Menu Minder vs The 1Thing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Menu Minder
Organize your life with customizable reminders that can repeat at set intervals. Save, share, and sync your reminder sets across devices. Never miss a task with in-app and device notifications.
- Create and manage reminders
- Customizable repetition intervals
- Color-coded repeating reminders
- Save and share reminder sets
- iCloud sync across devices
- In-app and device notifications
- Export reminders in various formats
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Never forget anything ever again. Menu Minder is an app for organizing reminders. Keep your plans in order and make sure you are reminded of the tasks and plans you have set for yourself. Reminders are color coded when they repeat. Menu Minder uses notifications and internal alerts. You can have reminders repeat hourly, daily, weekly, etc. Reminders can be saved into reminder sets that are Menu Minder documents. These documents can be saved and shared. You can email them, or save them in Files. If you use iCloud you can view and edit the same reminders on your desktop and mobile devices. Documentation of all features is provided conveniently in the app itself. Here is a broad overview of major features of Menu Minder: • Create, manage and access your reminders from all of your iOS devices and macOS computers • Store reminders in iCloud, locally on the device, or both • Set a "fire" date and time to be reminded by Menu Minder with in-app alerts, local device notifications and a list of recently fired reminders • Recent reminders, i.,e. reminders that have fired, are displayed in a separate list in the main view called “Recents”. You can clear them all at once. • Clear items from recents when they are completed • Organize, save and backup reminders into "Reminder Sets" that can be shared on other iOS or macOS devices • Switch between Reminder Sets for different projects and contexts • Email Reminder Sets as attachments • Open attached Reminder Sets in Menu Minder from the Mail app by simply tapping on them in the message (in iOS and macOS) • On the Mac you can use device file sharing in the Finder to add Reminder Sets to Menu Minder, or copy them from your iPhone or iPad to the Mac with drag and drop to the Finder • Reminders can be sorted by their creation, modification, fire and fired date or by text • Reminders with styled text and photos are all conveniently displayed, sorted and accessed in a menu list format • Tap reminder items in the menu to edit them • Export reminders or recents as text, mail, messages, PDFs, or Menu Minder's own document format via the standard iOS Share mechanism • Choose from a variety of in-app alert and notification sounds to accompany a reminder to get your attention when they fire • Reminders are colored according to the number of times they fired: green, yellow and orange for 1st, 2nd and 3rd times respectively, and red thereafter • Repetition intervals: minute, hour, day, week or month • Search reminders by content to easily find what you are looking for • Supports local device notifications when a reminder fires if the app is in the background or the device is in lock screen mode • The display can be tailored by options such as whether or not to number reminders or truncate them when displayed in the menu, or display as styled text with graphics or simply plain text • Editor supports all fonts, various sizes and colors, internal copy and pasting of styles, and insertion or pasting of images from the photo library or camera • Contains a special editor style named “Crazy Text” - use it to apply a style that consists of randomly selected fonts, colors and sizes to any text selection! • Create and view reminders with Siri. Some things you can ask Siri to do with Menu Minder: Remind me with Menu Minder Create a reminder with Menu Minder Show reminders witeh Menu Minder Show today's reminders with Menu Minder Show tomorrow's reminders with Menu Minder Show next weeks reminders with Menu Minder
The 1Thing
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Introducing "The 1Thing" – the ultimate iOS app designed to keep you focused and on track with your most important task right from your lock screen widget. With The 1Thing, you can say goodbye to forgetting essential tasks or getting sidetracked by countless distractions. Our app's ingenious lock screen widget functionality ensures that you never miss a single reminder, making it effortless to stay organized and accomplish your one specific goal of the day. 1. Lock Screen Widget Integration: The 1Thing seamlessly integrates with the lock screen widget on your iOS device, displaying a clear and prominent reminder for your one crucial task. It ensures that your reminder is always in sight, even when your device is locked. 2. Simple and Intuitive Interface: Enjoy a clean and user-friendly interface that enables effortless navigation and easy management of your reminders. No complex menus or unnecessary features to distract you. 3. Curated list of tasks and provision to pin them. 4. Privacy and Security: The 1Thing values your privacy and security. Rest assured we do not read/collect anything. Stay focused, organized, and on top of your priorities with The 1Thing – the app that turns your lock screen widget into a powerful tool for task management. Download now and unlock the potential of productivity like never before. Privacy Policy : https://one-thing-app.wixsite.com/one-thing-app/privacy-policy Terms of use : https://one-thing-app.wixsite.com/one-thing-app/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Menu Minder at monthly against The 1Thing's every 6 months. Menu Minder also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Menu Minder ships an update monthly, The 1Thing every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Menu Minder | The 1Thing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Limit Point Software | TarkIQ SoftTech LLP |
In-app purchases
Menu Minder
No in-app purchases
The 1Thing
No in-app purchases









