Google Tasks is the perfect app for organizing your life - and it doesn't cost a cent

Google recently made its first significant refresh to Gmail in years and added a new standalone app to its lineup: Google Tasks. 

Before now, Tasks worked as a to-do list built into Gmail. And while Tasks still works with Gmail - and Google Calendar, too - it now has its own app for those who just want to easily organize their lives. 

Now, I'm a big believer in to-do lists and have dabbled with productivity apps in the past. While those apps work great for me at first, I've never found the perfect one. 

So I was curious to see if I would like Google Tasks, especially since I'm about to move into a new apartment and have a lot of organizing to do.

The verdict: if you use a lot of Google products, Tasks is the best to-do app for you.

Here's what it's like to use Google Tasks: