Planning everyday activities can be hectic, both in corporate and personal settings. Juggling different duties becomes more difficult without proper scheduling and delegation. The best task management apps fulfill this need by providing platforms that make it easy to schedule and stay reminded about tasks.

Superlist is one of the most creative task management apps. It’s a versatile tool designed for both to-do lists, collaboration, and real-time communication. I thoroughly tested this tool to evaluate its features, user-friendliness, customer support, and other vital criteria. Read on to learn what Superlist offers as a task management solution.

Superlist: Plans and pricing

Superlist is a freemium task management app, i.e., it has both free and paid plans. The free plan is more permissive than most freemium task management apps I’ve reviewed. It allows you to add unlimited tasks and notes, and share lists with up to five people. You also have 500 MB of file storage under this plan.

The Pro plan costs $10 per month, unlocking access to more sophisticated features. It includes unlimited private lists, sublists within your existing lists, artificial intelligence (AI) features, third-party integrations, and 25 GB of file storage. The free plan is great, but the Pro plan unlocks access to many more features that I liked.

Superlist also offers a Pro plan for teams, costing $12 per member per month. It provides all features of the Pro plan and unlimited shared lists for a team.

I consider Superlist’s pricing fair, given the features it provides. It costs more than many task management apps I’ve tested, but it provides more advanced features.

Superlist: Features

Superlist is one of the most versatile task management tools I’ve tested. It features an interactive, user-friendly interface that distinguishes it from most of its rivals. Signing up was a seamless process, and I quickly moved to test its features.

I like that new users get on-screen tips to guide them through the interface. The “+ Create New” button is prominently featured at the bottom, and clicking it allows you to create a task.

You can place a task under a new list or a previously created one. Each task will have a unique title and notes to provide context. For example, you can add images to your task notes. Similarly, you can add videos, bullet points, and paragraphs to the notes.

I appreciate that Superlist allows users to add tasks via voice commands, although this feature is only available to Pro subscribers.

You can send a voice note dictating a task and its deadline, and Superlist will automatically add it to your dashboard. It occasionally provided incorrect details during my test, which was expected for an AI-based system still in its early stages of development. Yet, it’s an impressive feature that I enjoyed using.

I also liked the creative feature of turning emails into tasks. This feature works with Gmail, so you’ll need to first connect your Gmail account. Then, you'll mark emails with the "Superlist" label.

Superlist will convert emails with this label into tasks; the email subject line will serve as the task title, and the email body will appear in the task's details. You can also set Superlist to provide an AI-assisted summary of the emails it converts to tasks.

Task management apps always include reminders, and Superlist is no exception. You can set due dates and get reminders. Superlist will send push notifications to your desktop or smartphone or send alerts to your email address.

I’ve discussed the personal features so let’s now focus on the collaborative features. Superlist supports real-time collaboration with an intuitive interface that makes the process seamless and efficient. It features a chat tool that enables colleagues to communicate quickly with one another.

The chat tool felt like using Slack, a popular business communication app, although it lacks some of its features. You can send voice notes to colleagues or create chat groups to pass on relevant information.

As an administrator, you can invite team members to your lists, and they will be able to view their assigned tasks. You’ll control who can create or edit new tasks. If a permitted team member creates a task, everyone will get notified and receive a reminder on the specified date.

Although its collaborative features are designed for corporate teams, Superlist can also be used by friends or families seeking a shared task management app.

Superlist: Interface and in-use

Superlist has a unique interface among its rivals. Yes, it’s user-friendly, but that’s not all. It feels way smoother to navigate than most task management apps I’ve tested. It has a responsive interface with seamless continuity.

You can access Superlist from your web interface. Alternatively, you can download the app on your desktop (for macOS and Windows) or smartphone (for iOS and Android). This widespread compatibility is a main benefit of choosing Superlist.

Superlist: Customer support

Superlist provides detailed user guides in its Help Center. You can check the Help Center to troubleshoot issues you encounter while using the app.

If you need further help, you can contact Superlist’s support team via email. There is no live chat or telephone support, which I didn’t like, especially considering the tool costs $10 per month for individuals and more for teams.

Superlist: The competition

Any.do is the closest Superlist competitor I’d like to highlight. It boasts one of the most responsive interfaces, matching Superlist’s, and offers a wide range of features for both personal and collaborative task management.

Any.do supports voice commands, although indirectly via integration with Apple Siri. It allows you to convert emails directly into tasks, just like Superlist. Yet, it offers broader third-party integrations than Superlist, making it ideal for corporate use.

I prefer Superlist for individual use and Any.do for corporate use, but they can still work interchangeably.

Superlist: Final verdict

Superlist ranks as one of the best task management apps I’ve tested. It’s a relatively young platform, founded in 2020, so it isn’t as popular as many established rivals. However, it’s a hidden gem that I enjoyed using. It has some drawbacks, such as limited customer support, but the pros outweigh the cons.

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In a world where many of the best antivirus tools are just brands run by the same few companies, Malwarebytes is refreshingly different. Despite being informally established way back in 2004, it’s still independent, still run by its founder, Marcin Kleczynski, and still providing effective malware-hunting software for millions of users worldwide.

Malwarebytes Premium Security is a capable antivirus range with phishing protection, identity protection, and (at the top of the range) even a full and unlimited Mullvad-powered VPN (no restrictive ‘200MB a day’ limits here, you can use it as much as you like.) There are apps for Windows, Mac, Android and iOS and you can try them right now with limited free editions.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Pricing

Malwarebytes Premium Security is available in various flavors, depending where you are in the world.

Premium Security Standard is the full antivirus with browsing protection. It’s priced from $44.99 a year for a one device license, dropping to $78.73 if you sign up for two years. A five device license costs $79.99 for one year, $139.98 for two; a 20-device license costs $229.99 for one year, $402.48 for two (that’s $10.6 per device per year.)

Premium Security Plus adds an unlimited VPN, but is only a little more expensive at $59.99 for a one device, one year license; and $99.99 to protect five devices for one year, or $184.98 for two.

Premium Security Ultimate includes full identity protection with data removal, 3 bureau credit monitoring and $2 million in identity theft insurance. As with similar products, it’s priced significantly higher. Even a single user, one-year license costs $119.99 in year one, and it doubles on renewal to $239.99.

If you’ll use the VPN, then these look like reasonable prices. Norton 360 Standard has antivirus, a full VPN and one or two extra features (password manager, 2GB cloud backup), but although it looks cheap at $39.99 for a one year, three device license, it jumps to $94.99 on renewal. Premium Security Standard can protect five devices for a similar price.

If you’re unsure, Malwarebytes also has a limited free version. This doesn’t include real-time protection; it detects and removes existing threats, but can’t protect you from new attacks. But it’s still an easy way to sample the app and get a free for how Malwarebytes Premium might work for you.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: App design

Malwarebytes Premium Security has a simple and straightforward design. While many security suites expect you to decipher cryptic icons and browse through panel after panel after panel to find what you need, Premium Security displays all its essentials up-front. Even total security newbies will figure out the basics at a glance.

There’s a Scan button to, well, launch an antivirus scan, for instance. The VPN panel has your selected location and a Connect button. Real-Time Protection status is displayed in a reassuring green, and although there are some complex settings, you won’t see them unless you go looking.

Having captions for almost every option means the dashboard has a text-heavy look, and it’s not as visually stylish as some of the competition. But it’s also less intimidating and much easier to use, and that’s what matters most.

We still found a few tasks that were a little awkward. When Malwarebytes incorrectly identified a safe file as malicious, for instance, we went into Quarantine, chose the file and hit Restore. But because there was no ‘Restore and never detect this file in future’ option, Malwarebytes restored the file, then immediately detected it as a threat and quarantined it again. We had to manually add the file’s folder to Malwarebytes’ ‘Allow List’ before we could restore it properly.

There were technical issues, too. Antivirus needs to protect itself from malware, but we found it was theoretically possible for an attacker to remove Malwarebytes’ filter drivers. We’re not marking Premium Security down for this because it didn’t seem to affect detection, but it’s an unnecessary potential vulnerability that we don’t see with the best antivirus.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Antivirus scanning

Malwarebytes didn’t launch a full antivirus scan on launch, so we clicked the Scan button to manually run one of our own. First-time antivirus scans can sometimes take hours as an app crawls every corner of your device, but Malwarebytes Premium Security takes a lighter approach and scans the most commonly infected areas only. This worked well, with the scan completely in only 13 minutes, but still finding all our test malicious files.

A Scan Scheduler enables automatically running future scans without getting in your way. Set a start date, a frequency (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, once or on reboot), and when a scan is due and your device is idle, Malwarebytes pops up to run its checks. We would like a few more controls (many antivirus have an option to postpone scans when your device is on battery), but, overall it’s a flexible scheduler which makes it easy to scans for threats.

Malwarebytes Premium Security works well with Explorer. You can check files, folders or drives directly from the right-click menu, and have a verdict in a few seconds. Well, normally: the app doesn’t handle simultaneous scans, so if there’s already a system scan running in the background (or you just haven’t closed the report window from a previous scan), you can check anything else until it’s finished. But this isn’t unusual, and Malwarebytes does at least display a big notification as a warning.

We spotted one potential scanning issue. If Malwarebytes tries and fails to scan a password-protected zip, it doesn’t display any warning: it just tells you it’s scanned the file and everything’s fine. If you’ve accidentally included malware in that zip, you’ll assume it’s safe, and if you send it to a colleague then they might do the same. That’s a recipe for trouble.

Bitdefender handles this much better. If a Bitdefender app detects a password-protected archive, it asks you for the password so it can check the file properly. And if you don’t know the password or the file otherwise can’t be scanned, it displays a warning, so it’s clear that you’ve not been given a completely clean bill of health. That’s a much safer approach, and we’d like to see Malwarebytes do the same.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Independent lab results

Malwarebytes isn’t tested by most of the independent antivirus labs, making it more difficult to compare with the big name competition, but the company does appear in a handful of reports.

The Malwarebytes website proudly points to its AVLab ‘Product of the Year’ award, but this isn’t quite as impressive as it sounds. ‘Top Product’ award doesn’t mean ‘better than all other products’; any provider gets it if they appear in three tests in a year and block at least 99% of threats each time. Nine vendors were awarded’ Product of the Year’ in 2024 alone.

Malwarebytes does better at MRG Effitas, where Malwarebytes Mobile Security and its business product, ThreatDown, blocked all threats in their respective Android 360 Programme and 360 Assessment tests. That’s good to know, but it’s not enough data to calculate a position for Malwarebytes in our overall Malware Protection chart.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Malware protection

Lab results are important, but we also run plenty of our own tests. These began by connecting a USB key with 50x known malware samples. Premium Security didn’t immediately scan the drive, but when we tried to open a file, it detected it as a threat, then scanned the rest of the drive and detected the others.

We would like an option to scan removable drives when they’re connected, but Malwarebytes’ scan-on-access approach is faster, and the app did a good job of protecting us from known threats.

Next, we launched a custom ransomware simulator on our review laptop. An antivirus can’t detect this from the file signature alone because we’ve never released it into the wild, making the simulator a great test of behavior monitoring.

The results were disappointing: Malwarebytes Premium Security watched but did nothing as our simulator encrypted thousands of user documents. We don’t read too much into that - Malwarebytes detected every real-world ransomware sample at MRG Effitas, so it’s clearly working well on the tests that matter - but most antivirus apps detect and block our ransomware immediately, and we’d be a little happier if Malwarebytes did the same.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Anti-phishing

Malwarebytes Premium Security includes what the website calls ‘Robust scam protection’, where the app ‘shuts down robocalls, scam texts, phishing attempts, and dangerous decoy websites.’

To get a feel for Malwarebytes’ effectiveness, we first compiled and tried to access 50 of the very latest phishing sites. The results were disappointing, with Malwarebytes blocking a poor 16% (the best web protection tools stop 70-90% of threats.)

Fortunately, Malwarebytes has a second layer of protection in its BrowserGuard browser extension. We installed this on Chrome, ran the test again and it made a big difference, with the two layers now blocking 62% of our test malicious links.

That’s good news, although we still prefer anti-phishing tools to block threats at the system level. BrowserGuard protects all the top browsers - Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, there’s even a Telegram beta - but it can’t shield smaller browsers or any of your other apps.

Next, we tried to access 50 malware-hosting links. Malwarebytes performed much, much better here, with Premium Security alone (no need for BrowserGuard) blocking 94% at the URL level. The remaining files reached our hard drive without detection, but were spotted and blocked on launch.

Overall, Malwarebytes does a reasonable job of protecting users from online threats. We would like to see less reliance on the BrowserGuard extension, though, and other antivirus providers typically do a much better job of blocking phishing sites.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Unlimited VPN

Malwarebytes Premium Security Plus (the middle of Premium Security’s three plans has a very valuable extra in an unlimited VPN. This encrypts your traffic when you connect to public Wi-Fi, ensuring snoopers and malicious hotspots can’t spy on what you’re doing or direct you to fake websites. It allows you to change your IP address to make it seem like you’re in another country, maybe allowing you to access streaming content or other websites that are normally blocked.

Malwarebytes’ VPN is essentially Mullvad underneath, with the same network and locations. It’s not quite as good as buying Mullvad direct, because Malwarebytes’ apps don’t have quite as many VPN features and the company can’t offer the same level of specialist VPN support. But it’s good news overall because Mullvad is fast, powerful, and has a great reputation for privacy.

The VPN has a decent-sized network of 87 locations spread across 49 countries. It’s strong in Europe and North America, with 19 locations in the US alone. There’s less coverage elsewhere, but Malwarebytes still manages 10 locations in Asia, 4 in South America, 2 in Africa, and it covers all the key countries we expect.

Malwarebytes VPN is easy to use. A panel displays the VPN status (on or off) and the currently selected location. Tap Change and you can choose a new country, or tapping Connect activates the VPN in a few seconds.

There are lots of features underneath, especially for an antivirus app VPN (they’re usually basic.) Auto-connect tells the VPN to automatically activate when the app starts or you connect to public Wi-Fi; a kill switch blocks your internet if the VPN drops; split tunneling allows you to choose apps which won’t use the VPN; enabling Multi-Hop VPN gives you extra security at the expense of a little speed, and the list goes on.

Malwarebytes misses out some useful settings (you can’t choose a VPN protocol, for instance presumably because it’s trying not to overload consumers with too many technical options. We checked , but overall it looks more capable than the average security suite VPN. But how does it perform in real-world testing? We wanted to find out.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: VPN Performance

We tested Malwarebytes VPN by running multiple tests across several top speed-testing sites and platforms, including SpeedTest.net’s website and command line tool, Measurement Labs and Cloudflare.

The results were inconsistent, though always acceptable. Median speeds across sessions ranged from an excellent high of 950Mbps (as good as we see from any provider), to a low of 398Mbps (a little below average, but more than enough to browse or watch the highest resolution of streams.)

Malwarebytes VPN includes a kill switch to protect your traffic. It’s, well, a little inconvenient to use. Most kill switches only block your internet if the VPN drops accidentally, but Malwarebytes’ is always active. You can’t use the internet at all unless the VPN is connected, or you keep manually turning the kill switch off and on again (like we said: inconvenient.)

Malwarebytes is based on Mullvad VPN, and although that’s great for privacy, it’s much less impressive at unblocking streaming sites in other countries. In our last tests, it got us into BBC iPlayer, the UK’s ITV and Channel 4, and Australia’s 9 Now, but failed with Netflix, US Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus.

This is no great surprise - security suite VPNs are never as capable as the best stand-alone VPNs - but, still, Malwarebytes VPN is better than most of the antivirus-related competition. If you only need the VPN basics then it’s a valuable extra for the suite.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Identity Protection

Malwarebytes Premium Security doesn’t include its full identity theft protection as standard, but there is one bonus feature. A ‘digital footprint’ tool scans previous data breaches for your email address and reports on anything it finds.

This starts by Premium Security prompting for your email address. The search box warns that entering the address automatically gives permission for Malwarebytes to send you ‘product updates and security tips’, which doesn’t seem entirely fair. If you’ve bought the product already, why should Malwarebytes expect you to accept more marketing emails before you can even use one of its features?

We entered and verified our email anyway, hit Scan, and waited a few seconds for the results.

These began with a list of the breaches where our email appeared. There were an impressive 67, including - oops - a 2016 breach when Malwarebytes’ own forum was compromised.

Every antivirus ‘dark web scanner’ can do that, but Malwarebytes goes further. Rather than force us to wade through all 67 breaches, it gives us separate tabs to instantly see our exposed accounts, passwords or personal information.

These might relate to breaches from long ago, but they’re still important. Scroll down the Passwords tab and, if you see a password you’re still using, that’s an important warning: hackers could try it with different platforms to compromise those accounts.

The Personal Information section is more worrying. We found some of the breaches contained our address and a landline phone number. We can’t do much (okay, anything) about that, but it’s still good to know.

US users get one other big plus: Malwarebytes also identifies any breaches containing your SSN (Social Security Number), which could be misused to claim benefits, access credit or commit fraud.

Most antivirus apps have some kind of dark web scanner, but these usually have even less features than free websites like haveibeenpwned.com. Malwarebytes’ identity scanner leaves these trailing in its digital dust, by finding significantly more details and making them much, much easier to access. It’s a very welcome feature which adds real value to Malwarebytes Premium Security.

Malwarebytes Premium Security: Final verdict

Malwarebytes Premium Security is an unusual antivirus range. It’s missing a lot of features compared to the high-end competition : there’s no password manager, parental controls, webcam hijacking protection, secure file deletion and more. But that also makes it more lightweight, simpler and cheaper, and Premium Security Plus and Ultimate do have a very valuable extra in their unlimited VPN.

Malwarebytes’ core malware protection is strong, too, especially if you can add an extra layer in its BrowserGuard extension. If you’re a Malwarebytes fan and you only need the security basics, it might be worth a try, but everyone else will get better protection elsewhere. Bitdefender and Norton 360 have more features, and Avast One has a great antivirus engine and a limited 5GB-a-week VPN for free.

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Whether it’s a shopping list, a work activity, school schedules, or other crucial information, we frequently need to be reminded about things. Reminder apps make this simple for everyone.

Apple, the company behind the iPhone, iPad, and Mac PC lineups, offers an intuitive reminder app for device owners. You can use this app for free instead of paying for an alternative.

I tested the Apple Reminders app to help you decide if it’s the right companion to avoid forgetting crucial information. Read on to learn its core features, pros & cons, and how it fares against competitors.

Apple Reminders: Plans and pricing

The Reminders app is free for Apple device owners, which is a main benefit. You don’t have to pay extra to use it on your iPhone or iPad; it’s pre-installed, and you can use it immediately.

Compare this to paying $5 to $15 monthly for reminder apps. Apple Reminders saves you considerable money if you’re looking for a simple to-do list system.

Apple Reminders: Features

Apple Reminders is a versatile tool you can access from a web browser or mobile app. I enjoyed its simple flow and intuitiveness during my test. Creating a reminder is as simple as clicking the “+” button. Then, you can fill in the details of the reminder and choose the specific date and time.

Every reminder you create is added to a reminder list, enabling you to organize them into different categories. For instance, you can have separate reminder lists for work and personal activities.

Seamless syncing is a major benefit of using Apple Reminders. With your iCloud enabled, any reminder you create can automatically sync across all your devices. For example, you can create a reminder on your desktop and receive the alarm on your smartphone. This flexibility enables your reminders to follow you wherever you go, whether at home with your smartphone or at work with your PC.

You can easily delete or change the details of a previously created reminder. For example, you can change the date and time of your reminder or change the title altogether. Any change immediately syncs across all your iCloud-connected devices, so you shouldn’t worry about that.

A creative feature I like is the ability to set reminders for specific locations. For example, you can choose to be notified about something when you arrive at a particular location, such as a meeting reminder when you arrive at your workplace. Note that this feature requires location services to be enabled on your iPhone or iPad.

Another innovative feature is the ability to share your reminder lists with others. You can share reminder lists with other iCloud users, such as colleagues at your office or family members. Every user can create a new reminder or modify existing ones. Everyone will receive notifications about any updates to the reminder list. This feature fosters personal and work-related collaboration and keeps everyone on the same page.

We’re talking about an Apple product, so Siri integration is expected. You can set reminders by giving voice commands to Siri, e.g., “Hey Siri, remind me about [task] at [time] on [date].” Siri will immediately confirm your reminder, and you can view it in the Reminders app. This feature differentiates Apple Reminders from many competitors.

Apple Reminders also differentiates itself by enabling users to create ‘smart’ lists. You can receive suggestions when creating reminders, often based on previous reminders you’ve created. For instance, if you’ve previously created reminders for “weekly office stand-ups,” you’ll receive similar suggestions when adding new reminders.

You can filter your reminders by tags, time, date, location, and other factors. Reminders can be recurring, e.g., monthly at a specific date and time. Apple Reminders lets you effectively create to-do lists and keep track of crucial tasks.

Apple Reminders: Interface and in-use

Apple Reminders’ seamless interface stood out during my test. It’s one of the best-designed to-do list apps I’ve tested, and I don’t say that lightly. It has the typical modern, responsive interface you’ll find on Apple apps.

All elements are arranged neatly on one page. You can quickly add a reminder by clicking on the “+ New Reminder” button and filling in the details, including the title, notes, date, time, location, priority, and list under which you want the reminder to fall.

Likewise, you can easily add and differentiate a new list from other lists using a unique color. Then, you can share the list with other iCloud users by sending an invitation to their email addresses.

Apple Reminders is accessible from a web browser or mobile app. Both platforms have similar interfaces; the web interface is exactly like the mobile interface transposed onto a web browser. Thanks to the intuitive interface, I experienced no issues navigating Apple Reminders. An average user can easily understand it at first glance.

Apple Reminders: Customer Support

Apple provides detailed user guides about its Reminders app. You can also ask questions on the thriving Apple Community Support forum and get answers from other users or Apple staff. I didn’t experience issues in this criterion.

Apple Reminders: The Competition

I’d like to highlight Google Tasks as the main competitor. It’s a free to-do app with similar features to Apple Reminders and a user-friendly interface.

Although I preferred Apple Reminders’ seamless interface and collaborative features, Google Tasks offers an advantage. It’s compatible with iOS and Android, unlike Apple Reminders, which is compatible only with iOS. Hence, if you use an Android smartphone, Google Tasks is the preferred option.

Apple Reminders: Final Verdict

Apple Reminders is a simple, intuitive to-do list app I highly recommend. It lets you keep track of essential activities and plan your schedules effectively. The main drawback is the lack of an Android app, but it fulfills its purpose well.

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