Comparison

Today vs Plain Text Editor By MCK

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

Head to head
About

Today

This minimalist daily planner helps you focus on what's important today by clearing unfinished tasks from view. Quickly add, edit, and postpone tasks, with an optional daily note for a key goal. Events from your iOS Calendar are automatically integrated.

Highlights
  • Quick task adding and editing
  • One-tap task postponement
  • Optional daily note feature
  • Automatic iOS Calendar event integration
  • Task prioritization with text formatting
  • Copy/paste tasks between days and apps
Features
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"Today" is a simple daily planner that allows you to quickly plan your day, starting from a clean page. Tasks don't pile up: everything incomplete, stale, and postponed is out of your sight until you decide to review it. So instead of being upset about unfinished plans, you can stay in a good mood for the day ahead and focus on what's important today. Features: - Adding and editing tasks is really quick and convenient - Postpone a task for later in a single tap - Optional "Daily note" for the day – to focus on one goal, or just something to remember - Events from iOS Calendar are added automatically - Indicate task priorities with bold, italic or underlined text - Copy/paste tasks between days and from other apps

About

Plain Text Editor By MCK

A powerful plain text editor that allows access to all application files and cloud folders. It supports a wide range of file types, including source code files for various programming languages, and offers a simple user interface with Base64 encoding mode.

Highlights
  • Access all application files
  • Reach cloud folders
  • Supports .cmd, .bat, .ini, .cfg, .c, .cpp, .py, .xml, .html
  • Source code editing for JavaScript, C, C++, Python, HTML
  • Base64 Encoding mode
  • Simple UI
Features
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Plain Text Editor By MCK is a simple text editor for iPhone and iPad. Open, edit and save plain text files directly from the Files app. It works with many text-based file types, including TXT, Swift, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, PLIST, BAT, shell scripts, logs and more. The app is made for quick editing without extra clutter. You can create a new file, choose a file name and extension, search inside long files, jump between matches, undo and redo changes, and save your work. Use it for notes, code snippets, scripts, configuration files, logs, plain text documents and other text files. Main features: • Open text files from Files, iCloud Drive and On My iPhone • Create new files with custom extensions • Edit TXT, Swift, Python, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, PLIST, BAT and more • Search inside files • Jump between search results • Undo and redo text changes • Save and Save As • Simple focused interface • Works on iPhone and iPad Plain Text Editor is designed to be fast, clean and easy to use.

Screenshots

Today4 screens
Plain Text Editor By MCK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Today at 75% against Plain Text Editor By MCK's 25%. Today also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

Today costs $0.99 and Plain Text Editor By MCK $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Today holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Today's written reviews are positive against 25% of Plain Text Editor By MCK's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Today ships an update monthly, Plain Text Editor By MCK every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Today versus Plain Text Editor By MCK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodayPlain Text Editor By MCK
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktoriia GlobaMert Can Kus

Customer experience

Today

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative8.3%

Plain Text Editor By MCK

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Today

No in-app purchases

None

Plain Text Editor By MCK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Today free?
Today costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain Text Editor By MCK free?
Plain Text Editor By MCK costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Today or Plain Text Editor By MCK?
Today is rated higher. Today averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Plain Text Editor By MCK averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Today or Plain Text Editor By MCK have ads?
Neither Today nor Plain Text Editor By MCK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today or Plain Text Editor By MCK?
Today ships an update monthly, and Plain Text Editor By MCK every 3 months. Most recently, Today was updated on October 23, 2026 and Plain Text Editor By MCK on October 16, 2026.

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