Comparison

TaskTide vs Simple ToDo

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

Head to head
About

TaskTide

Features
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TaskTide – your wave of productivity. TaskTide brings structure, focus, and flow to your everyday life. The app helps you break down large projects into manageable steps and complete tasks efficiently – whether you're writing your bachelor's or master's thesis, planning a renovation project, studying for exams, or simply want to keep track of your daily to-dos. Create clear projects, assign tasks with priorities, deadlines, and checklists, and track your progress in a clear, motivating display. Thanks to the integrated Pomodoro timer, you can use your time effectively, work with focus, and at the same time track how much energy you are investing in each goal. TaskTide combines project planning and time tracking in a modern, intuitive design that supports you without overwhelming you. Everything stays synchronized—on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro—so you can stay productive wherever you are. With TaskTide, you can navigate your day with clarity, motivation, and balance—and do what really matters, step by step.

About

Simple ToDo

Features
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Simple Todo is a radical reimagining of task management—designed to combat procrastination and endless todo lists through intentional constraints. Why Simple Todo? Traditional todo apps let you add infinite tasks and set deadlines weeks away. This creates anxiety, procrastination, and a graveyard of forgotten tasks. Simple Todo takes a different approach: brutal simplicity that forces focus. Core Features: • Maximum 2 Tasks at a Time Focus on what's truly important. When you hit the limit, you must finish or abandon a task before adding another. • 6-Hour Deadlines Create real urgency. Tasks created during the day (4am-9pm) expire in 6 hours. Night planning (9pm-4am) gives you 16 hours for next-day preparation. • Auto-Expiring Tasks Tasks automatically archive 30 minutes after their deadline. Finish them or let them go—no endless scrolling through old tasks. • Smart Archive System Review your finished and unfinished tasks. Re-enable any unfinished task to create a new instance with a fresh deadline. • Insightful Analytics Track your completion rate by day, week, or month. Understand your productivity patterns with minimal, text-based insights. • Paper & Ink Design A distraction-free interface inspired by paper and ink. Warm white background, clean typography, and red-orange urgency indicators keep you focused. • Smart Notifications Get reminders when tasks are approaching their deadlines or entering the expiration buffer period. The Philosophy: Less is more. By limiting tasks and enforcing deadlines, Simple Todo helps you distinguish between what's truly important and what's just noise. If a task keeps expiring unfinished, maybe it doesn't matter as much as you thought. Perfect For: • People overwhelmed by endless todo lists • Anyone struggling with procrastination • Those seeking intentional productivity • Minimalists who value focus over features Stop planning. Start doing. Download Simple Todo and experience what happens when you can only focus on what matters most—right now.

Screenshots

TaskTide4 screens
Simple ToDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple ToDo at weekly against TaskTide's fortnightly. Simple ToDo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskTide ships an update fortnightly, Simple ToDo weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
TaskTide versus Simple ToDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskTideSimple ToDo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLennart HuwaldShuhao Zhang

In-app purchases

None

TaskTide

No in-app purchases

None

Simple ToDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TaskTide free?
TaskTide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple ToDo free?
Simple ToDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TaskTide or Simple ToDo have ads?
Neither TaskTide nor Simple ToDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskTide or Simple ToDo?
TaskTide ships an update fortnightly, and Simple ToDo weekly. Most recently, TaskTide was updated on October 30, 2026 and Simple ToDo on October 30, 2026.

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