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Free to download. No subscription. Windows, Android, and iOS.
Microsoft To Do is a good free starting point, and many people eventually hit its ceiling: no Someday list, no GTD processing flow, and a My Day list that clears itself overnight. Organized3 is a free step up for Windows, Android, and iOS, with a Today view that carries unfinished tasks forward instead of resetting.
Credit where due: To Do is free and solid at the basics. The differences show up when you want a method, not just lists.
| Feature | Microsoft To Do | Organized3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Windows / Android / iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Daily list behavior | My Day clears every night | Today carries unfinished tasks over |
| Someday / Maybe list | No | Yes |
| Inbox processing flow (GTD) | No | Yes |
| Logbook of completed tasks | No | Yes |
| Voice input | No | Yes |
| Offline mode | Yes | Yes |
To Do is a to-do list done well. These are the four walls people hit.
In To Do, My Day clears itself overnight and unfinished tasks slip back into their lists, waiting for you to re-add them from Suggestions. Organized3's Today keeps unfinished tasks in front of you until you finish or reschedule them. Yesterday's commitments don't dissolve.
To Do gives every task equal urgency. Organized3 has a dedicated Someday list for ideas you are not ready to act on, so your active lists stay short and honest.
To Do's Tasks list mixes capture and commitments. Organized3 separates them: everything lands in the Inbox, then you process each item into Projects, Today, Upcoming, or Someday. That processing step is the core of GTD.
Completed tasks in Organized3 go to the Logbook, so a weekly review means scanning real accomplishments, not scrolling checked-off items inside a dozen lists.
Microsoft To Do is enough for plenty of people. You are probably ready for more if this sounds familiar.
Every morning you rebuild yesterday's list from Suggestions. A daily reset is meant to feel fresh; in practice it means re-deciding the same commitments every day.
Wish lists, errands, and real deadlines all sit at the same level. Without a Someday list and a processing habit, everything urgent-looking buries everything important.
If Getting Things Done clicked for you, you will keep fighting To Do's structure. Organized3 gives you the five steps as actual features, free, on the same three platforms.
Free to download. No subscription. Windows, Android, and iOS.
Direct answers to what people actually ask
Not automatically. Organized3 does not have a Microsoft To Do importer or integration, so the move is manual: copy your active tasks into Organized3's Inbox, then process them into Projects, Today, Upcoming, or Someday. Most To Do lists are short enough that this takes under an hour, and it doubles as a cleanup of tasks you no longer need.
No. It is a genuinely good free to-do list, especially if you live in Outlook. This page exists for the moment it stops being enough: when you want a Someday list, a processing workflow, and a daily list that does not reset overnight.
That is by design. Microsoft To Do empties My Day every night so you start each morning with a blank list, and unfinished tasks return to their original lists. Organized3 takes the opposite view: unfinished Today tasks carry over to tomorrow automatically, because a commitment you did not finish is still a commitment.
Yes. Organized3 is free to download and use on Windows, Android, and iOS, with no subscription. You are not trading a free app for a paid one; you are trading a simple list for a full GTD workflow at the same price.
Yes. Organized3 works fully offline, and changes sync across Windows, Android, and iOS when you are back online. Capture on your phone, plan on your PC.
It implements the GTD method literally: Inbox for capture, a processing flow for clarify and organize, Projects, Today, Upcoming, and Someday lists, and a Logbook for review. If you are comparing it to Apple's ecosystem favorite, see our Things 3 alternative for Windows page.