Comparison

Kan Do vs TextExpander

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

Head to head
About

Kan Do

Organize your work with customizable Kanban boards and detailed task management. Capture notes, attach files, and set reminders for deadlines. Syncs seamlessly across all your Apple devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Kanban boards with drag-and-drop
  • Rich markdown notes editor
  • File and image attachments
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Smart lists (Inbox, Today, Upcoming)
  • Customizable task details
Features
Currently charting
Read full description

Organize your work into Spaces and Projects, then move tasks across the columns you define. Every card shows what matters at a glance: a cover image, subtitle, tags, priority, and due date. Open any task and you get a full markdown notes editor with headings, lists, checkboxes, images, and file attachments. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Kanban boards with drag-and-drop cards, columns, and dividers • A list view for every project, with drag to reorder • Spaces group your projects; tags cut across them • Smart lists for Inbox, Today, Upcoming, and Flagged • Archive completed work, or keep it crossed out on the board CAPTURE THE DETAILS • Rich notes on every task: headings, bold, lists, to-do checkboxes, quotes, and code • Attach images and files right in the note • Cover images, subtitles, priorities, flags, links, and due dates with reminders EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Native on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro • iCloud sync keeps every device up to date • Spotlight search and Shortcuts actions! • Multi-select to move, complete, or delete tasks in bulk • Light and Dark appearance, color themes, adjustable typography No accounts. No subscriptions to manage your own tasks. Your data lives in your iCloud.

About

TextExpander

Access your saved text snippets and expand them instantly across any app on your iPhone and iPad. This keyboard app offers features like autocorrect, emoji search, and swipe typing, making it easier to input frequently used phrases, addresses, or links.

Highlights
  • Instant text expansion via custom abbreviations
  • Customizable keyboard with swipe typing
  • Emoji search and suggestions
  • Autocorrect and long-press for accented characters
  • Snippet suggestions in the suggestion strip
  • Fill-ins for dynamic snippet content
Features
Read full description

Your TextExpander snippets, on your iPhone and iPad. Sign in with your TextExpander account to access your snippet library at your fingertips. Type ";addr" to expand to your mailing address. Type "zcal" to expand to a link to your schedule / availability. You can type it in Messages, in Mail, in Slack, in your CRM, in your EHR. You get the idea. Your shared snippets are readily synced with the rest of your team. A KEYBOARD WITH SNIPPETS, SWIPE, EMOJI, AND AUTOCORRECT Swipe across the keys, and TextExpander now matches your path to English words and to your abbreviations. Swiped abbreviations automatically expand to their snippets. Plus you have everything else that you'd expect in a keyboard: Autocorrect, emojis (searchable by name, with skin tones, and recents), long-press for accented characters, one-handed mode, haptic feedback, and undo/redo. SNIPPETS THAT COME TO YOU Start typing, and matching snippets appear in the suggestion strip beside your word suggestions. Tap it to expand it. You never need to go looking. PERSONALIZE AND CUSTOMIZE WHAT YOU TYPE Fill-ins give superpowers to your TextExpander snippets, and they work in the app as well. Type the abbreviation, complete your fill-ins, and send. WHAT YOU NEED A TextExpander account, created at textexpander.com. Then add the keyboard in Settings and switch on Full Access (TextExpander needs this to read your abbreviations and insert your snippets). Your snippets now work everywhere you type.

Screenshots

Kan Do4 screens
TextExpander4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TextExpander at Free against Kan Do's $2.99. TextExpander also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Kan Do's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and chart position (#36 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

TextExpander is free to download; Kan Do costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kan Do holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Kan Do's written reviews are positive against 100% of TextExpander's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Kan Do versus TextExpander: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKan DoTextExpander
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (20 ratings) — better3.3 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#36 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen RoblesTextExpander, Inc.

Customer experience

Kan Do

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative12.5%

TextExpander

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kan Do

No in-app purchases

None

TextExpander

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kan Do free?
Kan Do costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TextExpander free?
TextExpander is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kan Do or TextExpander?
Kan Do is rated higher. Kan Do averages 4.5 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while TextExpander averages 3.3 from 11 ratings.
Do Kan Do or TextExpander have ads?
Neither Kan Do nor TextExpander shows ads.

Other comparisons