Comparison

Simple ToDo List & Tasks vs The Task Board

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

Head to head
About

Simple ToDo List & Tasks

This app offers a straightforward way to manage your daily tasks, shopping lists, and personal goals. Its intuitive design focuses on simplicity, making it easy to register and organize your to-dos without complex settings. A backup feature ensures your data is safe and transferable across devices.

Highlights
  • Simple task registration
  • Shopping and wish lists
  • Work and study management
  • Intuitive and beautiful design
  • Cross-device data backup
Features
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● For people like this ・Person who are tired of using ToDo apps that have complicated settings such as due dates and sharing ・Person who wants to easily register the shopping list or wish list or etc ・Person who wants to manage work and study ・People who want to use ToDo apps that are simple but easy to use ● Simple and beautiful design It is designed to be a simple and easy-to-use ToDo list. It has become such a sophisticated design that "pull" rather than "add" the function. It is an application that embodies "simple is best". ● Easy to use Thanks to its simple design and no extra features, you can use the app intuitively. You can manage your tasks in a fun and stress-free manner. ● Backup function With the backup function, you can synchronize data between terminals, Data can be inherited even if the terminal is changed.

About

The Task Board

This app offers a visual way to manage your to-do lists and notes. Quickly add tasks, swipe them between 'To Do' and 'Done' sections, and rearrange them on an unlimited board. It provides a clear overview of your progress and allows for easy data import and export.

Highlights
  • Visual task organization
  • Swipe to complete tasks
  • Unlimited board space
  • Task grouping and arrangement
  • Data import/export via copy-paste
  • Undo functionality
Features
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The Task Board is a brand new visual approach to organizing to do lists and notes. This is where you quickly note down and arrange your day-to-day tasks and easily mark them done. You enter your pending tasks on the "ToDo" tab and swipe-off all the finished ones to the "Done" tab. You can intuitively swipe the items back and forth between the "ToDo" and "Done" tabs. The board gives you a bird's eye view of all the items in one quick glance. It gives you a good idea of how many things are pending and how they're grouped. You can re-group and re-arrange the items as and when you like. The smooth scroll and pan gives you the feel of a frictionless whiteboard that stretches quite a bit with central area in focus. You can move the board around and bring any group of items in focus. You can also search for an item which brings the item in the central area of focus. To import a list of text items from any other app, simply copy it there and paste it to the task board. Similarly to do a backup of all the items on the board, select all, copy and paste it in any other app you like. You can do occasional cleanups by selecting and trashing the items. The undo button is helpful if you accidentally do something unintentionally. The task board works in both landscape and portrait orientations. These are some of the things you can do with this task board: - quick one-touch note taking - unlimited board space - swipe-off between the boards/tabs - easy scroll - smooth move around - search - arrange all - arrange related (group) - select on board - copy from board - paste on board - delete from board - zoom in and out with a pinch gesture - undo Enjoy managing your never ending list of day-to-day tasks.

Screenshots

Simple ToDo List & Tasks4 screens
The Task Board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Task Board at none against Simple ToDo List & Tasks's shown. The Task Board also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Simple ToDo List & Tasks's advantage is ratings volume (628 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Task Board holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple ToDo List & Tasks has 628 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Simple ToDo List & Tasks's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Task Board's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple ToDo List & Tasks ships an update every 3 weeks, The Task Board every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple ToDo List & Tasks versus The Task Board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple ToDo List & TasksThe Task Board
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (628 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings628 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFutoshi NiihoViva Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Simple ToDo List & Tasks

All ratings581 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%

The Task Board

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Simple ToDo List & Tasks

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Completed tasks not displaying properly
  • Occasional screen freezing or white screen

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add widget support
  • Implement iCloud or multi-device sync
  • Allow reordering of tasks
  • Provide an ad-free paid version

The Task Board

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Simple ToDo List & Tasks

No in-app purchases

None

The Task Board

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple ToDo List & Tasks free?
Simple ToDo List & Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Task Board free?
The Task Board is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple ToDo List & Tasks or The Task Board?
The Task Board is rated higher. Simple ToDo List & Tasks averages 4.8 out of 5 from 628 ratings, while The Task Board averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Simple ToDo List & Tasks or The Task Board have ads?
Simple ToDo List & Tasks shows ads; The Task Board does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple ToDo List & Tasks or The Task Board?
Simple ToDo List & Tasks ships an update every 3 weeks, and The Task Board every 2 months. Most recently, Simple ToDo List & Tasks was updated on November 5, 2026 and The Task Board on November 3, 2026.

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