Comparison

MarkTodo vs NOTE TO TONE

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

Head to head
About

MarkTodo

This app helps you focus on important tasks without deadlines. It displays starred to-dos in a unique waterfall card style and syncs across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS devices. Manage your tasks anytime, anywhere, with features like priority, reminders, and custom lists.

Highlights
  • Starred to-dos focus
  • Waterfall card display
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Quick add to-do
  • Priority and reminders
  • Custom and tag lists
Features
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MarkTodo is a Todolist APP that allows you to focus on starred to-dos. It displays your starred to-do in a double-column waterfall card style. MarkTodo currently supports the three major platforms of iOS/iPadOS/macOS, and supports iCloud synchronization of to-do items, allowing you to handle to-do items anytime, anywhere on any device. The original design intention of MarkTodo actually originated from my personal actual needs. In my daily work and life, many to-do items do not actually have a clear deadline, but this does not mean that these to-do items are not important. In contrast, most of the things that really matter don’t have clear deadlines. In traditional Todo tools, in order to reflect the importance of to-do items, deadlines are often used. However, deadlines can cause stress and often end up causing to-do items to expire... So, I was wondering, is there a to-do tool that can allow people to focus on important to-do items without causing time pressure? Therefore, I decided to develop MarkTodo, a todolist app that allows you to focus on starred to-dos. The core function of MarkTodo is the homepage, you can add to-do items that you think are important recently to homepage without adding a deadline. MarkTodo has several important features: - The homepage directly displays starred to-dos - Quickly add to-do without going inside the list - Add star and cancel star to-do at any time In addition, MarkTodo also provides all list pages similar to traditional Todo Apps, allowing you to get started quickly. Full functionality of MarkTodo: - Starred todos - Planed list - All Todo List - Done list - Custom list - Tag list - To-do priority - To-do reminder If you have any suggestions, please contact the developer: linguny@gmail.com ———————— MarkTodo Pro membership benefits: There are three MarkTodo Pro memberships, with any one of them you will have unlimited access to all MarkTodo features. - MarkTodo Pro Lifetime Membership (pay once, valid for life) - MarkTodo Pro Monthly Membership (monthly subscription) - MarkTodo Pro Annual Membership (annual subscription) Subscription price: Among them, MarkTodo Pro monthly membership and MarkTodo Pro annual membership are automatic subscription members, and the subscription price is subject to the actual price displayed in the AppStore. For example, the monthly subscription price for MarkTodo Pro monthly membership is $0.99; the annual subscription price for MarkTodo Pro annual membership is $6.99. Automatic renewal: The Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period. Cancel renewal: If you need to cancel the renewal, please manually turn off the automatic renewal function in iTunes/Apple ID subscription management 24 hours before the expiration of the current subscription period. Privacy Policy: https://kennylin.notion.site/CardList-5f3d883f46ee4449b339abe72befbe70 User Terms: https://kennylin.notion.site/CardList-f929cd07cbec4fa1b9e5d7e72b52ac81 USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NOTE TO TONE

Features
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When an idea will not come. When you have been thinking about one thing for too long. Something entirely unrelated — a stranger's conversation overheard — can be what unlocks it. NOTE TO TONE generates words with no connection to anything, to work the stiffness out of an over-focused mind. ■ Random words, to loosen your head What appears is a short phrase that does not quite make sense. "a dry hourglass" — "unravel the heron" — "desperate for the layover" Look at it, and force yourself to find a meaning in it. The moment you try, your head starts looking down a different road. That is the whole point. ■ Words, music, and keeping them The words are random, yet now and then one arrives that somehow shows you a scene — one you want to keep. So you can stock them. And from that word, a piece of music of its own is made, and kept alongside it. The same phrase always makes the same music. ■ The music is built on the spot, by a synthesiser Each phrase is measured along six axes — light, motion, weight, grit, space and warmth — and the music is built to match. Nothing is a recording being picked from a shelf. The sound is made by the engine from our music app ARPJAM Studio, a serious synthesiser that plays itself. That engine is built into NOTE TO TONE in full, so you can hear the music without owning ARPJAM Studio. ■ How to use it - Open the app and a phrase appears - Press SOUND and music is generated for that phrase - Press KEEP to save the phrase and its music; look back from Stocks - Once unlocked, a download button appears. It saves an ARPJAM settings file (a JAM file) to edit in ARPJAM Studio, or to add to a playlist in ARPJAM Player ■ Unlock Free use gives you three phrases and their music each time you open the app. A single purchase unlocks unlimited phrases and JAM file downloads. Nothing recurring. ■ Good for - A brief that will not start - Circling the same thought - Resetting your head before a meeting - Finding a way into a piece of music - Looking at something meaningless before sleep May a good idea find you. --- Credits: PIANO: Salamander Grand Piano V3 — Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0)

Screenshots

MarkTodo4 screens
NOTE TO TONE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NOTE TO TONE at every 2 days against MarkTodo's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. MarkTodo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and NOTE TO TONE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MarkTodo ships an update every 2 weeks, NOTE TO TONE every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MarkTodo versus NOTE TO TONE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMarkTodoNOTE TO TONE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer滚宁 林Takashi Tsunoda

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MarkTodo

Subscriptions2
  • MarkTodo Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • MarkTodo Pro Yearly$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • MarkTodo Pro LifeTime$9.99
1 purchases

NOTE TO TONE

One-time1
  • Unlock$0.99

Questions

Is MarkTodo free?
MarkTodo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NOTE TO TONE free?
NOTE TO TONE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MarkTodo or NOTE TO TONE have ads?
Neither MarkTodo nor NOTE TO TONE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MarkTodo or NOTE TO TONE?
MarkTodo ships an update every 2 weeks, and NOTE TO TONE every 2 days. Most recently, MarkTodo was updated on October 27, 2026 and NOTE TO TONE on October 26, 2026.

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