OmmiQ vs Microsoft To Do
OmmiQ is a European alternative to Microsoft To Do: same project management & productivity use case, headquartered in Germany and governed by EU GDPR, while Microsoft To Do (Microsoft) is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Plan your day with natural-language quick add, Today and Scheduled views, recurring tasks and subtasks, free with no ads or tracking.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- Yes
Microsoft To Do is the task list that comes with a Microsoft account, and its My Day view, which starts each morning with a clean slate, is the feature people stay for. It is free on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and the web, and syncs with Outlook tasks. Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, so task lists fall under US jurisdiction.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
OmmiQ vs Microsoft To Do at a glance
| OmmiQ | Microsoft To Do | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Germany | United States |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | United States |
| Primary privacy law | EU GDPR | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Best for | Teams that need project management & productivity built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem |
Choose OmmiQ if…
- You want a provider governed by a European privacy regime
- GDPR or public-sector data-protection requirements apply to you
- You want to start free and scale up later
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Microsoft To Do if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Microsoft ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
About OmmiQ
OmmiQ is a simple to-do list and day planner for personal use, built to sit quietly in the background while you work through your tasks. The core app is free with no ads and no tracking, and the few optional extras are one-time purchases rather than a subscription.
Tasks go in from a single line of text: type something like "buy milk tomorrow 3pm #groceries" and OmmiQ picks out the date, time and category. Inbox, Today and Scheduled views keep the day in order, and the app installs to your phone or desktop as a progressive web app, with no app store involved.
Key benefits:
- Natural-language quick add turns one typed line into a dated, categorised task
- Smart views for Inbox, Today and Scheduled keep each day focused
- Recurring tasks and subtasks handle daily, weekly and monthly routines
- Custom categories with colours and emojis make lists easy to scan
- Instant search across active and completed tasks
- One-time extras such as a week view or task streaks, never a subscription
- Data export and a trash bin with restore keep your tasks in your hands
OmmiQ is run by Dennis Peld as a registered sole proprietorship in Berlin, Germany, and is self-funded with no investors. The app, API and database run on a server in Frankfurt am Main, rented from Hostinger, with payments through Mollie in the Netherlands and account emails sent through Proton in Switzerland. There is no analytics or error-reporting service. Push reminders are optional, and when switched on they pass through the browser vendor's push service, which means Google or Apple in the United States for Chrome and Safari users.
Ideal for individuals who want a calm, private daily planner without a monthly fee or a team-collaboration feature set they will never use.
Why choose OmmiQ over Microsoft To Do?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Microsoft To Do is headquartered in the United States, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes: the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
OmmiQ removes that overhead. As a Germany-based provider, it operates under EU GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and finance, that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.