Reminders

• Free and made by Apple. Its App Store listing covers iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. [1]
• You can share a list with people who use iCloud. They can add, edit and complete items, and you can assign an item to anyone on the list. [2]
• A reminder can fire at a date and time, when you arrive somewhere or get into a car connected over Bluetooth, or the next time you message a chosen contact. [3]
• A list set to the Groceries type automatically sorts items into categories such as Produce. [4, 5]

Limitations that matter

• Checked Everyone on a shared list must be signed in to an Apple Account with Reminders turned on in iCloud, so it's a poor fit if anyone in the household uses Android. [2]
• Checked Apple says some features work only with reminders stored in iCloud, not with other accounts. [5]
• Our view It's built for lists, not for planning a day. Dated reminders show up in Apple's Calendar, but if you want time blocks and habits in one place, look at TickTick.

Price in the original notes. Free [1]

Our view

Reminders is easy to overlook because it comes with the phone. That's a mistake: Apple's current guide describes shared, assignable lists, reminders tied to places and people, and a grocery list that sorts itself. For a household that lives on iPhones, it is the sensible starting point, and many people will never need more.