Comparison

2Do vs DEVONthink To Go 4

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

2Do

This task management app offers a fluid interface with deep features for organizing daily tasks and projects. It supports natural language input, quick capture methods, and flexible organization with lists, tags, and smart searches. Designed for iPad, it provides a desktop-grade experience with full keyboard and multitasking support.

Highlights
  • Natural language input for task creation
  • Desktop-grade multitasking on iPad
  • Quick capture via widgets and Siri
  • Markdown notes with collected links
  • Flexible repeat options and start dates
  • Smart lists for saved searches
  • Tagging system for context filtering
Features
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GTD®, XYZ and everything in between - it can handle it all. Seriously. NOTE: Requires an active subscription. 2Do gives you a simple way to manage tasks, with the depth to organize every part of your life. Keep a few lists or build a complete GTD system. Create your own way of working, with no method imposed on you. AWARDS • Apple - Best of 2013 Mac App Store • MacStories - App of the Year 2015 iOS • Cult of Mac - Best Task Manager for iOS CAPTURE IT ALL • Type naturally. 2Do recognizes dates, times, repeats, alerts, durations, priorities, tags, lists and saved locations as you type. • Hold [+] for Quick Add and enter one task after another. • Capture with Siri, Shortcuts, widgets and Control Center. Turn shared text, links, photos or videos into tasks. • Email tasks to your private Mail to 2Do address, or send a numbered list to create a checklist. • Collect ideas in the GTD Inbox and organize them later. SIMPLE TASKS, CHECKLISTS & PROJECTS • Create tasks, checklists and projects with sub-tasks. Add notes, images, voice recordings and multiple alarms. • Write notes with live Markdown formatting and keep useful links with your tasks. • Set flexible repeats, start dates and durations. Call, email or open a link from a task. • Arrange tasks in named sections within a list. LIST GROUPS, LISTS & SMART LISTS • Organize your lists in groups, alongside built-in views for upcoming, starred and scheduled tasks. • Save searches as reusable Smart Lists. Search titles, notes, tags and dates, with sounds-like matching when needed. • Filter by date, priority, status or tags. Each list remembers its sort order and Focus settings. PROJECT VIEW • Open a project to see just that project and its sub-tasks. Set its sort order independently of the list around it. TAGS • Organize tags in groups and tap a tag to filter tasks. • Combine tags with Smart Lists for the tasks you return to often. Pause a tag to hide its tasks until you resume it. LOCATIONS • Create and assign locations, find nearby tasks on a map and build location-based Smart Lists. • Get a reminder when you arrive, with location access enabled. SYNC, YOUR WAY • Sync with Apple Reminders, Dropbox, Todoist, Toodledo, iCloud, Fastmail, Fruux, Yahoo or a CalDAV server you trust. • Keep tasks in Apple Reminders across your devices and capture them with Siri. • Merge work from different devices or exclude private lists from sync. COLLABORATE • Share lists and work together over local Wi-Fi without a cloud service. • Share read-only or editable lists over iCloud with others using compatible versions of 2Do. FIND AND FOCUS • Jump to any task or list with Quick Open. • Select several tasks to schedule, defer, tag, move or edit them together. ALARMS & YOUR DAY • Set multiple alarms, automatic reminders and repeating alerts. • Use full-screen alarms on supported devices with iOS or iPadOS 26.1 or later. • See calendar events and the day timeline above your tasks to plan around appointments. MADE FOR IPAD • Keep lists, tasks, the editor and utility panels in view. The editor follows your selection. • Open a second window and drag tasks between windows. Use Split View, Slide Over, keyboard shortcuts and the iPadOS menu bar. PASSWORDS & BACKUPS • Lock individual lists or the whole app. • Keep automatic backups, save and restore external backups, or restore a single list. Move backups between 2Do on iOS and Mac.

About

DEVONthink To Go 4

Manage your entire knowledge library on your iPad and iPhone. Organize, edit, and annotate documents, notes, and more. Leverage generative AI for summaries, content creation, and advanced search. Syncs privately and securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Document organization and management
  • AI-powered summaries and content creation
  • PDF annotation and editing
  • On-device OCR for searchable documents
  • Cross-device secure synchronization
  • Custom metadata and tagging
  • Shortcuts automation
Features
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Your entire knowledge library. Always with you. Always private. DEVONthink To Go is your document repository when you're not at your Mac. Collect, organize, edit, and annotate. Use generative AI to work with your stored knowledge or create new documents. Automate with Shortcuts. Our time-tested technology keeps all your data in sync between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, privately and securely. The professional document and information manager for iPad and iPhone. From DEVONtechnologies, driving innovation since 2002. - Students: Annotate research papers with AI-powered summaries - Teachers: Organize your materials, use AI to create handouts and tests - Researchers: Have your data with you in a robust, powerful knowledge manager - Lawyers: Keep all case files organized and encrypted Have your important documents with you at all times: - Never lose an important document again, keep everything organized - Store PDFs, notes, images, bookmarks, just about any type - File your documents in groups, even more than one group at a time - Use tags, mark documents with flags or as unread, give them a star rating - Versioning lets you return to a previous state of a document - Revision-proof databases prevent edits to documents with special requirements - Sync your data between Macs, iPads, and iPhones, securely and privately Work with your documents: - Edit texts, Markdown files, or rich text documents - Annotate and edit PDFs with common tools - Make scans, scanned PDFs, or images searchable with the built-in, on-device OCR - Add custom, searchable metadata fields to enrich your documents Use generative AI: - Work with your favorite provider and model - Chat with your documents, analyze or summarize them - Transform text or extract text from images and even handwritten notes - Create new images from your data - Find documents using natural language with the AI-powered search assistant - Let the AI make order from chaos, rename documents, add tags, or label or rate them DEVONthink To Go is well-integrated with other apps: - Link to your documents from other apps with universal links - Access all your documents also through the Files app - Clip data from almost any app with the Clip to DEVONthink extension - Use drag-and-drop, inside DEVONthink To Go or between apps - Automate repetitive tasks with Shortcuts actions DEVONthink To Go is great standalone but also works perfectly with DEVONthink for Mac and across multiple devices. Synchronize your databases securely and privately over the local network or through a cloud service of your choice. You decide what data is synced, when, and where. Strong encryption makes sure that your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us. Privacy policy: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/privacy End user license agreement: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/eula

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 2Do at 100% against DEVONthink To Go 4's 45%. 2Do also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). DEVONthink To Go 4's advantage is price (Free vs $19.99) and ratings volume (251 vs 18). On ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download; 2Do costs $19.99 up front. DEVONthink To Go 4 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 2Do asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

2Do holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 251 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 2Do's written reviews are positive against 45% of DEVONthink To Go 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

2Do ships an update daily, DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
2Do versus DEVONthink To Go 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter2DoDEVONthink To Go 4
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (18 ratings) — better4.7 (251 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better44.8% of reviews
Number of ratings18251 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB193 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBeehive Innovations ServicesDEVONtechnologies, LLC

Customer experience

2Do

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings242 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral20.7%
Negative34.5%

In-app purchases

None

2Do

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is 2Do free?
2Do costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 2Do or DEVONthink To Go 4?
2Do is rated higher. 2Do averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 from 251 ratings.
Do 2Do or DEVONthink To Go 4 have ads?
Neither 2Do nor DEVONthink To Go 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 2Do or DEVONthink To Go 4?
2Do ships an update daily, and DEVONthink To Go 4 every 3 weeks. Most recently, 2Do was updated on October 26, 2026 and DEVONthink To Go 4 on October 24, 2026.

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