'Once we are confident that we have incorporated the best of Wunderlist into To-Do, we will retire Wunderlist. In a blog post, the company announced it would kill off Wunderlist and integrate its features into a brand-new app called To-Do. Sure enough, in April 2017 Microsoft dropped the hammer. Microsoft, like Google, has a long history of purchasing apps only to shutter them a short while later. All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative.īy clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that third-party cookies will be set.Such was its success that in June 2015, Microsoft bought the app for a reported $150 million. This article contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if a reader clicks through and Over to you! The comments section is open for your experiences of the apps above, and your recommendation of other useful to-do list apps that we haven’t included. However, if you’re looking for a fun motivational spin on this app category, it’s worth a try.

If you’re looking for a powerful, serious task management app and haven’t spent much time playing RPGs, Habitica may be too quirky for your needs. Meanwhile, a reward system encourages you to spend the “gold” you loot on time for treats in the real world as you get organised.

You create a character, unlock armour, pets and quests, and battle “monsters” all within the framework of completing your to-do lists. Habitica is an app for tracking and ticking off daily tasks like the others, but wrapped around that is an RPG-style game to motivate you to complete them.

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