Comparison

Good Todo vs Finished! Task List

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

Head to head
About

Good Todo

Manage your tasks with a straightforward yet effective to-do list application. Easily create, edit, and organize your tasks, with options to categorize, view attachments, and even email tasks. Syncs with your online account for access anywhere.

Highlights
  • Create and edit todos
  • Mark todos as done/undone
  • Reorder todos
  • Categories
  • View attachments
  • Email todos
  • Calendar view with daily lists
Features
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Access your todos any time with this simple but powerful todo list. Good Todo is easy to use and syncs with your online account. iPhone AND iPad versions are both included in one download. Create new todos, edit existing todos, mark todos as done or undone. Reorder todos up and down the list. Other features include categories, viewing attachments, separate todo lists for each day in the calendar, the ability to redate todos to different days, and emailing a todo to any email address. The main feature, though, is the SIMPLICITY of the tool. Anyone can begin managing their todos immediately with Good Todo. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/good_todo FEATURES: - Reorder your todos (iPhone and iPad): tap-and-hold until little drag icons appear on right. Then drag todos up and down the list, and tap Done when complete. - View links (iPhone): tap "View links" button to turn into links any phone numbers, email and Web addresses, etc. in the todo detail. - Full screen (iPad): tap "Full screen" button to use the entire iPad's screen to read through any todo. This also turns on any links. (Operates much like "print" link in the web app.) - Clear details (iPad): To clear the view of the right-hand pane in the iPad app, leaving only the todo list visible, swipe the right side of the screen to the left with two fingers. - Capitalize first word of title (iPhone and iPad): new item in Settings allows you to decide whether the first word of a todo title should be capitalized by default. - Swipe left to move ahead one day. Swipe right to back back a day. - SEARCH: Pull down the todo list to reveal the search field. TESTIMONIALS: "Good Todo is best system I've ever worked with." - Julien Smith, co-author of "Trust Agents" "Folks who find Getting Things Done too vague or complicated should check out 'Bit Literacy' [the book describing Good Todo]." - Lifehacker.com "Good Todo is the fastest, simplest tool to help keep your priorities straight." -Carolyn Pittis, SVP, Global Author Services, HarperCollins Publishers "I LOVE LOVE LOVE Good Todo. It really has made me feel a lot better about my productivity and my workload." - Nick G.

About

Finished! Task List

This offline task manager helps you organize your to-do list with a clean interface. It allows you to attach photos, set due dates, and edit tasks efficiently. Stay on track with visual countdowns and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Attach or take pictures for tasks
  • Add detail and due dates
  • Edit tasks inline
  • Edit multiple tasks at once
  • Countdown to due dates
  • Search and edit tasks
Features
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No subscriptions, no hidden costs. Simple purchase and you own the offline task list to use locally on your phone, no ads, no extra costs. Simple, no distractions, and clean UI. Lots of functionality to track your basic tasks and get them done: ~ Attach or take pictures for your tasks ~ Add detail to each task and due dates ~ Collapse "add task" section on top to expand view size of all your current tasks. ~ Edit inline for each task (change title, description, picture, and due date without having to create a new task). ~ Edit multiple tasks at once and update/delete attached pictures and reattach multiple tasks at once. ~ Tap on the task item title in the list to expand to see attached pictures and additional details for each task. Expand multiple at the same time. ~ Countdown to due dates in each task item, color-coded for easier reference to help you stay on track. ~ Search tasks and edit only searched items.

Screenshots

Good Todo2 screens
Finished! Task List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Good Todo at Free against Finished! Task List's $0.99. Good Todo also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Finished! Task List's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads and device support 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

Good Todo is free to download; Finished! Task List costs $0.99 up front. Good Todo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Finished! Task List asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Finished! Task List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Good Todo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Finished! Task List's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Good Todo ships an update every 2 months, Finished! Task List every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Good Todo versus Finished! Task List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGood TodoFinished! Task List
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating3.5 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreative Good Projects, LLCCREAIT LLC

Customer experience

Good Todo

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative19.1%

Finished! Task List

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Good Todo

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App does not sync consistently
  • Cannot sign up via iPhone app
  • Cannot login on iPhone
  • Triple, quadruple, or higher multiples of repeat entries when syncing
  • Suddenly requires a password, no option to create one
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  • Update crashes every time
  • Upgrade crashes every time
  • Deleting items on the iPhone app is unclear
  • Categories not always saved properly
  • Cannot delete a task in the app
  • Cannot add categories in the app

Requested features

7 requests
  • Expiration Date for each to-do
  • Display of to-do's in lock screen
  • Ability to delete items in the app
  • Add categories in the app
  • Search functionality in the app
Show 2 more
  • Ability to create subtasks
  • Tagging functionality

Finished! Task List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Good Todo

One-time1
  • Six months of access$47.99
None

Finished! Task List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Good Todo free?
Good Todo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Finished! Task List free?
Finished! Task List costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Good Todo or Finished! Task List?
Finished! Task List is rated higher. Good Todo averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Finished! Task List averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Good Todo or Finished! Task List have ads?
Neither Good Todo nor Finished! Task List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Good Todo or Finished! Task List?
Good Todo ships an update every 2 months, and Finished! Task List every 20 months. Most recently, Good Todo was updated on October 14, 2026 and Finished! Task List on October 8, 2026.

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