Quick Memo+ToDo vs Essential
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Memo+ToDo
Capture ideas, tasks, and thoughts quickly and organize them using a card-based system. Access your notes and create new ones easily with home and lock screen widgets. Features include hashtags, search, and calendar integration for efficient management.
- Quick capture for memos and tasks
- Card-based organization
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Hashtag classification and search
- Calendar event export
- iCloud sync across devices
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PinDeck is built around Quick Capture. Record ideas, tasks, and thoughts before they slip away, then organize them neatly by card. PinDeck is a simple productivity app that helps you manage notes, tasks, checklists, and ideas in a card-based format. With intuitive gestures, Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, search, hashtags, and calendar integration, you can capture what matters faster and find it again more easily. [ Key Features of PinDeck ] Quick Capture and Intuitive Gestures β’ Pull to create: Pull down on the list to instantly open a new memo composer. β’ Swipe right: Mark a task as complete with a quick right swipe. β’ Swipe left: Open hidden actions to delete a memo or move an important memo to the top of the list. Faster Access and Capture with Widgets β’ View frequently used cards and memos directly from Home Screen widgets. β’ Add a new memo directly from a card, even when you have many notes. β’ Check important memos faster with Lock Screen widgets. Card-Based Memo Organization β’ Organize projects, tasks, ideas, and checklists by card. β’ Use commas (,) and vertical bars (|) to create simple, readable list-style memos. β’ Customize your memo space with various background color themes. Classification and Search β’ Use hashtags (#) to organize memos by topic. β’ Quickly find what you need with search. Calendar Integration β’ Export written memos as calendar events and use them for schedule management. iCloud Sync β’ Continue using your cards and memos across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. PinDeck does not collect or track user data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nicechann.github.io/pindeck-privacy.html
Essential
This productivity app focuses on the core essence of a calendar, inspired by Dieter Rams' philosophy of "less, but better." It provides daily weather, exchange rates, and historical events, aiming for a clean and focused user experience without unnecessary clutter.
- Minimalist design
- Daily weather updates
- Exchange rate information
- Historical daily events
- Focused calendar experience
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Introducing Essential, a new calendar. Essential boldly holds back on colour to create a minimalist design focused on what truly matters. Unlike other apps, events carry no colours, giving your schedule a calm, well-organised feel. Essential brings a [Monthly Calendar] and a [Timeline] together on a single screen. No need to switch screens to see the details of your day. Essential is built around [Continuity]. Whether you're searching for an event or changing a setting, you can do it without leaving the page. For example, tap the magnifying glass in the top right corner. Instead of taking you to a new screen as most apps do, the icon turns straight into a search field, so you can search right where you are. Beyond its design, Essential offers a few special features. 1. Detailed Weather Useful for those who work outdoors. Hourly forecasts, daily highs and lows, and more, made for anyone who keeps an eye on the weather. 2. A little joy in checking your schedule: "On This Day" An ordinary day for some was a meaningful one for others. While checking your schedule, discover events from history based on real facts. Topics span world history, film, art, economics, design and more. 3. Postpone Move an event to the next day. Plans don't always go as planned, so Essential's postpone feature embraces that uncertainty. It simply moves your event by one day. A little room for the days that don't go perfectly. It's okay not to be perfect. 4. The Dial Essential is inspired by the design philosophy of Dieter Rams, the world-renowned industrial designer. To celebrate his work, we've included a tribute object: the dial in the bottom right corner. Press it to add (+) a new event. Turn it like a dial to move through the timeline in one-hour steps. βββ Privacy Policy: https://dieter-rams-project.minimal-calendar.workers.dev/privacy/en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Essential at none against Quick Memo+ToDo's 1. Essential also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Quick Memo+ToDo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Essential asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Memo+ToDo ships an update every 10 days, Essential every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Memo+ToDo | Essential |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChanGyu Kang | Chang Hyun Lee |
Customer experience
Quick Memo+ToDo
Essential
In-app purchases
Quick Memo+ToDo
- PinDeck Pro Lifetime$2.99
Essential
No in-app purchases
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