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Can AI replace Any.do?

The core loop is small enough for a capable coding agent to produce a useful local version in one sitting. For Any.do, manage personal tasks, lists, reminders, recurring items, and a daily planning flow. The hard boundary is mobile capture, widgets, family features, calendar integration, and sync, plus cross-device reliability and workflow polish.

Verdict: Bot · AI can build you a working versionBuild time: one sitting
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01What it costs

$7.99/moPremium, monthly
$95.88per year at that price

Checked Aug 14, 2026 · source: any.do.

PlanMonthlyBilled yearlyWhat you get
PersonalFreeFree1.5 MB attachment limit; 1 priority tag; 5 Any.do Moment sessions/month; no numeric task/list cap published.
Premium$7.99$4.99/moUnlimited recurring tasks, reminders, color tags, and Moment sessions; larger attachments.
Family$9.99$8.33/moUp to 4 family members; up to 4 shared family boards.
Workspace$7.99$4.99/mo1 to unlimited members; unlimited boards; 100+ workflow templates.

Hidden costs: Workspace bills each member; Family is capped at 4 members and 4 shared boards.

02Could AI build it for you?

The core job: Capture tasks, lists, and reminders, schedule or repeat them, work from a focused daily planning view, and keep history locally.

What a working version needs:

  • macOS, Windows, or Linux
  • notification permission
  • local SQLite database

Editorial comparison targets the Premium plan and a personal desktop task manager DIY substitute. Recheck price before merge.

03What you'd give up

  • mobile capture, widgets, family features, calendar integration, and sync
  • perfect mobile sync
  • calendar and email integrations
  • shared workspaces
  • behavioral coaching polish

People still pay for Any.do because task software is sticky because trust, speed, and ubiquitous capture matter more than the database schema. The recurring cost buys recurrence edge cases, notifications, sync conflicts, calendar APIs, mobile capture, and backups, not just the visible interface.

04Free and cheaper alternatives

Microsoft To Dofree

A polished free task manager, paid for with a Microsoft account rather than money

Versus paying: Microsoft To Do does not combine tasks and calendar in Any.do’s broad cross-platform daily-planning flow or reproduce its family and smart-grocery features.

microsoft.com →
Vikunjaopen-source

A capable Todoist replacement once you accept becoming its hosting department

Versus paying: Vikunja lacks Any.do’s polished guided daily planner, consumer-grade reminders, calendar experience, and low-friction mobile setup.

vikunja.io →
Apple Remindersfree

Things minus the polish tax, provided every device in sight has an Apple logo

Versus paying: Apple Reminders lacks Any.do’s guided My Day flow and broad Windows, Android, and web support.

apps.apple.com →
Tasks.orgopen-source

A serious Android task list with recurrence and reminders; desktop and CalDAV sync are paid

Versus paying: Tasks.org is Android-first, with no mature iOS or web client and a much less polished calendar and daily-planning experience than Any.do.

tasks.org →

05The build prompt

Paste this into an AI coding tool (such as Claude, ChatGPT, Lovable or Replit) to build your own version.

prompt.txt
Build a personal replacement for Any.do in an empty repository.
Use Tauri 2, React, TypeScript, SQLite, and desktop notifications; do not offer alternative stacks.
The core loop is: capture tasks, lists, and reminders, schedule or repeat them, work from a focused daily planning view, and keep history locally.
Make the first run work locally with one documented command.
Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward.
Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials.
Create inbox, today, upcoming, someday, and completed views with fast keyboard capture.
Support projects, tags, due dates, start dates, priorities, notes, subtasks, and attachments.
Implement robust daily, weekly, monthly, and custom recurring rules with tests.
Add a focus view with one active task, timer, and optional desktop notification.
Provide search, saved filters, undo, and a completed-task archive.
Export and import a documented JSON format and make automatic local backups.
Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states.
Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs.
Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path.
Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps.
Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane.
Deliberately leave out team assignment and comments.
Deliberately leave out two-way calendar or email synchronization.
Deliberately leave out native mobile apps and cloud accounts.
Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used.

06Open-source starting points

  • Vikunja: Mature open-source task and project manager with lists, kanban, and recurring work.
Sponsor slot · openFeatured alternative to Any.do. A labeled card for one relevant tool.
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App prices, verdicts, alternatives and build prompts are adapted from Can I Vibecode It? (MIT License, © 2026 Rob Hallam). Each price shows the date it was checked and its source. Prices change; confirm on the vendor's site before you decide.