The Google Tasks app for iPhone, done right

Google offers an official, intentionally simple Tasks app for iOS. ETasks is an Apple-first alternative with two-way Google Tasks sync, persistent alarms, richer widgets, and an Apple Watch app: free and ad-free.

Reviewed September 2026

Why iPhone users need a dedicated Google Tasks app

If you live in Gmail and Google Calendar, your tasks already live in Google Tasks. Google's iOS app sends normal due-time notifications, but it does not provide persistent AlarmKit-style alarms, an Apple Watch app, or the broader set of planner and widget surfaces in ETasks. ETasks adds those Apple-first features without asking you to move your Google Tasks data.

Two-way sync with Google Tasks. Everything you do in ETasks shows up in Google Calendar and Gmail, and the other way around. Your data stays in your Google account.
Native iOS through and through. Built with modern Apple frameworks: Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Share sheet capture, drag and drop, and a full Apple Watch app.
Works without Google too. Prefer private? Use ETasks 100% locally with no Google account, and connect later if you ever want to.

What you get

Everything Google Tasks should have been on iOS

All your Google Tasks lists, one view

See every task list together. Drag and drop tasks between lists, or across tabs onto the Calendar to schedule them on a date. Favorites with priorities keep what matters on top, fast search covers everything, and a recycle bin means nothing is ever lost by accident.

Real alarms for your Google Tasks

Google Tasks can send a normal notification at a task's due time. ETasks adds persistent AlarmKit alarms for the tasks that need more urgency, plus postpone and deadline warnings on iPhone.

Widgets, Watch, and iPad

Eight Home Screen and Lock Screen widget types put your Google Tasks a glance away. Complete tasks from your wrist with the Apple Watch app, and enjoy a proper native layout on iPad.

Offline-first, private by design

Changes queue when you're offline and sync when you're back. ETasks only requests the Google Tasks scope (never Gmail, Calendar, Drive, or Contacts), and you can disconnect from Google at any time.

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Offline-first sync status for Google Tasks in ETasks

How the sync works

Sign in with Google and ETasks becomes a full Google Tasks client: task lists, tasks, subtasks, titles, notes, due dates, completion state, and list order all sync both ways. Whatever you check off on your iPhone is checked off in Gmail's Tasks panel and Google Calendar a moment later. Reminder and alarm times travel with the task as metadata, while the alerts themselves ring on your Apple devices, where you'll actually hear them.

Not a Google user? Choose "Use on this device" and ETasks works as a fully local, private to-do app. You can connect a Google account later and keep everything.

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Free, ad-free, and available on the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.

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