Irkless or Apple Reminders?
Reminders is free, already on your phone, and hard to beat for shopping lists. Irkless is for when your lists have grown into everything you've committed to.
Moving takes minutes. The Irkless Mac app imports a Reminders list straight into your Inbox. On the web, paste a list and each line becomes a task. How moving works
What you gain
Somewhere for the maybes
Someday keeps the ideas you might get to, out of sight until you want them.
Waiting For
Track what's in other people's hands without it cluttering your day.
Out of sight until it matters
Separate when a task becomes relevant from when it's due.
A weekly look at every project
Review walks you through the projects that need you.
Not just Apple
Your lists in any browser, on any computer.
What you'd give up
- Sharing lists with family. Irkless is for one person.
- The price. Reminders is free; Irkless is a subscription that covers every app.
Stay with Reminders if you share lists with family, or your lists are short enough that structure would get in the way.
Written from what each app offered when this page was last updated. Check Apple Reminders's own site for current features and prices. Product names belong to their owners.
Irkless and Apple Reminders side by side
| Feature | Irkless | Apple Reminders |
|---|---|---|
| Works in a browser | Yes | On iCloud.com |
| Windows and Android apps | In early planning; the web app works on both | No |
| Mac and iPhone apps | In private beta | Yes |
| Waiting For list | Yes, and a Delegated list | Not built in |
| Someday list | Yes | Not built in |
| Start dates that hide a task | Yes | No, a date or location alert |
| A review of each project | Yes, each on its own schedule | Not built in |
| Files on tasks | Yes, up to 10 MB each | Images, scans and links |
| Shared lists | No, it's for one person | Yes |
| Free plan | No: 30 days free, then $6 a month | Free with Apple devices |
| AI assistant connector | Yes, over MCP (beta) | Apple Intelligence suggestions |
Checked against each app's own website in October 2026. Features change, so check Apple Reminders's before you decide.
Moving from Apple Reminders
- On a Mac, the Irkless app (private beta) imports a Reminders list straight into your Inbox.
- On the web, paste a list instead: each line becomes a task.
- Sort them at your own pace: into projects, Today, Someday or Waiting For.
Try it with this week's tasks
Paste your Apple Reminders list in on Monday and see by Friday whether it sticks. Thirty days free, no card, and Apple Reminders stays where it is until you decide.