Comparison

Do Next vs The Big 3

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Minimalist interface
  • Swipe to manage tasks
  • Prioritize tasks
  • Widgets for quick access
  • iCloud sync
  • Customizable themes
Features
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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

About

The Big 3

This task management application helps you prioritize and focus on your most important goals. It limits your daily tasks to three, ensuring you complete or postpone them before setting new ones. Features include watch app integration and home/lock screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Focus on 3 daily tasks
  • Complete or postpone tasks
  • Watch app integration
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Import Reminders app data
  • Cross-device data sharing
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The Big 3 is a task list app that helps you focus on what’s most important. Most task manager apps let you list every possible thing that you could want to do. Then, when it’s time to get things done, your list is so long that you can spend more time managing it than checking things off. The Big 3 takes a different approach. It lets you focus on the 3 things that you need to do right now. You plan out your Big 3 goals all at once. Then you have to either complete each goal, or say that you’re not going to do it today. You can’t start a new Big 3 until you’ve completed or postponed everything in your current Big 3. The Big 3 includes a watch app so that you can track and complete your Big 3 on your watch. It also includes a range of widgets for both the home screen and lock screen. And it lets you import and track reminders from your Reminders app. The Big 3 does share your data between your devices, but does not collect or share any of your info ever.

Screenshots

Do Next4 screens
The Big 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Big 3 at none against Do Next's 1. The Big 3 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Do Next's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Do Next sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Big 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Big 3 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Do Next has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Do Next ships an update every 5 weeks, The Big 3 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Do Next versus The Big 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDo NextThe Big 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDustin WiensOld Jewel Software

Customer experience

Do Next

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

The Big 3

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Do Next

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$4.99
None

The Big 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Do Next free?
Do Next is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Big 3 free?
The Big 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Do Next or The Big 3?
The Big 3 is rated higher. Do Next averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while The Big 3 averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Do Next or The Big 3 have ads?
Neither Do Next nor The Big 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Do Next or The Big 3?
Do Next ships an update every 5 weeks, and The Big 3 every 2 months. Most recently, Do Next was updated on October 11, 2026 and The Big 3 on October 14, 2026.

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