To Do vs Things To Do
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
To Do
Manage your daily tasks with a straightforward to-do list manager. Add, reorder, and prioritize your items, with support for basic notes to keep track of details. This free application offers essential task management functionality.
- Add to-do items
- Order and manage tasks
- Basic priority support
- Note support for tasks
- Free to use
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To Do is a simple, free To-Do list manager written as a favor for some friends. It provides barebones task management. You can add, order and manage your to do items. Basic priority and note support adds extra functionality.
Things To Do
Organize your life with a simple and intuitive task management application. Easily add, manage, and share your to-do lists for personal or collaborative use. Ideal for everyday errands and shopping.
- Uncluttered task-list interface
- Add multiple tasks easily
- Share tasks with others
- Ideal for grocery/shopping lists
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Things To Do is an intuitive and user friendly to-do list app. THREE KINDS OF LISTS - To-do lists - completed items drop to the bottom so what's left stays on top - Shopping & grocery - items stay in the order you want, with section headers and a one-tap "uncheck all" to reuse the list - Travel & packing - set trip dates and see how long you're away - Switch a list's type anytime if your needs change INTUITIVE & USER FRIENDLY - Star the items that matter so they rise to the top - Group items under section headers - Move tasks from one list to another with a long-press - Keep certain shopping or travel items checked even when you reset the list - Choose a custom icon for any list - A built-in guide shows you how everything works EVERYWHERE YOU ARE - Syncs automatically across your iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac with iCloud - No account or sign-up - just your Apple ID - Import a list from pasted text, and export, share, or print any list AD-FREE AND PRIVATE - No ads - No in-app purchases - Your data stays yours
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Things To Do at 4.0 against To Do's 3.6. Things To Do also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 10). To Do's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 26.5). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Things To Do holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things To Do has 62 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of To Do's written reviews are positive against 65% of Things To Do's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
To Do ships an update every 6 months, Things To Do every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | To Do | Things To Do |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (10 ratings) | 4.0 (62 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 64.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 62 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erica Sadun | OneMast |
Customer experience
To Do
Things To Do
User reviews
To Do
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 📋 Straightforward to-do list functionality
- 🔢 Helpful badge showing number of tasks
- 💰 Free app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes or freezes after updates
- 🔍 Limited visibility of tasks due to large spacing
- 🔧 Inconvenient to delete 'To Do' text when adding new tasks
- 🗓️ Lack of date/time and priority sorting options
Things To Do
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✨ Streamlined and uncluttered interface
- ✅ Effective for task organization
- 🚀 Fast and direct functionality
- 💡 Helpful for remembering tasks
Room to improve
- 📉 Too basic for some users
- 🎛️ Lacks advanced features
- 📏 Font size too small for some
- 🚫 Inability to share lists
- ❓ Unclear how to delete/complete tasks for some
Bugs and requests
To Do
Reported bugs
3 issues- Losing task data after updates
- Cancel button not working in certain actions
- Inability to view full task details
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to mark tasks as complete
- Option to sort tasks by priority or due date
- Customizable task list layout
- Syncing or sharing capabilities
Things To Do
Reported bugs
6 issues- Cannot delete tasks once complete
- App shows black screen/no tasks visible
- Unable to select 'done', use trash, or add lists on iPhone X
- Cannot exit app without force closing
- App is a shell with no program
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- Messages not fully visible
Requested features
7 requests- Option to share lists with others
- Ability to set reminders/notifications
- Option to increase font size
- Separate area for completed tasks
- Time to start a task option
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- Ability to rearrange list by priority
- Add additional lists
In-app purchases
To Do
No in-app purchases
Things To Do
No in-app purchases
