Choose Ok Donkey if
One job must not be forgotten. You want the alarm to keep going every few minutes, to nag one person first and then the others, and to be free to share with the whole family.
Ok Donkey vs Any.do
Any.do is a full task manager for personal tasks, family projects, and team work, with reminders in one place. On the Family plan it adds shared boards for up to four people and assigned tasks. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows, the web, and on Apple Watch and Wear OS.
That is a different job from Ok Donkey. Any.do helps you keep a whole life in order: lists, boards, and reminders. Ok Donkey does one job. It re-alerts every 2, 5, or 10 minutes until someone marks it done. If the first person does not finish, everyone else on the event is brought in. Sharing is free in Ok Donkey. In Any.do, shared boards need the Family plan.
Choose Any.do if
You want one place for personal to-dos, family projects, lists, and team work, with reminders and, on the Family plan, shared boards and assigned tasks for up to four people.
The same questions, side by side
| Feature | Ok Donkey | Any.do |
|---|---|---|
| Your data | Only the reminder | Purchases, contact info, and identifiers used to track you |
| Keeps alerting until done | Yes | ? |
| Shared with family or friends | Yes | Family plan, up to 4 people |
| One Done closes it for everyone | Yes | ? |
| Escalates if the first person does not finish | Yes | ? |
| Time zone options | Each person sees their own time; asked only at night | ? |
| Holiday mode | Yes: others take your turns | ? |
| Whose turn it is | Yes | Assigns tasks, Family plan |
| One-off and repeating | Yes | Yes; repeats need Premium |
| Only that job | Yes | No: a full task manager |
| iOS and Android | Yes | Yes |
| Available now | Yes, on Android | Yes |
The prescription pickup
With Any.do, the pickup can sit on a family board and be assigned to one person on the Family plan, who gets a notification when it is assigned. With Ok Donkey, that one person is nagged first. The alert keeps going until someone marks it done. If the hand-off time passes and it is still not done, everyone else on the event is alerted, and one Done closes it for the group.
Questions
Does Any.do keep reminding you until a task is done?
Any.do’s help pages describe one-time, recurring, and location reminders, and say that recurring and location reminders need Premium. They do not say whether a reminder repeats until it is done, so we have marked that as “?”. Ok Donkey re-alerts every 2, 5, or 10 minutes until someone marks it done.
Do I need a paid plan to share with family?
For shared boards and assigned tasks, Any.do needs the Family plan, which covers a Family space for up to 4 members. Ok Donkey is free, and sharing an event with the people on it is free too.
Can Any.do and Ok Donkey sit side by side?
Yes. Any.do can hold your whole task list and the family projects. Ok Donkey can hold the one job that must not be missed. Ok Donkey does not replace your task manager.
A “?” in the repeat, escalation, one Done, time zone, and holiday rows means we could not confirm it from public sources; it is not a “no”. Any.do from its pricing page, its reminders page, its support articles on adding members to boards and assigning tasks, and its App Store listing, October 2026. The data cell is the App Store privacy label. Ok Donkey from the product shown on okdonkey.app. Features change.
