Simple To vs Five Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple To
This straightforward application allows users to create and manage a single to-do list. Tasks can be easily edited, reordered, or deleted with a simple swipe. It's designed for quick note-taking and task management.
- Single to-do list
- Swipe to delete tasks
- Edit and reorder tasks
- Quick note-taking
- Simple interface
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A very simple to-do list app for an easy way to make quick notes. Features include: ・Only one list. ・When done, swipe left to delete. ・Reorder or edit, as needed. Jesus loves you!
Five Tasks
This productivity app encourages users to focus on essential tasks by limiting their to-do list. It helps prioritize what's important, preventing overwhelm and ensuring key items get done.
- Task prioritization
- Limited to-do list
- Simplified interface
- Focus on important tasks
- Task completion aid
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Welcome to Five, the to-do app with a limit. By putting a limitation on your to-do list, you are forced to prioritise and focus on what’s important. Five helps you do this with an incredibly simple app With Five you will stop taking on too many tasks, many of which you wouldn’t have time to complete anyway. So welcome to the first step toward simplifying your to-do list, and getting the important tasks done!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple To at 100% against Five Tasks's 50%. Simple To also leads on chart position (#180 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). Five Tasks's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Five Tasks is free to download; Simple To costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Five Tasks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Simple To's written reviews are positive against 50% of Five Tasks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Simple To | Five Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #180 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Palmer | Spencer Walden |
Customer experience
Simple To
Five Tasks
In-app purchases
Simple To
No in-app purchases
Five Tasks
No in-app purchases
