Comparison

Smartodo vs Mote

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

Head to head
About

Smartodo

Manage tasks and their relationships with visual graphs. This app uses AI to automate tasks and offers local-first storage for data control. Sync your data across devices via your own cloud drive.

Highlights
  • Visualize task dependencies
  • Interactive graph view
  • AI task automation
  • Local-first data storage
  • Cloud sync
  • Powerful filtering
Features
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Smartodo helps you manage task dependencies with local-first storage and AI that adapts to your workflow. - Visualize and manage task dependencies and relationships in interactive graphs - Use AI to automate tasks such as adding icons to all tasks - Your data stays under your control with local-first storage and sync through your own cloud drive - Create different views with powerful filters Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mote

Capture fleeting ideas and to-dos with a minimalist task app. Organize thoughts into scheduled days or keep them unscheduled until ready. The clean interface and gentle feedback make task management feel effortless and unhurried.

Highlights
  • Capture thoughts with a single tap
  • Schedule tasks for specific days
  • Organize unscheduled thoughts
  • Intuitive gesture-based navigation
  • Minimalist and uncluttered interface
  • Device-only storage, no account needed
Features
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Mote is a quiet task app for catching fleeting thoughts — and letting them become action when you have the time. Thoughts arrive like motes of dust in morning light: a small idea, a thing to do, gone in a second if you don't catch it. Mote catches them, and keeps your days clear and unhurried. — Open to today — Mote opens to this week, with today already in view. The past steps aside; empty days stay empty. What you need to do is simply, neatly, under each day. — Catch it in a tap — One tap to note a thought. Tag it if you like, give it a day if you know one. Don't know yet? Leave it in "Unscheduled" — pull it into a day whenever you're ready. — Browse by gesture — Swipe to move through your weeks. Pinch to zoom between week, month, and year. Swipe a task left to finish or delete, right to reschedule. The interface gets out of the way. — Made to feel light — Warm, paper-like tones. Generous whitespace. A single accent of color. Finishing something gives a small, satisfying spark — never a nag. Mote keeps everything on your device. No account, no clutter, no pressure. Catch the thought.

Screenshots

Smartodo4 screens
Mote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mote at none against Smartodo's 1. Mote also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Smartodo's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Smartodo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Mote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smartodo against 5.0 for Mote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smartodo ships an update every 2 weeks, Mote every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Smartodo versus Mote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmartodoMote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynthetic Insights LLC辉 曾

Customer experience

Smartodo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mote

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smartodo

Subscriptions1
  • Smartodo Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
None

Mote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smartodo free?
Smartodo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mote free?
Mote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smartodo or Mote?
Smartodo and Mote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Smartodo or Mote have ads?
Neither Smartodo nor Mote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smartodo or Mote?
Smartodo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mote every 2 days. Most recently, Smartodo was updated on October 28, 2026 and Mote on October 15, 2026.

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