EssentialPIM vs Toodledo (Next Generation) App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EssentialPIM
Manage your personal information with this comprehensive organizer. It handles calendars, tasks, contacts, and passwords, with seamless synchronization across devices and platforms. Organize tasks hierarchically and securely store sensitive data.
- Calendar management
- Task management with hierarchical structure
- Contact organization
- Secure password storage
- Synchronization with Windows version
- Synchronization with Google Tasks
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This is an iOS version of highly popular on Windows platform personal information manager - EssentialPIM. It allows you to manage Calendars, Tasks, Contacts and Passwords (first two types of data are synchronized with iOS internal apps). All your data is interconnected and in one package! - Synchronize your data Syncs with Windows version of EssentialPIM (Free and Pro). - Hierarchical tasks structure Flexible structure that organizes tasks into multiple trees, with sub trees and leaves. - Secure passwords list Self-locking mechanism offers safe and convenient way to store all your passwords and other sensitive data. Key features: - Includes Tasks and Passwords modules (more in the development) - Flawless synchronization with Win EPIM (including Calendar and Contacts with built-in iOS apps) works as over Wi-Fi as over cellular networks - Automatic synchronization with Google Tasks - Ads free Support and feedback: If you are looking for help or have any questions or ideas, please contact us by using the following email address: epimsupport@essentialpim.com. About translation: Seeing EssentialPIM not being fully translated into your language? We would like to invite you to take part in the translation process. It’s easy and fun. And if you aren’t ready to do translation just yet, you can still review the existing one for mistakes. Please contact us at epimsupport@essentialpim.com and we will reply back with an invite. As a token of appreciation, all active contributors get free EssentialPIM Pro Windows version licenses.
Toodledo (Next Generation) App
Organize to-do lists, track habits, and manage notes with a highly customizable productivity tool. Adapt it to your workflow, whether simple or complex, with features like priority tracking, location alerts, and smart lists.
- Task priority and due date tracking
- Habit tracking and progress monitoring
- Note organization and storage
- Customizable lists
- Location-based alerts
- Task timers
- Smart 'Hotlist' for important tasks
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Toodledo is a powerful productivity tool for organizing your to-do lists and notes, tracking your habits and making lists. Toodledo is flexible enough to work with many different productivity styles. You can use the popular GTD methodology, or you can use your own system. You can keep things simple, or you can add as much complexity as you need. Keeping track of your to do list has never been easier. Macworld rated Toodledo 4½ stars saying, "...the most impressive element of Toodledo; somehow, it doesn’t feel like “settings overload”—I feel fully empowered to customize the app to match exactly my desired workflow." With Toodledo you can: ◆ Track the priority, start date, due date, time, length or status of a task. ◆ Assign the task to a folder, context or goal. ◆ Flag the task with a visual star or tag it with keywords and notes. ◆ Get audible popup alarms. ◆ Create tasks that repeat on a schedule of your choosing. ◆ Start and stop timers to keep track of time spent on projects. ◆ View your tasks on a map and get proximity alerts when you are near a location where you have things to do. ◆ Search, filter, sort and drill down into your tasks in a variety of ways to see the subset of tasks that are useful right now and ensure that important tasks float to the top. ◆ Quickly find important tasks with the "Hotlist". This smart to do list is automatically filled with important tasks based on a mathematical formula. ◆ Securely sync with Toodledo to backup your data and sync between devices. ◆ Imports from Reminders, allowing you to add tasks with your voice. ◆ Organize and permanently store your longer free-form notes in the Notebook section. ◆ Make customizable lists for any purpose with the Lists section. ◆ Make good habits and break bad habits. Track your progress with our Habits section. Works on all iOS devices. Some features are only available on certain devices and OS versions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Toodledo (Next Generation) App at 81% against EssentialPIM's 21%. Toodledo (Next Generation) App also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). EssentialPIM's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Toodledo (Next Generation) App holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of EssentialPIM's written reviews are positive against 81% of Toodledo (Next Generation) App's.
EssentialPIM ships an update every 2 months, Toodledo (Next Generation) App daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EssentialPIM | Toodledo (Next Generation) App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (12 ratings) | 4.2 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 81.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astonsoft | CENTURION VENTURES I, LLC |
Customer experience
EssentialPIM
Toodledo (Next Generation) App
Bugs and requests
EssentialPIM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Toodledo (Next Generation) App
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen not recognizing new passwords
- List module getting stuck on one item on iPhone
Requested features
3 requests- Appointments and calendar integration
- Improved mobile experience for completed tasks
- Option to revert to old app design
In-app purchases
EssentialPIM
No in-app purchases
Toodledo (Next Generation) App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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