Microsoft Lists vs. Remember the Milk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Lists
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Lists is an information tracking app in Microsoft 365 that enables users to work with anyone, anywhere. Users can configure lists to better organize events, issues, and assets.N/A
Remember the Milk
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Remember the Milk is a task management and to-do list application from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco.
$39.99
per year
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Microsoft ListsRemember the Milk
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Pro Plan
$39.99
per year
Basic Plan
Free
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Microsoft ListsRemember the Milk
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Microsoft ListsRemember the Milk
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Lists
Chose Microsoft Lists
They are all different but can be used for the same things. They all have different benefits, and I use them except Airtable.

Trello has the best automation capabilities natively built into the product of any product I've ever used. (I've personally built over 1,000 automations …
Remember the Milk
Chose Remember the Milk
Very similar features. Remember the Milk has been around for longer and has constantly been improving by adding features such as integration with Zapier and IFTT; enabling attachments from Dropbox and Google Drive; integrating with Google Assistant and Siri; and smartwatches. …
Chose Remember the Milk
Google Tasks is a much simpler task-keeping interface, and I use it for the most important tasks on my phone. It does not offer tags, priorities, or distinguish between lists/tasks. It does let me star tasks, but does not let me determine the priority levels. I can also move …
Chose Remember the Milk
The main reason I like it is because it Syncs across all my devices and I like the feature to organize the Priorities by drag and drop
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User Ratings
Microsoft ListsRemember the Milk
Likelihood to Recommend
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User Testimonials
Microsoft ListsRemember the Milk
Likelihood to Recommend
It's great for anything that needs to hold data and process it into automation. It's a bit limiting if you like multi-line text fields or rich text fields. They lose a bit of their capability to filter.
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Personal and team task management - Remember the Milk also now works with Google Assistant, so it's possible to tell the Assistant to set up a new task, a reminder, or tell me about what is due and what is coming up. A native Windows app, integration with Zapier and IFTT makes this an invaluable part of our productivity suite.
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Pros
  • great for capturing loads of data
  • great for manipulating and viewing the data many ways
  • strong integration with other M365 products and Power Automate
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  • Mobile app
  • Assign tasks for others
  • Lists as well as tasks
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Cons
  • It's definitely getting better but for the average user, there is still a fairly big learning curve if you want to do anything beyond the basics
  • It would be cool to get Microsoft List addons that could further enhance the capabilities within Lists itself
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  • More native project management features - replace our project management apps
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Support Rating
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I have had few reasons to call support, the only reason was over a billing issue and they resolved the issue quickly,.
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Alternatives Considered
They are all different but can be used for the same things. They all have different benefits, and I use them except Airtable. Trello has the best automation capabilities natively built into the product of any product I've ever used. (I've personally built over 1,000 automations or more for clients on Trello.) ClickUp has the best flexibility to view data in very different ways and from different organisation levels (i.e. High level data through to detailed specific data across multiple departments or projetcs. Microsoft Lists is an excellent choice if you work in M365 already and you want a deeply integrated way to hold data and use it within M365
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Google Tasks is a much simpler task-keeping interface, and I use it for the most important tasks on my phone. It does not offer tags, priorities, or distinguish between lists/tasks. It does let me star tasks, but does not let me determine the priority levels. I can also move tasks to different lists, but they can be hard to manage if there are too many, so I generally do not use this feature. For me, Google Tasks is ideal for very simple "I need to write this down" type tasks that are of high priority. It is not a good brain dumping tool because tasks can easily get lost. This is more for those nagging tasks that I want to do and make sure there is an appropriate alarm for. It also integrates well with my Android home screen. However, when I have lots of tasks I want to categorize, or I do want to do more of a brain dump type thing, I think Remember the Milk is far better. I can have more control over priorities, tags, assigning tasks to others, and other robust features.
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Return on Investment
  • Massively positive, we have build a business that can scale with ease
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  • It allows me to not forget my tasks I owe my clients.
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