PagewingThe best reminders tools for Chrome
Pick Todoist if your reminders are part of real projects: natural-language entry, recurring dates, boards and sharing, with custom reminders on Pro at $7 a month billed monthly. Pick TickTick if you want a calendar, habits and a Pomodoro timer in the same app, for $49.99 a year. Pick Pagewing if you want to type "call mom tomorrow at 5pm" in Chrome's side panel and get the notification there, with the page attached and an email on Premium. Google Tasks and Microsoft To Do are the free picks if you live in Gmail or Outlook, and Any.do suits people who want reminders by WhatsApp and on their phone.
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Todoist
Best for: people who manage projects, not just reminders
The best-known task manager: Quick Add in natural language, recurring due dates, projects with sections, labels, filters and boards, sharing, and apps for every device plus a Chrome extension.
- Price
- Beginner free; Pro $7 a month billed monthly, or $5 a month billed yearly; Business $10 a user a month billed monthly
- Free plan
- 5 projects, 3 filter views, recurring due dates and basic task reminders; custom reminders and the calendar view need Pro
- Runs on
- Web, desktop, Android, iOS, wearables, browser extensions and email add-ons
- Natural-language dates and repeats
- Projects, boards and sharing when you need more than a list
- Apps everywhere, 80+ integrations
- Custom reminders are paid
- 5 projects on the free plan
- More app than a reminder needs
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TickTick
Best for: people who want tasks, calendar and habits in one app
A to-do app with a built-in calendar, habits, a Pomodoro timer and reminders per task, across web, desktop, phone and a browser extension.
- Price
- Free; Premium $49.99 a year, no monthly plan listed
- Free plan
- 9 lists, 99 tasks a list and 2 reminders a task; Premium raises them to 299 lists, 999 tasks a list and 5 reminders a task and adds email reminders and task duration
- Runs on
- Web, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and a browser extension
- Calendar views and habits built in
- Several reminders on one task
- Pomodoro timer included
- Premium bills yearly only
- Email reminders are paid
- Free plan caps lists and tasks
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Pagewing
Best for: people who spend their day in Chrome and want reminders to pop up there
Reminders in the Pagewing side panel: type one the way you'd say it, attach the page you're on, and get a Chrome notification with Done and Snooze at the right time, with an email on Premium. Lists, flags, search, history and export on the website.
- Price
- Free for notifications with daily and weekly repeats; monthly, yearly and custom repeats and reminder emails come with Premium, which also covers the rest of the side panel
- Free plan
- No cap on reminders or lists; daily and weekly repeats; notifications in Chrome
- Runs on
- Chrome extension and the Pagewing website, with emails on Premium
- Plain-language dates, times and repeats as you type
- The page you were on comes back with the reminder
- Imports Todoist, TickTick and Google Tasks with due dates
- No phone app; emails reach your phone on Premium
- A reminders tool, not a task manager: no boards, sharing or integrations
- Monthly and yearly repeats are paid
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Google Tasks
Best for: people who live in Gmail and Google Calendar
Google's free task list: due dates and times that show in Google Calendar, repeats, lists, subtasks and turning a Gmail message into a task, in the side panel of Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Chat.
- Price
- Free with a Google account
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Web, the Google Workspace side panels, Android and iOS
- Tasks appear in Google Calendar
- An email becomes a task in a click
- Free, synced with your Google account
- No Chrome extension of its own; you open a Google page
- Basic: no priorities, tags or natural-language input
- Notifications follow your Calendar settings on the web
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Microsoft To Do
Best for: people whose work runs on Outlook and Microsoft 365
Microsoft's free to-do app: one-time or recurring due dates and reminders, the My Day planner with suggested tasks, shared lists, and tasks synced with Outlook.
- Price
- Free with a Microsoft account
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Web, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, among others
- Syncs with Outlook tasks
- My Day plans each day from your lists
- Free on every device
- No Chrome extension of its own
- Built around Outlook and Microsoft 365
- No page attached to a reminder
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Any.do
Best for: people who want reminders on their phone and in WhatsApp
A to-do app with a daily planner, calendar, grocery lists and sync across devices, whose Premium adds recurring tasks, location and WhatsApp reminders, color tags and integrations.
- Price
- Personal free; Premium $7.99 a month billed monthly, or $4.99 a month billed yearly
- Free plan
- Unlimited tasks, lists, reminders and sync; recurring tasks, location and WhatsApp reminders need Premium
- Runs on
- Web, Windows, Mac, Android, iOS and a Chrome extension
- Reminders by WhatsApp and by location
- A daily planner and calendar
- Family and team plans
- Recurring tasks are paid
- Premium costs more than Todoist Pro
- Heavier than a reminders list
Prices and features as read on each app's own site in October 2026, billed monthly in US dollars unless said otherwise. They change: check there before you decide.
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Questions
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Is there a free reminders app that works in Chrome?
Yes. Google Tasks and Microsoft To Do are free, Todoist, TickTick and Any.do have free plans with limits, and Pagewing's reminders by notification are free with daily and weekly repeats. The paid plans mostly add repeats, extra channels like email and WhatsApp, or more lists.
Will I get the reminder if the app or the tab is closed?
Todoist, TickTick, Any.do and Microsoft To Do send push notifications from their phone and desktop apps. Pagewing's notification shows in Chrome with the side panel closed, and on Premium it's emailed too, so it reaches you even with Chrome closed. Google Tasks notifies on the web according to your Calendar settings and by push on its phone apps.
Which apps understand "tomorrow at 5pm"?
Todoist's Quick Add and Pagewing read dates, times and repeats as you type. TickTick and Any.do parse dates in their quick add too. Google Tasks asks you to pick a date.
Can I move my tasks between these apps?
Todoist exports each project as a CSV and backups on Pro, TickTick exports a backup CSV, and Google Tasks exports through Google Takeout. Pagewing imports all three with due dates, lists and notes. Microsoft To Do and Any.do don't document a file export.
Do I need a phone app for reminders?
Not if you're at your computer: Pagewing, Todoist and TickTick all notify in Chrome or on the desktop. For reminders away from your computer, Todoist, TickTick, Any.do, Google Tasks and Microsoft To Do have phone apps, and Pagewing emails you on Premium.
Is Pagewing free?
Yes. Every tool works on the free plan, with a few limits. Premium removes the limits and adds features like share links, PDF signatures and cloud storage, for every tool at once. Pro adds Office conversions, bookmark cleanups and AI summaries and branding for recordings on top. You only add a card if you decide to upgrade.
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