Comparison

Small Steps To vs Formula Templates

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

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About

Small Steps To

Features
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Overcome Procrastination, One Step at a Time. Feeling overwhelmed by a huge to-do list? Small Steps To-Do is the simple, powerful productivity app designed specifically for students, individuals with Procrastination, ADHD, or anyone struggling with task initiation and follow-through. We turn daunting goals into clear, bite-sized tasks, reducing stress and boosting your sense of accomplishment. How Small Steps To-Do Works (Powered by AI) 1. Input Your Goal: Simply tell the app what you need to study or complete. 2. AI Breaks It Down: Our backend system, powered by AI, instantly analyzes your input and transforms it into a structured, step-by-step plan with suggested time durations. 3. Visual Progress Tracking: Focus only on the current, small step. As you check off each step, you fill a star in your main task tile, giving you an immediate, encouraging visual reward and eliminating the pressure of the big task. 4. Stay Focused & Clean: The interface is designed to be clean and simple, minimizing animations and distractions so you can focus on doing. Key Features: AI-Powered Task Decomposition: Turn "Write a 5,000-word essay" into 10-15 minute subtasks. Nested To-Do List Structure: See your Main Goal and its detailed Step List in one glance. Instant Motivation: Earn encouraging stars for every completed subtask. Simple Status Tracking: Task titles clearly show incomplete, partially completed, or fully completed status. Review & Reuse: Access completed tasks from the History board to reuse productive plans. Minimalist Design: Fast response and a clean user interface to prevent feeling overwhelmed by another demanding app. Download Small Steps To-Do today and start making real progress, effortlessly! Free Tier: Designed to help you focus deeply on one task at a time. Free users have the following limits: One Active Task: You can only have one task running in your main view. One Daily Input: Limited to one new AI task decomposition input per day. Input Lock: The task input function is locked while an active task is present, strongly encouraging you to complete your current "small step" before moving on. Paid Subscription: Unlock unlimited active tasks and unlimited daily AI inputs for maximum productivity and flexibility.

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Formula Templates

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CalcPad is a calculator app that works as a simple everyday calculator while also letting you turn frequent calculations into reusable formula templates. You can calculate quickly whenever you need to, and you can also create and save formula templates with variables. Once a template is saved, you can recall it anytime, enter only the values you need, and calculate again faster. CalcPad is useful when you want to avoid entering the same formula over and over, or when you often repeat the same types of calculations. Main Features - Quick calculations with a simple calculator - Create and save frequently used calculations as templates - Formula templates with variables - Recall and reuse saved templates - Save frequently used values as presets - Check your copy history - Customize display settings such as rounding, decimal places, and digit grouping - Basic functions available with PRO Basic Functions with PRO - Square root - Absolute value - Trigonometric functions - Logarithms - Exponents - Pi ฯ€ / Eulerโ€™s number e - Round, floor, and ceil - Minimum / maximum Recommended For - Repeating the same calculations at work - Reusing estimates, unit price calculations, percentage calculations, and similar formulas - Using fixed formulas for study or review - Saving frequently used values to reduce manual input - Finishing everyday calculations more smoothly CalcPad is designed to make everyday calculations and repeated calculations smoother. It is not intended to be a full scientific calculator or a professional symbolic math app, but it helps you calculate more efficiently by combining a simple calculator, formula templates, presets, and basic functions.

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Small Steps To4 screens
Formula Templates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Small Steps To at none against Formula Templates's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Small Steps To sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Formula Templates sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Small Steps To versus Formula Templates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmall Steps ToFormula Templates
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Fortnightly
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size37 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChun Fei FanYohei Nishimura

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Small Steps To

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Membership (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Pro Membership (Annual)$59.991 Year
1 purchases

Formula Templates

One-time1
  • CalcPad PRO$4.99

Questions

Is Small Steps To free?
Small Steps To is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Formula Templates free?
Formula Templates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Small Steps To or Formula Templates have ads?
Formula Templates shows ads; Small Steps To does not.

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