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I can’t live without a to-do app. I forget everything — including adding a to-do task in the app sometimes. But whatever reaches the to-do app, I’m glad for these amazing creations. However, some apps are better for they offer more features and have the edge over others.
iOS devices come pre-installed with the Reminders app. While the app does its job well, it’s not a cross-platform tool and also lacks some features. So in this post, we decided to stack it up against the popular to-do app from Microsoft known as Microsoft To-Do.
Touted as Microsoft’s Wunderlist replacement, Microsoft To-Do’s free features stack well against Todoist’s paid ones. For example, Todoist’s free plan doesn’t allow for reminders, calendar syncing, and file attachments, while Microsoft To-Do allows all of that for free. Subtasks work well. Dec 26, 2019 The Best To-Do List Apps for 2020. Get organized and complete tasks more quickly and more reliably by using the right to-do app. These are the top performers in our tests.
Without further ado, let’s see how they fare against each other.
Microsoft's To-Do is an easy way to manage your tasks across platforms - as long as you don't need a native Mac app. If you are looking for a replacement for Wunderlist, To-Do is a solid choice. Jun 18, 2019 Microsoft To-Do is now available for Mac. The app is free on the Mac App Store, meaning that Mac users will no longer have to rely on the service’s web app to keep track of their daily tasks.
Installation and Cross-Platform Availability
The Reminders app is available for iPhone, iPad, and macOS. It comes preinstalled on all of them. Similar to other Apple apps, you cannot download it on Windows or Android devices. To use it on these operating systems, you will have to rely on the iCloud website to access your reminders.
You need to manually download Microsoft To-Do app (~80MB) from App Store on iPhone and iPad. Even though it isn’t available for macOS, the supported app is a highly requested feature. So maybe the Mac app might arrive in the near future.
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For now, you can access it from its website on any platform or sync with a workaround on macOS. Further, if you own a Windows or Android device, Microsoft offers dedicated apps for them.
Download Microsoft To-Do for AndroidDownload Microsoft To-Do for Windows 10Design and User Interface
Both have different user interface. In both the apps, the first screen shows various lists with the number of tasks in each of them. Tap on the list to see its tasks. In Reminders, the search bar and new (list/task) icon is at the top. While in Microsoft To-Do, the search icon is at the top and New list button is easily accessible at the bottom.
Add Tasks
Fortunately, can tap anywhere in the list on both the apps, and you will be able to add a task. You don’t have to go looking for the new task button. To add more details, just tap on the task.
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The To-Do app offers a cute ding sound when a task is completed. It brings joy for completing a task.Gestures
Both apps support gestures. In Reminders, left swipe reveals Delete and More buttons. No action is assigned to the right swipe.
In Microsoft To-Do, both right and left swipe work. While left swipe deletes the task, the right swipe lets you move the task to a different list and add it to My Day list.
The swipe to delete gesture also works for lists on the home screen in the To-Do app. That feature is missing in Reminders. It’s good that Apple didn’t incorporate that for you could accidentally delete an entire list by a gesture.
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Read MoreThemes and Colors
To quickly identify lists, you can color code them. While both apps support color coding, it is more prominent in the Reminders app as it applies to list title.
Things are different for the To-Do app where the color code is limited to the list icon only making it difficult to identify. On the bright side, it supports themes and colors inside lists.
Sort Tasks and Lists
Again, in both the apps you can manually reorder lists by holding and dragging them. That also works for list items in Reminders.
When it comes to the To-Do app, not only does it support hold-and-drag gesture but it offers several sorting modes such as importance, due date, creation date, alphabetically, etc. To access this feature, tap on the three-bar icon at the top inside a list.
Types of Reminders
What would a tasks or to-do app be without time-based reminders? Yes, both of them support it with the ability to create recurring reminders too. You can have a reminder to be repeated weekly, monthly, or even yearly.
But when it comes to location-based reminders, sadly, only Apple Reminders offers that. Microsoft is working on implementing the feature if that makes you happy.
Set Due Date
Besides reminders, Microsoft To-Do lets you set due dates to your tasks. The feature, which is missing in Apple Reminders comes quite handy for the organization of notes.
Add Notes and Files
Interestingly, both the apps also function as a note-taking app too. That is, inside each task or to-do item, you can add related notes. For examples, if you add a meeting to-do, you can include an address or video link in the notes.
Microsoft goes a step further for it lets you add files too. You can attach files up to 25MB to any individual task.
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Support for subtasks is one of the main areas where Microsoft To-Do differs from the Reminders app. That is, each task becomes a list of its own where you add other tasks or to-do items. All the subtasks can utilize the features such as reminders, due date, files, notes and more.
Tag Support
Very few apps support tags, and luckily, Microsoft To-Do happens to be one of them. When you precede a word with the symbol hashtag (#), it will turn into a clickable word. Tapping on it will show other tasks having the same hashtag.
List Collaboration
If you like sharing your lists with friends or team members so that they can view, add, and remove items from it, we are glad to say that both the apps support list sharing.
Compatibility with Siri
You won’t be surprised when I say that Reminders app works flawlessly with Siri. However, what matters is that even Microsoft To-do app is friends with Siri. You can use Siri to add tasks into a Microsoft To-Do list.
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Read MoreGetting Things Done
The Reminders app works well within the ‘Apple ecosystem.’ But if you own devices running other operating systems such as Windows or Android, Microsoft To-Do is a go-to app. Other than that, while both offer similar features, Microsoft is slightly ahead with features like file sharing, sublists, and tags. Use both of them for some time and see which one suits your needs.
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Microsoft is launching a brand new version of its Edge web browser today, and it's a huge departure from the old Edge we've come to know. Microsoft has rebuilt Edge from the ground up using the open-source Chromium project, the same codebase that Google Chrome is based upon. Existing Chrome users will find the new Edge to be very familiar, and that's by design. At first glance, the new Edge is just Chrome, but with a Microsoft logo slapped on the front.
But if you dig a little deeper, there's a lot more going here. I think there's a genuine market for a version of Chrome that doesn't talk to Google's servers, and this new Microsoft Edge fills that role. It syncs up with your Microsoft Account and has customizable tracking prevention features built right in. Microsoft is putting privacy at the top of its game with the new Edge. It's also enterprise-ready with AAD support, an Internet Explorer mode for rendering legacy websites, and much more.
While that's all well and good, we want to know if the new Microsoft Edge is a good browser for more than just the enterprise. Should you, as an average PC user, switch to the new Microsoft Edge? There's a lot here that normal PC users will enjoy, such as cross-platform syncing if you use Microsoft Edge on macOS, iOS, or Android too. It's also the only browser on Windows 10 to support 4K streaming on Netflix.
I've been using the new Microsoft Edge since it entered preview in the spring of last year, and I've been using the release candidate since November. Now that the new Microsoft Edge is officially here, I wanted to write up my thoughts as a review for anybody who's considering making the switch from another browser. Whether you're a user of the old Microsoft Edge or a die-hard Google Chrome fan, I think everybody should be paying attention to this new browser from Microsoft.
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Price: Free download.
Bottom line: Microsoft's new version of Edge is a complete rebuild with new features, better performance, and cross-platform support, but is launching with several missing features.
The Good
- Great web performance
- Familiar UI
- Access to Chromium-based extensions
- Google Chrome without the Google
The Bad
- No extension or history sync at launch
- Missing features such as Inking and Collections.
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Let's start at the very beginning. If you're a user of the old Microsoft Edge, installing and switching to the new browser is incredibly painless. Whether you install the browser yourself or wait for Microsoft to push it to you via Windows Update, the new browser will automatically replace the old one and import all of your data. The first run wizard will move all of your passwords, history, bookmarks, and more into the new Edge in just a few seconds.
Those coming from a third party browser will have to head into the settings area of the new Edge to import their data, but you can still import everything with no issues. Microsoft is making the switching process as easy as possible, as it knows the daunting task of switching browsers is a showstopper for many. Once the new Edge is installed, you should be up and running with all your data intact in under a minute.
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One thing that doesn't port over to the new Microsoft Edge automatically is extensions. Users will have to manually download all their extensions again when moving to the new Edge. Luckily, the new Microsoft Edge supports all the same extensions as Google Chrome, so you won't be without any of your favorite extensions.
Syncing browser data across devices uses your Microsoft Account, but at launch, only favorites, settings, addresses, passwords, and contact info is actually syncing across devices. History, extensions, open tabs, and collections do not yet sync. This means if you're attempting to switch to the new Edge on multiple devices, you'll have to install all your extensions every time manually. You also won't be able to view cross-device history.
This also means that the new Microsoft Edge doesn't support Windows 10's own Timeline feature. Microsoft does say that these additional sync settings will light up eventually, but there's no ETA for this. I'm personally not too bothered by this, but I know not being able to sync extensions and history across devices might be a deal-breaker for some. If that's the case, then I recommend you wait a couple of months for all the sync settings to come online before you give the new Edge a try.
Microsoft Edge browsing experience
Once you're all set up, the first thing you'll notice is the new tab page, which has been carried over from the old Microsoft Edge and revamped with more customization features. By default, the browser is set to search the web with Bing, but users can change this in settings if they wish. The new tab page will automatically list your most visited websites, and allow you to pin sites manually as well.
Below that, you can choose to have MSN display a grid of news articles from the last 24 hours, and you can even customize which topics show up here. I know a lot of people don't like being bombarded with information on their new tab page, so this is something that is fully customizable. If you don't want to see any news articles, then you can turn it off entirely.
You can also turn on or off a daily wallpaper that is pulled in from Bing, which gives your new tab page a little bit of flare. I keep this off, as I prefer a more minimalist appearance. But if you like seeing the news, or like seeing a new image every day, those are options for you to configure.
The UI along the top of the browser is very similar to Google Chrome, and this is by design. Microsoft wants to make switching from other browsers to the new Microsoft Edge as painless as possible, and that includes making the new Edge look like every other browser out there. If you're a Google Chrome user coming over to the new Microsoft Edge, you'll find all your imported data in the exact same places they would be in Chrome.
This minimizes the barrier to entry. Users don't like change, so having the new Edge be almost a carbon-copy of Google Chrome means Chrome users won't be as overwhelmed with switching to the new Edge. That said, there are a few minor differences in the UI that align the browser more with Microsoft's own design language. Corners are a little more squared off, and the settings area is a fair bit different too.
Browsing websites is a total breeze. Gone are the days of old Edge not being compatible, or rendering webpages poorly. Browsing the web using the new Microsoft Edge is fast, fluid, and just works. In fact, the web browsing experience is now identical to Chrome thanks to the fact that the new Microsoft Edge is built on the same open-source Chromium project that Google Chrome uses.
I've not had the new Microsoft Edge crash out on me, and I've not noticed it struggle to render webpages like YouTube. The old Microsoft Edge was notorious for being bad at rendering Google-centric sites, and the new Microsoft Edge just doesn't have that problem. Users of old Edge will also appreciate the ability to hide buttons that are listed along the top of the browser. If you don't want a favorites button up there, you can hide it. Finally.
Microsoft Edge web apps
A feature that will be new to Edge users is the ability to install websites as native apps. This feature is useful if there's a service you use that doesn't have a dedicated app for your PC. An excellent example of this is Gmail. Google hasn't built a dedicated Gmail app for Windows 10, but with the new Microsoft Edge, you can just install the Gmail website as an app and have it show up in the Start menu and run in its own window as if it were a real app.
This isn't a new feature if you're coming from Google Chrome, but Microsoft has done some additional work to make these web apps appear more native to Windows. While not available today, an upcoming update will make web apps appear to Windows as if they were actual apps. This means they'll show up in Task Manager as their own listing, and notifications will show up in the Action Center under that websites' specific name.
This feature will become more important when Windows 10X launches later this year. For now, it works as a great way to pin your favorite websites to your taskbar and Start menu.
Microsoft Edge tracking prevention
One significant feature that Microsoft is touting as part of the new Microsoft Edge is its own tracking prevention features. Privacy is a big deal these days, and Microsoft knows it. To help users in their quest for more privacy, the new Microsoft Edge has an easy to use tracking prevention feature built right in, and it's on by default.
Microsoft has three levels of tracking prevention, and by default, it's on level two: Balanced. This mode will block trackers from sites you haven't visited, and will automatically block known harmful trackers too. This mode is designed to keep your data as private as possible without breaking websites. Level one will allow most sites to track you, and level three will allow pretty much no sites to track you unless you give explicit permission.
It's great to see this level of tracking prevention built right into the new Microsoft Edge, and it's customizable too. Users can add their own sites to a blocked or exceptions list if you want a specific website to track or not track you. There's also a simple UI for clearing browsing data, and the option to remove specific data every time you close the browser.If you're privacy-conscious, the new Edge goes to great lengths in making you feel comfortable while using the browser. It isn't the most privacy-focused browser in the world, but it's a great first start for Microsoft.
Coming soon: Collections
Although Microsoft Edge launches today, several features aren't available yet. One such feature is Collections, which is a spiritual successor to the 'set tabs aside' feature of old Microsoft Edge. Collections allow you to group links, images, and snippets into a listing of things for referring back to later. This is super useful for students who are researching a specific topic, or a chef looking at ideas for their next recipe, for example.
The Collections feature will along the top of the address bar and is accessible from any webpage. I haven't found much use for it yet, but I can totally see how this feature fits into Microsoft's 'be more productive' mantra. You can directly import your collections to Excel and Word too if that's something you want to do.
Microsoft Edge: What isn't here
While there's a lot new with the new Microsoft Edge, there's also a lot of the old Microsoft Edge that isn't here. Set tabs aside, inking onto webpages, Fluent Design, Timeline support, are all missing from the new Microsoft Edge. Microsoft says that it is weighing which features it wants to bring over to the latest Microsoft Edge, with more inking features being one of them. But not every feature is guaranteed to make it over, and that's a real shame.
Many testers also think that the old Microsoft Edge does a better job at handling touch and scrolling. I personally don't see much of a difference between the two browsers, but die-hard Microsoft Edge fans insist that the new browser does a worse job than the old one at scrolling and touch interaction. The new Edge isn't bad at this by any means; it just means the old Microsoft Edge was exceptionally good in these areas.
Final thoughts on the new Microsoft Edge
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The new Microsoft Edge is excellent. It's a massive departure from the old Microsoft Edge, which didn't work well in many areas. If you were someone who tried to switch to the old Microsoft Edge before, I recommend you give the new Microsoft Edge a try. It's a whole different ball game that works and performs better.
Some die-hard users of the old Microsoft Edge might take issue with the missing features that made old Edge unique, but those users are in the minority to begin with. This browser is all about being accessible to the broadest possible audience, and it does that job very well. There are no weird features that get in the way of your browsing experience.
Microsoft's decision to adopt Chromium for Edge is the best decision it's made for a failing product in a long time. Instead of killing Edge entirely, Microsoft decided to try again, and now it has a product that I think really can compete in the browser space. I'd go so far to say that a lot of Chrome users won't mind switching to the new Edge, and might even end up liking it even more than Chrome.
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I don't expect the new Edge to take over as the number one browser on day one, but I wouldn't be surprised if this new Edge is the beginning of a turning point for the browser market. Perhaps Chrome isn't the only big boy on the block anymore.
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The new Microsoft Edge is available today on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and macOS. Microsoft Edge is also available on Android and iOS too.
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