Any.do is a friendly to-do app for everyday life. Tasks, reminders, a calendar and a daily planner come in one place, with apps on almost every device. For keeping track of work and home together, it is a solid choice.
Next Moves Lab is narrower. It is built for people who work for themselves, and it does one job: it looks at everything on your plate and picks the task to do now, with the reason and a small first step.
The short version
- Any.do is a solid pick if you want a simple list for work and home, shared with family if you like.
- Next Moves Lab is the better fit if your work list is long and the hard part is deciding what comes first.
Side by side
Price
- Any.do
- Free plan; Premium $4.99 a month billed yearly, or $7.99 monthly
- Next Moves Lab
- $9.99 a month, 30-day money-back guarantee
Who decides the order
- Any.do
- You
- Next Moves Lab
- It does, and shows you the reason
How the morning starts
- Any.do
- You plan the day from your list
- Next Moves Lab
- The first task is already waiting
What you see
- Any.do
- Lists, calendar and a daily planner
- Next Moves Lab
- One task and a small first step; the rest waits in Later
Rules for your day
- Any.do
- You keep them in mind as you plan
- Next Moves Lab
- Set once, like "no calls before 10", and followed every time it plans
Follow-ups
- Any.do
- You add them
- Next Moves Lab
- Suggested from what you finished; tap Yes or No
When Any.do is a solid choice
- You want one list for everything. Tasks, reminders and a calendar sit together on phone, desktop, web and watch.
- You plan home and family too. Shared family lists and grocery lists are built in.
- You want reminders where you are. Premium adds location alerts and WhatsApp reminders.
Where Next Moves Lab wins
- A decision, not a reminder. A reminder tells you a task exists. Next Moves Lab tells you which one to do now, why it won, and a first step of a couple of minutes. You can swap the pick.
- A day sized to you. Tell it your time and energy, and it sizes today to fit. At most three tasks are in play; the rest wait in Later.
- Your week has a point. Set one goal for the week, and tasks that move it rank first.
- Your working rules are kept. "No calls before 10" or "admin on Fridays" are followed every time it plans.
- Follow-ups come to you. Finish an invoice or a quote and it suggests the follow-up. You tap Yes or No. It never sends anything for you.
- Nothing piles up in red. There are no overdue counts and no streaks, and only you remove a task.
Using both
Keep Any.do for groceries and home. Use Next Moves Lab to decide what to work on. When your work list grows, paste it in and let it pick the order.
Common questions
Why pay when Any.do has a free plan?
If your problem is remembering tasks, Any.do's free plan may be all you need. If your problem is choosing between them, that choice is what Next Moves Lab does.