Comparison

Things To Do vs PDF nano

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

PDF nano

Edit, translate, and manage PDF documents with a focus on on-device privacy. This app offers tools for scanning, converting, annotating, and organizing your files locally.

Highlights
  • Read, organize, and manage PDFs
  • Offline PDF translation with layout preservation
  • Scan documents and create PDFs
  • Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, or images
  • OCR for Arabic and English text
  • Add signatures and annotations
  • Remove hidden metadata for privacy
Features
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PDF nano is a comprehensive, professional PDF reader, editor, translator, and manager engineered for speed and privacy. Combining powerful on-device tools with Apple Intelligence, PDF nano delivers a unified workflow tailored for iPhone, foldable iPhone Duo, and iPad—handling your contracts, reports, and paperwork with top-tier security. Key Features: 1. Foldable iPhone Duo & iPad Experience: • Seven Postures Adaptation: Automatic layout across foldable and dual-display devices. • Dual-Screen Book Mode: Side-by-side reading with automatic hinge isolation to prevent content clipping. • Tabletop Mode: Bottom screen transforms into a control deck for drawing, signing, and scrubbing without covering the document. • Dynamic iPad Sidebar: Instant browsing of thumbnails, outlines, and bookmarks beside your canvas. • High-Contrast Navigation Pill: Prominent back button for effortless touch accessibility and zero status-bar overlap. 2. AI Document Assistant (Beta): • Instant executive summaries of lengthy reports, extracting decisions and action items. • Precision risk analysis and contractual obligation detection. • Verifiable Q&A with answers grounded in direct textual citations from your document. • Encrypted Cloud Privacy: Powered by Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute (PCC) to process documents securely without logging or storing data. *Note: AI features require Apple Intelligence-compatible devices. 3. Offline Document Translation (Beta): • Full-document PDF translation entirely offline while preserving layouts, fonts, and tables. • Batch approval to accelerate processing for files up to 100 pages. • Granular paragraph review with selective editing for each translated block. *Note: Translation operates fully on-device. Machine translations may contain errors. 4. Advanced Reading & Viewing: • Dual-Page Continuous View: True book-like reading with native RTL Arabic and LTR layout. • Distraction-Free Guard: Locks editing overlays during reading mode to prevent accidental markups. • Fast-Scrub Vertical Scroll: High-velocity thumb scrubber for jumping through hundreds of pages. • Full Interface Adaptation: Precision safe-area integration around the Dynamic Island and status bar. • Smart Double-Tap Zoom: Rapid focus scaling with an intuitive floating navigation capsule. • OCR Visual Search: Direct in-document search across scanned PDFs with fuzzy and multi-word query support. 5. Conversion & Smart Scanning: • High-Fidelity PDF to Word (.docx) conversion preserving tables and formatting. • Accurate Table Extraction to Excel (.xlsx) with automatic data type inference. • Camera Document Scanner to digitize receipts and paperwork into clean PDFs. • High-quality PDF-to-Image and multi-image-to-PDF conversion pipelines. 6. Editing, Signing & Organization: • Digital signatures: Create, position, and cryptographically sign contracts and forms. • Complete markup suite: Freehand drawing, highlighters, custom text boxes, and annotations. • Page management: Reorder, rotate, extract, or delete pages with fluid drag-and-drop. • Merge & Split: Combine multiple PDFs into one or split large documents into individual files. • Smart PDF Compression: Reduce file size for rapid sharing via email and messaging apps. 7. Industry-Leading Privacy & Security: • 100% On-Device Processing: Reading, editing, translation, OCR, and conversion run locally without uploading files to external servers. • Cryptographic Apple Privacy: AI Assistant requests are strictly restricted to Apple Private Cloud Compute (PCC). • Visual face and sensitive data blurring with hidden metadata sanitization. • Password encryption, native AirPrint support, and Home Screen widgets. Free tier includes daily tool quotas. Unlock unlimited access via in-app purchase. Standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/sla/

Screenshots

Things To Do4 screens
PDF nano4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PDF nano at 5.0 against Things To Do's 4.0. PDF nano also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.5). Things To Do's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (62 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. PDF nano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Things To Do asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PDF nano 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, PDF nano every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Things To Do versus PDF nano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings To DoPDF nano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (62 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings62 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.518.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOneMastThamer Mohammed

Customer experience

Things To Do

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

PDF nano

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

PDF nano

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Things To Do

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PDF nano

One-time1
  • PDFnano Pro Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Things To Do free?
Things To Do is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PDF nano free?
PDF nano is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Things To Do or PDF nano?
PDF nano is rated higher. Things To Do averages 4.0 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while PDF nano averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Things To Do or PDF nano have ads?
Neither Things To Do nor PDF nano shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things To Do or PDF nano?
Things To Do ships an update every 2 months, and PDF nano every 4 days. Most recently, Things To Do was updated on November 1, 2026 and PDF nano on October 31, 2026.

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