Productivity
To Do List MinimaList & Widget
A pared-back to-do list for iPhone, iPad and Mac with reminders, widgets, a focus timer and shared lists.
Get the app
Opens the official store page
- Developer
- Inner Grow Limited
- Score
- 4.8
- Downloads
- 10K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 4+
- Version
- 2.27.9
- Price
- Free
Screenshots
About this app
Staying out of the way is the whole design brief for MinimaList. It's a list, a reminder, a checklist and a basic planner in one, runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac with cloud sync, and is aimed at people who find heavyweight task managers more work than the tasks themselves. Lists can be colour-coded and themed with your own background and fonts. Reminders repeat, trigger by location and auto-snooze up to three times. Smart input reads a time out of a phrase and sets the reminder, Siri can add tasks by voice, and there's a Pomodoro-style focus timer with countdown and count-up modes. Shared lists work through a link (opened in Safari), Apple Calendar syncing is included, and TouchID or FaceID can lock the app. Home and lock screen widgets let you tick things off without opening it. The app is free; Premium adds the paid features on a subscription priced at $0.99 monthly or $5.99 yearly.
To Do List MinimaList & Widget: the full guide
What the app is
A to-do app that tries not to be noticed. MinimaList combines a list, reminders, a checklist and a light planner across iPhone, iPad and Mac, synced through the cloud, for people who've found that heavyweight task managers become a task in themselves.
Underneath the plain surface there's more than expected: location-triggered and repeating reminders that auto-snooze up to three times, natural-language time input, Siri voice capture, a focus timer, shared lists by link, Apple Calendar sync and biometric locking. Premium is cheap, at $0.99 a month or $5.99 a year.
How it works day to day
Capture is the daily habit: say it to Siri, or type a phrase with a time in it and let the app set the reminder itself. Widgets on the home and lock screen show the list and take a tick without the app being opened. A location reminder fires when you reach the shop. If you ignore a reminder, it comes back, up to three times, which is either helpful or annoying depending on your day.
The focus timer handles a work block, counting down or up, and a shared list sends the shopping to whoever's going.
Why people look for it
Simplicity with a cheap paid tier. Plenty of minimal to-do apps exist, but this one bundles reminders, widgets, a timer and sharing without a subscription that costs more than the coffee it reminds you to buy. The 4.8 rating gets it noticed in searches, and Mac support brings in people who want the same list on the desktop.
Look and feel
Minimal is the brief, but the lists can be themed with your own backgrounds and fonts, so plain doesn't have to mean grey. The five screenshots on the page should show both the stripped-back default and the customised version. Widgets carry the list to the home and lock screens, keeping the same restrained look. As Productivity apps go, expect few controls per screen.
