Simple To Do List vs Do Next
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple To Do List
Efficiently manage your daily tasks with this app. Create multiple lists, add items continuously, and set reminders for important deadlines. Organize and prioritize your to-dos with color-coding and easy completion marking.
- Multi-list support
- Continuous to-do item addition
- Task reminders (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Color-coded task highlighting
- Mark tasks as complete/incomplete
- Sub-list task limit of 50
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This application is created to support managing to-do lists, multi-tasks efficiently with below main features: - Support multi list. Go to detail content in each list by touching the list - In each list: + Add to-do item continually by "next" button (first touch "ADD" button, then after finish fist to-do, touch "next" to input next to-do without keyboard escaping) + Support reminder which helps listing up reminder tasks: today/overdue, tasks in the week, in the month, in the year ... by swipe from right to left and choose alarm clock icon. All reminder to-do is saved in "All Reminder tasks" list. Overdue to-do is automatically moved from "All Reminder tasks" list to "Today/overdue task" list. + Support highlighted tasks by color: swipe from right to left (automatically colored) or swipe from left to right then choose paint pad icon. + Easily mark tasks as completed/in-complete by touching tick box. + Number of tasks in sub-list is limited to 50. The app is designed to give simplest usage with high efficiency in managing daily tasks. All your feedbacks for app improvements are highly welcomed.
Do Next
This app helps you manage your tasks with a straightforward approach. It uses a single list with four categories to prioritize what needs to be done. Features include easy task completion, reordering, and helpful widgets.
- Minimalist interface
- Swipe to manage tasks
- Prioritize tasks
- Widgets for quick access
- iCloud sync
- Customizable themes
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Stop wasting time with complicated apps. Keep it simple with Do Next and actually get things done. One list and four basic categories (Now, Next, Later, Someday) is all you need. Prioritize your tasks and mark them complete... that's it. Features: * Minimalist interface * Swipe to complete, edit, or delete * Highlight important tasks * Simple tags * Press & hold to reorder * Widget shows tasks that you need to do now * Lock screen widgets * Fun color themes * Split screen support on iPad * Sync across iOS devices using iCloud No monthly subscription! A one time In-App Purchase gets you: * Add & edit sections * Configurable checkboxes * Color themes * Widgets * Custom app icons * Lock screen widgets
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple To Do List at none against Do Next's 1. Simple To Do List also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Do Next's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Do Next sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Simple To Do List asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Simple To Do List against 4.8 for Do Next. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 22 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Simple To Do List ships an update every 5 months, Do Next every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Simple To Do List | Do Next |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (28 ratings) | 4.8 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | giang pham | Dustin Wiens |
Customer experience
Simple To Do List
Do Next
In-app purchases
Simple To Do List
No in-app purchases
Do Next
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