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Alternatives to Remember The Milk
23 productivity tools sit alongside Remember The Milk in this directory. Below is what separates each from Remember The Milk on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 16
- Cheaper to start
- 13
- Remember The Milk starts at
- Free, then $39.99/year
Why people look past Remember The Milk
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Remember The Milk entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Remember The Milk starts at $39.99/year. Across the 13 productivity tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $9.99/month.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The world's #1 task manager and to-do list app
- Starts $34.99 a month cheaper, at $5/month.
- 3 tiers to Remember The Milk's 2.
Your personal task management app
- Starts $39.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 1 tier to Remember The Milk's 2.
Simple task management from Google
Priced and rated the same as Remember The Milk on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Journalling app for iOS, Android and Mac now sold as a subscription after years as a one-time purchase
- 3 tiers to Remember The Milk's 2.
Security-focused AI email client with end-to-end encryption and a lifetime purchase option
- 3 tiers to Remember The Milk's 2.
Mac launcher and automation tool sold as a one-time Powerpack licence rather than a subscription
- Starts $5.990000000000002 a one-time cheaper, at £34/one-time.
- 3 tiers to Remember The Milk's 2.
Every Remember The Milk alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remember The Milk (this page) | Free, then $39.99/year | - | 2 | |
| TodoistFull-featured task management with natural language parsing, recurring tasks, and team collaboration | Free, then $5/month | - | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Microsoft To DoMicrosoft's task management app with Outlook integration, shared lists, and subtasks | Free | Free | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Google TasksLightweight task manager integrated with Gmail and Google Calendar for quick task capture | Free | - | - | vs Remember The Milk |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | 2 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Samsung Food | Free | Free, no subscription | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Bluemail | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Spark Mail | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | 2 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Supernormal | Free, then $20/month | Per month by credits | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| MeetGeek | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Bluedot | Free, then $14/month | Per recording user per month | 4 | vs Remember The Milk |
| LibreOffice | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Gamma | Free, then $12/month | - | 6 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Memtime | €10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| AnyList | On request | Per user per year | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Mimestream | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase, priced separately per platform | 2 | vs Remember The Milk |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
| Fastmail | $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Remember The Milk |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Remember The Milk badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (16)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Todoist , Free, then $5/month
- Microsoft To Do , Free
- Google Tasks , Free
- Day One , Free
- Canary Mail , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Bring! , Free
- Samsung Food , Free
Cheaper than Remember The Milk (13)
Entry price under Remember The Milk's $39.99/year. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Todoist , Free, then $5/month
- Microsoft To Do , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Mealime , Free, then $5.99/month
- Supernormal , Free, then $20/month
- MeetGeek , Free, then $9.99/month
- Bluedot , Free, then $14/month
- Gamma , Free, then $12/month
What you would be giving up
Remember The Milk is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Remember The Milk is broadly right and the question is cost, the Remember The Milk pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Productivity category lists everything the directory holds, and best productivity tools ranks them.
Remember The Milk runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Remember The Milk alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Remember The Milk?
- 23 other productivity tools are listed in this directory, led by Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Google Tasks, Day One. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Remember The Milk?
- 16 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Google Tasks, Day One, Canary Mail.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Remember The Milk?
- Yes. 13 of the alternatives below start under Remember The Milk's $39.99/year: Todoist at Free, then $5/month, Microsoft To Do at Free, Alfred at Free, then £34/one-time, Mealime at Free, then $5.99/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Remember The Milk?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: it costs more than the category median. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Remember The Milk?
- Remember The Milk is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Remember The Milk?
- None of the productivity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Remember The Milk alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Productivity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Remember The Milk against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Remember The Milk covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every productivity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Productivity category, 23 tools beside Remember The Milk. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.