Comparison

Things To Do vs Tide Reading List

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

Tide Reading List

This app helps you manage your reading list by giving you a 30-day limit for each article. It encourages you to read content before it expires, preventing accumulation. Features include offline reading, text-to-speech, and customizable reminders.

Highlights
  • 30-day article expiration
  • Reading View for clean text
  • Text-to-speech functionality
  • Offline reading support
  • Customizable reminders
  • Widgets for quick access
Features
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Tide is a reading list that doesn't let things pile up. Save an article and you get 30 days to read it. Then it flows out. No exceptions, no snooze button. Most reading lists turn into a guilt pile. Tide doesn't. Every article shows how much of its tide is left, so you can see what's about to go and actually read it. And if it flows out, it probably wasn't that important. If it was, it'll wash up again. Saving In Safari or any app, tap Share and choose Tide. It's saved right away, and you can fix the title before closing if you want. You can also paste a link in the app or save from Shortcuts. Reading Tap an article to read it. Turn on Reading View in Settings and articles open as clean text, without clutter. If a site doesn't work that way, it just opens the normal page. On iPad or with your iPhone turned sideways, your list and the article sit side by side. Listening Tide can read articles to you. Touch and hold an article and choose Listen, or ask Siri to "Read my next article in Tide." It keeps going with your phone locked, and it remembers where you stopped. Offline Tide keeps a clean copy of every article, so you can still read on a plane or the subway. Reminders Get a heads-up before something flows out. You pick how many days ahead, or turn reminders off. Widgets • Flowing Out shows what's leaving soonest. • Surprise Me picks a random article for you, with a shuffle button. Done reading When you finish an article, mark it done and it's gone. That's the point. Private Tide doesn't collect anything. No accounts, no tracking. Your list stays on your device, and reading aloud happens on your device too. 30 days. Read it or let it go.

Screenshots

Things To Do4 screens
Tide Reading List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tide Reading List at 5.0 against Things To Do's 4.0. Tide Reading List also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). Things To Do's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 1). 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

Tide Reading List 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Things To Do ships an update every 2 months, Tide Reading List fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Things To Do versus Tide Reading List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings To DoTide Reading List
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (62 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings62 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOneMastWilliam Mattheis

Customer experience

Things To Do

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

Tide Reading List

All ratings1 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

Tide Reading List

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things To Do

No in-app purchases

None

Tide Reading List

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Things To Do free?
Things To Do is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tide Reading List free?
Tide Reading List is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Things To Do or Tide Reading List?
Tide Reading List is rated higher. Things To Do averages 4.0 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Tide Reading List averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Things To Do or Tide Reading List have ads?
Neither Things To Do nor Tide Reading List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things To Do or Tide Reading List?
Things To Do ships an update every 2 months, and Tide Reading List fortnightly. Most recently, Things To Do was updated on October 22, 2026 and Tide Reading List on October 28, 2026.

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