To Do List & Reminders vs Dawdle AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
To Do List & Reminders
This app helps you build consistent daily routines and achieve your goals through checklists and progress tracking. It offers customizable templates, recurring tasks, and dual reminders to keep you on track. Visualize your progress with streaks, completion rates, and heatmaps.
- Daily goal planning with checklists
- Progress tracking (streaks, heatmaps)
- Customizable templates and recurring tasks
- Time and location-based reminders
- Calendar view integration
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Colorful themes
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OhWait helps you remember what matters—what to do, what to bring, whether you did it last time, and when it’s due again. You don’t have to keep it all in your head. Remember It When It Matters Take your medication, pick up a package, make it to a follow-up appointment, remember your ID. When something comes to mind, add it to OhWait and choose a date, time, and reminder. At the time you choose, a notification reminds you. Add an important task to a Live Activity, or use Home Screen widgets to keep today and what’s coming up in view. Open OhWait, and everything due today, overdue, or coming up is in one place. You don’t have to keep reminding yourself all day. It comes back into view when it’s time to act. Have something that follows a regular schedule? Set up a recurring plan once, and it appears again when it’s due. Feel Ready, Not Rushed Remembering the task is only part of it. When it’s time to leave or get started, the smaller details are easy to miss. Packing for a trip, heading to a workout, running errands, or grocery shopping often comes with a list of its own. Make the checklist ahead of time, then check things off one by one. When everything is checked, you can stop wondering what you forgot. For things that follow a regular schedule, a recurring plan can reuse the same checklist. If the timing changes but the prep stays familiar, save it as a Routine. Next time, start with what you already figured out instead of a blank page. Finish This One. Plan the Next. Some things only come up every few months. By the time they do, you may only have a vague memory: Did I already do this? When? Check the history to see whether it was completed and when. No more trying to piece it together from memory. Some tasks don’t have a clear next date until this one is done. Schedule the next one as you finish, so it doesn’t quietly slip away. Plans change. Do one early, postpone it, or skip it. If only this one needs to change, the rest of the schedule can stay as planned. Over time, OhWait keeps the details that are easy to lose: what you do regularly, when you last did it, what you needed, and when it’s due again. Next time, you won’t have to reconstruct the whole thing or settle for “I think I did that.” You’ll have a record to check and a next step already planned. Start with the one thing you’re most likely to forget today. Just one. Let OhWait keep track of it, and give your mind one less thing to carry. About Subscriptions • OhWait offers monthly and annual subscriptions. • Payment is charged to the payment method associated with your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Your Apple Account may be charged for renewal up to 24 hours before the next subscription period begins. • You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. • If you start a subscription before a trial ends, any remaining trial time will be forfeited. Terms of Service: https://sprout-garlic-658.notion.site/OhWait-Terms-of-Service-1a62c252c47e814197b8faaaaf3fe1f6?pvs=4 Personal data is handled according to OhWait’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Privacy Policy: https://sprout-garlic-658.notion.site/OhWait-Privacy-Policy-1a62c252c47e81b1b2f7c085bae197f1?pvs=4
Dawdle AI
This AI-powered productivity sidekick uses research-backed strategies to help you overcome procrastination. It offers personalized advice, breaks down large tasks, and uses focus timers with rewards to keep you motivated and consistent.
- AI chat for personalized anti-procrastination advice
- Science-backed productivity tricks
- Subtask generator for overwhelming projects
- Reward system for motivation
- Focus timer with streaks
- Progress tracking
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Dawdle is a research-informed focus app designed for the hardest part of productivity: actually starting. Meet Pebbles, your AI anti-procrastination sidekick. When a task feels boring, overwhelming, vague, or easy to avoid, Pebbles helps you figure out why you’re stuck and choose a small next step. Dawdle helps you turn avoidance into action with: • AI chat with Pebbles: Talk through what you’re putting off and get support matched to the reason you’re stuck. • Tiny task steps: Break overwhelming projects into smaller, more doable actions. • Focus timers: Set a timer, name your task, and start with just a few minutes. • Reward picker: Choose a small reward before you begin, so finishing feels more satisfying. • Streaks and progress tracking: Track your daily focus time and build consistency over time. • Gentle notifications: Get nudges during the times you’re most likely to put things off. Created by Dr. Anusha Garg, a psychology PhD trained at the University of Michigan and UC Santa Barbara, whose research focuses on procrastination, motivation, and follow-through.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dawdle AI at none against To Do List & Reminders's 5. Dawdle AI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 91%). To Do List & Reminders's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. To Do List & Reminders sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Dawdle AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dawdle AI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of To Do List & Reminders's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dawdle AI's.
To Do List & Reminders ships an update every 5 days, Dawdle AI every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | To Do List & Reminders | Dawdle AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XIANG LI | utkarsh garg |
Customer experience
To Do List & Reminders
Dawdle AI
In-app purchases
To Do List & Reminders
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual (Limited-Time Offer)$7.991 Year
- Annual$9.991 Year
- Lifetime (Limited-Time Offer)$19.99
- Lifetime$24.99
Dawdle AI
No in-app purchases









