Comparison

Afterthought vs To Do List Widget by Zeli

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

Head to head
About

Afterthought

Capture thoughts, tasks, and notes using your voice on Apple Watch and iPhone. Leverage AI to process your input and prepare it for your favorite productivity apps. Designed for quick capture when opening other apps is inconvenient.

Highlights
  • Voice capture from Apple Watch and iPhone
  • AI-powered detail extraction
  • Integration with notes, tasks, and calendar apps
  • Draft emails and Slack messages
  • Journal entry creation
  • Review and edit captured content
  • Pro writing actions
Features
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Afterthought turns spoken thoughts into prepared actions for the apps you already use, and longer recordings into Sessions you can review. Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button. Afterthought transcribes your voice, understands what you meant and prepares notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and other actions while keeping you in control of what happens next. NEW IN 2.7 — SEARCH, COLLECTIONS & RECORDING Find saved thoughts by voice or text straight from Home. Bring related notes and actions together in collections, with optional summaries to help make sense of them. • Search by voice or text straight from Home • Organise related notes and actions into collections • Pause and resume Quick Capture and Session recordings • Smoother recording visuals on iPhone and Apple Watch, clearer controls and accessibility improvements SESSIONS Sessions are a deliberate workflow for longer recordings. Choose Meeting, Interview, Lecture or Thinking and keep the original audio, final transcript and useful overview together. • Record meetings, interviews, lectures and longer thinking • Follow a provisional on-device transcript while recording • Keep the original audio and final transcript • Review an Apple Intelligence summary on supported devices • Recover interrupted recordings • Share Overview + transcript, Overview only, or Transcript only QUICK CAPTURE • Capture from iPhone, Apple Watch or Action Button • Capture on Apple Watch even when your iPhone is away, then transfer later • Choose Transcribe Only, Classify & Review or Classify & Send • Turn speech into notes, reminders, tasks, calendar events, messages and more • With Pro, split one natural recording into several ordered, reviewable actions • Review and edit content, dates, fields and destinations before sending • Correct prepared actions by typing or speaking YOUR APPS, YOUR WORKFLOW Prepare content for Apple Notes, Reminders, Apple Calendar, Apple Journal, Todoist, Notion, Slack, Things 3, Bear, Obsidian, TickTick, Day One, Evernote, Messages, Email, Shortcuts and other supported workflows. Afterthought does not replace your notes app, task manager, calendar or journal. It makes voice an easier way into them. PRIVATE, CONTROLLED INTELLIGENCE Capture and transcription are local-first. Apple Intelligence, Classic and downloaded Local AI Models process on device. Optional Cloud AI sends transcript text only to the provider you configure. External destinations receive content only when you use them. Free includes unlimited capture and transcription, review, supported Apple workflows and a monthly classification allowance. Pro adds unlimited classification, multi-action splitting, writing actions, third-party destinations, extra Nature Mode options, Local AI Models and optional Cloud AI. Speak once. Make it happen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

To Do List Widget by Zeli

Manage your tasks directly from your iPhone's home screen without opening the app. This widget-based tool allows you to switch lists, scroll through tasks, and reset your day with zero friction. Ideal for routines and repeatable workflows.

Highlights
  • Interactive home screen widget
  • Manage tasks without opening app
  • Switch between multiple lists
  • Scroll tasks directly on widget
  • Reset entire list with one tap
  • Designed for routines and SOPs
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Built for brains that need things simple, visible, and always there. Zeli lives on your iPhone home screen — not buried inside an app. Switch lists, scroll through tasks, and reset your day without ever opening your phone or tapping into an app. It's the fastest, most frictionless checklist ever built for iOS. THE WORLD'S FIRST INTERACTIVE TASK WIDGET No other app lets you truly manage tasks from a home screen widget. Zeli pioneered it. Switch between your Work, Personal, or SOP list in one tap. Scroll your tasks right on the widget. Reset when you're done. Zero friction. Zero app opens. Nothing else comes close. DESIGNED FOR FOCUSED MINDS Out of sight is out of mind. Zeli keeps your tasks on your home screen — always visible, never forgotten. No overwhelming menus. No decision fatigue. No rabbit holes. Just your list, right there, every time you pick up your phone. Less friction means less avoidance. THE CLEAN SLATE PHILOSOPHY Zeli doesn't remember what you didn't do. No overdue tasks haunting you. No streaks to break. No guilt from yesterday. Every day — every list — starts completely clean. Check it off, reset, and move on. That's it. BUILT FOR SOPs & REPEAT WORKFLOWS Running the same checklist every day? Zeli is ideal for standard operating procedures, opening and closing routines, shift checklists, and any repeatable process. Reset with one tap and you're ready to run it again instantly. WHAT YOU CAN DO FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN - Switch between multiple lists in one tap - Scroll tasks directly on your widget - Reset your entire list when complete - Never open the app to get things done ZERO NOISE. ZERO COMPROMISE. No ads. No tracking. No data collection. Zeli never shows you ads, or competes for your attention. It respects your focus as much as it supports it. What you do in Zeli stays in Zeli — and then disappears entirely. PERFECT FOR Daily routines. Morning checklists. Grocery runs. Work SOPs. Shift handovers. Packing lists. Anything you need at a glance — without the app-opening tax. --- Zeli requires iOS 18 or later. Home Screen Widget support required. Website: https://zeli.taskito.io/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Afterthought4 screens
To Do List Widget by Zeli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: To Do List Widget by Zeli at free against Afterthought's freemium. To Do List Widget by Zeli also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Afterthought sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and To Do List Widget by Zeli sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Afterthought against 5.0 for To Do List Widget by Zeli. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: To Do List Widget by Zeli has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Afterthought ships an update every 5 days, To Do List Widget by Zeli every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Afterthought versus To Do List Widget by Zeli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAfterthoughtTo Do List Widget by Zeli
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperToco Labs LtdStudio Zeli

Customer experience

Afterthought

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

To Do List Widget by Zeli

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Afterthought

Subscriptions2
  • Afterthought Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Afterthought Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

To Do List Widget by Zeli

One-time1
  • Widget Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Afterthought free?
Afterthought is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is To Do List Widget by Zeli free?
To Do List Widget by Zeli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Afterthought or To Do List Widget by Zeli?
Afterthought and To Do List Widget by Zeli are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 12 ratings respectively.
Do Afterthought or To Do List Widget by Zeli have ads?
Neither Afterthought nor To Do List Widget by Zeli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Afterthought or To Do List Widget by Zeli?
Afterthought ships an update every 5 days, and To Do List Widget by Zeli every 10 days. Most recently, Afterthought was updated on October 24, 2026 and To Do List Widget by Zeli on October 24, 2026.

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