Any.do

★★★★ 4.3
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Bardeen icon

Bardeen

★★★★ 4.4
Feature Any.do Bardeen
Pricing Free / from $5.99/mo Free / from $10/mo
Free Plan ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
Rating 4.3 / 5 4.4 / 5
Best For minimalists, casual-users, families, mobile-first-users sales-reps, recruiters, growth-marketers, individual-contributors
Founded 2011 2020
Daily Planner
Calendar Integration
Whatsapp Tasks
Location Reminders
Shared Lists
Ai Assistant
Browser Automation
Ai Workflows
Web Scraping
Playbooks
Integrations
Scheduling
Data Extraction

✓ Any.do Pros

  • Beautiful minimal interface
  • Daily planner feature prioritizes tasks
  • WhatsApp integration for task creation
  • Family sharing plan available

✗ Any.do Cons

  • Limited free plan features
  • Fewer power features than TickTick
  • Recurring tasks need premium

✓ Bardeen Pros

  • Browser-based automation (no server setup needed)
  • AI generates workflows from natural language descriptions
  • Pre-built playbooks for common tasks across 100+ apps
  • Scrapes and interacts with any website

✗ Bardeen Cons

  • Browser extension required (not server-side)
  • Complex automations can be fragile with UI changes
  • Free plan limited on automation credits

The Verdict

Any.do is built for minimalists and casual users, with a focus on daily-planner and calendar-integration. Bardeen targets sales reps and recruiters and leads with browser-automation and ai-workflows.

Pricing is close: Any.do starts at $5.99/mo versus $10/mo for Bardeen — not a deciding factor on its own.

Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.

Feature-wise, Bardeen offers broader built-in capabilities (7 features vs 6), while Any.do takes a more focused approach — which can mean a simpler, faster onboarding experience.

This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.

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