Mindlist vs Five Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindlist
This app helps you manage your daily schedule and tasks with a minimalist interface. It offers features like reminders, calendar visualization, and customizable task lists to boost productivity without distractions.
- No ads
- Customizable task lists
- Reminders for appointments
- Calendar visualization
- Simple and fast task entry
- Dark mode
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Mindlist is a simple, beautiful, and powerful to-do list app designed to help you stay focused, organized, and in control of your day. Plan your tasks, manage your schedule, create checklists, set reminders, and organize everything that matters — without unnecessary complexity. Whether you are managing work, study, errands, personal goals, chores, or daily routines, Mindlist gives you a calm and minimal space to keep everything clear. No complicated setup. No clutter. No ads. Just your tasks, your plans, and a simple way to get things done. Mindlist is built for everyday productivity. Add a task in seconds, set a date, create a reminder, organize your lists, and see what needs your attention. The app is fast, intuitive, and easy to use from the first launch. KEY FEATURES • Minimalist design A clean, distraction-free interface that helps you focus on what matters. • iCloud sync Keep your tasks, lists, reminders, and plans in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • No ads Stay focused without distractions, pop-ups, or intrusive advertising. • Smart reminders Never miss important tasks, meetings, appointments, deadlines, or daily routines. • Calendar planning View your schedule clearly and plan your day, week, and upcoming tasks with ease. Recurring tasks are now shown directly in Calendar, so your routines are easier to see and manage. • Recurring tasks Create repeating tasks for habits, routines, chores, bills, workouts, study sessions, and more. Set an end date for recurring tasks when a routine or plan should not repeat forever. • Custom task lists Personalize your lists with colors, icons, and display options that match the way you work. • Simple and fast task creation Quickly add tasks, set dates, enable reminders, and organize your plan in just a few taps. • Organized lists Drag, reorder, and arrange your lists so everything stays exactly where you need it. Mindlist is perfect for: • Daily to-do lists • Work tasks • Study and homework planning • Personal goals • Shopping lists • Chores and home organization • Habit tracking • Appointments and deadlines • Simple project planning • Family and personal routines Mindlist is free to use, with optional Premium features available for users who want to unlock even more functionality. Premium is a one-time purchase, giving you lifetime access to all premium features. Download Mindlist today and turn your plans into progress — one task at a time.
Five Tasks
This productivity app encourages users to focus on essential tasks by limiting their to-do list. It helps prioritize what's important, preventing overwhelm and ensuring key items get done.
- Task prioritization
- Limited to-do list
- Simplified interface
- Focus on important tasks
- Task completion aid
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Welcome to Five, the to-do app with a limit. By putting a limitation on your to-do list, you are forced to prioritise and focus on what’s important. Five helps you do this with an incredibly simple app With Five you will stop taking on too many tasks, many of which you wouldn’t have time to complete anyway. So welcome to the first step toward simplifying your to-do list, and getting the important tasks done!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Tasks at none against Mindlist's 1. Five Tasks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mindlist's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 50%) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 15). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Mindlist sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Five Tasks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Five Tasks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindlist has 1.6K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Mindlist's written reviews are positive against 50% of Five Tasks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Mindlist | Five Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nova Ocean | Spencer Walden |
Customer experience
Mindlist
Five Tasks
Bugs and requests
Mindlist
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tasks disappearing or not being saved
- Repeating tasks not functioning properly
- Calendar integration issues
- Syncing problems between devices
- Unexpected app behavior after updates
Requested features
10 requests- Add shortcuts for Mac version
- Implement subtasks and task filtering
- Improve calendar integration and timeline view
- Add ability to move tasks between lists
- Implement Apple Watch support
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- Provide more customization options
- Add Siri integration
- Improve syncing between devices
- Implement automatic task reminders
- Add ability to create recurring tasks with flexible schedules
Five Tasks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindlist
- Buy Premium$5.99
Five Tasks
No in-app purchases









