Superlist Review 2026

Last updated: September 2026

What Superlist Actually Is

Superlist is a task and note-taking app built by several of the people behind Wunderlist, the to-do list that Microsoft acquired and later shut down. It runs on macOS, iOS, Android, and the web, and it tries to hold personal errands, team projects, and the writing that surrounds them in one workspace instead of scattering them across a checklist app, a notes app, and a chat thread.

The core idea is simple. Rather than treating a task as a single line of text, Superlist treats each list as a flexible document where checkable items, headings, and free-form notes live together. That decision shapes almost everything about how the product feels, and it is the main reason people either adopt it quickly or find it different from the plain checklist they expected.

Lists That Double as Documents

The single most distinctive thing about Superlist is that a list is not just a stack of tasks. Any line can become a task with a due date, a reminder, and an assignee, or it can stay as a note, a heading, or a block of context that never needs to be checked off. You can nest sublists several levels deep, tuck a paragraph of detail directly beneath a task, and keep reference material in the same view as the work it describes. In practice, one Superlist page can carry a project brief at the top, the actionable steps in the middle, and loose thinking at the bottom, without forcing any of it into a rigid database of fields.

This hybrid model is what separates Superlist from most to-do apps, which keep tasks and notes in separate silos. It rewards people who think in outlines and dislike jumping between tools to capture a thought and then schedule it. The trade-off is that the freedom can feel loose if you want strict structure like kanban boards or Gantt charts, which Superlist does not center its experience around. For anyone who wants their planning and their writing to sit side by side, though, it is a genuinely different and comfortable way to work.

What Else It Does

AI Voice and Meeting Notes

Superlist leans on AI in a few concrete ways rather than as a vague add-on. Voice AI lets you speak tasks aloud and have them turned into structured items, which is useful for capturing something while walking or between meetings. On the higher tier, AI Meeting Notes can summarize recordings and pull out action items, and an AI Chat feature and a Make AI generation option help draft and expand content inside your lists. These features are gated by plan, so the amount of AI you get scales with what you pay.

Real-Time Collaboration

Lists can be shared with teammates or guests, and edits sync in real time so several people can work on the same page at once. You can assign tasks to specific people, keep shared and private lists in the same account, and use the app for household and family coordination as easily as for work projects. This is the part of the product that most directly inherits the Wunderlist lineage, where sharing a list with someone else was always a first-class action rather than an afterthought.

Integrations and Cross-Platform Sync

Superlist connects to third-party tools and, on paid plans, opens access to all of its integrations, including task summarization pushed to email and Slack on the top tier. Everything syncs across macOS, iOS, Android, and the web, so a task added on a phone appears on a laptop moments later. The apps are native rather than a wrapped website, which shows in the responsiveness and in touches like home screen and lock screen widgets on mobile.

Recurring Tasks, Reminders, and Offline Use

Beyond one-off items, Superlist handles recurring tasks and habits, scheduling, and reminders so routine work does not have to be re-entered. It also supports offline use, meaning you can keep capturing and checking off items without a connection and let changes reconcile once you are back online. These are table-stakes features for a serious task manager, and Superlist covers them without making them the headline.

Pricing

Superlist is freemium, with a free forever plan and two paid tiers billed per person, plus a custom option for larger organizations. The free plan is genuinely usable for individuals, and the paid tiers unlock unlimited structure, storage, and progressively more AI.

• Free ($0/person/month): up to 5 private and shared lists, up to 5 people per shared list, unlimited tasks and notes, all four platforms, and 25MB uploads with 500MB storage.
• Basic ($5/person/month, or $59/year): everything in Free plus unlimited lists, sublists, and shared lists with team and guests, access to all integrations, unlimited team members, Voice AI, and 100MB uploads with 25GB storage.
• Super ($21/person/month, or $249/year): everything in Basic plus unlimited AI Meeting Notes, unlimited AI Chat messages, Make AI generation, and email plus Slack task summarization.
• Enterprise (custom): a contact option for teams that need more than the standard tiers offer.

The pricing logic is easy to read. If you mostly want a clean personal task manager, the free plan or the $5 Basic tier covers it. The jump to $21 is really a bet on the AI meeting and chat features, so it makes sense only if those specific tools fit your workflow.

Who It Is For

Superlist fits people who want one place for both their tasks and the notes around them, and who value a fast, well-designed native app over a heavy project management suite. Individuals managing personal errands, family coordination, and side projects will do well on the free or Basic plan. Small teams, founders, and remote groups who already lived in Wunderlist and want that feel back, now with collaboration and AI, are the clearest fit for the paid tiers.

It is less suited to teams that need formal project management with boards, timelines, dependencies, and reporting, since Superlist deliberately keeps things closer to flexible lists than to a structured database. If your work depends on those heavier views, a dedicated project tool will serve you better. If your work is mostly writing things down, organizing them, and getting them done with a few collaborators, Superlist is one of the most pleasant options available.