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so you're like me you'd rather watch a video about productivity than actually be productive here's the good news to-do list apps today are powerful and beautiful enough to actually make us want to get out of our ruts and start working at its most basic a to-do list app couldn't be simpler it's just a checkbox with some text next to it but great developers take them much further letting you organize huge projects manage recurring tasks and even set location-based reminders they also integrate with other services in your life and help you focus on the things that you can get done now there are hundreds of to-do lists cluttering up the App Store's but which one is the best wunderlist is the best to-do list app for most people it's available on every major platform it has a beautiful design and it's powerful without feeling overly complicated it's also free and while a paid option will get you a handful more features like uploading large files and customizing the look of the app wunderlist is a powerful solution even if you never subscribe to the premium version a big part of staying on top of your task list is being able to capture the thought at any moment and Wunderlist makes great apps for Android iOS Windows Phone and the web and makes good native clients for Mac OS and Windows 8 at its heart it's just a simple list but it offers a perfect foundation to build on the mobile apps do a good job of letting you add tasks quickly and the desktop and web clients offer a huge canvas or drilling deeper organizing big projects and delegating tasks to others many of wonder list competitors share those virtues but wonder this is usually more intuitive with all this key features never more than a tap or two away you can add notes via email and Google now but not Siri at least not for now but it's easy to set and manage recurring tasks and while other apps will charge you $20 or more Wunderlist gives away nearly everything for free other apps boast more granular controls or more specialized features but if you're looking for a powerful free cross-platform app for managing your tasks wonder list is absolutely the place to start to duyst is another thoughtfully designed powerful and intuitive app for managing your tasks it just costs more 29 bucks a year for basic features like search reminder notifications and adding tasks via email but if you spend a lot of time manicuring your task list gift to do is to look you can set up custom labels and filters for your tasks location-based reminders and even templates for recurring projects it's a lot of firepower but it also encourages you to spend a lot of time fiddling with your tasks and while the design is clean it's just a bit to spare for my tastes still todoist is an easy recommendation any dues claim to fame is what it calls the moment a push notification each morning telling you to plan your day I find the push a bit too pushy but lots of people seem to like it but the app is less intuitive than it should be and its feature set isn't as robust as its peers OmniFocus is sometimes called the Farrar of to-do list apps it packs an incredible amount of firepower and charges a premium for it it's actually the app I use every day but all that power makes for a steep learning curve and most people will prefer a simpler option three other options to consider are Remember The Milk clear and to do they have varying degrees of power but suffer from dated or confusing interfaces and are generally less intuitive than their peers to-do list apps help you get things done by getting tasks off your mind and into a place where they can be organized and managed more easily none of them will actually do your tasks for you but they will get you started wunderlist offers the best balance between power and ease-of-use and it's mostly free so stop watching videos about productivity and go get something done