In addition to the to-do list, HappyToDos lets you create daily reminders for routine tasks to help you better manage your day. It also claims to save you a couple of hours that you’d spend on assigning tasks to your team, thanks to the virtual project manager. And while this is all going on, you can generate real-time report so you will know who is doing what, how much is the project costing the team, and when the task will be done.

HappyToDos not only focuses on things that needs to be done, but also in managing your work-time resources for better collaboration. Other welcome features include file sharing, time reporting, and personal task tray.

HappyToDos offers full-featured accounts for free, including unlimited users and projects. The only limitation is the 100MB storage for free accounts. But even then, this tool is a great free alternative to Basecamp.

Features:

• Free; quick sign up
• Create scheduled daily tasks
• Generate real time reports
• Virtual project manager helps allocate resources
• File sharing and project collaboration
• Similar Tools: Scrumy, Collabtive, and Workflowy

Check out HappyToDos @ http://www.happytodos.com/

Ace Project is an excellent project management web application. After you sign up for an account on the site you can begin creating projects and entering details such as costs and expenses. Since most users will be project managers, the site supports task management by assigning them to team members. Support for timesheets and uploading documents makes task assignment an easy process to execute and monitor.

All of these features are packed into an intuitive interface to make project management a fast process.

For increased accessibility the site offers a mobile version which is also a web app thus independent of your smartphone’s OS. Hence if you decide to use the service on your phone you will not need to install any additional project planning software.

The site offers a free account with up to 5 active projects and 50 tasks per account along with an overall storage space of 250 MB. For users who want support for more projects, tasks, and storage, the site offers premium packages that start from $24 per month.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you manage projects online.
• Offers 250 MB storage for free account and more for premium accounts.
• Supports task management, timesheets, and details such as costs and expenses.
• Offers a mobile version for smartphone users.

Check out Ace Project @ www.aceproject.com (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Projectial is a relatively new web service that is currently offering its packages for free. The site lets you create an account and then begin work by creating new projects. In each new project you can add sub-tasks that need to be completed by particular dates. To organize your tasks you can add various categories to filter them out later. Each task can have a detailed description added to it with special formatting. You can invite others to your projects and assign your tasks appropriately to group members.

Based on your completion times and paid tasks, the site gathers project statistics such as daily and monthly work. All of this information proves helpful while analyzing your performance.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you manage tasks online.
• Targeted at project leaders.
• Lets you neatly organize tasks.
• Lets you add project members and assign tasks to them.
• Records statistics for your progress.

Check out Projectial @ www.projectial.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

Binfire’s collection of features includes group chat, whiteboards, checklist with task assignments and deadlines, GANTT charts, exporting notes to PDF, activity status and file sharing. Like most project collaboration tools, Binfire is centered around the checklist, where team members can comment on each task, set a deadline, establish dependencies, assign responsibility, and type-in tags.

The bottom bar of the project dashboard will show team members who are online. You can either talk to the group, or click on a name to chat with them individually. I was also glad to find out that the app follows a traditional folder structure when storing files, making it easier for the user to navigate through a large number of files, rather than rely on search or go to each project to find the file I want.

Binfire may not be as slick-looking as other project collab tools, but it offers everything you need to organize a team. A free account is available for you to try out, giving you two projects, five users for each project and 2GB storage. Paid plans include the Basic, Pro, Biz, allowing you to select a plan that you need based on your number of projects and size of your team.

Features:

• Free and paid plans available
• Chat with the team
• Whiteboard with Canvas features
• Comment on everything
• Advanced checklist and milestones
• Track activity done on a project
• GANTT charts
• Highlight to pdf files
• Report status
• Share files

Check out Binfire @ www.binfire.com

One of the unique features of Scrumrf as a project management tool is its “Product backlog” section where you can assign user stories for your projects. By using user stories, you can create logs that show derived tasks as well as their importance (indicated with priority points and sprint points). Once you have created your user stories, you may now proceed organizing your project sprints.

You may also add multiple items to the user stories and delegate the tasks to your team members. You may also indicate the participation level of your team in this section.

Scrumrf offers a simple but powerful project management tool that actually lets you micromanage the tasks that needed to be done by your team. With it, you can manage any multi-phase project in a speedy and efficient manner.

Features:

• Manage multiple projects.
• Manage user roles or team members for each project.
• Delegate and micromanage tasks using the product backlog.
• Plan on the different phases of your projects efficiently with sprints.
• Communicate and collaborate with your team regarding user stories, sprints, as well as tasks.
• Check the status of the projects visually with charts.
• Easy to use interface.

Check out Scrumf @ www.scrumrf.com

Podio is a wonderful web service that offers numerous tools. These tools are essentially targeted towards project managers and people who run organizations. Using these tools you can conveniently set up new tasks along with their assignments, descriptions, and due dates. You can also attach relevant digital files with the tasks you post.

In addition to tasks, Podio lets you maintain a list of contacts, post bulletin updates of your organization to share them with your group, views tasks according to your calendar, and send messages to your contacts on the site.

The site offers its users a free package with unlimited storage and ‘spaces’ or groups. The premium account offers additional users and better reporting, user management, and user permissions.

Features:

• A user-friendly all in one task management dashboard.
• Offers tools to manage employees and projects.
• Lets you assign tasks to people along with mentioning task details.
• Lets you post organization updates and bulletins.
• Makes it easier to work with employees and group members remotely located.
• Similar tools: Scrumblr, Producteev, TheDeadline and SprintIm.

Check out Podio @ www.podio.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

For the free account, you can manage two projects, add two users and use a space of 15MB. One of the best features at FluffLess is the way it displays a summary of the project. When you click on the overview tab, it displays a chronological history of all activities related to that project and color-codes them by category so that they are easier to skim through.

Features:

• Manage projects with multiple users.
• Add tasks, manage calendars and upload files.
• Send messages to other project users.
• Track time spent on a project and create pages.

Visit FluffLess @ https://www.fluff-less.com

SprintIm is a free to use website that helps people manage projects. In addition to managing projects you can also use the site as your to-do list creator. Using SprintIm is extremely simple: you create an account on the site and then create a new project. Within this project you can click on a calendar date and type in the task that is to be completed or initiated on that date. Next you assign the task to somebody in your project – you can invite friends to be project members via email. All of the project’s tasks are listed under the calendar. These tasks can be edited, deleted, and marked as completed any time.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you manage projects.
• Lets you assign tasks to group members.
• Displays a calendar to easily decide on task dates.
• Lets you mark completed tasks.
• Similar tools: ManageWithUs, AceProject, VeoProject and Producteev.
• Also read related article: Manage Your Life with Free Online Time Management Tools.

Check out SprintIm @ www.sprint.im (by MOin from ThumbPress)

PlanningForce Free Planner is a free desktop application with versions for Windows and Mac computers. The application provides a very comprehensive tools to manage projects, add individual tasks, add their descriptions, set milestones, etc. Additionally the application combines your task lists with Gantt charts and lets you enter resources that help automatically generate task assignments.

Creating reports is also very easy; you can print the task allocations, the project progress, and the goal analysis. For people new to professional project management applications, getting familiar with PlanningForce Free Planner will take some time; but people with experience in such apps will find PlanningForce’s tools and interface to be user-friendly.

Features:

• A highly useful project management desktop application.
• Offers different versions for Windows and Mac computers.
• Lets you enter a variety of tasks, resources, etc. to help manage your projects.
• Merges task lists with Gantt charts.
• Generates reports of various aspects of the project.
• Similar tools: Cohuman, BrixHQ, FreedCamp, Manymoon and Project2Manage.

• Check out PlanningForce Free Planner @ www.planningforce-express.com/free-planning-software.php (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Webplanner offers several ways to view project statuses quickly, including e-mail notifications, print reports, project status pie reports, lists of approaching tasks per project and per member, team statuses, and project activity lists. Although many may feel iffy about the app being run on Microsof Silverlight, the interface is surprisingly swift. Adding projects, tasks, goals, and phases is a breeze thanks to the Wizard feature that helps set everything up for you.

Webplanner is a great tool for teams who work on time critical projects where careful prioritization is required. It is currently available for free in its beta stage, but it seems like it is ready for prime time.

Features:

• Project management tool with focus on project urgency.
• Gives graphic sense of time and project status.
• Track projects at a glance with the project pie chart.
• Print project reports.
• Easy wizard to organize projects.
• Similar Tools: Cohuman, Gantter, Freedcamp, and Collabtive.

Check out Web Planner @ www.webplanner.com/pages/index.php