Verdict
It nags. A reminder comes back every few minutes until you actually deal with it, which is the entire product and the reason people keep it.
Best for
Anyone who swipes reminders away and then forgets the thing entirely.
Dealbreaker
The nagging is the point and it does not suit everyone — thirteen of the last two hundred reviews are about notifications being too much or arriving wrong.
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★ (2,787)
Version
26.4.3
Last updated
Jul 1, 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 reminders83 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
83 of 200 recent reviews raised: Notifications and reminders (positive)App Store reviews ›
13 of 200 recent reviews raised: Notifications and reminders (negative)App Store reviews ›
18 of 200 recent reviews raised: Ease of use and design (positive)App Store reviews ›
10 of 200 recent reviews raised: Subscription pricing and paywalls (positive)App Store reviews ›
3 of 200 recent reviews raised: Subscription pricing and paywalls (negative)App Store reviews ›
5 of 200 recent reviews raised: Sync and multi-device (positive)App Store reviews ›
4 of 200 recent reviews raised: Sync and multi-device (negative)App Store reviews ›
Repeats a reminder until it is acted on rather than firing onceApp Store listing ›
Where we recommend it
Task managers you buy once ›To-do and reminder apps with no subscription.
Alternatives with the same rule.
Every app here is a single purchase. None of them can start charging you monthly for what you already bought. Also with a catch.
$9.99 once · 4.8★ (27,911) · Updated Sep 14, 2026
Verdict. The one that makes planning a week feel light. Everything is where you would guess it is, and nothing asks you to learn a methodology first.
Best for. Someone who wants a list they will actually keep using after the second week.
Dealbreaker. Seven of the last two hundred reviews say a reminder did not fire when it should have. Unusual for something this polished, and it is the one job a to-do list cannot get wrong.
$2.99 once · 4.4★ (492) · Updated Jan 15, 2023
Verdict. A list app rather than a task manager, and much better for it if lists are what you actually make — packing, shopping, the same checklist every month.
Best for. Someone who reuses the same checklists and does not want due dates on them.
Dealbreaker. It is lists, not tasks, so there is no real scheduling here. Four of the last two hundred reviews also report it crashing.
$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.