Comparison

Minute Notes vs To do list

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

Head to head
About

Minute Notes

Features
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Capture a thought before it disappears. Minute Notes is a focused notepad for writing, finding, and exporting plain-text notes without an account. Open the app, create a note with one tap, and keep typing. FAST FROM THE FIRST NOTE • Create a note with one tap • Search across titles and note text • Pin important notes to the top • Export any note as portable plain text with the system share sheet • Use a native split layout built for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes are stored on this device. Minute Notes has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK, and no cloud or upload service. You choose where an exported note goes. Minute Notes is deliberately small: a clear place to capture an idea, find it again, and move it somewhere else when you are ready.

About

To do list

Organize your daily tasks and never miss important events with this powerful to-do list app. Schedule your day, set unlimited reminders for various purposes, and utilize home screen widgets for quick access. Customize your lists with categories and themes, and benefit from cloud backup and auto-repeat options.

Highlights
  • Schedule daily plans
  • Unlimited reminders
  • Home screen widgets
  • Auto-repeat tasks
  • Quick import options
  • Multiple themes
  • Cloud backup
Features
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Todo list reminders is a powerful todo task management app that makes it easy to schedule your todo tasks. Create task list, set reminders and more to improve your productivity and never miss the important things. Todo list for any purpose. Set reminder for what matters. Shopping lists, homework, meeting, birthdays, anniversaries, paying bills and more What makes "To do list reminders" Great: • Schedule your day plan Use the Timeline to organize your to-dos so you can focus on what's going on. Manage to-do items with different categories and support custom category colors. Different colors to distinguish and filter to-dos to make your plans clearer and more convenient. • Unlimited reminders Plan your tasks with Reminder. Birthdays, anniversaries, meetings, paying bills, homework... Never forget about the important times. • Home Screen Widgets Create a to-do list widget that displays today's to-do list on your desktop. Allows you to keep an eye on what needs to be done without opening the APP. • Auto Repeat Create your yearly anniversaries, birthdays reminder, monthly paying bills, weekly fitness or daily meeting... Create once, repeat automatically. Support custom repeat days to meet your customized needs. •Quick import Supports various import methods such as calendar, inbox and history. Let you create your to-do items more conveniently and quickly. •Multiple theme More than 12 well-designed theme and growing. Switch between multiple themes with one click. •Cloud backup Easy backup to do list to cloud with one click Turn on Regular automatic backup. App will automatic backup every 7days. Manual backup. Start backup anytime anywhere • Drag your tasks You can move and change the duration of your tasks .Just tap and hold on the event to activate it. Adjust your plan quickly. Whether it's for work, school, or home, Todo list reminders is always here to help you get stuff done and keep life on track. SUBSCRIPTIONS: You can subscribe to upgrade to Premium features - Subscriptions titles: All Access(1 month), All Access(6 month), All Access(1 year), - Subscriptions length: monthly, 6-monthly, yearly - Subscriptions price: $0.99/monthly, $3.99/6-monthly, $5.99/yearly - Your payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will remain active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled but the current subscription will not be refunded. Read our Privacy Policy at: http://www.sjkj1015.com/web/todo/privacy.html Read our Terms of Use at: http://www.sjkj1015.com/web/todo/termsofservice.html

Screenshots

Minute Notes4 screens
To do list4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minute Notes at none against To do list's 3. To do list's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. To do list sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Minute Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, To do list every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Minute Notes versus To do list: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinute NotesTo do list
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (166 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—166 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitriy Motorin其传 杨

In-app purchases

None

Minute Notes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

To do list

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly premium$0.991 Month
  • 6 Monthly premium$3.996 Months
  • 1 year premium$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Minute Notes free?
Minute Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is To do list free?
To do list is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Minute Notes or To do list have ads?
Neither Minute Notes nor To do list shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minute Notes or To do list?
Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, and To do list every 3 weeks. Most recently, Minute Notes was updated on September 14, 2026 and To do list on September 22, 2026.

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