![]() With Reminders, you are effectively restricted to the Apple ecosystem - iOS and macOS However, you can access Reminders from any desktop via if you don’t mind the general sluggishness of the user interface. With Reminders, you are restricted to the Apple ecosystem (iOS and macOS), and no support for Android. Aside from asking her to open the app for you, you need to do everything else yourself. When it comes to Google Tasks, the lack of support for Siri really hurts. If you hate typing, you can tell Siri to add your to-dos quite easily either by using the ‘Hey Siri’ voice command or after activating it manually.Īnd you can also ask her to do just about anything that you would normally do otherwise - setting recurring tasks, adding location-based reminders, etc. You can, for example, set a reminder for your shopping list to show up whenever you are in the vicinity of your local supermarket. It’s super-easy to set up, and works phenomenally well.Īnd the possibilities are pretty much endless. And with that feature, you can specify the app to notify you of a to-do whenever you enter or leave a location. Reminders also provides an option that lets you prioritize to-dos, which makes for a nice touch.īut this is where Reminders actually has a superior advantage over Tasks - location-based reminders. ![]() With Google Tasks, that huge Add a New Task button lets you create to-dos in a jiffy.īoth apps also provide the ability to add notes to your to-dos, specify times to receive notifications, and even set certain tasks to recur (hourly, daily, weekly, etc.). With Reminders, just hit the ‘+’-shaped icon, type what you want, and you are good to go. ![]() When it comes to creating to-dos, both Reminders and Tasks make it pretty simple to do that. Just add whatever you want into the Family list, and they should sync over to everyone else seamlessly. Yes, you rely primarily on notifications, but it’s always nice to see what’s on the table at a glance.Īnd if you use iOS’s Family Sharing feature, you also have a separate list that you can easily share with your family members. That contrasts sharply with Google Tasks, which requires you to check the lists for anything that you may have scheduled individually. You can switch between various colors for your list headings for organizing your lists and items in a better way.Īnd then there’s the Scheduled list, which is a master list of sorts that features scheduled to-dos taken from every other list. That aside, things do get interesting with Reminders. It’s a clash between instant visibility of your lists versus the convenience of single-handed usage. Creating new lists from scratch (or deleting them) is seamlessly implemented.Īnd as mentioned earlier, Reminders features all your lists prominently within the main interface itself, while Tasks requires that you use a menu to access them. Lists Matterīoth Reminders and Google Tasks let you manage lists quite easily. Switching between lists via the hamburger menu, for example, feel easier on iPhones with larger screen sizes. ![]() Easy navigation controls at the bottom of the app ensures better one-handed usage compared to Reminders. Google Tasks, on the other hand, sports Google’s now wide-spread Material Design 2.0. Reminders seemingly has that typical iOS design flair to it, with paper textured lists - akin to the Notes app - featuring big and bold headings that you can easily switch to. How They Lookīoth Reminders and Google Tasks are quite different in terms of aesthetics. ![]() But how do Reminders and Google Tasks stack against each other on iOS? Is it worth ditching Apple’s offering in favor of Google’s? Time to take a closer look and find out. ![]()
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