Comparison

Today vs To Do List & Reminders

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

Head to head
About

Today

This app helps you manage your daily tasks with a clean slate each day. It offers features like reminders, recurring tasks, and priority setting to keep you organized. Unfinished tasks can be moved to another day or reactivated, and long-term goals can be stored separately.

Highlights
  • Daily clean slate
  • Important reminders
  • Recurring tasks
  • Priority setting
  • Someday view for long-term goals
  • List organization
Features
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Today keeps your day simple: one calm list for what matters now, and a place for everything else. Swipe the sun to move between Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow and Someday. Each view has its own sky, so you always know where you are. PLAN YOUR DAY • Add a task in seconds: pick a day, set a time, a reminder or a repeat • Sort by priority or in your own order • Lists for work, home, groceries and everything else • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly repeats, or your own: every 2 weeks, on chosen weekdays, on the last day of the month • Check off several tasks in a row without the list jumping NOTHING SLIPS THROUGH • Open tasks from earlier days wait in the archive under Yesterday • Review them one by one, or move them all to Today • Completed tasks by month, with search MORE THAN A LIST • Notes and photos on any task • Reminders that arrive on time; check off or snooze right from the notification • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch complications and a Control Center button • Apple Watch app to add and check off tasks • Siri and Shortcuts: add and complete tasks by voice • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch • Backups as a ZIP file you can import on any device MAKE IT YOURS Nine themes, each with its own sky and landscape. The Today theme is free; eight more are available as in-app purchases. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your tasks stay in your iCloud.

About

To Do List & Reminders

This app helps you build consistent daily routines and achieve your goals through checklists and progress tracking. It offers customizable templates, recurring tasks, and dual reminders to keep you on track. Visualize your progress with streaks, completion rates, and heatmaps.

Highlights
  • Daily goal planning with checklists
  • Progress tracking (streaks, heatmaps)
  • Customizable templates and recurring tasks
  • Time and location-based reminders
  • Calendar view integration
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Colorful themes
Features
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OhWait helps you remember what matters—what to do, what to bring, whether you did it last time, and when it’s due again. You don’t have to keep it all in your head. Remember It When It Matters Take your medication, pick up a package, make it to a follow-up appointment, remember your ID. When something comes to mind, add it to OhWait and choose a date, time, and reminder. At the time you choose, a notification reminds you. Add an important task to a Live Activity, or use Home Screen widgets to keep today and what’s coming up in view. Open OhWait, and everything due today, overdue, or coming up is in one place. You don’t have to keep reminding yourself all day. It comes back into view when it’s time to act. Have something that follows a regular schedule? Set up a recurring plan once, and it appears again when it’s due. Feel Ready, Not Rushed Remembering the task is only part of it. When it’s time to leave or get started, the smaller details are easy to miss. Packing for a trip, heading to a workout, running errands, or grocery shopping often comes with a list of its own. Make the checklist ahead of time, then check things off one by one. When everything is checked, you can stop wondering what you forgot. For things that follow a regular schedule, a recurring plan can reuse the same checklist. If the timing changes but the prep stays familiar, save it as a Routine. Next time, start with what you already figured out instead of a blank page. Finish This One. Plan the Next. Some things only come up every few months. By the time they do, you may only have a vague memory: Did I already do this? When? Check the history to see whether it was completed and when. No more trying to piece it together from memory. Some tasks don’t have a clear next date until this one is done. Schedule the next one as you finish, so it doesn’t quietly slip away. Plans change. Do one early, postpone it, or skip it. If only this one needs to change, the rest of the schedule can stay as planned. Over time, OhWait keeps the details that are easy to lose: what you do regularly, when you last did it, what you needed, and when it’s due again. Next time, you won’t have to reconstruct the whole thing or settle for “I think I did that.” You’ll have a record to check and a next step already planned. Start with the one thing you’re most likely to forget today. Just one. Let OhWait keep track of it, and give your mind one less thing to carry. About Subscriptions • OhWait offers monthly and annual subscriptions. • Payment is charged to the payment method associated with your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Your Apple Account may be charged for renewal up to 24 hours before the next subscription period begins. • You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. • If you start a subscription before a trial ends, any remaining trial time will be forfeited. Terms of Service: https://sprout-garlic-658.notion.site/OhWait-Terms-of-Service-1a62c252c47e814197b8faaaaf3fe1f6?pvs=4 Personal data is handled according to OhWait’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Privacy Policy: https://sprout-garlic-658.notion.site/OhWait-Privacy-Policy-1a62c252c47e81b1b2f7c085bae197f1?pvs=4

Screenshots

Today4 screens
To Do List & Reminders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: To Do List & Reminders at 4.6 against Today's 4.3. To Do List & Reminders also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Today sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and To Do List & Reminders sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

To Do List & Reminders holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Today's written reviews are positive against 91% of To Do List & Reminders's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Today ships an update every 4 weeks, To Do List & Reminders every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Today versus To Do List & Reminders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodayTo Do List & Reminders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)4.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews90.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2022 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi Trung TranXIANG LI

Customer experience

Today

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.7%

To Do List & Reminders

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive90.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative3.1%

Bugs and requests

Today

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Issues with task reordering and list management
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Badge notifications not working as expected

Requested features

6 requests
  • Cloud sync and backup
  • iPad and desktop versions
  • More customization options (colors, themes, etc.)
  • Improved task reordering and list management
  • Recurring tasks and advanced scheduling options
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  • Integration with other productivity apps and services

To Do List & Reminders

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Today

One-time8
  • Dark$0.99
  • Minimal$0.99
  • Neon$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Meadow$0.99
  • Ocean$0.99
  • Spring Theme$0.99
  • Winter Theme$0.99
  • Autumn Theme$0.99
5 purchases

To Do List & Reminders

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual (Limited-Time Offer)$7.991 Year
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime (Limited-Time Offer)$19.99
  • Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Today free?
Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is To Do List & Reminders free?
To Do List & Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Today or To Do List & Reminders?
To Do List & Reminders is rated higher. Today averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while To Do List & Reminders averages 4.6 from 22 ratings.
Do Today or To Do List & Reminders have ads?
Neither Today nor To Do List & Reminders shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today or To Do List & Reminders?
Today ships an update every 4 weeks, and To Do List & Reminders every 5 days. Most recently, Today was updated on October 29, 2026 and To Do List & Reminders on October 24, 2026.

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