Comparison

Today's Tasks vs Only Checklists

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

Head to head
About

Today's Tasks

This app enhances your standard reminder application by helping you focus on immediate tasks. It allows you to postpone or defer tasks, categorize them into lists, and visually highlights overdue or upcoming items.

Highlights
  • Task prioritization
  • List classification
  • Task postponement
  • Visual task highlighting
  • Filter by list
  • Mark tasks complete
Features
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Introduction This application is an auxiliary tool for the standard iOS reminder application. It manages tasks (i.e. reminder items) with or without a notification date and by list classification. You can postpone tasks that you don't want to do immediately, or delete the notification date for undecided tasks (I'll do it someday), so that you can focus on today's tasks that are displayed. About Lists We recommend that you prepare multiple "Lists" for reminders (created from the standard reminder app, e.g. "Shopping", "Work", "Housework"). The default list set in your iPhone reminder app is called Inbox in this app. Today's Tasks screen Displays a list of tasks whose notification dates are up to today. The background color of the past tasks is red, and the background color of the tasks within an hour from now is yellow. Complete a task Tapping the circle icon next to the left side of the task will mark it as completed, and the task will disappear from the list. Postpone a Task Tap the calendar icon on the right side of the task to display the postpone menu. For example, tapping "3 hours later" will postpone the notification date to 3 hours after the current time. Filter Function Tap the filter button to display the list of list names. Tap any list name to switch to the task list of that list. Tasks that have not yet been notified as "To be done someday" will also be displayed, so you can change undecided tasks to be done tonight. To remove the filtered view, tap the title at the top of the screen. Inbox = In other words, from the list of tasks that are set as the default list on your iPhone, use "Change List" to sort them into a list by purpose.

About

Only Checklists

Create reusable templates for procedures and run independent checklists from them. Track progress, archive completed tasks, and customize lists with colors and icons. Export and share your checklists in various formats.

Highlights
  • Create reusable checklist templates
  • Run independent checklists from templates
  • Automatic completion and archiving
  • Customizable colors and icons
  • Export to PDF, RTF, TXT, Markdown
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
  • Private by design, no account needed
Features
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Only Checklists does one thing, well: checklists. Not to-do lists. Not reminders. Just real, reusable checklists — the kind professionals rely on. A to-do list is a pile of one-off tasks. A checklist is a proven procedure you run the same way every time — packing for a trip, opening the shop, pre-flight checks, closing out the month. Only Checklists is built entirely around that idea. CREATE TEMPLATES, RUN CHECKLISTS Build a template once: title, description, and an ordered list of tasks, each with optional notes. When it's time to do the work, start a checklist from the template. Each run is its own independent record — check off tasks, mark items Not Applicable, and add comments as you go. Your template stays clean and unchanged, ready for the next run. AUTOMATIC COMPLETION AND ARCHIVING When every task is done (or marked N/A), the checklist completes itself, gets date-stamped, and moves to the archive. Your active list shows only what's in progress; the archive holds your history — browsable, searchable, and exportable by month. MAKE EACH LIST YOURS Give templates and checklists their own color and icon from a curated symbol catalog, so you can tell the packing list from the pre-flight check at a glance. Sort, search, and filter to find things fast. SHARE, PRINT, AND KEEP RECORDS Export any checklist or template as a polished PDF, RTF, Plain Text, or Markdown summary — choose whether to include comments, timestamps, and N/A items. Print directly from the app. Need a permanent or portable copy? Save a CheckLists Document that re-imports losslessly on another device, with optional encryption for sensitive procedures. WORKS WITH SIRI, SHORTCUTS, AND SPOTLIGHT Start a checklist from a template, check your progress, or complete a task — by voice or automation. Templates and checklists appear in Spotlight search, so the right list is always a swipe away. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your checklists live on your device. No account, no subscription, no tracking. If you want an app that nags you about due dates, there are plenty. If you want to do the same important things right, every time — Only Checklists is the one.

Screenshots

Today's Tasks3 screens
Only Checklists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Today's Tasks at Free against Only Checklists's $0.99. Today's Tasks also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). Only Checklists's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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

Today's Tasks is free to download; Only Checklists costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Today's Tasks ships an update every 8 days, Only Checklists every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Today's Tasks versus Only Checklists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToday's TasksOnly Checklists
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasuko ShikiuchiCharles Ammon

Customer experience

Today's Tasks

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Only Checklists

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Today's Tasks

No in-app purchases

None

Only Checklists

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Today's Tasks free?
Today's Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Only Checklists free?
Only Checklists costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Today's Tasks or Only Checklists have ads?
Today's Tasks shows ads; Only Checklists does not.
Which is updated more often, Today's Tasks or Only Checklists?
Today's Tasks ships an update every 8 days, and Only Checklists every 10 days. Most recently, Today's Tasks was updated on October 13, 2026 and Only Checklists on October 7, 2026.

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