Clear Todos App Reviews

I still love clear and use it almost every day. But a major update has been described as “coming soon” for at least 2 years now. I wouldn’t call this app Abandonware because I see that the developer is still responding to reviews, but the only two updates made in the past year have only been quick fixes to showstopper bugs generally caused by OS updates. My two biggest wish items: (1) Vastly improved sync reliability (yes, we’ve established this is on the horizon) (2) iPad multitasking support

This has been an incredible app until the past weekend following iphone software update. Now, repeatedly get message “ICloud Refresh Failed”... tried to deselect then reselect icloud connection and removed and reloaded the app- no success. Why is icloud refresh failing?

Used this app for a long time, can we get an update for latest gen hardware?

Below is my original 5 star review. Howerton, like others, updates after I moved from my iPad Air 2 to a Pro have resulted in the app no longer syncing between my iPhone 8 and my iPad Pro. I’m switching to an alternate app. It’s a shame because after extensive reviews of competitors, Clear was the “clear”winner in what works for me. Only now it’s no longer usable. Like some other reviews, I had been having the keyboard problem on my iPad Air2, where you could only type a few characters and then it would quit the entry and leave you with an unfinished entry. However that has been resolved. I never had any of the other problems mentioned by other reviewers. It syncs perfectly between my iPad, my iPhone 5s, and my MacBook Pro. So in short, I think Clear is the best of the todolist apps I have tried.

Love the app but no iPhone X update?

I love the simplicity, as well as the customizable themes, and the easy-to-use shortcuts. It’s a very useful checklist app, and I haven’t seen a better one.

Have had this app almost since the beginning. Tried several others but Clear is the one app I've never deleted and still use regularly. Simple, ready, easy. Clearly the best!

This app has almost replaced sticky notes in my life. Simple & easy to use

This dynamic, simple, and clean list app has boosted my productivity as a manager. The clean interface and usability of the app keeps my work-lists (often 40 to 50 items long) prioritized and easy to move around. The simplicity of the app makes perfect sense - either check off an item or delete it with a simple swipe. My one complaint is the themes. I really wish there was an option to color each item individually with the color of your choosing. The only useful color theme for prioritizing items is “heat” - but even heat has its limit when you start making long lists that are several dozen items long, so the first 15 items all remain the same color, (the others use such a slight gradient that the difference between the colors on either end of the spectrum is insignificant). Even with the limited color themes and the apps inability to offer customizable themes, this app is still the best list-app I’ve used, and has changed the game for me.

This was my favorite To-Do List app, but it hasn’t been updated in almost a year... there seems to be a lack of support and compatibility with iOS 11.4, iCloud, and the new iPad Pros and iPhone X. If they update the app to work with larger iOS devices as well as iOS 11.4 it will be an awesome To-Do list app again! I love Realmac Software and hope they will update the app soon to take advantage of some of the features of iOS 11.4, iCloud, and the new iPad Pro and iPhone X.

I enjoyed this app once a long time ago. In my observation it's not that complicated an app that it can't at least update for the iPhone X. Shame.

Needs a third tier to be able to break down lists.

was pretty good. i still use it but after having it for a few years i’ve got like upwards of 50 lists in there. wish there was some batch managing features. “combine lists” or “export lists” to standard text files would make this useful again. or in keeping with that original “check it off and get it out of your life” spirit (though i hardly use the app for that kind of stuff anyway) you could have an “auto-delete lists after x days” feature. or even an “archive.” “auto-archive list after 30 days” “auto delete archive after 1 year or user approval” type of thing

This app has been great for the many years I’ve had and used it. Its genius is the simplicity of its use. Reorder tasks or lists, creating, checking off and adding items are all explained well in the tutorial. My one problem is the syncing. From time to time, at least once a year, twice this year, my lists have disappeared or failed to update. Usual it’s been a quick fix of disabling iCloud and then reenabling. That would usually fix it. With my latest problem all my lists and tasks have disappeared and they have not returned. This is a very big problem. I would rate the app higher if it wasn’t not for this recurring problem.

I don’t use this app on my iPhone X. HOWEVER I love the quotes it provides in my Notification Center. Read them everyday. Thanks RealMac!

Update to my previous review... Got the help I needed to fix sync after a couple of days. Back in business! Previously a great little app. Something is wacky in the current version that doesn’t sync up with iCloud across your devices. Hopefully will be fixed soon...

Keep going back to this app. Simple to use. Great for quick lists. Have used for couple years now. It’s the only app that has constantly stayed on my phone.

I create my grocery lists in Clear on my iPad or iPhone, but use them on my Watch when shopping so I can shop hands free. It works pretty well.

I swear by this app, and am aching for an iPhone X update... Maybe let me at the code to see if I can do it? :)

Great app. Still better than the competitors I’ve tried. The only thing is I wish you could customize the color themes, or I wish there were way more colors to choose from. Thank you guys.

Simple can be good. This is a simple way to check items off of a list as you do them. Personally, this works great for me and I appreciate the app for what it helps me do without hassle. An optional notifications setting would help push things ahead. I’d love be able to schedule reminders to check on my lists.

Appears to be out of business just like Wunderlist. Still no upgrade for iPhoneX screen etc. Not even update for iPhone 8 — no 3D Touch menu. GOOD: No app is faster and more convenient for entering a reminder or modifying a reminder or the order. Apple could learn a lot from you. Please don’t change anything, except upgrade to iPhone X (if you’re still in business.) BAD: If a new ios comes out it might develop bugs or worse be incompatible, and it won’t get fixed.

One year ago it was a good application with great and intuitive design. But now sync doesn’t work and I’m lost all my data. I’m crying like little girl and use default Reminders app just because it works always.

I just got this app a few days ago and right off I have 2 issues that make this worthless to me. I cannot figure out how to start a new list and there is no direction anywhere on that very basic need. Secondly, the swipe right to complete but not delete an item does not work on the one list I was able to create.

It’s confusing, complicated, and syncs poorly between devices. I’m looking for another app after continuous frustration. Yet another example of an app which was good at one point, trying to change things which usually makes it worse than the original. Since originally downloading the app back in 2011, I’ve seen zero significant changes.👎

I loved this app but it is not optimized for the iPhone X so the lists don’t display properly and when you “clear” items it zips you down to the bottom of your list for some reason. Not as slick as it used to be!

I really like the app. Hope to see iPhone X support

I absolutely love the design and functionality of this app. But I refuse to give a five star rating because let’s be honest. Making me pay $10 for my computer and a separate $5 for my phone / iPad is just absurd. It’s one app with one purpose and if your advertising touts how easy and great it is to sync throughout all your devices a big part of that is not buying two apps. Very happy with the apps performance, very disappointed you’ve made me buy the same app twice.

There is no doubt app is very nice and useful but only lack i feel is sharing list with others. For example when my wife send me grocery or any todos list she is just sending by taking screenshots which i can’t open ij my clear app and cant clear off things item by item when it's done. Please add sharing list option which should open in same clear app. Thanks

Love the app. One of my lists has over 100 line items, often with phone numbers or email addresses. It would be great to incorporate a search bar so I do not have to scroll through the entire list. Is this part of your next upgrade?

Really simple and gets Stuff quickly into do to list w out annoying screen categories etc. I heard about bc design and thought behind ap are based in research etc. (add some of that background to your ap description). ;) Any chance you can put in a picture function? Ex - “buy 2 containers” (add snap of item) vs explaining “ buy 2 of the white container with handles from ikea, this size etc.”

We need support for the IPhone X.

You should support iphone X screen

This was once the prefect to-do app for me. Without iPhone X support after several months, it feels like the developers have forgotten about the app and its users.

Thank you for the wonderful app! I never want to use anything else, so I hope you eventually create an Android version. Also, when the revamp is complete I hope you release a "classic" version. Just about the only feature request I can think of is better use of the Taptic Engine.

It’s been many months...please and thank you developers!!

Very simple app but very intuitive and quick to make a list. And boy is it pretty!

Hello Update for iphone X please Thank you

i *love* clear and have a hard time functioning without it. i’ve used it seamlessly for years and got all my friends to start using it too, until recently when i started getting an “icloud refresh failed” notification on both my phone and laptop. i tried deleting, reinstalling, and reached out to customer service abt it but all their solutions haven’t worked. i. keep. getting. this. notification. and my lists won’t sync between my devices. unfortunately i’ve started looking for a new to do list app that will actually function and sync. i’d be happy to update this review to 5 stars once a solution is found to fix the problem, but until then i’ll sadly be looking elsewhere :(

Seriously?

I just payed $5 to learn that this app still does not support the display on my iPhone X, which has been out for 4 months now. I’m an iOS developer too and I know how easy it is to just use Safe Area constraints, so what’s taking so long?

Used to love this app but reminders don’t pop up anymore.

This app was revolutionary and a break through when it launched....But years later it is untouched and still doesn’t look good on an iPhoneX. You guys let’s try at least some improvements. There is so much more you could be doing with this app. Also, enough with the Buddha quotes. But one star has nothing to do with that.

Looks like they gave up on it and there will never be iPhone X support.

Is there going to be an iphone x update?

It’s been several years since I deleted Clear App and moved on to other more feature rich todo apps. The main reason I removed it from my life was the ongoing iCloud sync issue I and many people were having. At the time the app updates had waned considerably and it felt like the developers had moved on to newer more exciting projects (to them) and left Clear to fall by the wayside. It was disappointing because the app had put the Company on the map and many many people loved and relies on it. Well today, for whatever reason I was browsing the App Store and saw that Apple had Clear app featured. I was surprised since I didn’t even think it existed anymore. After reading the update history and seeing that there’d been a recent update I immediately installed it on my iPhone X and then my iPad mini 4. iCloud sync WORKS!!!! All that being said I also read that a big update is coming. This could be big and an app as iconic to iOS as Clear has been deserves the attention. Bringing it back with modern updates is a big deal and I’m on board for it! Excellent app. No question about it!

This is the best to do app out there. Easy and intuitive to use, I hope they continue to support it. I’ve tried the other to do apps, and the only thing this app is missing is a web interface

Great job guys with the app! Can we have nested list?

The basic functions of Clear are helpful and fun to use. Sadly, hidden little functions are not intuitive, mysterious in their behavior and almost impossible to recover from! For example, while viewing a list and scrolling to the bottom, looking for an older item to activate in a list, a message pops-up asking me to leave a review. I decline. When the pop-up disappears ALL the old/inactive items in the list have DISAPPEARED! They were "cleared" by some unknowing swipe or pull - and I did NOT desire them cleared! The "undo" trick is NOT intuitive (shake the iPhone) and the app does not provide a confirmation screen. Very frustrating. Nice basic function in the app but unexpected and counter intuitive behavior leave me disappointed. UPDATE IN March 2018: the problem described above CONTINUES to disrupt use of this app. Very annoying. Now going to search for an alternative.

I love this app and have been using it for years. It’s killing me that it appears the company who originally developed sold it off and it gets no support in the present. It’s the best for making lists - but my iphone and ipad no longer sync. YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME. So frustrating when a good product dies from neglect.

I have been a paid user of Clear on iOS and Mac OS for some time now. I’ve been happy with the product until today, when iCloud syncing broke on me. My other iCloud enabled apps are fine. I don’t see any evidence that RealMac is addressing this, and it seems that this product has been abandoned. If so, I want a refund.

Just pull down and write. Really easy to use and simple.

First, I loved your app, however dropping Apple Watch support is a dealbreaker for me! And I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be the only person to feel this way. Not having to carry around my phone when I’m doing task such as grocery shopping, is very convenient. This was a great feature for your app. Adding “themes” as an update is not a feature or an update, it’s cosmetic. An update is supposed to add or improve functionality not remove it. Rewriting code to be compatible with current technology is what a software developers are suppose to do. And yes, I’m sure it is a lengthy process, however that is the way technology tends to be. As for now I will be holding of updating your app as long as possible or till I forget I can no longer tap “ Update All”, and accidentally update it. However I will not let your unwillingness to continue to support your features, hold me back from updating my Apple Watch. It will be updated in the near future and I will say goodbye to an app that I really like and I will no longer be recommending your app to family and friends. I will be searching for another app that provides me with my “to do” list on my Apple Watch!

Inasmuch as I wanted only one app to help manage my tasks, I’ve had to settle for one system, using different tools. If only Apple Reminder’s app was designed by the company that developed Clear..... Shuffling tasks is essential to prioritizing. For those of us with some form of ADD, or whatever the kids are calling it now, it’s easy to get distracted and stray from what’s most important. The app has a great user interface, well thought out for those of us who benefit from a simple, aesthetic glance at our to-dos. Makes it enjoyable to organize, which might sound strange to those who are organized.

My favorite app... period. This app has perfected the most natural way to organize and prioritize whats important to you. Honestly, I am a hot mess without it - team RealMac thank you for continuing to support Clear. How can I support you developing and maintaining the best todo app there has ever been and will ever be?

Normally, I would rate this app 5 stars, but when I wanted to use the app on my Watch as I normally do, it was suddenly gone. After looking everywhere for it, I finally read that Clear won’t make the effort to write the program for the new Watch, and therefore, all Watches have to do without. I’m so glad that I didn’t but Clear for my Mac last night - it would have been a waste, because now I have to find an app that will work across all of my devices. Very disappointed!

I love my Clear App, I have multiple lists for each store I shop in! Crafts, grocery, bj’s, Home Depot etc! I would love if there was some way of alphabetizing each lists contents? For the items that are in faint list! It gives me a headache to scroll through to try to find something I want to add back to my list! Also someway to lock the list so you don’t accidentally delete the lists! I’ve done that a few times!😩

This hasn’t been the perfect program for my needs, but I LOVED the fact I could use this on my watch as a timeline tracker. The only reason I bought this app for my phone and computer AND Recommended it to friends was for this feature, which is now gone.... so this app is useless to me. During my busy days, I don’t have time to pull my phone out, open an app, click on a list and scroll to what’s happening. But with my watch I could just raise it to my face and see where we were. So disappointing!

I’ve used this app for years and loved it but now I’ve had two separate issues where the reminder never sent a push notification. It didn’t send on the phone it was entered in and on my other phone the event shows listed with the same reminder but didn’t push on that device either. One running 11.4 and the other 12.0 I’m so sad that this is no longer a reliable app for reminders.

Was a 5 until the Apple Watch version disappeared.

I have really enjoyed clear for many years as a grocery helper. But I became a big fan of the app when I purchased my Apple Watch and used the app extensively on the watch. I don’t want to bad mouth the app, but it’s time to stop messing around and get the watch version done and ready for use. It’s like typing with just one hand. Yes it still works, but not as good as using both.

What a life enhancer. This app is an example of the very best kind of thing that pocket computers can do: simply take a basic need (“to do” lists) and, in a very unobtrusive way, extend the utility of this “simple list” significantly beyond what it’s ever been before. Your best thoughts or needs for a given list are not lost. Instead they sit there, dark and crossed out, until you bring them to life in prioritized color for your latest shopping trip or vacation or goal or whatever. Gradually, you enhance them with additions and deletions. This entire tool of the details you need just sits there until you press one button and use it. I just hope they keep adding colors and don’t “feature” it to death. So far they’ve let it stay nice and simple. If they want to add features and sell more I hope they just do a second, different app with, say, nesting folders of lists. That would not be as simple but might be a different tool for different problems.

Super frustrating to see the Apple Watch app gone, it was the reason I bought this app.

No watch support means I’m deleting it. This was my go to app for grocery lists. No Apple Watch support means you are no longer worthy of space on my phone...

Usually apps get maintenance release periodically as iOS gets updated to make sure their app works properly. And an occasional bug fix or some type of update totaled place every once in a while. It is sad to ignore such a valuable app. Guess the developers just let this one go? Hopefully they get this back in the mix.

Got this a couple years ago. still using it daily. simple. perfect as is. supports copy paste and integrates with siri shortcuts like a charm.

Was my favorite todo list app but have to ditch it now for a developer that will keep their apps current and relevant.

Clear is one of my most used apps on the iPhone and iPad. It’s perfect for shopping and To Do lists. It was really great in the store to have it on the Apple Watch and have both hands free. But alas, it now doesn’t work on the watch. Clear would be five stars again if it supported the Apple Watch.

When I edit sometimes I lose the whole thing you are editing it will disappear‼️

I miss the app for the watch. I loved it, and used it frequently. It may seem small, but I used it when out with my young kids, who need constant attention, and often it’s so liberating to not need to juggle my phone in my hand to see what I have on my lists. When this feature went away, I found myself looking for a substitute, as Reminders was not my app of choice. Please, PLEASE, bring it back!

This was my go to list app. Loved the interface and used it constantly on my Apple Watch to easily check things off a list. Since the news of dropping support for it, I have uninstalled the Clear and am forced to suffer with lesser quality ones.

Probably the app I use more than anything else aside from music. So simple!! Please don't ever go away I'll be 💔!

I feel more organized and more accomplished. My list is always with me (on my phone). I set reminders and never forget a thing. It’s worth the money, and I’ve showed it to a lot of people because it truly has helped me manage my many obligations and to-do’s. Great app!

Honestly, I just use Clear for a multi-part shopping list — One list for groceries, one for clothes, one for home items, one for gifts, etc. I can also include details about sizes, brands, etc. And being able to easily shift the order of items and cross items off my list are super-helpful. Simple app, simple lists — for me, helps simplify my life! :-)

Please please make this compatible for split screen!

I’ve tried all the productivity apps and every time I feel that they are all trying too hard. This is simple and does the job.

Wow. You stop development, start again; have this big parade for the relaunch of Clear--and yet here we are, 3 years later, with a still fundamentally broken cloud sync feature. What is up with your code? How f-ed is it? I don't understand how something such as syncing some text from point a to point b could be so hard to get right.

One small problem: paste tasks fails to work about every third time. My wife texts me a shopping list and I want to paste it into clear for easy shopping. But it only works sometimes...

Convenient, concise. I use this ALL the time. The only downside is that there’s no way to share or export lists. For instance, I have to take screenshots of grocery lists to share them. So whoever receives them can not utilize the cross off feature. It’d be cool to share working lists especially for stuff like thanksgiving dinner. Just a thought

You removed the watch app and now it’s useless to me.

Clear was a solid 3-Star app until it decided to drop its Apple Watch offering. 3-2=1.

No longer use this great app because no watch support. Hope it comes soon

Thank you Clear! 😊

I have been using this app for many years. According to the App Store I first put it on my phone back in May, 2013 (WOW really THAT long?!) and I gotta say it’s pretty great. I have tried, and subsequently deleted, untold numbers of list apps. What keeps bringing me back (or making me never leave) Clear is the absolute simplicity. It lets me make lists like I would on paper, and delete/cross off, my choice. Themes, whatever, I don’t care. I want it easy to use and easy on my eyes, and this 90% succeeds. Unfortunately, I was forced to take a star away due to the last update removing Apple Watch support. I understand the need to do so, and honestly I didn’t use the feature THAT often, but the times that I did use it (phone in another room, phone in pocket, during meetings, etc.) it was quite helpful. Obviously this review will be amended once it returns (or if it never returns). Just sayin’ Anyway, love the app. Cautiously optimistic about what is to come (a lot of times developers “improve” their apps and they get considerably worse, see Dark Sky weather as a current example), hoping if there are major changes in store, there will at least always be a way to use it as my simple, list-making app!!

I use Reminders for Siri-created tasks with reminder notifications and Clear as my main task organizer. Love the iPad and iPhone versions. Most other to-do list organizers are OVERKILL. Too many options for tasks. I just need a place to store all my different projects and task lists. And in an app that is easy (and fun) to use. Love the iCloud sync between iPad and iPhone. Can't wait fo the new update to come out soon.

I have been using Clear for several years now. You will not find a better, easy to use list app. The simple shortcuts and clean design are just some of the amazing things about this app. Clear makes it easier to organize and prioritize.

This is my go to to-do and list making app. It’s a real feat to make a fully functional app with such a simple and intuitive design. Everything about the app gets out of the way and lets me focus on what I need to get done. Looking forward to the update coming down the pike.

Uncluttered, readable, smooth UI. Smooth addition of reminder to tasks. Good widget. Top notch - thank you:)

I’ve used this app for several years and rely upon it daily. Besides my to do and shopping lists, I also have my packing, pet peeves and notable quotes lists as well. My complaint is that sometimes entries are inadvertently deleted after tapping (or attempting to tap) done. I have an iPhone X and this has been happening on a more frequent basis lately...

I use Clear absolutely every day. It houses my general to-do list, my grocery list, my house projects list, a camping packing list, a list of local places I want to check out, and even sometimes lists of things other people have asked me to make lists for!

Hope you’ll rewrite the iWatch App again for Watch 4.0 Update and add it back into the Clear App! It’s worth waiting for! Even if it takes a total rewrite & time to do it right! Looking forward to it coming back!!

I felt the current app (not the newly releasing soon) has some serious sync issues. It sometimes says that icloud refresh failed and then totally refuses to sync. Atleast 3 times I had to leave clear and type in all items in evernote or apple reminders. I still occasionally use it for non sync needs but please please fix it in the new version

I keep waiting for a promised update but it never seems to happen. Moving on.

Read the tutorial and got the app. So far, I find it non-intuitive and a bit confusing. I’m not clear on how to create my own lists.

Please add apple watch version!

Clear was one of my most used apps on my Apple Watch. It is of no utility to me now that there is no Watch integration.

It’s very frustrating when trying to use this app across more than one device. I like to use this on my iPad and also want to be able to use my lists when on my laptop. The iPad version doesn’t update. I paid for this app. Please fix it.

I've used this app for years. It's beautiful, fairly intuitive, and very fluid. But it lacks features. Something as simple as sharing a list? Nah, look elsewhere. No sharing, no more Apple Watch support, bugs (adding or removing things causes the view to jump to the bottom...), and some shady practices in the past all add up to it being time to move on. I downloaded AnyList. While it isn't as pretty, it actually DOES things you need it to do. For some reason, that's important.

I used to love this app but suddenly it changed- now almost ever time you go to swipe right it drops you down to the bottom of the list ! So annoying I’m thinking of deleting the app! It also randomly erases things on lists and the totally disappear. The whole point of this is to have something to depend on to remind you. Very disappointed in these changes. I’m going to hang in there for a couple of days but if these aren’t fixed I’m out.

was pretty good. i still use it but after having it for a few years i’ve got like upwards of 50 lists in there. wish there was some batch managing features. “combine lists” or “export lists” to standard text files would make this useful again. or in keeping with that original “check it off and get it out of your life” spirit (though i hardly use the app for that kind of stuff anyway) you could have an “auto-delete lists after x days” feature. or even an “archive.” “auto-archive list after 30 days” “auto delete archive after 1 year or user approval” type of thing. update: fix icloud. recently stopped working for no reason.

I’m also having issues with iCloud sync as others- despite trying everything to solve. hope there will be an update as it’s a great app