Comparison

Tody vs Gift List Manager

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

Head to head
About

Tody

This app helps manage household cleaning routines by optimizing tasks based on actual need rather than fixed dates. It gamifies cleaning to motivate users and visualize progress, offering flexibility for individuals and complex households alike.

Highlights
  • Task management based on need
  • Visual motivation for cleaning
  • Gamified cleaning experience
  • Sync plans across devices
  • Customizable cleaning plans
  • Suitable for singles and families
Features
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Tody is a smarter to-do list for managing household cleaning routines. It will optimize and motivate your cleaning. ● Gain flexibility by managing cleaning tasks by indicators of actual need rather than arbitrary dates. ● Tody visualizes dirtiness to motivate cleaning and visualizes the effect of cleaning to enhance satisfaction. ● There are no deadlines, alarms and notifications (optional). Tody puts you in control of your cleaning routines instead of cleaning routines controlling you. ● Turn home cleaning into a game. House members can sync plans across devices and users and check-in to claim credit for their actions. ● Enjoy an extremely easy and intuitive set up of a customized cleaning plan. ● Tody can be customized and scaled to fit almost any needs. It thus suits singles as well as complex households with many members. Even professionals find Tody to be their preferred tool. Recommended by marthastewart.com, Buzzfeed and MacWorld.

About

Gift List Manager

Organize your holiday shopping with this app. Create gift lists for everyone, track your budget, and manage gift ideas. Features include contact integration, status tracking, and data visualization.

Highlights
  • Add people from Contacts
  • Track budgeting and analytics
  • Sort people by groups
  • Track gifts by status
  • Collect gift ideas
  • Sync data across iOS devices via iCloud
  • Export list to PDF
Features
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Your all-in-one solution for planning and organizing gifts. Create gift lists for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, weddings, baby showers, and other special days. Add people from Contacts, track gift ideas and purchases, manage budgets, and see what you've given each person before. Share gift lists with family members and keep everything in sync across devices, even when everyone has their own Apple Account. PLAN GIFTS FOR EVERY OCCASION • Plan and manage gifts for each person and each occasion • Automatically repeat birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays every year • Get reminders in time to buy, wrap, and send gifts • Save gift ideas and use them later • Keep a list of souvenirs to bring back from your travels MANAGE RECIPIENTS • Add people from Contacts or previous events • Organize people into groups like Family, Friends, and Co-workers • See gift history and planned gifts for each person in one place TRACK EVERY GIFT • Follow each gift from Idea to Given with statuses like Need to Buy, Bought, Shipping, and Wrapped • Keep the store, price, product link, photo, and notes for each gift in one place • Assign a gift to one or more recipients, with a separate status for each • Sort and filter gifts by status, store, and recipient • Quickly see which gifts are ready and what still needs to be done ONE SHOPPING LIST FOR ALL EVENTS • See every gift that still needs attention across all upcoming events • Group gifts by store for easier shopping • Quickly check what to buy, what’s on the way, what to wrap, and what to give BUDGET AND PROGRESS • Set a budget for each event and each recipient • See what you’ve spent, what planned gifts will cost, and how much of your budget remains • Know right away when planned gifts go over budget • Monitor overall gift and recipient progress with clear charts • Count down to a selected event or the next upcoming one SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • Sync gift lists across your devices with iCloud • Sync even between different Apple Accounts, so you can plan gifts together with your family and friends EXPORT AS PDF • Export gift lists as PDFs to print or share • Organize lists by people or by gifts, customize columns, and apply filters WIDGETS AND REMINDERS • Add countdown widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Get timely reminders to prepare gifts and never miss a special day KEEP YOUR DATA SAFE • Your data stays only on your devices and in your iCloud • Automatic local backups let you restore your lists if something goes wrong • Protect your gift lists with a passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID MOVING FROM THE CHRISTMAS GIFT LIST • Already using The Christmas Gift List? Import all your lists at first launch or later from Settings Gift List Manager is free to download and use. You can upgrade to Premium with a monthly or yearly subscription, or choose a one-time Lifetime purchase. Family Sharing is supported, so family members do not need to purchase Premium separately. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://xwavesoft.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://xwavesoft.com/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Tody4 screens
Gift List Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tody at none against Gift List Manager's shown. Tody also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (11K vs 2.2K). Gift List Manager's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 86%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Tody sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Gift List Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tody against 4.7 for Gift List Manager. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tody has 11K ratings behind it against 2.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Tody's written reviews are positive against 97% of Gift List Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tody ships an update every 10 days, Gift List Manager every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tody versus Gift List Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodyGift List Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11K ratings) — better4.7 (2.2K ratings)
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews96.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better2.2K
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLoopLoopDenys Ievenko

Customer experience

Tody

All ratings10,858 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews654 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.0%

Gift List Manager

All ratings2,161 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews797 reviews
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative0.9%

User reviews

Tody

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Keeps me on track
  • 👍 Customizable and flexible
  • 🎮 Gamifies cleaning
  • 💡 Helpful for ADHD/forgetful users
  • 🙌 Motivating and satisfying

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Syncing issues between devices
  • 🔍 Lack of search/sorting options
  • 🕰️ Can't set tasks for specific days
  • 💰 Expensive for multiple users
  • 🎨 Outdated or bland UI

Gift List Manager

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helps stay organized
  • 💡 Tracks gift ideas, purchases, and status
  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 💡 Ability to import/roll over previous years' data
  • 💡 Budgeting and spending tracking features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Issues with syncing/data loss
  • 🔍 Lack of intuitive navigation/UI
  • 💡 Difficulty deleting/moving gifts between people
  • 💡 Inability to easily see completed people/gifts

Bugs and requests

Tody

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes on certain devices after updates
  • Issues with data sync and loss of progress

Requested features

5 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • Apple Watch app integration
  • Ability to set tasks for specific days
  • More customization options for UI
  • One-off task list separate from recurring tasks

Gift List Manager

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Password function not working consistently
  • App freezing/crashing issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding/editing gifts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add birthday/other holiday gift lists
  • Ability to mark people as 'complete'
  • Easier gift/person management (copy, move, delete)
  • More customization options (layouts, colors, etc.)
  • Integrate with online shopping sites

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Tody

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Solo1 Month trial$9.991 Year
  • Premium+ Duo1 Month trial$24.991 Year
  • Premium+ Family1 Month trial$39.991 Year
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  • Premium+ Team1 Month trial$79.991 Year
3 purchases

Gift List Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Tody free?
Tody is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gift List Manager free?
Gift List Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tody or Gift List Manager?
Tody is rated higher. Tody averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Gift List Manager averages 4.7 from 2.2K ratings.
Do Tody or Gift List Manager have ads?
Gift List Manager shows ads; Tody does not.
Which is updated more often, Tody or Gift List Manager?
Tody ships an update every 10 days, and Gift List Manager every 11 months. Most recently, Tody was updated on November 7, 2026 and Gift List Manager on November 6, 2026.

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