Comparison

Things To Do vs Hobby Blocks

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

Head to head
About

Things To Do

Organize your life with a simple and intuitive task management application. Easily add, manage, and share your to-do lists for personal or collaborative use. Ideal for everyday errands and shopping.

Highlights
  • Uncluttered task-list interface
  • Add multiple tasks easily
  • Share tasks with others
  • Ideal for grocery/shopping lists
Features
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Things To Do is an intuitive and user friendly to-do list app. THREE KINDS OF LISTS - To-do lists - completed items drop to the bottom so what's left stays on top - Shopping & grocery - items stay in the order you want, with section headers and a one-tap "uncheck all" to reuse the list - Travel & packing - set trip dates and see how long you're away - Switch a list's type anytime if your needs change INTUITIVE & USER FRIENDLY - Star the items that matter so they rise to the top - Group items under section headers - Move tasks from one list to another with a long-press - Keep certain shopping or travel items checked even when you reset the list - Choose a custom icon for any list - A built-in guide shows you how everything works EVERYWHERE YOU ARE - Syncs automatically across your iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac with iCloud - No account or sign-up - just your Apple ID - Import a list from pasted text, and export, share, or print any list AD-FREE AND PRIVATE - No ads - No in-app purchases - Your data stays yours

About

Hobby Blocks

Visualize and track time spent on your hobbies with dynamic blocks that grow as you invest more time. Log activities quickly with presets or timers and gain insights into your patterns without judgment.

Highlights
  • Dynamic block visualization
  • Quick time logging presets
  • Smart timers with pause/resume
  • Activity heatmap
  • Streak tracking
  • Flexible time filters
Features
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Track and visualize time spent on your hobbies. Hobby Blocks transforms the way you track your hobbies with a stunning visual approach that makes logging time effortless and insights instantly clear. Watch your passions come to life as dynamic, growing blocks — the more time you invest, the bigger they become. SEE YOUR TIME COME ALIVE Your home screen is a living treemap of your hobbies. Each activity is represented by a colorful block that grows and shrinks based on how much time you've invested. At a glance, you'll know exactly where your hours are going — no spreadsheets, no complicated charts, just beautiful, intuitive visualization. LOG IN SECONDS, NOT MINUTES We believe tracking should never get in the way of doing. That's why Hobby Blocks offers multiple lightning-fast ways to log your time: * Quick Presets — Tap once to log 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour, or custom durations you set yourself * Smart Timers — Start a timer and forget about it. Pause, resume, or run multiple timers simultaneously * One-Tap Logging — Add time directly from any hobby block on your home screen INSIGHTS THAT INSPIRE (NOT GUILT) Discover meaningful patterns in your hobby life without judgment: * Activity Grid — A beautiful year-at-a-glance heatmap shows your consistency over time * Streak Tracking — See how many days in a row you've practiced your craft * Smart Stats — Total time, session counts, averages, and your longest sessions * Flexible Time Filters — View your progress by day, week, month, or year

Screenshots

Things To Do4 screens
Hobby Blocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hobby Blocks at 5.0 against Things To Do's 4.0. Hobby Blocks also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.5). Things To Do's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hobby Blocks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things To Do has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Things To Do versus Hobby Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings To DoHobby Blocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (62 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings62 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.518.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOneMastCameron Nazemi

Customer experience

Things To Do

All ratings62 ratings
Positive71.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative21.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive64.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative31.6%

Hobby Blocks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Things To Do

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Cannot delete tasks once complete
  • App shows black screen/no tasks visible
  • Unable to select 'done', use trash, or add lists on iPhone X
  • Cannot exit app without force closing
  • App is a shell with no program
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  • Messages not fully visible

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to share lists with others
  • Ability to set reminders/notifications
  • Option to increase font size
  • Separate area for completed tasks
  • Time to start a task option
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  • Ability to rearrange list by priority
  • Add additional lists

Hobby Blocks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things To Do

No in-app purchases

None

Hobby Blocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things To Do free?
Things To Do is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hobby Blocks free?
Hobby Blocks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things To Do or Hobby Blocks?
Hobby Blocks is rated higher. Things To Do averages 4.0 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Hobby Blocks averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Things To Do or Hobby Blocks have ads?
Neither Things To Do nor Hobby Blocks shows ads.

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