Comparison

Todo vs Pocket Lists

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

Head to head
About

Todo

This powerful task manager helps you organize projects, set reminders, and prioritize tasks to achieve your goals. It supports the Getting Things Done methodology and offers seamless syncing across devices. Ideal for managing personal and professional to-dos efficiently.

Highlights
  • Project and sub-task management
  • Recurring tasks with detailed options
  • Multiple task alerts and reminders
  • Drag and drop task organization
  • GTD methodology support
  • Automatic background syncing
  • Shared lists for collaboration
Features
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This is the original To-Do and Task Management List and one of the most popular, powerful, and award-winning to-do list and task manager iOS and iPad apps ever! Todo has been used by millions of individuals, families and teams for GETTING THINGS DONE. "Todo has stood the test of time" -Silicon Slopes. Winner of the “Best Productivity App for iPad” (Best Apps Ever, To-Do Apps) and listed among the “Top Ten Paid Productivity Apps..." "Appigo Todo oozes with awesomeness. I’ve tried numerous iOS task-management apps, and none to date have satisfied me as much as Todo.” –Macworld, 4.5 stars. Four main reasons to consider Todo: 1. REAL PRODUCTIVITY. Unlike lightweight, freebie or cutesy list tools, Todo 10 is useful when you have a deadline, NEED to focus, prioritize and get things done quickly--from home or school projects to dozens of detailed work tasks. Includes: Projects, Sub-tasks, Start Dates, Due Dates, Recurring Tasks (with detailed recurring options), Multiple Task Alerts, Overdue Tasks, Drag and Drop, Search, Print Lists, Folders, and much more. 2. PROVEN GTD METHODOLOGY. Todo uses the popular Getting Things Done approach with Focus To-do Lists, Starred Tasks, Multi-level Priorities, Quick Entry, Context, and Projects with Layered and Prioritized Sub-Tasks—all recommended GTD approaches. 3. BUILT-IN SYNCING. Sync automatically in the background with Todo Cloud Sync. Keep everything in sync, access your data from any device and never be locked into a specific service—your data remains yours. 4. COOLNESS • Add, schedule, and organize your to-dos • Set due dates and reminders to never miss an important date or deadline • Quickly add tasks using Siri, Email or Todo Cloud’s Quick Add buttons • Streamline projects, checklists and tasks using customized Siri commands. • Customize task reminders based on day (January 1), time (2:00pm) and place (when you are near the grocery store) • Create themed lists to organize your to-dos: home, work, friends, etc. • Take control of how you view and execute your to-dos with Todo Smart Lists • Collaborate with friends, family and/or team members using Shared Lists • Leave yourself (or others) updates through in-task notes and comments • Create recurring tasks for those to-dos that come over and over again • Sync your to-dos across all your devices 14 day FREE trial! Todo Cloud is one of the most affordable individual or team task management solutions. Others cost $10- $50 more per year, and some even require you to pay extra for every platform. Not Todo Cloud. The Todo subscription will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel the subscription renewal at any time, and the subscription you purchased will remain active until the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions on the App Store's Account Settings after purchase (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098). EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SUPPORT Please visit us for help at http://help.appigo.com or email support@appigo.com Terms of Use - https://appigo.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy - https://appigo.com/privacy-policy/

About

Pocket Lists

Organize your life with a beautifully designed to-do list app. Create checklists, set sophisticated reminders, and collaborate on tasks with others. It's powerful yet easy to use for personal organization and shared projects.

Highlights
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Collaborative list sharing
  • Customizable list appearance
  • Prioritized to-do stream
  • Advanced location-based reminders
  • Natural language reminder input
  • Calendar view for tasks
Features
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Pocket Lists is a beautifully designed to-do list app for making checklists, focusing on important tasks, sharing & collaborating on to-do lists and tasks with friends and family. The app excels as both an everyday personal to-do list organizer with sophisticated reminder functionality, and as a family collaboration app for groceries, travel packing, Christmas lists, gift ideas, vacation planning, and more. You’ll love Pocket Lists for being powerful yet surprisingly easy to use. The app’s feature set makes it a superb replacement for most checklist and to-do list apps, including the stock Reminders app: • Sync your to-do lists across all your devices for free. • Share to-do lists and collaborate on tasks with friends, family, and teammates. Sharing a list is as easy as sending a link. • Personalize your to-do lists with a variety of beautiful icons and cover images for all sorts of things. 400+ awesome colorful icons included! • To-do Stream: a dynamic to-do list (filter) that collects to-dos among all your checklists, and displays them in the priority & due order, allowing you to focus on what’s important right now. • All types of to-do reminders: due date, due time, repeating, and location-based — drop pin anywhere on a map, select either “arrive to” or “leave from”, and even define a location radius. • Set due reminders by typing naturally: “Meeting tomorrow morning”, “Car service Saturday 7pm”, “Prepare Christmas gift list on dec 20 every year”, “Cinema Friday night” and so on. The app automatically understands due date from your input, and sets a reminder. • Calendar view: rotate your iPhone into landscape mode to see all your scheduled to-dos in a monthly calendar layout. • Import to-dos and events from stock Reminders and Calendar apps. • And a lot more: — Priorities & Notes for to-do items, — To-do item search, — Quick inline to-do add, — Support for #hashtags, — Dark Mode, — Archiving feature for hiding certain checklists, — Copy & Paste add of multiple to-dos at a time, — Send checklists via email, — Duplicate and re-use checklists when needed, — Use dividers to visually group to-dos within big checklists. Plus an awesome bundle of premium features available as an optional auto-renewable in-app subscription or a one-time purchase: + Web App that allows you to work with your checklists using any desktop computer, + Subtasks: easily divide big tasks into smaller to-dos, + Superpriorities (+3 priority levels): mark particular to-dos as urgent, critical, or not important, + Private lists: lock particular to-do lists with passcodes and unlock with Touch ID or Face ID, + Custom repeat controls: set to-do repeat intervals and frequencies flexibly, + Apple Watch app: use Pocket Lists on your wrist without even taking an iPhone out of a pocket, + Custom icons for to-do lists, + File attachments: attach files and photos to any to-do items, + Per-list and per-priority sound alert customization. The premium feature set is available as either monthly and yearly subscription or as a one-time purchase. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://pocketlists.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://pocketlists.com/terms/

Screenshots

Todo4 screens
Pocket Lists4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Pocket Lists at free with in-app purchases against Todo's subscription. Pocket Lists also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). Todo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Todo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Pocket Lists sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Lists holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 397 and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Todo's written reviews are positive against 42% of Pocket Lists's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Todo ships an update every 2 months, Pocket Lists every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Todo versus Pocket Lists: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodoPocket Lists
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (397 ratings)4.6 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews — better42.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3971.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB184 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppigo1312

Customer experience

Todo

All ratings396 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.3%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews344 reviews
Positive47.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative44.8%

Pocket Lists

All ratings1,346 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews431 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral17.9%
Negative40.1%

User reviews

Todo

From 397 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful task management features
  • 🔒 Secure data sync across devices
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🎨 Customizable lists and task organization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues and data loss
  • 💰 Forced subscription model for basic features
  • 🔄 Confusing and inconsistent UI changes
  • 🔍 Poor search and task lookup functionality

Pocket Lists

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and intuitive
  • 🔒 Secure with password protection
  • 👍 Customizable lists and categories
  • 👍 Shareable lists with family/team
  • 👍 Helpful for organization and productivity

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues and data loss
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Unreliable reminders and notifications
  • 🐛 Scrolling and UI glitches
  • 🐛 Inability to reorder lists and tasks

Bugs and requests

Todo

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes on newer iOS versions
  • Repeating tasks not functioning as expected
  • Unexpected data deletion after updates
  • Sync issues between mobile and desktop apps

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved Outlook/Exchange integration
  • Ability to set custom reminders and alerts
  • Better task prioritization and sorting options
  • Seamless iCloud/Dropbox sync without subscription

Pocket Lists

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Lists disappearing or not syncing
  • Checked tasks reappearing as unchecked
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 16
  • Crashing on app launch

Requested features

5 requests
  • Calendar view for scheduled tasks
  • Ability to set reminders for specific tasks
  • Option to collapse/expand subtasks
  • More customization options for lists
  • Integration with other productivity apps

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Todo

Subscriptions2
  • Todo Cloud Premium$5.991 Month
  • Todo Cloud Premium$29.991 Year
8 purchases

Pocket Lists

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Family Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Family Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Family Yearly (Intro)1 Year trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Premium Forever$19.99
  • Upgrade Premium to Family$19.99
  • Family Forever$34.99

Questions

Is Todo free?
Todo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Lists free?
Pocket Lists is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Todo or Pocket Lists?
Pocket Lists is rated higher. Todo averages 4.4 out of 5 from 397 ratings, while Pocket Lists averages 4.6 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Todo or Pocket Lists have ads?
Neither Todo nor Pocket Lists shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Todo or Pocket Lists?
Todo ships an update every 2 months, and Pocket Lists every 3 weeks. Most recently, Todo was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pocket Lists on October 26, 2026.

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