Comparison

Today vs DayTodo Notebook

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 • 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 • A Home Screen widget with today's tasks • 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

DayTodo Notebook

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Write your to-dos on just two pages: Today and Tomorrow. By keeping the features simple, we could focus on how it feels to open every day. Well-used paper, pages that bend as they turn, a cover that opens when you slip off the elastic strap, the sound of a pen crossing things out — DayTodo is a to-do app that feels like a real notebook. - Today and Tomorrow only • Today's tasks go on the left page, tomorrow's on the right. • Didn't finish something? Send it to tomorrow with a single tap. • When the date changes, tomorrow's tasks move to today automatically. • Finished tasks get a hand-drawn strike-through and are tidied away the next day. - Animation • When you switch lists, the paper bends as the page turns. To jump far ahead, a whole stack of pages turns at once. • When you open the app, the elastic strap slips off and the cover opens. • Crossing out, sending to tomorrow, peeling and placing sticky notes, adding a bookmark — each motion is tuned by hand. • You can turn animations off in Settings. - The sounds of paper • Pages turning, the cover opening, the elastic strap, a pen crossing out, sticky notes and the bookmark ribbon. • All kept soft. You can turn them off in Settings. - Choose the look • Font: Handwriting / Pencil / Quirky / Scribble / System • Paper: New / Worn / Vintage — down to yellowing, coffee rings, and a scuffed cover. Marks sit in different places on each page and stay put from day to day. • Rules: Lined / Grid / Plain (line spacing follows your text size) • Background: Black / Walnut / Birch / Maple / Old Desk / Gray • Text size: Small / Medium / Large / Extra Large / Automatic - Sticky notes • Give each list a sticky note in one of 11 colors. • Press and hold to move it anywhere along the top. Tap the top edge of the page to stick one right there. • Other lists' notes peek over the top of the page — tap one to turn to that list. - Bookmark • Slip a bookmark into the list you use most. Its ribbon lies between the Today and Tomorrow pages. • On other pages, a little of the ribbon peeks out — tap it to jump straight back. • The app opens to your bookmarked list. - Private and secure • Lock your notebook with Face ID or Touch ID. • No ads. No analytics. No tracking. • What you write stays on your device. • Manual backup to a file and restore are free. - Premium (one-time purchase) Buy once, keep it forever. • Unlimited tasks (free: up to 10 in total) • Up to 10 lists (free: up to 2) • Automatic iCloud backup Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://atsushi-ito6.github.io/daytodo-privacy/

Screenshots

Today4 screens
DayTodo Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DayTodo Notebook at every 3 days against Today's every 4 weeks. DayTodo Notebook also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Today's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Today sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and DayTodo Notebook sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Today ships an update every 4 weeks, DayTodo Notebook every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Today versus DayTodo Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodayDayTodo Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChi Trung TranAtsushi Ito

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

DayTodo Notebook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Today

One-time4
  • Ocean$0.99
  • Spring Theme$0.99
  • Winter Theme$0.99
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  • Autumn Theme$0.99
4 purchases

DayTodo Notebook

One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • DayTodo Premium$2.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
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  • Large Tip$5.99

Questions

Is Today free?
Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayTodo Notebook free?
DayTodo Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Today or DayTodo Notebook have ads?
Neither Today nor DayTodo Notebook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today or DayTodo Notebook?
Today ships an update every 4 weeks, and DayTodo Notebook every 3 days. Most recently, Today was updated on October 23, 2026 and DayTodo Notebook on October 9, 2026.

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