Checkmate vs ThingsAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkmate
Organize daily tasks, notes, and calendar events in a single application. Utilize customizable Groups to consolidate related information for quick access. Streamline your workflow and eliminate the need for multiple productivity tools.
- Task management
- Note-taking
- Calendar integration
- Customizable Groups
- Unified productivity
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With Checkmate, you can organize your daily tasks, notes, and calendar events in one place. Keep relevant data together using customizable Groups, which allow you to easily access everything with the press of a button. Gone are the days of needing three separate apps to stay productive. Simplify everything with Checkmate. Generative artificial intelligence was used lightly in the development of this app.
ThingsAI
Streamline your workflow with AI-powered task management, idea capture, and progress tracking. This app helps busy professionals and creators transform daily chaos into structured productivity with smart suggestions and auto-generated insights.
- AI-enhanced task suggestions
- Smart idea expansion
- Daily to-do logging
- Monthly/Yearly progress reviews
- Seamless cross-device sync
- Auto-generated insights
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ThingsAI is the ultimate iOS app for busy professionals, creators, and programmers who want to organize tasks, capture ideas, and track progress—all in one place. With AI-enhanced suggestions, smart summaries, and seamless sync across devices, turn your daily chaos into structured productivity. Daily Mode: Log to-dos, ideas, and a quick summary. Monthly/Yearly Reviews: Track progress with auto-generated insights. AI Assist: Get smart suggestions for task prioritization & idea expansion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Checkmate at Free against ThingsAI's $3.99. Checkmate also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). ThingsAI's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Checkmate is free to download; ThingsAI costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Checkmate against 5.0 for ThingsAI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Checkmate | ThingsAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanner George | 胜前 刘 |
Customer experience
Checkmate
ThingsAI
In-app purchases
Checkmate
No in-app purchases
ThingsAI
No in-app purchases
