Comparison

To Do Receipt vs AskNote

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

Head to head
About

To Do Receipt

Features
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The minimalist to-do list that feels like paper. Tap to check. Swipe to scratch. Pinch to tear off when you're done. No account, no cloud, no AI β€” just you and your backlog, crumpled up at the end of each day. HOW IT WORKS - Write your tasks on the receipt - Tap the checkbox to check items off - Tap the text to scratch items out - Pinch to tear off the receipt and start fresh - Your old lists crumple into paper balls you can revisit anytime DESIGNED TO FEEL REAL Realistic paper textures, torn edges, and thermal print fonts make every list feel like a real receipt. Five unique store themes give each receipt its own personality β€” from QUICK MART to CORNER STORE to THE PAPER CO. SIMPLE BY DESIGN No account. No cloud. No sync. No ads. No AI. No notifications. Everything stays on your device, private and offline. A quiet, paperless to-do list for people who are tired of notification-driven productivity apps. FEATURES - Check & scratch β€” two satisfying ways to mark tasks done - Tear gesture β€” pinch to archive and start a new receipt - Paper ball archive β€” tap to revisit, long-press to delete - 5 receipt themes with randomized headers - 40+ decorative stickers and 12 torn edge variants - Haptic feedback on every interaction - 6 customizable app icons - Home Screen widget (coming soon) - Pay once. Yours forever. No ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases - Works 100% offline

About

AskNote

Features
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AskNote brings your notes, meeting minutes, and ideas together in one placeβ€”and lets you ask AI about them directly. On-device AI enables you to use AI offline. β–  Organize your way - Sort notes into folder-like hierarchies using tags - A block-based editor that freely mixes text and photos - Markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks - Star favorites, or flag notes as "Ask Later" questions to revisit β–  Ask AI about your notes - Ask questions grounded in your own notes, with the full conversation saved alongside each note - Agentic AI tools that can search, create, tag, and organize notes on your behalf - Automatic related-note suggestions, summaries, and tag recommendations - A personalized daily AI news briefing β–  Privacy first, your choice always - On-device AI options that work without an internet connection: Apple Intelligence, Google LiteRT-LM (with built-in model downloads), and Ollama - Or connect your own cloud AIβ€”OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, and more - You always decide which AI powers your notes β–  Meetings, handled - Record a meeting and let AI transcribe it and draft the minutes automatically - Action items are extracted β–  Everywhere you work - A universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Swedish, Danish, Hindi, and Vietnamese Unlock more AI capabilities with an AskNote Premium subscription. This app follows Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

To Do Receipt4 screens
AskNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AskNote at Free against To Do Receipt's $3.99. AskNote also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). To Do Receipt's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

AskNote is free to download; To Do Receipt costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

To Do Receipt ships an update fortnightly, AskNote daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
To Do Receipt versus AskNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do ReceiptAskNote
Price$3.99Free β€” better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArman ArmaghanyanJonggyou Kim

In-app purchases

None

To Do Receipt

No in-app purchases

None

AskNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is To Do Receipt free?
To Do Receipt costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AskNote free?
AskNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do To Do Receipt or AskNote have ads?
Neither To Do Receipt nor AskNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, To Do Receipt or AskNote?
To Do Receipt ships an update fortnightly, and AskNote daily. Most recently, To Do Receipt was updated on October 14, 2026 and AskNote on October 3, 2026.

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