Remember The Milk is one of the best cloud-based task manager and reminder apps. The company also offers tools that let you see your To Do lists in your Google Calendar sidebar, or on an iPhone, iPad, or Android device — but up until recently you needed a Pro account to use the Android apps.

Now Android users can download and run the mobile version of Remember the Milk just like their iOS friends — without paying $25 per year for a Pro account. Pro users will still get some extra features though.

Remember The Milk 2.0 for Android has a new, simpler user interface. You can synchronize the app with your online account with the press of a button at the top of the screen. You can also add a task or search from the toolbar no matter what screen you’re on.

The home screen has been redesigned to show you day, week, list, tag, or location views. And you can now edit multiple tasks at the same time.
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Astrid is a To Do list or task manager app for Google Android. I’ve never really loved the user interface, but I’ve been using it almost as long as I’ve been using Android, because it’s one of the only free apps that supports synchronizing your tasks with the web-based Remember The Milk task service. Unfortunately, the developers pushed out a new version of the app today, along with a note that future versions would no longer support Remember The Milk sync.

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Astrid 3.5 does add beta support for synchronizing your tasks with Google Tasks, but Google Tasks is a pretty barebones task manager. You can also sync your data with Producteev.

In the meantime, existing Astrid/Remember The Milk users have a few options. You can either continue using the current version of Astrid while declining future updates, pay for a Remember The Milk Pro account at $25 per year so you can use the official RTM app for Android, or find another solution.

I’m thinking about switching to Toodledo for my task management anyway, since that’s the service Pocket Informant already syncs with, and I’m a big fan of Pocket Informant’s mobile task and calendar apps. But I really do like Remember The Milk, so I might just pony up the cash for a Pro account eventually.

Remember the Milk is a popular, web-based tool for managing tasks. You can use it to store reminders to take out the trash or pick up groceries, or just about any other task you’d like a reminder for. You can set due dates for tasks or sort tasks by tag, location, or other criteria.

The folks at Remember the Milk also offer a Pro service that lets you sync your task list to apps for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android, and iPhone. A Pro account will set you back $25 per year. The mobile apps are all available as free downloads, but you need to pony up for a subscription if you want to keep using them after  a free trial period expires.

Or at least, that’s how it used to work. Today Remember the Milk launched a new version of its iPhone app which works without a Pro account. What’s the catch? You get a limited feature set. If you’re using the free version, you’ll only be able to synchronize your tasks once every 24 hours — and you’ll have to do it manually. Still, this is a great way to try the service before deciding if you’re going to use it enough to justify paying for a full year’s membership.

Pro users will continue to get unlimited auto-syncing, the ability to keep your tasks synced across multiple devices, and push notifications for reminders. You can either sign up for a Pro account at the Remember the Milk web site or make your purchase from within the iOS app.

The Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and Android apps still require Pro Accounts to function.

Remember the Milk for iOS is available as a free download from the App Store.

via Lifehacker