Todoist alternative with notes, free and no AI

In short

Choose Memlow if your tasks sit in notes (a shopping list, a meeting's action items), you want repeating reminders free, and no AI.
Stay with Todoist if you live in projects, labels and filters, need an iPhone, Mac or Windows app, or connect it to other tools.
There's no Todoist importer; copy across the tasks you still need.

Memlow and Todoist side by side

What we say about Todoist comes from its own help pages, pricing and policies, checked in October 2026. The small numbers link to the sources under the table.

What	Memlow	Todoist
Price	Free. A few ads in the Android app, none on the web	Free Beginner plan. Pro $7 a month or $60 a year; Business $10 per user a month, or $8 billed yearly¹
The free plan	Every feature, for everyone	5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 7 days of activity history; no custom or recurring reminders¹
AI	None	Todoist Assist: Ramble voice to tasks, task capture and Task Assist, limited on the free plan²
Phones and computers	Android 8.0 or newer, and the web	Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux, the web, Apple Watch and Wear OS³
Dates from words	Rule-based suggestions, in 12 languages	Natural-language dates such as "tomorrow at 4 pm"⁴
Notes	Full notes: checklists, tables, photos, voice notes, plus Sheets and Goals	Task descriptions and comments⁵
Works offline	Yes	Add and edit tasks offline once logged in⁶
Encryption	Backups and sharing encrypted end to end	In transit (TLS) and at rest; its security page doesn't mention end to end⁷
Take your data out	Markdown, text, PDF, a backup file or your own Drive	CSV per project; automatic backups on Pro and Business^{8 9}

Sources, checked October 2026

Where Todoist is better

It's built for tasks: projects, sections and filter views to slice a long list the way you like.
Dates typed in plain words become due dates, and its apps cover iPhone, Mac, Windows, Linux and watches.
It has browser extensions and email add-ons, so tasks can come in from wherever you work.

If your day is a list of 200 tasks across ten projects, Todoist will serve you better.

Where Memlow is different

Tasks live inside your notes. A shopping list, a meeting's action items or a revision plan is a note with a checklist, and every item with a date shows up in Tasks.
Reminders are free, on any item, repeating daily, on chosen weekdays, monthly or yearly, with snooze.
Around the tasks there's everything a notes app has: themes, photos, voice notes, Memlow Sheets, and Goals with streaks.
There's no AI. Reminder suggestions from your words come from fixed rules on your device.
Backups go to your own Google Drive, encrypted with your password, and shared lists are end to end encrypted.

TickTick and Microsoft To Do

Two other task apps people compare. TickTick has a free plan with limits, such as 9 lists and 99 tasks per list, and Premium at US$49.99 a year (source 10 above). Microsoft To Do has apps for Android, iPhone, Mac, Windows and the web, with a Microsoft account (source 11 above). Both are task managers first. Memlow is a notes app whose lists can ring, so it fits people who'd rather keep tasks and notes in one place.

Who should stay with Todoist

Stay with Todoist if you work from projects and filters, need an iPhone or desktop app, or connect tasks to other tools. Memlow suits someone who writes lists in notes and wants them to remind, repeat and tick off, free, on Android and in a browser. See the to do list app page.

How to move from Todoist

Open app.memlow.com or the Android app, and make a note for each Todoist project you still use.
Type each task as a checklist item: [ ] and a space.
Put a reminder on the items with a date, and set it to repeat where it did in Todoist.

There's no Todoist importer, so moving by hand is also a good moment to drop the tasks you'll never do.

Questions

Questions people ask

Something else? Look in the Help Center or write to [email protected].

Is Memlow a free Todoist alternative?

Yes. Every feature in Memlow is free, repeating reminders included. The Android app shows a few ads; the web app has none.

Does Memlow have projects and labels like Todoist?

It has folders, #tags and notes with checklists, and a Tasks view of everything with a date. There are no projects, priorities or filter views for tasks.

Can I import my Todoist tasks?

Not directly: there's no Todoist importer. Copy across the tasks you need as checklist items.

Does Memlow understand dates I type?

Yes. Write "call the bank tomorrow at 5" and it offers that reminder, using fixed rules in 12 languages, with no AI.

Is there an iPhone app?

No. Memlow is on Android and the web. We haven't tested the web app in Safari on an iPhone, so we can't promise it works well there.

Help with moving and starting out

Help Center

Make a checklist and tick it off Set, repeat and snooze reminders The Tasks view: today, upcoming, done Get started with Memlow: your first week

To do list appA free to do list app, on your phone and in your browserWrite what needs doing, tick it off, and let Memlow remind you about the rest. Every dated task from every note waits in one list, on Android and on the web.Read more RemindersA free reminder app that lives in your notesA reminder belongs next to the thing you need to remember. Memlow is a free reminder app for Android and the web that puts the reminder in the note itself: on the whole page, or on one line of a list.Read more Daily planner appA free daily planner app for your day and your weekPlan the morning in a minute, see the week at a glance, and let reminders and habits keep you on track. Your planner lives in the same app as your notes.Read more

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Try it with your own notes.

Memlow is free, with no AI. Open it in your browser in a second, or get the Android app.

Start writing free The Android app

Memlow's notes: colourful cards with checklists, reminders and folders

A Todoist alternative with your notes built in