Comparison

Today vs ArticleQ

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

ArticleQ

Save articles from the web and enjoy them in a clean, distraction-free reader. Listen to articles on the go with high-quality text-to-speech. Organize your content with tags and custom lists, and benefit from AI-powered summaries and semantic search.

Highlights
  • Save articles from any source
  • Distraction-free reading experience
  • Text-to-speech narration
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Offline reading capabilities
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Organize with tags and custom lists
Features
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ArticleQ turns your feeds and saved articles into a calm, distraction‑free library you can read or listen to — the same way on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Everything runs on your device. Parsing, summaries, search, and text‑to‑speech all happen locally — there's no account, and no outside service tracking what you read. The only data that leaves your device is your own private iCloud sync, which keeps your library in step across your Apple devices. Built exclusively for Apple platforms. Features • Subscribe to RSS feeds and save articles from anywhere • Distraction‑free reader with clean, readable text • Smart reading queue with flexible sorting • Listen to any article with built‑in text‑to‑speech • Read‑along highlighting and auto‑scroll that follow the narration • AI summaries — get the gist before you dive in • Semantic search — find articles by meaning, not just keywords • Hear any voice before you choose, with instant previews • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Offline reading • Full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and accessibility support • Premium Voices — natural‑sounding on‑device narration (Premium) • Playlists — queue articles and listen hands‑free, auto‑advancing from one to the next (Premium) Subscription ArticleQ Premium is an optional auto‑renewable subscription that unlocks Premium Voices and Playlists. Everything else is free. • Plan: ArticleQ Premium — 1 month • Price: $4.99 per month • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same price and period unless you turn off auto‑renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.asymmetric.enterprises/legal/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Today4 screens
ArticleQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ArticleQ at Free against Today's $0.99. ArticleQ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and device support (3 vs 1). Today's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ArticleQ is free to download; Today costs $0.99 up front. ArticleQ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Today asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ArticleQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Today ships an update monthly, ArticleQ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Today versus ArticleQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodayArticleQ
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViktoriia GlobaAndrew Carlson

Customer experience

Today

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

ArticleQ

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Today

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ArticleQ

Subscriptions1
  • ArticleQ Premium$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Today free?
Today costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArticleQ free?
ArticleQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Today or ArticleQ?
ArticleQ is rated higher. Today averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ArticleQ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Today or ArticleQ have ads?
Neither Today nor ArticleQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Today or ArticleQ?
Today ships an update monthly, and ArticleQ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Today was updated on October 14, 2026 and ArticleQ on October 10, 2026.

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