Deadlines vs Do Next
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deadlines
Organize your daily tasks with this modern to-do list manager. Create custom groups, assign priorities, and visualize deadlines. Upgrade for unlimited tasks, alerts, subtasks, and calendar integration.
- Custom task groups
- Priority assignment
- Deadline visualization
- Incomplete task widgets
- iCloud storage
- Light and dark modes
- Subtasks and alerts (Pro)
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Deadlines is a modern, productive task manager tool to help organize your daily list of jobs. You can create custom groups to separate your tasks however you like, such as by classes and projects. Boost your productivity with the following features: • Create custom groups for different types of tasks • Assign higher priorities to more important tasks • Visualize deadlines by day, priority, or group • See incomplete deadlines using widgets • Search for specific deadlines • Keyboard shortcuts for faster additions • Store deadlines in iCloud • No external login required Deadline has a modern and minimalistic interface with emphasis put on smooth animations that makes it enjoyable to use: • Light and dark mode support • Minimize deadline groups you don't need to see • Filter out completed tasks to see remaining tasks • See tasks grouped by week • Color code your groups for visual distinction Everyone can initially create three custom groups and ten different deadlines. Upgrading to Pro Mode unlocks several benefits: • Unlimited deadlines and groups • Set alerts for each deadline • Access to subtasks for each deadline • Push deadlines to calendar • Create repeatable deadlines Deadlines that are pushed to the calendar are automatically updated when you change the deadline. New deadlines can be automatically pushed to Calendar from Settings, as well as setting default alerts for all deadlines.
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
Deadlines and Do Next both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Do Next's written reviews are positive against 75% of Deadlines's. Do Next also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 3). Deadlines's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Deadlines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Do Next sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Deadlines against 4.8 for Do Next. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Do Next has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Deadlines's written reviews are positive against 100% of Do Next's.
Deadlines ships an update every 2 months, Do Next every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deadlines | Do Next |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brady Simon | Dustin Wiens |
Customer experience
Deadlines
Do Next
In-app purchases
Deadlines
- Pro Mode$1.99
Do Next
- Premium Upgrade$4.99









