Home › Task & Project Management › Google Tasks
Google Tasks
Free · ranked #17 of 21
★ 4.7 / 5 · 695k user reviews
· App Store + Google Play, cross-referenced · display-only, not part of the SoftwareScore
55
SoftwareScore · ranked #17
Google's free, minimal task list built into Gmail and Calendar, simple and instant, with little depth beyond checkboxes.
Value (price vs capability) 10
Ease of use 8
Power & automation 3
Collaboration 2
Views & planning 3
Cross-platform & capture 7
Data ownership / export 4
Google Tasks pros and cons
Pros
- Free and instant
- Built directly into Gmail and Google Calendar
- Zero learning curve
Cons
- No subtask hierarchy or automation rules
- Almost no structure beyond checkboxes
Best for Google Workspace users who want frictionless checklists.
Skip it if you need anything beyond a flat to-do list.
On the SoftwareScore, Google Tasks is strongest on Value (price vs capability) (10/10) and weakest on Collaboration (2/10). That's what drives its 55/100.
Compare Google Tasks head-to-head
Motion 58
An AI calendar that auto-schedules your tasks around meetings, powerful automation for a busy calendar, at a premium price with no free tier.
Amazing Marvin 57
A deeply customizable personal productivity system with strategies you toggle on and off, endlessly flexible for tinkerers, less so for teams.
Things 3 53
An award-winning, beautifully focused personal task manager for Apple devices, a one-time purchase with no cloud lock-in and no collaboration.
OmniFocus 51
A rigorous GTD task manager for Apple users with powerful perspectives and automation, local-first with TaskPaper export, no real collaboration.
Sunsama 49
A calm daily planner that pulls tasks from your other tools into a time-boxed day, premium-priced and single-player by design.