Task Scheduler Alternatives

Task Scheduler is described as 'The Task Scheduler is a Windows feature which can set your computer to automatically perform routine tasks. The Task Scheduler does this by monitoring whatever criteria you choose to initiate the tasks, and then executing the tasks when the criteria is met' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Task Scheduler for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Task Scheduler alternative is System Scheduler, which is free. Other great apps like Task Scheduler are RoboIntern, Airytec Switch Off, CTFreak and Shutter Utility.

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    System Scheduler for Windows, Free Task Scheduling Software replace Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks System Scheduler is a great Task Scheduler alternative.

    • System Scheduler is the most popular Windows alternative to Task Scheduler.

    • System Scheduler is the most popular free alternative to Task Scheduler.

    • System Scheduler is Freemium and ProprietaryTask Scheduler is Free and Proprietary
  2. RoboIntern icon
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    An automation and scheduling software with focus on repetitive office tasks. Features include MS Excel, Word and Access tasks, emails, ODBC databases, PDFs, FTP operations and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Switch Off is a lightweight, easy-to-use, tray-based system utility that can automatically shutdown, suspend or hibernate your system. The user-friendly, intuitive interface is designed to seamlessly integrate into Windows and provide quick access to all operations through the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. CTFreak icon
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    IT task scheduler.

    11 CTFreak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Snapcraft
    • FreeBSD
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
     
    • CTFreak is the most popular Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Task Scheduler.

    • CTFreak is Freemium and ProprietaryTask Scheduler is Free and Proprietary
    • CTFreak is LightweightTask Scheduler is not according to our users
  5. Shutter Utility icon
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    Shutter is a multifunctional scheduling utility, which has a user friendly and easy-to-use interface and supports many different Events and Actions.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Free Alarm Clock, free version of Hot Alarm Clock, is a portable and full-featured and user-friendly computer alarm clock and program-launcher for Windows in 23 languages.

    71 Free Alarm Clock alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about Free Alarm Clock as an Alternative to Task Scheduler
    Guest
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    An alarm clock is not a task scheduler. Not even close.

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    Guest
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    This is a CLOCK. Not a TASK SCHEDULER

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    Adam Darby
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    0

    This is not a task scheduler!

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    • This alternative is disputed. Free Alarm Clock is a legitimate Task Scheduler alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Free Alarm Clock is Freemium and ProprietaryTask Scheduler is Free and Proprietary
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    Beautiful customizable clock with plugins.

    75 Digital Clock 4 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Digital Clock 4 as an Alternative to Task Scheduler
    Arcenter
    Negative
    2

    Thats a clock. Task scheduler is for running applications.

    Guest
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    4

    This is a CLOCK. Not a TASK SCHEDULER

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    Digital Clock 4 icon
    • Digital Clock 4 is the most popular Mac alternative to Task Scheduler.

    • Digital Clock 4 is the most popular Open Source alternative to Task Scheduler.

    • Digital Clock 4 is Free and Open SourceTask Scheduler is Free and Proprietary
    • Digital Clock 4 is Customizable and LightweightTask Scheduler is not according to our users
  8. AMP WinOFF icon
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    AMP WinOFF is an utility designed to schedule the shut down of Windows computers, with several shut down modes and fully configurable. Some of its features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about AMP WinOFF as an Alternative to Task Scheduler
    3862080
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    it is only shutdown scheduler

    Moskador
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    It's a shutdown scheduler, not a general scheduler.

    utucuro
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    AMP WinOFF is a shutdown scheduler, not a generic scheduler.

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    • This alternative is disputed. AMP WinOFF is a legitimate Task Scheduler alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • AMP WinOFF is Free and ProprietaryTask Scheduler is also Free and Proprietary
  9. dKron icon
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    Dkron is a system service for workload automation that runs scheduled jobs, just like unix cron service, but distributed in several machines in a cluster. This is the only job scheduler in the market with truly no SPOF. It is open source and available for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  10. Kana Reminder icon
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    Kana Reminder is a program which can be used to set a reminder to be triggered at a specified time. It can also be used to run another program at a specified time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. DoIt icon
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    doit comes from the idea of bringing the power of build-tools to execute any kind of task. People often compare doit to tools like make, grunt, rake, scons, snakemake. They appreciate doit strong features, flexibility, simplicity of authoring and ease of use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. ElevenClock icon
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    The whole point of ElevenClock is to have a customizable clock on your Windows 11 taskbars. When Microsoft's engineers were creating Windows 11, they forgot to add a clock on the secondary screen taskbar. So I did that.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about ElevenClock as an Alternative to Task Scheduler
    ph soft
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    Clock and not task scheduler. Not an alternative

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    • ElevenClock is Free and Open SourceTask Scheduler is Free and Proprietary
    • ElevenClock is CustomizableTask Scheduler is not according to our users
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