Verdict
Due's whole pitch is persistent, repeating reminders that nag until you deal with them, and that's what most reviewers actually praise it for. Sync between iPhone, iPad and Watch is the recurring weak spot, with several reviewers reporting reminders or completions not syncing across devices.
Best for
Someone who forgets one-off reminders unless they're repeatedly nagged until acknowledged, using it mainly on a single device rather than across iPhone, iPad and Watch at once.
Dealbreaker
Sync between devices is unreliable — completing or adding a reminder on one device doesn't always show up on another until you reopen the app.
The facts.
Pulled from the App Store, not written by hand.
Price
$7.99 once
In-app purchases
Unknown
Ads
Unknown
Platforms
iPhone, iPad
Rating
4.7★ (2,821)
Version
26.6
Last updated
Oct 25, 2026
Released
Sep 15, 2010
Attributes
Native appOne-time purchaseNo subscription
Category
Productivity, Utilities
What reviews consistently say.
Themes grouped from 200 App Store reviews. Source feed ›
Praised for
Notifications and reminders84 reviews
Ease of use and design18 reviews
Import and export14 reviews
Subscription pricing and paywalls10 reviews
Sync and multi-device5 reviews
Battery and performance3 reviews
Value for money2 reviews
Customer support2 reviews
Complained about
Notifications and reminders13 reviews
Sync and multi-device4 reviews
Subscription pricing and paywalls3 reviews
Crashes and stability2 reviews
Where this comes from
84 of 200 recent reviews raised: Notifications and remindersApp Store reviews ›
5 of 200 recent reviews raised: Sync and multi-deviceApp Store reviews ›
Listed at $7.99 once on the App StoreApp Store listing ›
Where we recommend it
Task managers you buy once ›To-do and reminder apps with no subscription.
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Best for. Someone who has bounced between cluttered to-do apps and wants a single clean, intuitive task manager without recurring fees eating into their workflow.
Dealbreaker. There's no data export, so if Things doesn't work out for you, you're locked into its format with no easy way to move your tasks elsewhere.
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Verdict. A straightforward list-making app that people stick with for years, praised mostly for simplicity rather than features. Its sync relies on Dropbox, which some reviewers find limiting or unreliable rather than a modern iCloud-style handoff.
Best for. Someone who wants dead-simple checklists (groceries, packing, reminders) on their iPhone and doesn't mind setting up Dropbox if they want the lists on another device.
Dealbreaker. Syncing across devices depends on a Dropbox account, and a couple of reviewers report lost lists after syncing that way.
$19.99 once · 4.6★ (1,245) · Updated Oct 25, 2023
Verdict. The one worth buying only for what it connects to: it is a proper iPhone front end for Google Tasks, which Google itself has never really built.
Best for. Someone whose tasks already live in Google Tasks and have to stay there.
Dealbreaker. Syncing is almost evenly split in the reviews — thirty-two say it works, twenty-seven say it does not — and five more say support did not reply when it broke.