Comparison

2Do vs palto

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

Head to head
About

2Do

This app helps you organize your life with a powerful to-do list, task manager, and daily planner. It supports checklists, projects, notes, and reminders, with natural language input for dates and times. Sync across devices and collaborate with others.

Highlights
  • Natural language task input
  • Checklists, projects, and sub-tasks
  • Notes and attachments
  • Flexible recurring tasks
  • Location-based reminders
  • Cross-device sync options
  • Collaboration features
Features
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2Do is a to-do list, task manager and daily planner for iPad. Organize work, home and study with checklists, projects, notes and reminders. 2Do for iPhone and Mac are sold separately. 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. AWARDS • Apple - Best of 2013 Mac App Store • MacStories - App of the Year 2015 iOS • Cult of Mac - Best Task Manager for iOS

About

palto

Features
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Palto is a schedule input acceleration app that lets you quickly create schedules for a week or even a whole month simply by selecting predefined schedule patterns. Do you often have recurring schedules that are similar, but not exactly the same? Slightly different start times every week Event titles that change each time Mixed office and remote work schedules Shifts or lessons that vary week by week Palto helps you register these “not completely fixed” schedules quickly and comfortably. ■ Recommended For Shift workers Hybrid office / remote workers Parents managing children’s lessons or activities People tired of entering schedules every week Anyone who wants faster calendar registration ■ Main Features ● Schedule Pattern Registration Save frequently used schedules as reusable patterns. You can register: Event title Start time End time All-day setting Notification setting Notes ● Bulk Schedule Input Create schedules for: 1 week 2 weeks 1 month Select schedule patterns day by day with a smooth and fast workflow. ● Fast Tap-Based Input Enjoy smooth animations and responsive interactions for quick schedule registration. ● Skip Weekday Settings Skip unnecessary days such as weekends. ● Review & Fine-Tune Review all schedules before registration. You can: Edit individual schedules Delete schedules Re-select patterns ● Device Calendar Integration Register selected schedules to your device calendar all at once. ■ Features Palto is NOT a calendar replacement app. It is a companion tool designed to make schedule input faster, easier, and more enjoyable. Instead of complicated operations, Palto focuses on: Fewer taps One-handed operation Tap-based selection Smooth and fast input flow ■ Supported Languages Supports 21 languages including: Japanese English and more ■ Notes This app uses your device calendar feature. Calendar permission is required to register schedules.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: palto at Free against 2Do's $19.99. palto also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). 2Do's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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

palto is free to download; 2Do costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
2Do versus palto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter2Dopalto
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeehive Innovations Servicesyuichiro yoshimoto

In-app purchases

None

2Do

No in-app purchases

None

palto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 2Do free?
2Do costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is palto free?
palto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 2Do or palto have ads?
palto shows ads; 2Do does not.

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