Palby Planner

Apple Reminders alternative

An Apple Reminders alternative that turns your list into a plan for the day

Reminders is the list already on your iPhone. Palby Planner lays your list out on the hours beside your Google Calendar, and works on Android and Windows too.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

The short version

Stay with Reminders if every device you use is Apple's and a list with alerts is enough. Pick Palby Planner if you want the list on a timetable with your Google Calendar, on Android and Windows as well, with routines and habits beside it.

Who should pick which

Stay with Apple Reminders if

  • Every device you use is an iPhone, iPad or Mac
  • You want alerts by place as well as by time
  • You share grocery lists and checklists with your family

Pick Palby Planner if

  • You use Android or Windows as well
  • You want to plan the day hour by hour around Google Calendar
  • You want habits, routines and a focus timer with your list

Side by side

Compared onPalby PlannerApple Reminders (from support.apple.com, 31 October 2026)Source
Works onInstalls from your browser on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows. Not in the app stores yetiPhone, iPad and Mac, and iCloud.com in a browserApple site
OrganisingProjects with sections, labels, priorities p1 to p4 and saved filtersYour own lists, tags and Smart ListsApple site
AlertsAt the time you set. Routines nudge you on Telegram if they slipBy time or by placeApple site
Breaking a task downProjects with steps, each with a date and a prioritySubtasks and attachmentsApple site
SyncSign in on each device and the same list shows on all of themiCloud, on Apple devices signed in to the same Apple AccountApple site
As of October 2026. Apple Reminders's details are from its own pages, read on 31 October 2026. Plans and prices change, so check them before you pay.

Where Apple Reminders is strong

Reminders is already on your iPhone, iPad and Mac, and iCloud keeps it in step. It handles grocery lists, checklists and to-do lists, with tags, Smart Lists, subtasks and attachments, and it can alert you when you arrive somewhere as well as at a time. You can share lists with others. If you're all-Apple and want a list with alerts, it fits better.

The three differences that matter

Your list on the hours

Today's tasks sit on a timetable beside your Google Calendar events. Drag one onto an hour, or let Plan my day fill the gaps, and you see whether the day fits.

Not only Apple

It [installs from your browser](/planner/download) on iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, and the same list shows on each.

The rest of the day comes with it

Routines that come back on the days you pick, habits with a streak, and a 25-minute focus timer that ticks the task off when you tap Done.

Switching in three steps

  1. Book a 30-minute walkthrough and see the planner on your own week.
  2. Add this week's reminders as tasks, one line each. There's no import from Reminders yet.
  3. On iPhone, add it to your Home Screen so its notifications reach you.

Questions

Turn the list into tomorrow's plan.

Your reminders on the hours, beside your Google Calendar.

Book a walkthrough Download

30 minutes. You choose the day and the time.

Sources

Every page read on 31 October 2026. Nothing about a competitor on these pages comes from anywhere else.