The best GTD apps for iPhone in 2026 Where your lists live, and how things get in.
Getting Things Done asks two things of an app: one list you trust with every commitment, and a capture so quick that nothing stays in your head. Few apps do both. These seven each do one of them very well.
I build Driftto, and it is on this list. Not at the top: it does one job in a GTD system, getting a thought out of your head and into your list, so that is where it sits. Every other app here is one I would point a friend to.
The list has two parts. First the apps that hold your system: projects, next actions, contexts and a weekly review. Then the apps that get things into it. Prices and platforms come from each app's App Store page and help center in October 2026.
The short list
Five of these hold a whole GTD system: Things 3, OmniFocus 4, Todoist, TickTick and Apple Reminders. OmniFocus is the only one with a built-in weekly review. Two get things into that system: Driftto, which sends a typed or spoken thought straight to the list you use, and Drafts, which keeps the text until you send it on.
| Rank | App | Best for | Price | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where the lists live | ||||
| 1 |  Things 3 |
A calm system on Apple devices | $9.99 on iPhone, once | |
| 2 |  OmniFocus 4 |
The fullest GTD toolkit, review built in | $99.99 a year | |
| 3 |  Todoist |
One list on iPhone, Android and Windows | Free, or $59.99 a year | |
| 4 |  TickTick |
Lists, calendar and a focus timer in one | Free, or $49.99 a year | |
| 5 |  Apple Reminders |
Already on your iPhone, and Siri knows it | Included with iOS | |
| Getting things in | ||||
| 6 |  Driftto |
Straight into the list you already use | From $2.99 a month | |
| 7 |  Drafts |
Write first, decide where it goes later | Free, or $2.99 a month | |
Where the lists live Five apps that can hold a whole system.
1 Things 3
Cultured Code · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
The calmest place to keep a GTD system, if every device you own is Apple.
- Price
- $9.99 on iPhone, $19.99 on iPad, $49.99 on Mac. Each a one-time purchase.
- Works on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced through Things Cloud.
- Capture
- Siri and the share sheet on iPhone, Quick Entry on Mac, and Mail to Things for email.
- Weekly review
- No review mode. You review by walking through Areas and Projects.
- The catch
- Apple only, and no shared lists. Anything you plan with someone else lives elsewhere.
Things maps GTD without making you learn GTD words. Areas hold your responsibilities, projects hold outcomes, and Today, Upcoming and Someday cover the rest. Contexts become tags, and the tag filter at the top of every list gives you your calls or your errands in one tap.
2 OmniFocus 4
The Omni Group · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, web
The most complete GTD app there is, and the only one on this list with a real review mode.
- Price
- Free for two weeks. Then $99.99 a year for every platform, or a one-time license from $74.99.
- Works on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. The web app comes with the subscription.
- Capture
- Quick Entry, Siri, Shortcuts, and a private Mail Drop address that turns an email into an action.
- Weekly review
- Built in. Each project gets a review interval, and the Review perspective walks you through what is due.
- The catch
- It asks for setup. Perspectives, tags and defer dates pay off once you tune them, and not before.
If you read the book and want the app to hold every part of it, this is the one. Projects can be parallel or sequential, so only the true next action shows. Defer dates keep tomorrow's work out of today. And the Review perspective is the closest any app gets to David Allen's weekly review.
3 Todoist
Doist · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, web
The GTD list for people who don't live on Apple alone.
- Price
- Free for up to five personal projects. Pro is $59.99 a year or $6.99 a month in the App Store.
- Works on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android, Windows and the web.
- Capture
- Quick Add understands plain dates like "every Friday at 4pm". Siri, and an email address for every project, on every plan.
- Weekly review
- No review mode. A saved filter of projects is the usual stand-in.
- The catch
- Contexts and next actions are yours to build from labels and filters. Todoist gives you the parts, not the method.
Todoist is the list that follows you everywhere: a work laptop on Windows, an Android phone, a browser tab. Labels like @calls or @errands become your contexts, and a filter such as "@calls & today" is one tap from the sidebar.
Driftto writes into Todoist, so a thought can land in your Inbox project without opening Todoist first. How that works.
4 TickTick
Appest · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows, web
A full GTD list with a calendar and a focus timer built in, on every platform you might use.
- Price
- Free to use. Premium is $49.99 a year or $4.99 a month.
- Works on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Android, Windows and the web.
- Capture
- Quick add with plain-language dates, Siri, widgets, and an email address that turns mail into tasks.
- Weekly review
- No review mode. Smart lists and the calendar view do part of the job.
- The catch
- It does a lot. Habits, a Pomodoro timer and an Eisenhower matrix sit next to your lists, and a GTD setup means switching some of it off.
TickTick suits the person who wants their next actions and their calendar in the same app. Tags work as contexts, smart lists filter on them, and the calendar view shows your scheduled tasks next to your events.
5 Apple Reminders
Apple · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, iCloud.com
Good enough for a light GTD system, and nothing to install.
- Price
- Included with iOS.
- Works on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, and at iCloud.com on other computers.
- Capture
- Siri with no setup, plus a widget and Control Center.
- Weekly review
- No review mode.
- The catch
- No start or defer dates, only due dates. Tomorrow's work shows up today unless you leave the date off.
Reminders has grown up. Tags and smart lists give you contexts, sections split a project into phases, and shared lists cover the things you do with someone else. For a GTD system that lives mostly on one iPhone, it is enough.
It is also the place Driftto writes to most. How Reminders compares with Google Tasks.
Getting things in Capture, the step every list depends on.
6 Driftto
Made by me · iPhone
Type or say a thought once, and it lands in the list you already keep. No app to find first, no project to pick.
- Price
- Free to download. $2.99 a month, $19.99 a year with a free week for new subscribers, or $29.99 once.
- Works on
- iPhone, with Siri and widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- Sends to
- Apple Reminders, Todoist, TickTick, Notion, Asana, Jira, Linear and email.
- Weekly review
- None. Driftto is only the inbox; the review happens in your list app.
- The catch
- It does not write to Things or OmniFocus. If your system lives there, use their own capture.
In GTD terms Driftto is the inbox and nothing else, on purpose. You set up each destination once, with the project or list it should land in. After that, capturing is one screen: write or speak, tap where it goes, and it is in your Todoist inbox or your Reminders list before the thought is gone.
I built it because my own capture kept failing at the same step. Not the writing, but the seconds before it: unlocking, finding the app, waiting for it to open, picking the project. That is the part this app removes.
7 Drafts
Agile Tortoise · iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Text first, destination second. The capture app that reaches Things and OmniFocus.
- Price
- Free to use. Drafts Pro is $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year.
- Works on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
- Sends to
- Things, OmniFocus, Todoist, Reminders, email and more, through actions.
- Weekly review
- None. Like Driftto, it hands the review to your list app.
- The catch
- Sending is a second step. You write, then run an action to move the text on.
Drafts opens to a blank page, every time. That is its whole idea: get the words down, then decide. Its action directory has ready-made actions for most list apps, including the two Driftto doesn't reach, and on iPad and Mac it is a full writing app as well.
How I picked
An app made the list if it can hold the five steps of GTD on an iPhone: capture, clarify, organize, review and do. List apps were judged on projects, next actions, contexts and the weekly review. Capture apps on one thing only: how few steps stand between a thought and your list.
Nobody paid to be here and there are no affiliate links. When a price or a feature changes, this page changes with it; the date at the top says when I last checked.
Questions
Is there an official GTD app?
No. David Allen's company keeps a page of tools people use with the method, but it doesn't make an app of its own. Any of the five list apps above can hold a complete system.
Do I need a separate capture app?
Only if your list app takes too many steps when an idea arrives. If you unlock, open the app and pick a project in a few seconds, its own capture is enough.
Which app is best for the weekly review?
OmniFocus, because the review is built in. In the others you review by walking through your projects one by one.
Driftto is in the App Store now.
Free to download. The yearly plan starts with a free week.