Comparison

Control vs BlockToDo

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

Head to head
About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - stocks and crypto, refreshed automatically • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BlockToDo

Features
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BlockToDo is a new kind of to-do app where every task drops and stacks like a real block. Create a task and a block in your chosen colour and shape falls from the top of the screen. Move it, throw it, tilt your iPhone, or shake the device to enjoy natural physical movement. Key features - Natural falling, collisions, and stacking powered by UIKit Dynamics - Organise tasks with Inbox, Today, and Anytime - Switch between physical blocks and date-based lists - Choose colours and rounded, capsule, hexagon, triangle, heart, diamond, or star shapes - Tap a block to edit it, or press and hold to fill the gauge and complete it - Review and restore completed tasks by date in Logback - Add schedules, deadlines, repeats, checklists, notes, and photos - Use the minimap and scrolling to explore stacks beyond the screen - Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch support - Reminder notifications and optional private iCloud sync - Custom canvas backgrounds and haptic settings Do more than cross tasks off. Stack them, move them, and smash them as you clear your day. Tasks and attached photos are stored on your device. When iCloud sync is enabled, they sync across devices signed in to the same Apple Account through your private CloudKit database. Terms of Use (Standard Apple EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Control4 screens
BlockToDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlockToDo at none against Control's 1. BlockToDo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, 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. Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BlockToDo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update weekly, BlockToDo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Control versus BlockToDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlBlockToDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanZrindy LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99
None

BlockToDo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlockToDo free?
BlockToDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Control or BlockToDo have ads?
Neither Control nor BlockToDo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or BlockToDo?
Control ships an update weekly, and BlockToDo every 3 days. Most recently, Control was updated on September 19, 2026 and BlockToDo on September 17, 2026.

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