Comparison

To Do List & Reminders vs MarkThen

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

MarkThen

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MarkThen is a local-first step-by-step flow reminder that turns routines into clear, actionable sequences. Use it for morning and bedtime routines, study plans, workouts, household tasks, work checklists, and anything you want to complete one step at a time. Key features • Create custom flows with your own steps and intervals • Focus on one active flow at a time; the next interval starts after you complete or skip the current step • Receive on-device notifications when a step is due • Choose System Default, Silent, or one of 12 app sounds for each flow • View the current step and progress through Lock Screen Live Activities and the Dynamic Island on supported devices while iOS permits • Enable a more noticeable persistent alert when supported by the system and device and after granting the required permission • Keep local history and delete individual records or select, select all visible, and delete records in batches • No account required and no cloud sync; flows and history stay on your device • Available in Simplified Chinese and English The free version supports up to 3 flows with up to 8 steps per flow. MarkThen Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase with no subscription. It removes product-level limits on the number of flows and steps; practical capacity remains subject to device storage and system resources. Previous purchases can be verified with Restore Purchases. Live Activity duration and placement are managed by iOS and are not guaranteed to remain visible indefinitely. Due-time alerts continue to rely on local notifications and system-permitted alert capabilities.

Screenshots

To Do List & Reminders4 screens
MarkThen4 screens

Verdict

The call

To Do List & Reminders and MarkThen are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 MarkThen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
To Do List & Reminders versus MarkThen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do List & RemindersMarkThen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXIANG LI建勇 叶

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
1 purchases

MarkThen

One-time1
  • MarkThen Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is To Do List & Reminders free?
To Do List & Reminders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkThen free?
MarkThen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do To Do List & Reminders or MarkThen have ads?
Neither To Do List & Reminders nor MarkThen shows ads.

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