This app puts notes on the lock screen—and that single change makes it surprisingly effective.

The overarching promise of companies working on AI-powered productivity tools is to build solutions that would do a task for you. Some of the early demos that we have seen don’t really fare well in ...

I may not be that big of a productivity nerd, but I do like my things organized, and I go to great lengths to find a system that works for me. My style is that I don’t control every minute of my day — ...

For a long time I wondered if I was simply immune to the productivity benefits of to-do list apps since they didn’t actually help me complete my goals in the long-term. It seemed like if I wasn’t able ...

Clear is a to-do list app that was first launched in 2012, and while it has received few updates since that time, it has remained popular with users due to its easy-to-use design and simple layout.

The team behind the much-loved to-do list app Wunderlist is back, with another list app. But maybe you should just stick to a pen and paper. Wunderlist was a beautiful app right up until Microsoft ...

Over a decade ago, a simple to-do list app called Clear launched to much fanfare due to how it capitalized on the smartphone’s touch interface to build a new kind of app: one without buttons and menus ...

One of the most satisfying feelings is reflecting on how much you got done, especially after a tiring day. Whether you have tons of reading to catch up on for a course you're taking this semester or ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

Time to use something simpler!