your reminders with tags to make them easy to find. • Custom Smart Lists automatically include reminders that matter most to you by gathering to-dos based on tags, dates, times, locations, flags, and priority. • Use subtasks to add additional detailed tasks to a reminder. • Organize reminders within a list by creating section headers; tap Auto-Categorize at the top of a list to have Apple Intelligence organize your reminders into sections by related categories. You can also try viewing sections in column view to arrange them across your screen. It’s a powerful way to visualize tasks, or even make simple kanban boards. • Save a list as a template to reuse it for routines, packing lists, and more. Share templates with others via a link, or download templates that others have shared. Be reminded when and how you want • Set reminders to repeatedly remind you daily, weekly or at custom intervals. • Trigger reminders by specific locations, for example when you arrive at home or work, or when you get in your car. • Tag people in a reminder to get a reminder the next time you chat with them in Messages. Collaborate with others • Share and collaborate on a list of reminders - everyone with access to the shared list will be able to add or complete reminders. • Assign reminders to people with whom you share lists. Intelligence • Share a webpage, note, or any text to the Reminders app and Apple Intelligence will suggest relevant tasks and grocery items from what you’re looking at. • Natural language support allows you to type phrases to create reminder settings. Try something like “Jog every other morning” for a specific, recurring reminder. Reminders for Apple Watch • Get notified and mark reminders as complete right from your wrist and automatically sync across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Vision Pro with iCloud. • View reminders and create new ones directly on your Apple Watch. Certain features are available only in select languages and regions.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Reminders4 screens
Microsoft To Do4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reminders and Microsoft To Do both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Reminders's written reviews are positive against 42% of Microsoft To Do's. Reminders also leads on ratings volume (1.1M vs 270K) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Microsoft To Do's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and chart position (#147 vs unranked). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Reminders against 4.7 for Microsoft To Do. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1M and 270K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Reminders's written reviews are positive against 42% of Microsoft To Do's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reminders ships an update every 5 months, Microsoft To Do monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Reminders versus Microsoft To Do: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemindersMicrosoft To Do
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1M ratings) — better4.7 (270K ratings)
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews — better41.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1M — better270K
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank—#147 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppleMicrosoft Corporation

Customer experience

Reminders

All ratings1,038,666 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews6,203 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative17.5%

Microsoft To Do

All ratings264,508 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews1,490 reviews
Positive41.7%
Neutral15.5%
Negative42.8%

User reviews

Reminders

From 1.1M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Seamless integration with Apple ecosystem
  • 📋 Helpful for organizing tasks and reminders
  • 🔔 Useful location-based and time-sensitive reminders
  • 💡 Shared lists and collaboration features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy after recent updates
  • 🔍 Difficult to search for completed reminders
  • 🔀 Issues with syncing and data loss
  • 🕰️ Delayed or missing notifications
  • 🔒 Concerns about iCloud dependency

Microsoft To Do

From 270K App Store ratings

What 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

Reminders

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Reminders disappearing or reverting after updates
  • Inability to move reminders between lists
  • Slow performance and frequent crashes
  • Syncing issues between devices and iCloud
  • Notification issues, such as not showing up or delayed

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to unmark all completed reminders
  • Option to hide completed reminders in Today view
  • Integration with Calendar app for better scheduling
  • More customization options for lists and reminders
  • Improved search and filtering capabilities
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  • Repeat reminders based on completion, not just time

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

None

Reminders

No in-app purchases

None

Microsoft To Do

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reminders free?
Reminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Microsoft To Do free?
Microsoft To Do is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reminders or Microsoft To Do?
Reminders is rated higher. Reminders averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1M ratings, while Microsoft To Do averages 4.7 from 270K ratings.
Do Reminders or Microsoft To Do have ads?
Neither Reminders nor Microsoft To Do shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reminders or Microsoft To Do?
Reminders ships an update every 5 months, and Microsoft To Do monthly. Most recently, Reminders was updated on November 11, 2026 and Microsoft To Do on November 12, 2026.

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