Breef vs Microsoft To Do
Flag an email in Outlook and it appears in Microsoft To Do. Breef reads every new email and makes the task for you, with the due date and the reason it exists.
Which one is for you
To Do lists what you flag. Breef finds what you would have flagged.
Choose Microsoft To Do
if you flag every email that needs you and want a free list of them, next to Outlook.
Choose Breef
if emails that need you get read and then forgotten, and you want them found for you, with due dates, across Outlook and Gmail.
Use both
Keep To Do for your own to-dos; let Breef keep the list of what your email asks of you.
Breef and Microsoft To Do, side by side
| Breef | Microsoft To Do | |
|---|---|---|
| How emails become tasks | Automatically, as they arrive | By hand: flag the email in Outlook |
| Due dates | Taken from the email when it gives one | You add them yourself |
| Which emails | Every new email, in every inbox you connect | The 100 most recent flagged emails from the last 30 days, in your main mailbox |
| Inboxes | Outlook and Gmail, several at once | Microsoft accounts only |
| Price | From €4.99 a month, after a free trial | Free with a Microsoft account |
What this page says about Microsoft To Do comes from its own website and help pages, as of October 2026. If something has changed, write to hello@breef.app.
How it works
Connect once. From then on, Breef reads what arrives and hands you only what needs you. Pick a step to see what happens there.
Questions
What people ask before connecting an inbox.
No. Breef is read-only, so it can’t flag or change anything. It keeps its own list of tasks.
Let Breef read it first.
Connect your inbox in a minute and see what needs you. 7 days free, no card needed.