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Task & Project Management rankings
Every task and project app below is scored 0-100 on the same seven public axes. Answer a 60-second quiz to personalize the ranking to how you work, or compare any two head-to-head.
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ClickUp
Free · $7/mo · ★4.7 (14k)
An everything-app for work with 15+ views, deep custom fields, automations, docs, and AI, enormously capable but with a real learning curve.
75
SoftwareScore
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Todoist
Free · $5/mo · ★4.7 (432k)
The best-loved personal task manager, fast natural-language capture everywhere and a clean list-first design, with boards and a calendar for lighter planning.
74
SoftwareScore
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TickTick
Free · $3/mo · ★4.7 (206k)
A feature-packed value pick: tasks, a built-in calendar, habit tracking, and a Pomodoro timer across every platform for a few dollars a month.
73
SoftwareScore
4
Asana
Free · $11/mo · ★4.2 (75k)
A mature team project manager with list, board, timeline, and calendar views plus rules and reporting, powerful for cross-team work.
72
SoftwareScore
5
Trello
Free · $5/mo · ★4.5 (30k)
Atlassian's famously simple kanban boards, easy to pick up and share, extended by Power-Ups when you need more than cards and lists.
72
SoftwareScore
6
Taskade
Free · $8/mo · ★4.7 (6.5k)
A collaborative outliner blending tasks, mind maps, and AI agents in real time, flexible and team-friendly across many views.
72
SoftwareScore
7
Linear
Free · $8/mo · ★4.8 (1.9k)
A blazing-fast, keyboard-driven issue tracker beloved by software teams, opinionated and clean, with excellent cycles and roadmaps.
72
SoftwareScore
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monday.com
Free · $9/seat/mo · ★4.8 (53k)
A colorful, flexible Work OS built on customizable boards, strong for team workflows and reporting, priced per seat and cloud-only.
71
SoftwareScore
9
Height
Free · $7/mo
An AI-native project tool that auto-triages, updates, and summarizes work, modern and fast, aimed at product and engineering teams.
69
SoftwareScore
10
Superlist
Free · $10/mo · ★4.5 (438)
A modern lists-meets-docs app from the founders of Wunderlist, clean and collaborative, blending tasks with rich notes.
66
SoftwareScore
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Microsoft To Do
Free · ★4.7 (743k)
Microsoft's free, friendly task app with My Day planning and shared lists, tightly tied into Outlook and Microsoft 365.
64
SoftwareScore
12
Basecamp
From $15/user/mo · ★4.5 (35k)
A calm, opinionated team project hub built around message boards, to-dos, and check-ins, great for communication, light on task-view flexibility.
63
SoftwareScore
13
Any.do
Free · $5/mo · ★4.4 (556k)
A polished personal planner blending tasks, calendar, and reminders, with a slick mobile experience and some team features on paid tiers.
63
SoftwareScore
14
Habitica
Free · $5/mo · ★4.2 (2.9k)
A gamified habit and task app that turns your to-dos into an RPG, genuinely motivating for some, light on serious project features.
60
SoftwareScore
15
Motion
From $29/mo · ★4.1 (2.0k)
An AI calendar that auto-schedules your tasks around meetings, powerful automation for a busy calendar, at a premium price with no free tier.
58
SoftwareScore
16
Amazing Marvin
$8/mo · ★4.0 (126)
A deeply customizable personal productivity system with strategies you toggle on and off, endlessly flexible for tinkerers, less so for teams.
57
SoftwareScore
17
Google Tasks
Free · ★4.7 (695k)
Google's free, minimal task list built into Gmail and Calendar, simple and instant, with little depth beyond checkboxes.
55
SoftwareScore
18
Things 3
$9.99 iPhone · $19.99 iPad · $49.99 Mac · ★4.8 (28k)
An award-winning, beautifully focused personal task manager for Apple devices, a one-time purchase with no cloud lock-in and no collaboration.
53
SoftwareScore
19
OmniFocus
From $9.99/mo · ★4.0 (326)
A rigorous GTD task manager for Apple users with powerful perspectives and automation, local-first with TaskPaper export, no real collaboration.
51
SoftwareScore
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Sunsama
From $20/mo · ★4.5 (481)
A calm daily planner that pulls tasks from your other tools into a time-boxed day, premium-priced and single-player by design.
49
SoftwareScore
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Akiflow
$19/mo · ★4.4 (294)
A command-bar task consolidator that unifies tools and time-blocks your calendar, fast for personal planning, premium-priced and solo-focused.
49
SoftwareScore
Best task management app for…
For teams
Ranked for teamwork: assignees, comments, permissions, shared boards, and reliable cross-device sync.
For personal use
Ranked for solo productivity: fast capture, an easy daily flow, and a genuinely usable free or low-cost tier.
For projects
Ranked for real projects: dependencies, custom fields, automations, timelines, and reporting.
For free
Ranked on value, showing only apps with a genuinely usable free tier.