Comparison

CleanPad vs ClearDo

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

Head to head
About

CleanPad

Capture your thoughts, ideas, and memories in a cozy and secure digital space. This app offers a minimalist interface with customizable categories and enhanced privacy features, including automatic locking and biometric authentication for your notes.

Highlights
  • Cozy and customizable design
  • Distraction-free editing
  • Note categorization and tagging
  • Automatic private note locking
  • Biometric authentication
  • Local storage for privacy
  • Grid and list view options
Features
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CleanPad is thoughtfully designed to provide a cozy and secure space for capturing your thoughts, ideas, and memories. With its inviting design and focus on privacy, it feels like a personal sanctuary for note-taking. CleanPad features a minimalist interface that helps you focus on what truly matters. With customizable categories, enhanced privacy, and an experience designed to feel at home, CleanPad makes keeping your thoughts organized simple and intuitive. Features: • Cozy Design: A warm, thoughtfully crafted interface that feels at home and transitions seamlessly between light and dark modes. • Streamlined Editing: A clean and distraction-free Edit Screen for updating titles and content, as well as categorizing, sharing, or deleting your notes. • Categories: Organize your notes with ease. Create, edit, and delete categories, then filter your notes using beautiful color-coded tags. • Private Notes: Keep personal notes in a protected space that locks automatically when you leave the app and supports Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode for secure access. • Seamless Navigation: The Dock keeps everything within reach, letting you navigate your notes, access categories, and create new notes with ease. • Local Storage: Your notes stay exclusively on your device, keeping your thoughts personal and private. • Customizable Views: Switch effortlessly between grid and list views to organize your notes your way. NOTE: List View is available only on iOS. • Quick Actions: Long-press a note to quickly share it, move it to or remove it from the private space, or delete it. • VoiceOver Support: Enhanced accessibility features help make CleanPad inclusive and easy to navigate with VoiceOver. Rediscover the joy of note-taking with CleanPad, a place where your ideas and memories stay private, accessible, and beautifully organized.

About

ClearDo

A minimalist to-do list app designed for simplicity and ease of use. Organize tasks into lists, set reminders, and track your progress with a distraction-free interface. Get more done with this intuitive productivity tool.

Highlights
  • Create tasks with due dates, priorities, and notes
  • Organize tasks into lists
  • Set reminders for upcoming tasks
  • Distraction-free interface
  • Simple and intuitive design
Features
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ClearDo keeps everyday tasks simple. Capture what you need to do, organize it into clear lists, and focus on the next step—without creating an account first. Add notes and due dates, keep projects easy to scan, and track progress without a crowded dashboard. START IN SECONDS • Create and complete everyday tasks • Add notes and due dates • Get reminders when tasks are due • Organize work in up to four lists • Review task progress and statistics • Use light, dark, or system appearance • Export and import lists, tasks, and list images CLEARDO PRO • Get multiple reminders before a task is due • Break larger tasks into subtasks and see progress • Add priorities and recurring schedules • Build shopping lists with quantities, units, prices, and totals • Focus with Pomodoro and stopwatch modes, with time tracked by task • Capture tasks by voice • Use unlimited lists, archives, links in notes, and more accent colors • Sign in with active ClearDo Pro to sync automatically across devices LOCAL WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT. AUTOMATIC SYNC WITH PRO. ClearDo works for everyday planning without an account. With active ClearDo Pro, sign in and ClearDo automatically syncs your data across devices. ClearDo is for people who want a capable to-do list without turning every task into a project-management system. APPLE WATCH Use the Apple Watch companion to view today’s tasks, add new tasks, and mark tasks complete. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CleanPad4 screens
ClearDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CleanPad at 5.0 against ClearDo's 3.0. CleanPad also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). ClearDo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. ClearDo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. CleanPad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CleanPad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CleanPad ships an update monthly, ClearDo every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
CleanPad versus ClearDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCleanPadClearDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUriel Alejandro Ortega AguilarAlexander Stolte

Customer experience

CleanPad

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

ClearDo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

CleanPad

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ClearDo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$22.991 Year

Questions

Is CleanPad free?
CleanPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ClearDo free?
ClearDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CleanPad or ClearDo?
CleanPad is rated higher. CleanPad averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ClearDo averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CleanPad or ClearDo have ads?
Neither CleanPad nor ClearDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CleanPad or ClearDo?
CleanPad ships an update monthly, and ClearDo every 2 weeks. Most recently, CleanPad was updated on November 4, 2026 and ClearDo on November 4, 2026.

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