Comparison

2Do vs Kan Do

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

Kan Do

Organize your work with customizable Kanban boards and detailed task management. Capture notes, attach files, and set reminders for deadlines. Syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Kanban boards with drag-and-drop
  • Rich markdown notes editor
  • File and image attachments
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Smart lists (Inbox, Today, Upcoming)
  • Customizable task details
Features
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Organize your work into Spaces and Projects, then move tasks across the columns you define. Every card shows what matters at a glance: a cover image, subtitle, tags, priority, and due date. Open any task and you get a full markdown notes editor with headings, lists, checkboxes, images, and file attachments. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Kanban boards with drag-and-drop cards, columns, and dividers • A list view for every project, with drag to reorder • Spaces group your projects; tags cut across them • Smart lists for Inbox, Today, Upcoming, and Flagged • Archive completed work, or keep it crossed out on the board CAPTURE THE DETAILS • Rich notes on every task: headings, bold, lists, to-do checkboxes, quotes, and code • Attach images and files right in the note • Cover images, subtitles, priorities, flags, links, and due dates with reminders EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Native on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro • iCloud sync keeps every device up to date • Spotlight search and Shortcuts actions! • Multi-select to move, complete, or delete tasks in bulk • Light and Dark appearance, color themes, adjustable typography No accounts. No subscriptions to manage your own tasks. Your data lives in your iCloud.

Screenshots

2Do4 screens
Kan Do4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kan Do at $2.99 against 2Do's $9.99. Kan Do also leads on device support (6 vs 2). 2Do's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (150 vs 20). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

2Do costs $9.99 and Kan Do $2.99 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 2Do has 150 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 83% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

2Do ships an update daily, Kan Do every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
2Do versus Kan Do: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter2DoKan Do
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.9 (150 ratings) — better4.5 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews82.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings150 — better20
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#11 — better#47
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeehive Innovations ServicesStephen Robles

Customer experience

2Do

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

Kan Do

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

2Do

No in-app purchases

None

Kan Do

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 2Do free?
2Do costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kan Do free?
Kan Do costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 2Do or Kan Do?
2Do is rated higher. 2Do averages 4.9 out of 5 from 150 ratings, while Kan Do averages 4.5 from 20 ratings.
Do 2Do or Kan Do have ads?
Neither 2Do nor Kan Do shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 2Do or Kan Do?
2Do ships an update daily, and Kan Do every 2 days. Most recently, 2Do was updated on November 7, 2026 and Kan Do on November 6, 2026.
Which is more popular, 2Do or Kan Do?
2Do currently peaks at #11 in the App Store charts, and Kan Do at #47. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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