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Microsoft To Do Review

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Should I use Microsoft To Do?

To Do gives you focus, from work to play. - to-do.office.com

· 3 hours ago

Buy it if you live in Microsoft 365 and want a free personal task list with Outlook integration. Skip it if you need project management depth, advanced filtering, or want to avoid Microsoft lock-in.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; snippets truncated, no numeric ratings available.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Microsoft 365 bundledBundled

Best for

  • Microsoft 365 shops
  • Personal daily task lists
  • Wunderlist refugees
  • Outlook email triage

Not for

  • Teams managing projects — no boards, dependencies, or reporting
  • Power users wanting filters, tags, or natural-language input
  • Google Workspace users — wrong ecosystem
  • Anyone avoiding vendor lock-in — tasks live in Microsoft's cloud

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Requires a Microsoft account; data lives in Microsoft's cloud, no easy export path

medium

Microsoft has killed task apps before (Wunderlist) — abandonment risk is real

low

Product security page currently broken — transparency gap

low

Business features like compliance review need Microsoft 365 admin involvement

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free with no feature paywall
  • Deep Outlook and Microsoft 365 integration
  • Cross-platform: web, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android
  • TechRadar found it "exceptionally good"
  • List sharing for collaboration built in

Cons

  • Users actively ask what's better — many hunt alternatives
  • Feature-light next to Todoist and rivals
  • Sync problems reported in official Q&A
  • Unreliable notifications per user reports
  • Successor to killed Wunderlist; forced migration history

Sources & method

- 10 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x5news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Completely free, no feature paywall
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviewers call it simple and polished
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Fine basics, light versus Todoist
  • Support quality. No support evidence found
  • Security posture: 3/5. Compliance docs exist; Microsoft broadly criticized
  • Free Starting price With any Microsoft account
  • Yes Free tier No paid To Do tier exists
  • 2017 Launched Successor to acquired Wunderlist

Pricing

Free

$0

  • Full task app
  • All platforms
  • Microsoft account required

Microsoft 365 bundled

Bundled

  • Included in business plans
  • Enterprise compliance controls

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Users like it for simple everyday lists inside Microsoft 365, but many find it shallow and shop for alternatives like Todoist.

Alternatives

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Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; snippets truncated, no numeric ratings available.

Free, polished to-do list for Microsoft 365 users; too shallow for project work and adds Microsoft lock-in.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; snippets truncated, no numeric ratings available.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

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  9. news
  10. Wunderlist — Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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