Comparison

LogBooklet vs mdTodo

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

Head to head
About

LogBooklet

This app allows you to journal your thoughts, ideas, and events with automatic timestamps and location data. Organize entries into topic-based booklets and easily search your history to recall when and where your thoughts originated. Entries can be edited and exported as plain text files.

Highlights
  • Time and location stamping for entries
  • Organize entries into topic-based booklets
  • Searchable entry history
  • Editable entry data
  • Export entries as Markdown text files
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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LogBooklet is a journal that notes the time and the place for you. Open a booklet, type a line, and send it. The entry keeps its date, its time, and where you were. Keep as many booklets as you like. One for work, one for meals, one for the trip, one for the thing you keep meaning to track. The list shows each booklet's latest entry and how many entries it holds. WRITE IT DOWN FAST - Type in the field at the bottom of a booklet and send with one tap. - Save what you log often as a snippet. A tap logs it, or inserts it into what you are typing if you prefer. A snippet can belong to one booklet or be offered in all of them. - Text you typed but did not send stays in that booklet as a draft and syncs to your other devices. SEE WHEN AND WHERE - Each entry records the date, the time, and your coordinates if you allow location access. - A booklet can show how long ago each entry was and how much time passed between two entries. - Search the entries of a booklet. - Change an entry later. Edit its text, its time, or its place on a map, or move it to another booklet. APPLE WATCH - Create a booklet, write an entry, or log a snippet from your wrist. - The watch app works without your iPhone. It saves offline and syncs through iCloud. - Put Quick Entry, Booklet Summary, or Log Snippet on your watch face or in the Smart Stack. - Double Tap sends an entry or logs a snippet on supported models, and a control fits the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra. - Start on the watch and finish on iPhone or iPad with Handoff. WIDGETS AND CONTROLS - Five widgets for iPhone and iPad. Quick Entry, Booklet Summary, Log Snippet, Booklets, and Recent Entries. Several come in Lock Screen sizes. - New Entry, Open Booklet, and Log Snippet for Control Center, the Lock Screen, and the iPhone Action button. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS - Say "Log in Food with LogBooklet" or "What is my last entry in Food in LogBooklet". - The Shortcuts app has an action for everything the app does. Log and edit entries, manage booklets and snippets, read and write drafts, export a booklet. Actions run without opening the app, so they work in automations. - Give a booklet a Siri name when its title is an emoji. SHARE SHEET - Save text and web links from other apps into a booklet without leaving the app you are in. YOUR DATA - Entries are stored on your device and sync between your devices through your private iCloud account. - No account, no purchases, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking. The app uses Apple frameworks only and never connects to a server run by the developer. - Export any booklet as a Markdown file.

About

mdTodo

Manage your tasks using standard Markdown files stored directly on iCloud Drive. This minimalist app offers instant task management, interactive widgets, and Apple Watch support, all without requiring an account.

Highlights
  • iCloud Drive Sync
  • Standard Markdown format
  • Interactive Widgets
  • Apple Watch support
  • Drag & Drop reordering
  • Inline editing
Features
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Manage your tasks in Markdown files on iCloud Drive. Check off todos from your iPhone instantly. Ad-supported, no account required. FEATURES - Lightning Fast: Open the app and manage tasks in 2 seconds - iCloud Drive Sync: Auto-sync with Markdown files on Mac and iPad - Standard Markdown: Uses "- [ ]" checkbox format. Edit in any text editor - Interactive Widgets: Toggle tasks complete/incomplete right from your home screen (small, medium, large) - Apple Watch: Check and complete tasks from your wrist - Drag & Drop: Reorder tasks easily - Inline Editing: Tap a task to edit text directly - Folder Mode: Manage multiple .md files at once PERFECT FOR - Markdown enthusiasts using iA Writer, Typora, VS Code, or similar editors - Privacy-conscious users: Your data stays in YOUR iCloud Drive. No external servers - Minimalists tired of bloated todo apps. Just checkboxes, nothing more - PKM users who want to quickly manage tasks in their knowledge base WHY mdTodo? - Your data, your files: Standard Markdown files with zero lock-in - iCloud Drive sync without an account - Instant launch: Manage todos without opening heavy editors Privacy Policy: https://hapitsuku.com/mdtodo/privacy/en/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LogBooklet4 screens
mdTodo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LogBooklet at none against mdTodo's 1. LogBooklet also leads on device support (3 vs 1). mdTodo's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. mdTodo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LogBooklet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LogBooklet against 5.0 for mdTodo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LogBooklet ships an update every 5 weeks, mdTodo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LogBooklet versus mdTodo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLogBookletmdTodo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeon EckHapitsuku Studio

Customer experience

LogBooklet

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

mdTodo

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

In-app purchases

None

LogBooklet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

mdTodo

One-time1
  • 広告削除$1.99

Questions

Is LogBooklet free?
LogBooklet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mdTodo free?
mdTodo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LogBooklet or mdTodo?
LogBooklet and mdTodo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do LogBooklet or mdTodo have ads?
Neither LogBooklet nor mdTodo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LogBooklet or mdTodo?
LogBooklet ships an update every 5 weeks, and mdTodo weekly. Most recently, LogBooklet was updated on October 30, 2026 and mdTodo on October 23, 2026.

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