Users can quickly add new tasks by right-clicking the taskbar icon. Native notifications let you know about upcoming deadlines. The Windows version builds on that with an interface that feels right at home on modern Windows computers. Tasks can be organized using projects, due dates, labels, and filters, meaning you'll have all kinds of tools for keeping organized-yet this never quite feels overwhelming.

Todoist also offers a nice blend of power user features with a relatively uncluttered interface. It's available for basically every platform on earth, for starters. Todoist is slowly becoming the most prominent to do list application out there, for several reasons.

Nozbe: Best cross platform GTD app with collaboration features Outlook: Best for Microsoft Exchange users TickTick: Best for blending simplicity with power Microsoft To-Do: Best for Microsoft power users Todoist: Best for Windows users who want to sync to every other platform For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site-we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software.

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