Comparison

mDone vs Toplin

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

Head to head
About

mDone

A native iOS task manager designed for self-hosted Vikunja servers. It offers smart lists, project organization, home screen widgets, and a focus timer with Live Activities. Enjoy offline support and a privacy-first approach with no tracking.

Highlights
  • Smart Lists (Today, Upcoming, Overdue)
  • Projects and Favorites
  • Home Screen & Lock Screen Widgets
  • Focus Timer with Live Activities
  • Repeating Tasks
  • Calendar View
  • Offline Support
Features
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Take control of your tasks with mDone, a native task manager for iPhone, iPad and Mac, built for your self-hosted Vikunja server. If you run your own Vikunja instance and want a polished, native way to manage your tasks, mDone is made for you: a thoughtful, focused interface for your self-hosted productivity setup. KEY FEATURES Quick Add That Understands You Type "Buy milk tomorrow at 5pm +Home !2 *shopping" and mDone files it in the right project, with the due date, priority and label already set. Everything it picks up shows as a chip before you add the task, so nothing happens by surprise. Switch it on in Settings. Smart Lists Stay on top of what matters. Today, Upcoming and Overdue views organise your tasks, so you always know what to focus on next. Current Tasks Keep long-running work top of mind. Mark a task as Current and it stays pinned above Today, with a progress bar you can update and a gentle nudge when it has sat untouched for too long. Kanban Boards Open any project as a board. Drag cards between columns and reorder them, exactly as they appear in Vikunja's web app. Subtasks, Checklists and Labels Break big tasks into subtasks, link related tasks, tick off checklists written in a task's description, and add or create labels without leaving the app. Projects and Favorites Organise tasks into projects and sub-projects, sort them by date, priority or your own manual order, and keep the ones you use most one tap away. Siri, Hands-Free Say "Add a task in mDone" and Siri adds it without opening the app. Works over CarPlay, on AirPods and on Apple Watch. Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets See your tasks at a glance: today's agenda, what is coming up, and anything overdue. Focus Timer with Live Activities Work through a task with purpose. Live Activities keep the timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Repeating Tasks Daily, weekly, monthly or custom intervals. Completing a repeating task schedules its next occurrence. Calendar View See your tasks across days and weeks alongside your calendar events. Spot the gaps and plan ahead. Offline Support mDone caches your tasks so you can keep working without a connection. Changes sync back to your server when you are online again. Privacy First Zero analytics, zero tracking, zero third-party SDKs. mDone talks only to your Vikunja server, and your data stays entirely under your control. Available in English and Simplified Chinese. REQUIREMENTS - A self-hosted Vikunja server (vikunja.io) - An account on that server mDone is open source. Visit the GitHub repository to report issues, request features, or contribute.

About

Toplin

Features
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Toplin is a beautiful, native note-taking app for iPhone, iPad and Mac that keeps your writing your own. Write in Markdown, read beautifully typeset notes, and sync everything to your own Joplin server or to iCloud. Every feature is designed for focused, distraction-free writing. TYPOGRAPHY THAT READS Toplin ships with a hand-picked typeface stack: Marcellus for article titles, Fira Sans for interface chrome, and Noto Sans for body copy. Your writing feels like a real editorial page, not a plain text box. FEATURES • Live split-view editor and preview, with linked scrolling. Scroll one pane and the other follows. • Editor, Split and Preview modes for every note. • Zen mode: hide the sidebar, note list and toolbar. Nothing on screen but your article. • In-article search with match highlighting, next and previous navigation, and a match counter. • Inline images, headings, lists, task lists and code blocks. • Tag chips and folder organisation, with a live sidebar filter. • A Rubbish bin with restore, so nothing is lost by accident. • PDF export with the same editorial typography. • Full light and dark modes, tuned for readability. SYNC YOUR WAY Choose how your notes sync when you first open the app: • Joplin Only: your notes stay on your Joplin server and are kept as files on your device. • iCloud Only: your notes live in your iCloud account and sync across your devices. • Import once from Joplin, then keep your notes in iCloud. One writer per note means your library never duplicates itself. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK Toplin is a native SwiftUI app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, with an Apple Watch app for quick capture. Note something on your wrist and find it waiting on your phone. On Mac it respects the system appearance and the native Preferences window, and on iPhone and iPad it offers native slide-in settings. PRIVACY Your notes travel between your device and your Joplin server or your iCloud account, and nowhere else. There is no tracking and no analytics of what you write. When you sign in to Joplin, your password is stored securely in the device Keychain. REQUIREMENTS • To sync with Joplin, a Joplin server, either self-hosted or hosted by your provider. Prefer to try the app first? Choose "Continue with Demo Data" during onboarding to explore Toplin with sample notes, no server needed. • To sync with iCloud, an iCloud account signed in on your device. • iOS 26 or later, iPadOS 26 or later, or macOS 26 or later. Privacy Policy https://appbakery.ee/toplin/privacy.html Terms of Use https://appbakery.ee/toplin/terms.html

Screenshots

mDone4 screens
Toplin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mDone at none against Toplin's 2. mDone also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Toplin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. mDone asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mDone ships an update weekly, Toplin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
mDone versus Toplin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermDoneToplin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus WilliamsApp Bakery

In-app purchases

None

mDone

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Toplin

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$19.991 Year

Questions

Is mDone free?
mDone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Toplin free?
Toplin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do mDone or Toplin have ads?
Neither mDone nor Toplin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mDone or Toplin?
mDone ships an update weekly, and Toplin every 2 weeks. Most recently, mDone was updated on October 10, 2026 and Toplin on October 6, 2026.

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