Pure To Do vs Nowbox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pure To Do
This minimalist app helps you manage your daily tasks with intuitive gestures. Easily create, complete, delete, and reorder items, with support for sub-tasks and reminders. It's designed for those who need a straightforward way to jot down thoughts and chores.
- Gesture-based task management
- Sub-task support
- Scheduled reminders
- Drag-and-drop reordering
- Pinning important items
- Minimalist interface
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Pure To Do is a tiny, clean to-do list for everyday life — simple enough for quick notes, errands, shopping lists, reminders, and small tasks you don’t want to forget. No complex project boards. No overwhelming settings. No productivity pressure. Just a fast and private list app that helps you capture things quickly and move on. What you can do with Pure To Do: • Pull down to create a new task • Swipe right to mark a task as done • Swipe left to delete • Drag and drop to reorder • Pin important tasks • Add subtasks for details • Set one-time or recurring reminders • Organize tasks by category • Add images • Sync with iCloud • Use widgets for quick access • Share task details with subtasks • Enjoy a clean, lightweight interface Pure To Do is designed for people who want a simple checklist app instead of a heavy task manager. It works well for daily chores, shopping lists, personal reminders, study tasks, household routines, and quick ideas. Privacy Policy: We do not collect any personal information. Privacy Policy: https://oxidized-emoji-bdd.notion.site/59be22d18d854a28be1b7e2da3ff0296
Nowbox
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A to-do list never tells you when. Nowbox builds your day out of time blocks, then — while you work — shows you one block at a time. ■ Dump it, and the day builds itself Thirty seconds in the morning is the whole ritual. No dragging blocks onto a grid. Set an estimate and a priority; Nowbox fits everything into your working hours and adds the breaks and buffers for you. ■ It learns from your own record (Pro) Nobody focuses on the same schedule. Nowbox learns which half-hours you actually finish things in, and puts your important work there. That learning runs on the device — nothing is uploaded, because there is nowhere to upload it to. ■ While you work, exactly one thing When a block starts, the list disappears. One task, one countdown, nothing else. The Lock Screen widget repeats the same sentence; with Pro, so do the Dynamic Island and the Live Activity. ■ Five seconds at the end Done or not, how focused, how hard. Three taps. With Pro, that record changes tomorrow's plan. ■ An honest day Work that does not fit is not quietly squeezed in. It is listed as "didn't fit today", with the minutes it needs. And on a day you don't keep to the plan, the app doesn't scold you. ■ Completely offline No account. No server. No network requests. No ads, no analytics. What you write stays on your iPhone. ■ Nowbox Pro (one purchase, forever) Not a subscription. Unlimited blocks, the learning auto-plan, full history and the focus heatmap, Live Activity, and every widget. The free app still gives you five blocks a day, the execution screen, reviews, basic stats and a Lock Screen widget — and exporting your own data is always free.
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Verdict
Pure To Do and Nowbox are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pure To Do sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nowbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Pure To Do | Nowbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鸿宇 彭 | Byoungho Kim |
In-app purchases
Pure To Do
- Unlock Pure To Do$1.99
Nowbox
- Nowbox Pro$4.99









