We’ve seen a lot of to-do apps, but To Do’s List (link) is the best free one we’ve come across yet. And despite including powerful features like local notifications, password protection, and exporting tasks to the iPhone’s calendar, the app never loses sight of its purpose: quick and easy creation of a to-do list.
The first requirement for any good to-do app is that it let you create a to-do as fast as possible. To Do’s List lets you do this in a minimum amount of steps: open the app, hit the plus sign, write your to-do, tap Done. That’s it, the item is added to your list.
From there, you can do the typical organizing like adding priorities and additional notes if you’re so inclined. But what’s special about To Do’s List is that it takes advantage of new iOS features like Local Notifications, which allow you to set alarms for your various tasks that will run in the background and alert you even while running other apps.
The app also lets you add to-do list items to your iPhone’s calendar. If you want to turn a reoccurring to-do like “Get a haircut” into a monthly repeated task on your iPhone’s calendar, you can do so without ever leaving the app.
Some may also appreciate the password protection to keep your to-do’s private. Who doesn’t have an embarrassing task to do now and again, or maybe Christmas shopping for the husband and kids? A setting in the options menu lets you require a password in order to access the app when its launched.
The app has many other settings and tweaks, like various ways to change the app’s appearance. All-in-all, it’s a pretty good deal for free, although it is ad-supported, so you’ll have to deal with an annoying ad (when the ads are working). There’s also a paid version that removes the ads.
To Do’s List is a free download from the App Store.
