Comparison

Chaos Control™ vs Todo

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

Head to head
About

Chaos Control™

This app helps you manage goals, to-do lists, and tasks for both personal and professional life. It's based on the GTD methodology to prioritize outcomes and organize projects, tasks, and ideas efficiently. Seamless syncing across devices ensures your plans are always accessible.

Highlights
  • Goal and project management
  • GTD-inspired contexts
  • Daily planning
  • Chaos Box inbox
  • Cross-platform sync
  • Recurring tasks
Features
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Chaos Control is a personal organizer that will help you manage your goals, to-do lists and tasks in both your business and personal life. People don't usually achieve impressive results simply by being good at task management. It's the ability to set legitimate goals that makes the difference. Just write down your desired outcomes to make them real. This simple technique helps you to prioritize your goals before acting on them. Chaos Control is a task manager based on the best ideas of GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology created by David Allen. Whether you are running a business, launching an app, working on a project or simply planning your holiday trip, Chaos Control is a perfect tool to manage your goals, juggle your priorities, and organize your tasks to get things done. And the best part is, you can handle both heavyweight project planning and simple daily routine like shopping list management in one flexible app. Also, Chaos Control is available across all major mobile and desktop platforms with seamless sync. HERE IS HOW IT WORKS: 1) MANAGE YOUR PROJECTS Project is a goal combined with a set of tasks you need to complete in order to achieve it. Create as many projects as you like to write down all the desired outcomes you have 2) ORGANIZE YOUR GOALS Create unlimited number of projects and group them by category using Folders 3) USE GTD CONTEXTS Organize tasks from different projects using flexible context lists. If you are familiar with GTD you would just love this feature 4) PLAN YOUR DAY Set due dates for tasks and make plans for any particular day 5) USE CHAOS BOX Put all the incoming tasks, notes and ideas into Chaos Box in order to process them later. It works similar to GTD inbox, but you can use it as a simple to-do list 6) SYNC YOUR DATA Chaos Control works on both desktop and mobile devices. Setup an account and sync your projects across all of your devices This app is designed with creative people in mind. Designers, writers, developers, startup founders, entrepreneurs of all kinds and pretty much anyone with ideas and desire to make them happen. We combined the power of GTD with the convenient interface to help you with: • personal goal setting • task management • time management • planning your business and personal activities • building your routine • handling simple to do lists, checklists and shopping lists • catching your ideas and thoughts to process them later KEY FEATURES • Seamless cloud sync across all major mobile and desktop platforms • GTD-inspired Projects and Contexts supplemented with Folders, sub-folders and sub-contexts • Recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly and chosen days of the week) • Chaos Box - Inbox for your unstructured tasks, notes, memos, ideas and thoughts. Great tool for staying on track inspired by GTD ideas • Notes for tasks, projects, folders and contexts • Fast and smart search • Recurring tasks for managing activities that happen regularly • Nested folders and contexts for better projects and tasks structuring • PIN code protection: secure your data with a secure passcode • Favorite tasks, projects and contents Terms Of Use: http://chaos-control.mobi/toc.pdf Have a productive day!

About

Todo

This powerful task manager helps you organize projects, set reminders, and prioritize tasks to achieve your goals. It supports the Getting Things Done methodology and offers seamless syncing across devices. Ideal for managing personal and professional to-dos efficiently.

Highlights
  • Project and sub-task management
  • Recurring tasks with detailed options
  • Multiple task alerts and reminders
  • Drag and drop task organization
  • GTD methodology support
  • Automatic background syncing
  • Shared lists for collaboration
Features
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This is the original To-Do and Task Management List and one of the most popular, powerful, and award-winning to-do list and task manager iOS and iPad apps ever! Todo has been used by millions of individuals, families and teams for GETTING THINGS DONE. "Todo has stood the test of time" -Silicon Slopes. Winner of the “Best Productivity App for iPad” (Best Apps Ever, To-Do Apps) and listed among the “Top Ten Paid Productivity Apps..." "Appigo Todo oozes with awesomeness. I’ve tried numerous iOS task-management apps, and none to date have satisfied me as much as Todo.” –Macworld, 4.5 stars. Four main reasons to consider Todo: 1. REAL PRODUCTIVITY. Unlike lightweight, freebie or cutesy list tools, Todo 10 is useful when you have a deadline, NEED to focus, prioritize and get things done quickly--from home or school projects to dozens of detailed work tasks. Includes: Projects, Sub-tasks, Start Dates, Due Dates, Recurring Tasks (with detailed recurring options), Multiple Task Alerts, Overdue Tasks, Drag and Drop, Search, Print Lists, Folders, and much more. 2. PROVEN GTD METHODOLOGY. Todo uses the popular Getting Things Done approach with Focus To-do Lists, Starred Tasks, Multi-level Priorities, Quick Entry, Context, and Projects with Layered and Prioritized Sub-Tasks—all recommended GTD approaches. 3. BUILT-IN SYNCING. Sync automatically in the background with Todo Cloud Sync. Keep everything in sync, access your data from any device and never be locked into a specific service—your data remains yours. 4. COOLNESS • Add, schedule, and organize your to-dos • Set due dates and reminders to never miss an important date or deadline • Quickly add tasks using Siri, Email or Todo Cloud’s Quick Add buttons • Streamline projects, checklists and tasks using customized Siri commands. • Customize task reminders based on day (January 1), time (2:00pm) and place (when you are near the grocery store) • Create themed lists to organize your to-dos: home, work, friends, etc. • Take control of how you view and execute your to-dos with Todo Smart Lists • Collaborate with friends, family and/or team members using Shared Lists • Leave yourself (or others) updates through in-task notes and comments • Create recurring tasks for those to-dos that come over and over again • Sync your to-dos across all your devices 14 day FREE trial! Todo Cloud is one of the most affordable individual or team task management solutions. Others cost $10- $50 more per year, and some even require you to pay extra for every platform. Not Todo Cloud. The Todo subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel the subscription renewal at any time, and the subscription you purchased will remain active until the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions on the App Store's Account Settings after purchase (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098). EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT Please visit us for help at http://help.appigo.com or email support@appigo.com Terms of Use - https://appigo.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy - https://appigo.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Chaos Control™4 screens
Todo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Chaos Control™ at free with in-app purchases against Todo's subscription. Chaos Control™ also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 48%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 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

Both are free to download. Chaos Control™ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Todo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chaos Control™ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 488 and 399 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Chaos Control™'s written reviews are positive against 48% of Todo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chaos Control™ ships an update every 3 weeks, Todo every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chaos Control™ versus Todo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChaos Control™Todo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (488 ratings) — better4.4 (399 ratings)
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews — better47.7% of reviews
Number of ratings488 — better399
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTarasov MobileAppigo

Customer experience

Chaos Control™

All ratings488 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative18.6%

Todo

All ratings396 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews344 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative44.8%

User reviews

Chaos Control™

From 488 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🚀 Streamlined organization
  • 💡 Helpful Chaos Box feature
  • 🚀 Seamless cross-device sync
  • 👍 Clean and attractive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Sync and login issues
  • 💰 Unexpected costs for full features
  • 🤔 Lacks some basic GTD functionality

Todo

From 399 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful task management features
  • 🔒 Secure data sync across devices
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Customizable lists and task organization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues and data loss
  • 💰 Forced subscription model for basic features
  • 🔄 Confusing and inconsistent UI changes
  • 🔍 Poor search and task lookup functionality

Bugs and requests

Chaos Control™

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tasks disappearing
  • Sync failures between devices
  • Frequent crashes
  • Login problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Calendar integration
  • Subtasks and nested projects
  • Ability to manually sort tasks
  • More customization options
  • Email task creation
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  • Attachment support

Todo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes on newer iOS versions
  • Repeating tasks not functioning as expected
  • Unexpected data deletion after updates
  • Sync issues between mobile and desktop apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved Outlook/Exchange integration
  • Ability to set custom reminders and alerts
  • Better task prioritization and sorting options
  • Seamless iCloud/Dropbox sync without subscription

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Chaos Control™

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Subscription: 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • Premium for 1 month$6.991 Month
  • Premium Subscription: 1 Year$29.001 Year
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  • Premium Subscription: 1 Year$29.991 Year
One-time5
  • "Level Up" e-book$2.99
  • Premium Universal - Tier B$10.99
  • Chaos Control Premium$18.99
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  • Premium Universal - Tier C$20.99
  • Premium Universal - Tier A$79.99
2 purchases

Todo

Subscriptions2
  • Todo Cloud Premium$5.991 Month
  • Todo Cloud Premium$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Chaos Control™ free?
Chaos Control™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Todo free?
Todo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chaos Control™ or Todo?
Chaos Control™ is rated higher. Chaos Control™ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 488 ratings, while Todo averages 4.4 from 399 ratings.
Do Chaos Control™ or Todo have ads?
Neither Chaos Control™ nor Todo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chaos Control™ or Todo?
Chaos Control™ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Todo every 2 months. Most recently, Chaos Control™ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Todo on November 6, 2026.

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