To Do Machine vs Decision Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
To Do Machine
Design your ideal productivity system with this highly customizable task manager. It adapts to your unique workflow using natural language commands and AI organization. Seamlessly syncs across Mac and iOS devices.
- Natural language task creation
- AI-powered organization
- Customizable views (list, kanban, calendar)
- Invent custom statuses and fields
- Two-way calendar sync
- Instant cross-device sync
- Personalized productivity system assessment
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The only productivity app designed just for you. Most to-do apps make you bend to their rules. To Do Machine flips the workshop on its head — open the back panel, swap the parts, paint it your color. Talk to it in plain English and watch your task inbox, your projects, and your entire workflow rebuild themselves in real time. Built natively for Mac and iOS. Perfectly in sync. — WHO IT'S FOR — For the people who've tried every to-do app and bounced off them all. For the ones who keep building systems in Notion, then abandoning them. For anyone whose brain works a specific way and is tired of apps that don't. To Do Machine isn't another opinionated workflow. It's a workshop where you build the one that fits you. — DESIGN IT YOURSELF — Tell To Do Machine what you want and it remakes the app around you. "Make the inbox darker and put due dates on the right" — done. Switch any project to list, kanban, calendar, focus, or blueprint view. Invent your own statuses, fields, and automations, project by project. Every tweak syncs to all your devices instantly. — AI THAT DOES THE ORGAINZING — Just say what's on your mind. To Do Machine writes the tasks, breaks them into projects, sets reminders, and finds time on your calendar — no tapping the + button (if you don't want to). "Plan my Q3" → full project with milestones, weekly check-ins, and time blocks. Auto-triage your inbox: priority, due dates, parent project. Orgainize your tasks in bulk: "Complete all of my overdue tasks and let's start fresh." — CALENDAR IN, DAY OUT — Connect Apple or Google Calendar and your tasks thread themselves between your meetings. Two-way sync with Apple or Google Calendar. Time-blocking that respects your meetings, focus blocks, and breaks. Move a meeting and your tasks move with it. — INSTANTLY SYNCED BETWEEN iOS AND MAC — Tasks, projects, and calendars sync in milliseconds. Custom layouts and themes travel with you. Redesign your inbox on Mac at lunch — it's waiting on your iPhone by the time you stand up. — FREE TRIAL AND PRICING — -A free personalized assessment and recommendation of one of nine proven productivity systems. -Start your free 7-day trial (available with an annual subscription) to unlock full usage of To Do Machine, including task management and system customization. After your trial, task management and system customization is only available on a paid plan. -Pricing starts at $23.99 for three months. -Auto-renewal can be cancelled at any time via Apple subscription settings. Assembled in Brooklyn, NY. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Decision Journal
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Make decisions with a record you can trust later. Decision Journal helps you capture what you knew, what you expected, and how confident you felt before the outcome was known. When it is time to review, you can compare the result with your original reasoning instead of relying on hindsight. FRAME THE DECISION • Name the decision and the real alternatives • Record the stakes, constraints, and people affected • Choose from the options you actually considered MAKE YOUR REASONING VISIBLE • Write down supporting and contrary evidence • Surface assumptions and signals that would change your mind • Run a pre-mortem and record safeguards • Estimate confidence as a probability REVIEW AND LEARN • Schedule an outcome review • Separate decision-process quality from outcome quality • Track confidence and calibration patterns over time with Pro PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Start with on-device storage • Optionally sync through your private iCloud database with Pro • No advertising, cross-app tracking, or third-party analytics • Export your journal as Markdown, CSV, or PDF FREE INCLUDES Core decision journaling, evidence audits, pre-mortems, outcome reviews, search, tags, archive, reminders, and data export. PRO LIFETIME One purchase unlocks advanced analytics, attachments, iCloud sync, and appearance customization. No subscription.
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Verdict
To Do Machine and Decision Journal are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. To Do Machine sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Decision Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | To Do Machine | Decision Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electric Lantern LLC | Viet Thang Nguyen |
In-app purchases
To Do Machine
- Standard7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- To Do Machine Max7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Standard - 3 Months$23.993 Months
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- Welcome Price7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- To Do Machine - Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- To Do Machine Max - Annual7 Days trial$199.991 Year
Decision Journal
- Pro Lifetime$24.99
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