Comparison

2Do vs Mindwtr

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 manager helps you organize work, home, and study with flexible checklists, projects, notes, and reminders. Capture ideas naturally, set custom alerts, and sync across devices. Collaborate with others and find tasks easily with smart lists and location-based reminders.

Highlights
  • Natural language input for tasks
  • Checklists, projects, and sub-tasks
  • Notes, images, and voice recordings
  • Flexible recurring tasks and reminders
  • Smart Lists for filtered views
  • Location-based reminders
  • Collaboration over Wi-Fi
Features
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2Do is a to-do list, task manager and daily planner for iPhone. Organize work, home and study with checklists, projects, notes and reminders. 2Do for iPad 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 IPHONE • Slide between your lists, tasks and the Tags, Nearby and Calendar panels. Pinch to choose how much task detail you see. • Check tasks on Apple Watch and add complications to your watch face. 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

Mindwtr

A privacy-focused, local-first task manager that helps you organize your life using the Getting Things Done methodology. It offers zero friction capture, project organization, visual Kanban boards, and a guided weekly review process, all while keeping your data securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Zero friction task capture
  • GTD workflow integration
  • Hierarchical project organization
  • Visual Kanban boards
  • Guided weekly review
  • Offline-first functionality
Features
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Your head keeps reminding you of things at the worst times. Mindwtr gives them a safe home. Mindwtr (pronounced "mind water") is a free, open-source to-do app built on the Getting Things Done (GTD) method. Write down every task and idea the moment it appears, sort it in seconds, and see only what you can do right now. No account, no subscription, and your data stays on your device. HOW IT WORKS 1. Dump it. A task, an idea, a worry: type it or speak it, and it lands in your Inbox. 2. Sort it. A short guided pass: do it now, schedule it, hand it off, or shelve it for someday. 3. Do it. The Focus view shows only what you can act on right now, nothing else. 4. Reset weekly. A guided review catches loose ends, so the list stays trustworthy and your head stays clear. New to GTD? The idea is simple: your head is for having ideas, not for holding them. Mindwtr walks you through every step. WHY MINDWTR - Works completely offline. No account required. - Your tasks stay on your device. Sync is optional and you choose where: Dropbox, a folder you control, WebDAV, your own server, or iCloud on Apple devices. - The full GTD method built in: Inbox, Next, Waiting For, Someday/Maybe, Projects, Areas, Contexts, and reviews. - Capture from anywhere: quick add, widgets, sharing from other apps, or voice. - Plan your way: list, calendar, and kanban board views. - Reminders, repeating tasks, checklists, Markdown notes, and attachments. - Import from Todoist, TickTick, OmniFocus, and more. - Free and open source. No ads or lock-in. SIMPLE BY DEFAULT, POWERFUL WHEN YOU NEED IT Fewer fields, fewer knobs, no clutter. Advanced tools, like the kanban board, automation, and an optional AI assistant that uses your own AI account, stay out of sight until you want them. Mindwtr means "mind like water": the calm you get when nothing is rattling around in your head.

Screenshots

2Do4 screens
Mindwtr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mindwtr at Free against 2Do's $9.99. Mindwtr also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). 2Do's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On review sentiment, ads and 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

Mindwtr is free to download; 2Do costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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: 2Do has 150 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of 2Do's written reviews are positive against 90% of Mindwtr's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

2Do ships an update daily, Mindwtr weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
2Do versus Mindwtr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter2DoMindwtr
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (150 ratings) — better4.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings150 — better12
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeehive Innovations ServicesDongda Li

Customer experience

2Do

All ratings150 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative10.6%

Mindwtr

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

None

2Do

No in-app purchases

None

Mindwtr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 2Do free?
2Do costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindwtr free?
Mindwtr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 2Do or Mindwtr?
2Do is rated higher. 2Do averages 4.9 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while Mindwtr averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do 2Do or Mindwtr have ads?
Neither 2Do nor Mindwtr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 2Do or Mindwtr?
2Do ships an update daily, and Mindwtr weekly. Most recently, 2Do was updated on November 7, 2026 and Mindwtr on November 5, 2026.

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