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Hobb vs ActiveInbox.

The highest-rated task overlay in Gmail, and the one most likely to slow Gmail down.

THE HONEST VERDICT

ActiveInbox is honest, cheap and manual, it gives you a place to put tasks. Hobb writes them for you, from the call you took in the car as well as the mail you read, and never lives inside Gmail’s page to slow it down.

WHERE ACTIVEINBOX SHINES

4.7★ from 514 reviews, the best-loved overlay in the category

Proper GTD discipline: due dates, Follow-Up and Waiting-On since 2006

Cheap for what it does

WHERE REVIEWERS SAY IT BREAKS

Longstanding complaints that it slows Gmail down and crashes it

Leaves empty Gmail labels behind; reminders can’t do exact times

Gmail-only, and you still triage everything by hand

Side by side.

WHAT YOU GET

ActiveInbox

HOBB

Price

Free (10 emails) · Pro from $5.37/account/mo

$34/mo yearly · $43 monthly, flat

A real, dialable business number

Included

Channels covered

Calls, texts, WhatsApp & email

Notes written from your calls

Automatic, audio then discarded

One ranked to-do list

Tasks with due dates, Waiting-On

Every channel, ranked by who matters

Billing model

Per account, annual

Month to month · visible meter · no contract

ActiveInbox is a trademark of its owner; Hobb is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Pricing and review themes reflect published information as of June 2026 and may change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

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