Managing next actions and projects in Apple reminders

[Marco]

We are moving into 2026 now and I wonder…

Do you guys still using Apple Reminders today or do Todoist and Omnifocus won you back from this ”flirt” ??

I’ll let them respond, but they released a podcast episode in late 2025, Tools Check-In. They discuss reminders and many other topics of interest.

130. GTD® Tools Check-in 2025

Podcast Episode · Getting Things Done® podcast from Vital Learning · 28/11/2025 · 1h 14m

podcasts.apple.com

 

[RS356]

My biggest issue with reminders and almost all task managers is how poorly they think thru UI. It's simply too easy to enter into an edit mode on a touch device. If every app just followed the genius of Drafts and provided a read / interact mode, with a single toggle, so many more apps would be more viable for me.

I’ve considered using Reminders for many years, and it’s never stuck. It’s also a UI issue for me. Not editing, but display. There’s no way to hide information in the notes field when viewing the list, so scanning presents a mixture of actionable titles and reference information. The font size and color are too similar for my aging eyes. If one were to pry my paper system from me, I’d move back to Things.