Comparison

To Do List vs Fancy Hands

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

Head to head
About

To Do List

Organize your tasks, to-dos, and shopping lists with a simple and clear interface. Set reminders, add detailed descriptions, and sync data across devices via iCloud. Features intuitive swipe gestures for managing your entries.

Highlights
  • Create tasks and lists with one touch
  • Sort lists by preference
  • Add reminders for tasks
  • Detailed task descriptions
  • iCloud data synchronization
  • Today Widget support
  • Intuitive swipe gestures
Features
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ToDo Simple List keeps your tasks, checklists and shopping lists in one clean place. Make a list, add tasks, tick them off. • Lists by category: give each list its own color and icon — home, work, sport, shopping, study, travel and more • Tasks with notes: add a short description to any task • Reminders that repeat: get a notification at the right time, once or every hour, day, week or month • Drag to reorder tasks and lists, or sort them by name • Move completed tasks to the bottom or clear them in one tap • See how many tasks are done in every list • Use it as a to-do list, grocery list, packing list, cleaning checklist or work task manager • Clean, minimal design in light and dark mode • Made for iPhone and iPad Start free with up to 3 tasks in each list. No account needed. • Full version: a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Any option removes the limit of 3 tasks per list. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period at the price of the selected plan. • You can manage and cancel your subscription after purchase in your Apple ID settings (Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions). • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://appbysnap.tilda.ws/privacypolice

About

Fancy Hands

Access a team of human assistants to complete tasks for you. Submit requests, track progress, and communicate with your assistant directly through the app. Leverage a blend of human intelligence, AI, and automation to boost your productivity.

Highlights
  • Submit new requests
  • Check up on old requests
  • Message your assistant
  • View call and email activity
  • View attachments
Features
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Fancy Hands is a personal assistant service. We've got a team of assistants ready to work for you today. Just tell us what to do and we'll have an actual human get it done for you. We've blended humans, artificial intelligence, and automation to ensure you're as productive as possible. This app has been rewritten from the ground up. It allows you to submit new requests, check up on old ones, message your assistant, see call and email activity, view attachments.

Screenshots

To Do List3 screens
Fancy Hands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: To Do List at 56% against Fancy Hands's 19%. To Do List also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 15 months). Fancy Hands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (3.3 vs 3.0). 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. To Do List sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Fancy Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fancy Hands holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of To Do List's written reviews are positive against 19% of Fancy Hands's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

To Do List ships an update monthly, Fancy Hands every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
To Do List versus Fancy Hands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTo Do ListFancy Hands
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)3.3 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.9% of reviews — better19.2% of reviews
Number of ratings416 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander SeninFancy Hands, Inc.

Customer experience

To Do List

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive55.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative42.4%

Fancy Hands

All ratings16 ratings
Positive56.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative43.8%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive19.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative76.9%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

To Do List

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$5.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip developer$0.99
  • Full version$1.99
  • Full version — lifetime$14.99
None

Fancy Hands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is To Do List free?
To Do List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fancy Hands free?
Fancy Hands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, To Do List or Fancy Hands?
Fancy Hands is rated higher. To Do List averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Fancy Hands averages 3.3 from 16 ratings.
Do To Do List or Fancy Hands have ads?
Neither To Do List nor Fancy Hands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, To Do List or Fancy Hands?
To Do List ships an update monthly, and Fancy Hands every 15 months. Most recently, To Do List was updated on October 29, 2026 and Fancy Hands on October 20, 2026.

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