Checked 5 October 2026
Tiny Things is not trying to replace your to-do app. It is a brain dump for the mental load: it empties your head, sorts what is yours, and hands the rest over. Here it is next to five apps you may already use. Everything in the table comes from each developer’s own App Store listing.
An iPhone app for the end of a full day. You pour out everything swirling in your head in about two minutes, then give each thing a place: for me, hand over, can wait, or let go. What you keep can come back with a reminder; what you hand over becomes an ordinary message in your own words, and the other person needs no app and no account.
✓ Listed by the developer · — Not found in their listing (the app may still offer it)
| Feature | Tiny Things | Apple Reminders | Todoist | Things 3 | Microsoft To Do | Cozi Family Organizer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | ||||||
| Add with Siri or your voice | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | —Not found | —Not found |
| Home or Lock Screen widgets | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | —Not found | —Not found |
| Repeating reminders | ✓With Plus | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | —Not found |
| Lists shared with other people | —No: hands things over as a message instead | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | —Not found | ✓Listed | ✓Listed |
| Hand something to a person who doesn’t use the app | ✓Listed | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found |
| A place for things you decide to let go | ✓Listed | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found |
| A monthly letter about what you carried | ✓Listed | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found | —Not found |
| Calendar view | —No | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | ✓Listed | —Not found | ✓Listed |
| Grocery or shopping lists | —No | ✓Listed | —Not found | —Not found | ✓Listed | ✓Listed |
| As shown on the App Store (US) | ||||||
| Category | Lifestyle | Productivity | Productivity | Productivity | Productivity | Productivity |
| Price to download | Free | Free | Free | $9.99 | Free | Free |
| Optional purchases | Plus: $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year | None listed | Todoist Pro: $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year | None listed; iPad and Mac versions are sold separately | None listed | Cozi Gold or Max: $29.99–$79.99 |
| “Contains Advertising” shown | —No | —No | —No | —No | —No | Yes |
| Privacy label the developer’s own declaration | Data Not Collected | Data Linked to You · Data Not Linked to You | Data Linked to You | Data Linked to You · Data Not Linked to You | Data Linked to You | Data Used to Track You · Data Linked to You · Data Not Linked to You |
| Languages | 7 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 34 | 1 (English) |
| Apple devices in the listing | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Mac app | —No | ✓Built into macOS | ✓Free | ✓$49.99 | ✓Free | —Not found |
| Android app | —No | —No | ✓Google Play | —No | ✓Google Play | ✓Google Play |
US App Store listings on 5 October 2026; Apple Vision Pro is left out of the devices row. Prices are in US dollars and differ by country. Privacy labels and the “Contains Advertising” note are each developer’s own declaration, which Apple says it has not verified.
Choose Tiny Things if
Another app may suit you better if
You can keep one of these for projects and use Tiny Things for everything else on your mind; the two do not get in each other’s way.
Questions, answered plainly
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It can be, but it does not need to be. Todoist, Things 3, Microsoft To Do and Apple Reminders are built to organise tasks and projects. Tiny Things is built for the moment your head is full: pour it all out, decide where each thing belongs, hand some of it over, and let some of it go. Only what matters comes back.
Three things. It starts with a brain dump instead of a form, so you say everything first and sort it second. It has a place to let things go, not only to tick them off. And it hands things over as an ordinary message in your own words, so the person you share the load with needs no app and no account.
Not today. Tiny Things is an iPhone app, with Siri, widgets, Control Center, and the Action Button where supported. The person you hand things to can use any phone, because they receive an ordinary message.
On 5 October 2026 we read each app’s listing on the US App Store—its description, its Information section, and its App Privacy section—and checked whether it has a Mac App Store or Google Play listing. A tick means the developer lists the feature there. A dash means we did not find it, and the app may still offer it. Privacy labels and the “Contains Advertising” note are each developer’s own declaration; Apple says it has not verified them. Apps change, so this page carries the date we checked.
Yes. The whole ritual—unlimited capture, all four places, dates and reminders, your searchable archive, the weekly review, and every monthly letter—is free, with no countdown. Tiny Things Plus is optional and adds things like repeating reminders, Your seasons, hand-over cards, The Witness, and more skies and icons.
Free forever · No account · No tracking
Two quiet minutes. Then only what matters returns.