Comparison

To Do List & Reminders vs ReadySet

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

ReadySet

This app helps busy parents establish and manage family routines for children. It provides visual countdown timers and step-by-step task lists to encourage independence and responsibility. Earn rewards like collectible stickers for completing tasks on time.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown timer
  • Step-by-step task lists
  • Sticker rewards system
  • Syncs across devices
  • Recurring schedules
  • Customizable audio cues
  • Personal best tracking
Features
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Tired of repeating yourself every morning? ReadySet is built for busy parents to help their kids get ready on time. It shows your family exactly what needs to be done and how much time is left, so you can stop nagging and they can start taking responsibility. I built ReadySet with my two kids because they had zero sense of time, and I was exhausted from being the bad guy every morning. Now they race the clock instead of fighting me. HOW IT WORKS Create a routine with simple steps: brush teeth, get dressed, pack bag. Set a deadline. ReadySet shows a big visual countdown alongside the task list, so everyone always knows what's next and how much time is left. As each step is finished, it gets checked off. Complete everything on time? A collectible sticker is unlocked. No more "five more minutes" arguments. The timer doesn't negotiate. BUILDS REAL HABITS THROUGH CONSISTENCY Kids thrive on routine. When they see the same steps in the same order every day, those steps become automatic. Before long, your kids will remind you if something got skipped. That's when you know it's working. SYNCS ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES Your routine follows you through how mornings actually work. Start on the iPad in the kitchen, check progress from your phone while you pack the car, or let kids tick off tasks from their own device. Everything stays in sync, including the stickers. It's also a handy teaching tool. Pull up your phone and ask "what's left?" or "do we have enough time?" and let the app do the explaining instead of you. WHY KIDS LOVE IT - See exactly what they need to do, step by step - Visual countdown they can actually understand (kids can't estimate time, but they can see it disappearing) - Hear what's coming next without looking at the screen. - Check off their own tasks and feel proud - Earn stickers for beating the clock - Collect and display stickers on a virtual fridge - No competition with siblings, just personal wins WHY PARENTS LOVE IT - Morning routine runs itself without constant reminders - See task progress from anywhere in real time - Get notified when kids finish (or when they're running late) - Set it once, runs automatically on school days PERFECT FOR - Morning routines and school prep - Bedtime routines - Getting ready for sports, activities, or appointments - Homework time - Any routine where the family needs to be ready by a specific time FEATURES - Visual countdown timer designed for families with children ages 2 to 12 - Step by step task lists for each routine - Syncs across iPhone and iPad in real time - Recurring schedules (weekdays, specific days, one time events) - Sticker rewards with collectible packs - Customizable voice and audio cues - Optional task timers to help kids learn how long things take - Personal best tracking so kids can race their own record - Home screen widgets showing time remaining - Lock screen updates during active countdowns - Multi child support with individual progress tracking - Parent notifications when tasks are completed BUILT BY A PARENT, FOR FAMILIES I built ReadySet with my kids to solve our family's morning chaos. Every feature exists because we needed it. The visual countdown because my daughter couldn't understand "ten minutes." The sticker rewards because my son needed something to work toward. The lack of sibling competition because that always backfired. I hope it helps your family as much as it's helped mine. PRIVACY POLICY https://readyset.do/privacy TERMS OF SERVICE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

To Do List & Reminders4 screens
ReadySet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ReadySet at 4.8 against To Do List & Reminders's 4.6. ReadySet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 91%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. To Do List & Reminders sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ReadySet sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ReadySet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of To Do List & Reminders's written reviews are positive against 100% of ReadySet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

To Do List & Reminders ships an update every 5 days, ReadySet every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
To Do List & Reminders versus ReadySet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do List & RemindersReadySet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings)4.8 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXIANG LIBotto Studio LLC

Customer experience

To Do List & Reminders

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive90.6%
Neutral6.3%
Negative3.1%

ReadySet

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

To Do List & Reminders

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual (Limited-Time Offer)$7.991 Year
  • Annual$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime (Limited-Time Offer)$19.99
  • Lifetime$24.99
4 purchases

ReadySet

Subscriptions3
  • ReadySet Plus Weekly$1.997 Days
  • ReadySet Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • ReadySet Plus Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ReadySet Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is To Do List & Reminders free?
To Do List & Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReadySet free?
ReadySet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, To Do List & Reminders or ReadySet?
ReadySet is rated higher. To Do List & Reminders averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while ReadySet averages 4.8 from 9 ratings.
Do To Do List & Reminders or ReadySet have ads?
Neither To Do List & Reminders nor ReadySet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, To Do List & Reminders or ReadySet?
To Do List & Reminders ships an update every 5 days, and ReadySet every 9 days. Most recently, To Do List & Reminders was updated on October 12, 2026 and ReadySet on October 12, 2026.

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