Comparison

TabPad vs Todo Today

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

Head to head
About

TabPad

Organize your notes with a colorful tabbed interface, similar to sticky notes. Pin important notes to the top and quickly find what you need with keyword search. Cloud synchronization is available for seamless access across devices.

Highlights
  • Colorful tabbed note organization
  • Pin important notes
  • Keyword search functionality
  • Cloud synchronization
  • Cross-device support
Features
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Colorful tabs like stickies allow you to switch from one note to another -You can pin a specific note to the first tab. - Keyword search - Cloud Synchronization (charged)

About

Todo Today

Build and track new habits with this intuitive app. Earn badges for long streaks and customize your experience with various views and modes. All features are available for free, with no subscriptions or in-app purchases required.

Highlights
  • Unlimited habit tracking
  • Streak tracking and badges
  • Skip days and rest days
  • Weekly and monthly progress views
  • Subtask creation
  • Journaling for habits
  • Customizable home screen
Features
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Start building positive habits with Todo Today, the simple and customizable app that lets you track your habits in a satisfying and intuitive way. Build up long streaks of consecutive days completing your tasks, and earn badges as a reward. And if you need a rest day, or to skip a task for today, you can do so in the app to keep your streak going. View your overall progress on a weekly or monthly basis in a glance. Building a habit isn’t easy, but Todo Today helps you along your way by making it a fun, quick, and satisfying experience completing a task each and every day. Create as many tasks/habits as you want, all without any features or functionality locked behind a subscription or in-app purchase. Todo Today Features: * Keep track of an unlimited number of habits * Weekly view of all your habits in one screen * Monthly view of a particular habit * Current and best streaks kept for all habits * Weekly and monthly badges given for long streaks * Habits can be skipped each day to keep a streak going without adding to it * Each day can be toggled to be a rest day, where specific, user-determined habits are automatically skipped * Allows creation of subtasks within a particular habit * Easy to change whether you completed or skipped a habit in the past * Journal that lets you take notes on each habit and jot down your thoughts each day * Allows habits to be hidden if you don’t need to keep track of one for a while, but want to save the data * Highly customizable home screen to view your habits how you want to * Light/Color/Dark mode A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and building a long-lasting habit begins today.

Screenshots

TabPad2 screens
Todo Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Todo Today at 5.0 against TabPad's 4.0. Todo Today also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). TabPad's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TabPad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Todo Today asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Todo Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TabPad ships an update every 7 months, Todo Today every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TabPad versus Todo Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabPadTodo Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShigenori KumagaiDaniel Glynn

Customer experience

TabPad

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Todo Today

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TabPad

One-time2
  • Upgrade(macOS)$2.99
  • Upgrade(iOS)$3.99
None

Todo Today

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TabPad free?
TabPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Todo Today free?
Todo Today is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TabPad or Todo Today?
Todo Today is rated higher. TabPad averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Todo Today averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TabPad or Todo Today have ads?
TabPad shows ads; Todo Today does not.
Which is updated more often, TabPad or Todo Today?
TabPad ships an update every 7 months, and Todo Today every 2 months. Most recently, TabPad was updated on November 3, 2026 and Todo Today on November 3, 2026.

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