Comparison

BigPlan vs To Do

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

Head to head
About

BigPlan

This app offers a visual planner to organize tasks, habits, and schedules on a single timeline. It helps users focus, manage projects with nested tasks, and personalize their planning space with custom themes and backdrops. Enjoy seamless synchronization across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Visual timeline for tasks, habits, and events
  • Habit tracking and progress visualization
  • Nested tasks for project breakdown
  • Customizable themes, colors, and backdrops
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • Quick search and multi-edit capabilities
Features
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An intuitive visual planner that helps you focus every day on what you want to do, organize your time, and follow good habits. Find calm and focus in your day. Make plans and see all your tasks, habits, and schedule come together on a single timeline. Struggling to focus, juggling all the important stuff, or just keeping your head clear? Reclaim your headspace from all the distraction. – Simplify Your Day – Designed to bring you focus and clarity at a glance: - See Your Schedule Beautifully: Map out your entire day on an intuitive timeline that combines your to-dos, habits, and events. - Build Lasting Habits: Create and track repeatable tasks to build momentum and visualize your progress over time. - Never Miss a Thing: Stay on top of deadlines, meetings, and birthdays with custom reminders. – A Planner Just For You – Make your planning space a place you love: - Custom Colors: Personalize with a color palette that fits your style. - Big Themes: See the entire app transform with special color palettes that magically adapt to your chosen theme. - Serene Backdrops: Set your productive scene with beautiful backgrounds. – Easy Organization – From grocery lists to big projects, have the tools to handle it easily: - Tackle Projects: Break down big things into smaller, manageable steps with nested tasks and lists. - Gain Powerful Perspectives: Use Labels to categorize and quickly filter everything from work assignments to personal errands. - Capture Every Detail: Add notes quickly to your tasks so important information is always right where you need it. – Built For Your iPhone and iPad – - Widgets: See plans at a glance and seamlessly complete your to dos. - iCloud Sync: Your data is always saved and syncs automatically and securely across all your Apple devices. - Drag & Drop: Fluidly plan your day and reorganize with interactive drag-and-drop. - Quick Search: Swiftly find what you need - any task, note, or project. - Multi-Edit: Save time by editing multiple lists and tasks at once. - Dark mode Ready to focus? Get BigPlan now and start easily.

About

To Do

Manage tasks intuitively with customizable priorities and categories. Stay focused with dedicated views and a clean interface. Your data is private and accessible without an account.

Highlights
  • Customizable priorities (High, Medium, Low)
  • Focused views by category
  • Due dates and overdue task tracking
  • Calendar summary for today's agenda
  • Live search across tasks and notes
  • Dark and light mode support
  • No account required for private storage
Features
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Task management that works the way your brain does. Most to-do apps make you choose: simple but limited, or powerful but complicated. To Do : Simply doesn't make you choose. It's fast enough to capture a thought in seconds and structured enough to manage everything on your plate. Get organized your way: Set priorities - High, Medium, or Low - so you always know what needs attention first. Filter by urgency and see your high-priority count at a glance, right when you open the app. Create custom categories like Work, Personal, or Shopping, then switch to a focused view that shows only what you're working on right now. No noise, no distraction. Add due dates, catch overdue tasks before they slip, and check today's agenda in a dedicated calendar summary. Your list stays current because the app makes it easy to keep it that way. Notifications. Built to look as good as it works: Clean interface with full dark and light mode, smooth animations, and color-coded tasks that let you personalize your list without cluttering it. Whether you're a visual thinker or prefer a clean minimal list, the design adapts to you. Search when you need it: Live search across task titles, notes, and categories. Combine priority and category filters to zero in on exactly what you need, then clear everything in one tap. Your data stays yours: No account required. Just your tasks, privately stored, always available. Perfect for students juggling deadlines, professionals managing competing priorities, or anyone who wants a task list that actually keeps up with real life. Free to download. Start your list in seconds.

Screenshots

BigPlan4 screens
To Do4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: To Do at none against BigPlan's 1. BigPlan's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. BigPlan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. To Do 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 BigPlan against 5.0 for To Do. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BigPlan ships an update every 2 weeks, To Do every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BigPlan versus To Do: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigPlanTo Do
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJesse SpencerThomas Silver

Customer experience

BigPlan

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

To Do

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BigPlan

One-time1
  • Nova$12.00
None

To Do

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BigPlan free?
BigPlan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is To Do free?
To Do is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BigPlan or To Do?
BigPlan and To Do are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do BigPlan or To Do have ads?
Neither BigPlan nor To Do shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BigPlan or To Do?
BigPlan ships an update every 2 weeks, and To Do every 2 months. Most recently, BigPlan was updated on November 4, 2026 and To Do on November 5, 2026.

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