Comparison

To Do List vs CardStar

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

Features
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TaskerPro is the ultimate to-do list and task manager designed to boost your productivity. Easily create, organize, and track tasks, set deadlines, and receive smart reminders to stay on top of your schedule. Whether you're managing personal goals, work projects, or team collaboration, TaskerPro keeps everything in one place. With a clean interface and powerful features, staying organized has never been easier. Take control of your tasks with TaskerPro – your go-to productivity companion! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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CardStar

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CardStar is a modern flash card app for iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Mac that helps you create and organize cards and study card sets your way. Create cards and organize them into separate card sets for different topics, subjects or projects. Use CardStar for learning, revision, languages, facts, reference collections and much more. CardStar also includes powerful quiz features and on-device AI card generation on devices with Apple Intelligence enabled. Generate complete study sets from your own prompt, review the results and save them as a new card set. Whether you want to build your own study system manually or speed things up with AI, CardStar gives you a flexible way to manage and practice your cards across your devices. Key Features: • Create flash cards with title and content • Organize cards into separate card sets • Search across card titles and content • View all card titles in list view with sorting options • Print or export all or selected cards • Study with Quiz Mode (tap to reveal) • Use normal and reverse quiz directions • Mark cards for review in quiz mode • Import cards from plain Text or CSV files • Backup and restore your complete card library • Initial on-device AI card set generation on devices with Apple Intelligence enabled • Available on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Mac CardStar Pro features: • Unlimited AI card sets and AI additions • Multiple Choice quiz mode • Guided AI templates with ready-to-edit prompts • Study stats and quiz history • Weak-card insights and review • Retry Missed Questions • Timed multiple choice • RTF import for rich text study notes

Screenshots

To Do List4 screens
CardStar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CardStar at Free against To Do List's $0.99. To Do List's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

CardStar is free to download; To Do List costs $0.99 up front. CardStar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. To Do List asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

To Do List ships an update weekly, CardStar every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
To Do List versus CardStar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do ListCardStar
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrzegorz RakocaWolfram Wacker

In-app purchases

None

To Do List

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CardStar

One-time1
  • CardStar Pro$0.99

Questions

Is To Do List free?
To Do List costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardStar free?
CardStar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do To Do List or CardStar have ads?
Neither To Do List nor CardStar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, To Do List or CardStar?
To Do List ships an update weekly, and CardStar every 9 days. Most recently, To Do List was updated on October 18, 2026 and CardStar on September 30, 2026.

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