Tomorrow vs Shell Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tomorrow
This app helps you increase task completion by writing down up to six tasks the night before. It provides a simple, focused experience with minimal notifications and no data storage, designed to reduce decision fatigue and improve your mornings.
- Nightly task writing
- Up to six tasks per day
- Morning task completion check-off
- Minimal notifications
- No data storage or account required
- Simple, focused interface
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People who write down their tasks the night before are 33% more likely to complete them. - Dominican University Study Tomorrow is built on this one idea. Every night, before you sleep, you write down what you want to do tomorrow. Up to six things. Nothing more. Then you sleep. In the morning, your list is waiting for you. You check things off as you do them. When you're done — you're done. That's the entire app. No system to learn. No categories or priorities. No streaks to maintain. No data stored. No account required. Just tonight's list, and tomorrow's execution. WHY IT WORKS Writing your tasks at night does two things: it offloads them from your brain so you can actually sleep, and it gives your morning direction before the day gets chaotic. You wake up knowing exactly what matters. No decision fatigue. No wasted mornings. WHAT MAKES TOMORROW DIFFERENT Every other productivity app tries to do too much. They become systems you have to manage instead of tools that help you. Tomorrow does one thing. It owns the ritual between tonight and tomorrow. - Two notifications. One at night to write. One in the morning to act. That's all we'll ever send. - Your list resets every day. No history, no guilt, no pressure. - Nothing is stored on our servers — because we don't have any. Your tasks never leave your phone. - No account. No sign-up. Open the app and start writing. THE EXPERIENCE Tonight, you write. The app feels like night — dark, warm, quiet. Each task you add brings you closer to rest. When you're done, the app tells you: "Tomorrow's handled. Now sleep." In the morning, you open to a warm, light screen. Your words from last night are waiting. You check them off one by one. When the last one is done, the app says: "You said you would. You did." That feeling — that's why Tomorrow exists. Plan tonight. Do tomorrow.
Shell Notes
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Encrypted notes that never leave your device. No cloud, no account, no tracking. Shell Notes is a private, offline notes app with one sharp focus: keep your writing local, encrypted, and yours alone — in a fast markdown and code editor with a calm, dark, developer-flavored theme. · Real AES-256-GCM encryption (audited open-source crypto: @noble/ciphers, @noble/hashes), keyed off your passphrase via PBKDF2-SHA256. · A master passphrase only you know. No recovery, by design — there is no backdoor and no copy of your data. · App-lock with optional Face ID. · Plain text, Markdown,JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, JSON, Shell, HTTP and CSS syntax highlighting. · Folders, starring, pinning, full-text search. · Eleven monospace typefaces — JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, IBM Plex Mono, Source Code Pro, Ubuntu Mono, Inconsolata, Anonymous Pro, Space Mono, Roboto Mono, VT323, and a default UI font. · A subtle scanline overlay you can switch off. · No analytics. No advertising. No sign-up, no email, no phone number. · No cloud sync, no remote model calls, no leakage. Your notes, folders and search index stay on this device. Export your vault to JSON through the iOS share sheet whenever you choose — nothing leaves otherwise. Shell Notes protects your notes at rest, on this device, with strong encryption. If you forget your passphrase, your locked notes are gone — there is no recovery. If your unlocked iPhone is in someone else's hands, the app is only as safe as your iOS lock screen and the auto-lock setting you choose inside Shell Notes. For developers, journalists, and anyone who closes an app the moment it asks for an email address. Quiet, local, yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://shellnotes.surge.sh/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tomorrow at none against Shell Notes's 3. On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Shell Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Tomorrow asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tomorrow ships an update every 3 weeks, Shell Notes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tomorrow | Shell Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apps By Me LLC | Ivan Dotsenko |
In-app purchases
Tomorrow
No in-app purchases
Shell Notes
- Shell Notes Pro Weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Shell Notes Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
- Shell Notes Pro Lifetime$17.99









