Comparison

Pure To Do vs Hxmy Task

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based task management
  • Sub-task support
  • Scheduled reminders
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Pinning important items
  • Minimalist interface
Features
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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

About

Hxmy Task

Features
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Hxmy Task is a fast, private task manager for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account to create, no ads, no tracking, and nothing to subscribe to. SPEAK IT, DON'T TYPE IT Hold the microphone and just say the task. Hxmy Task writes it down and works out the date, the time and how often it repeats — "pay the rent on the 1st of every month", "water the plants every other day", "call the dentist tomorrow afternoon". Date and time recognition runs entirely on your device and understands English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, so it keeps working with no network and no cloud account. The language you speak is yours to pick, separately from the language the app is in. OR JUST TELL SIRI "Add a task to Hxmy Task" captures it without opening the app, and Siri reads back what it understood so you know it landed. WHEN THE LIST IS TOO LONG Tap the sparkle and Hxmy Task picks the three things worth doing first, each with one short reason. It picks only from your own list and can never invent a task, and the reasons come back in whatever language your tasks are written in. On device by default. ONE PLACE FOR TODAY Today gathers everything due across every list, grouped into Overdue, Today, Tomorrow and the days after, so you never have to open each list to find out what matters. Star the few things that actually matter and they get their own view. REPEATS THAT MATCH REAL LIFE Repeat every N days, weeks, months or years. For weekly, pick exactly which weekdays. For monthly, pick which days of the month — the 1st and the 15th, or the last payday of every month. End a series never, on a date, or after a number of times. A preview shows you the next few dates before you commit. BUILT FOR REAL LISTS Colour-coded lists, subtasks, notes, drag to reorder, drag between lists, three sort modes per list, and search across everything. Completed work collapses out of the way instead of cluttering the list. Anything you delete waits 30 days in the Trash, so a slip of the thumb is never final. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything is stored on your device by default. Turn on iCloud sync and your tasks travel through your own iCloud account — a private database only you can read. There is no server of ours in the middle, and no account for us to hold. Share a single list with a partner or a colleague when you want to; keep everything else to yourself. Changed your mind? Move a list back to this device and its copy in iCloud goes away — without deleting a single task. WORKS WITH THE REST OF THE SYSTEM Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — tick a task straight from the widget without opening the app. Optional mirroring to Apple Calendar so tasks with a date show up alongside your events. Optional App Lock with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. TAKE IT WITH YOU Export a complete, readable JSON backup at any time, and import it back on any device. Coming from Google Tasks? Import a Google Takeout file directly, including repeating tasks. MADE TO BE USABLE Five colour themes and twelve list colours. Full Dynamic Type support up to the largest accessibility sizes. VoiceOver labels on every control. Available in English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean — and you can switch the app's language without changing the whole device. NO STRINGS No account. No ads. No analytics. No third-party SDKs of any kind. Buy it once — no subscriptions, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Pure To Do4 screens
Hxmy Task4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pure To Do at Free against Hxmy Task's $1.99. Pure To Do also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16 vs 26.0). Hxmy Task's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On rating, ads and device support 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

Pure To Do is free to download; Hxmy Task costs $1.99 up front. Pure To Do sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hxmy Task asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pure To Do against 5.0 for Hxmy Task. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Pure To Do's written reviews are positive against 100% of Hxmy Task's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pure To Do ships an update every 3 weeks, Hxmy Task weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pure To Do versus Hxmy Task: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPure To DoHxmy Task
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鸿宇 彭Yuhang XIE

Customer experience

Pure To Do

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.5%

Hxmy Task

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pure To Do

One-time1
  • Unlock Pure To Do$1.99
None

Hxmy Task

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pure To Do free?
Pure To Do is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hxmy Task free?
Hxmy Task costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pure To Do or Hxmy Task?
Pure To Do and Hxmy Task are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Pure To Do or Hxmy Task have ads?
Neither Pure To Do nor Hxmy Task shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pure To Do or Hxmy Task?
Pure To Do ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hxmy Task weekly. Most recently, Pure To Do was updated on October 24, 2026 and Hxmy Task on October 24, 2026.

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