
Each of those subtasks have little checkboxes next to them, so when you complete one, you just strike it off.

So if you have an item called "Grocery list," you can write out "Cheese," "Milk," "Bread," and whatever else right there. When you create a to-do item in Wunderlist, you have the ability to create sub-items within it. The margins between these sort of to-do apps aren't huge, so if that's all you need, by all means give To-Do a try. It is fast, it looks clean, and you can use it to jot things down, then check off those things as you do them. To-Do, as it is now, does not have that level of flexibility. The way it's able to organize simple and complex tasks all at once has made it a fixture on many home screens. But it's featured enough to also be a powerful productivity tool - I've personally used it to lay out articles, bounce ideas off colleagues, and generally behave like a streamlined note-taking app a la Evernote. You can use it to keep track of what you need to buy at the grocery store, sure, and it's perfectly pleasant for that. The thing to know about Wunderlist is that it's not just a to-do list app. But Microsoft is trending in that direction, and given that To-Do is something you can download today, the extent to which it trails Wunderlist is worth noting. No Wunderlist user, myself included, has to make the switch right now.

To be clear, Microsoft readily admits that To-Do is still in a preview stage, and Wunderlist remains fully available. Wunderlist is deceptively full of useful features, but Microsoft says To-Do will do better to avoid ever feeling overwhelming. See the last image in this gallery for an example.īeyond that one issue Wunderlist appears to be a good option for managing the To Do lists you create with Cortana.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. I only found one issue with Wunderlist and that was on each settings page - it appears the text is in white because it does not appear properly in any of those pages. I was impressed as I tested adding items separately through Cortana and in Wunderlist - the new updates sync very quickly between each system - and Wunderslist definitely provides a more granular level of control for the lists you are working with. So when I posted the closer look at this new skill for Cortana earlier today, I thought an App Tour of Wunderslist would be the perfect match today.

When Microsoft added a skill to Cortana last week to help you create and add items for to do lists it included very basic capabilities within Cortana herself however, if you want to get deeper into managing those lists then you will want to take advantage of the connection that is possible between Cortana and Wunderlist.
