Comparison

Best Voice To-Do List Apps for iPhone (2026)

By VoiceToDoList Editorial Team · Updated October 13, 2026 · App Store data verified October 13, 2026

We looked at every app on the App Store that calls itself a voice to-do list, and kept the ones where voice is genuinely the primary input, not an afterthought bolted onto a typing-first interface.

Most to-do apps technically support voice through Siri or the keyboard's dictation key. That is not what we mean. We mean apps where the core interaction is hold the mic → speak → done. No rephrasing, no command phrases, no friction. For the wider field, including Todoist, TickTick, Microsoft To Do, Any.do and Things 3, see voice input in 13 to-do apps, read from each listing.

Disclosure: VoiceToDoList.com is published by Proseca, the maker of Vozly. The feature marks below come from each app's App Store listing, and every rating, version and price is pulled from the App Store and dated. How we work.

Reading in Turkish? See En iyi sesli yapılacaklar listesi uygulamaları, written for the Turkish App Store.

Feature comparison

Feature marks: editorial reading of each App Store listing. Ratings: US App Store, verified October 13, 2026.

The numbers, straight from the App Store

App Store data, US storefront, verified October 13, 2026. “Free” apps may sell subscriptions or upgrades inside the app. Ratings and prices change; the App Store listing is the source of truth.

1. Vozly — four capture types, one voice gesture

Vozly is the only app here that uses the same voice gesture for all four content types. Every feature, from tasks to notes to the diary and the dream journal, is built around one interaction: hold the microphone button and speak. The original recording is kept with every item, so you can replay what you said.

The app launched as a task manager in 2023 and added a voice diary and dream journal in version 3.0 (September 2025). Version 3.2.3 (Oct 10, 2026) is current.

Best for: anyone who wants one voice-first app for tasks, journaling and ideas. Especially useful for people with ADHD and for journalers.

Price: free for your first 10 items; from the tenth item on Vozly keeps recording but reminds you of Pro once per session. Vozly Pro removes that reminder; it adds no other feature. Pro prices: $0.99/month, $4.99/6 months, $7.99/year or $19.99 once (US prices). Prices of the subscriptions other apps sell inside the app are not in the App Store catalogue, so we do not rank on price; see each listing.

What to know before you download: the rating is US 3.5★ (15) · TR 4.9★ (10) · DE 5.0★ (2). Most of the critical US reviews date from before version 3.2 (September 2026) and come down to one expectation: that the app would parse dates and priorities from speech. It does not. Vozly transcribes what you say and keeps the audio; due dates, priorities and projects are set by hand afterwards, and a due date does trigger a notification at that time. There is no Android version, no native Mac app (the iPad version installs on Apple silicon Macs) and no cloud sync between devices.

2. AI To-Do List: Voice Shopping — best-rated pure task capture

Formerly listed as To-Do Speak AI, this app turns a spoken sentence into a cleaned-up list of tasks and is popular for shopping lists. It is the best-rated pure voice task app in this comparison (4.7★ (68 ratings)), supports several languages, and does nothing beyond tasks: no notes, no journal, no audio kept.

Best for: people who only need tasks or lists and want AI to tidy them up.

Price: Free to download; the listing offers in-app purchases.

3. Aaka — AI-formatted voice lists

Aaka (4.6★ (77 ratings)) takes dictated tasks and formats them into lists automatically. English only according to its listing, task capture only, last updated Dec 16, 2025.

Best for: English-speaking users who want their dictation turned into a tidy checklist.

4. Voice Do — one-tap task capture

Voice Do is laser-focused on converting spoken words into tasks: a mic button, a live waveform and a list. Its listing describes date and priority parsing from speech. It requires iOS 18.0 or later and, as of October 13, 2026, has no ratings yet on the US App Store, so there is no user signal yet on how well it works.

Best for: users who want zero distractions and only task capture.

Price: Free to download, with a lifetime purchase and subscriptions sold inside the app (see the listing for current prices).

5. TaskTalk — speech-based daily planner

TaskTalk frames itself as a speech-based daily planner: you speak your priorities for the day and it organizes them. Task capture only, English only, no ratings yet on the US App Store as of October 13, 2026. The listing notes one free task entry before a subscription is required.

Best for: people who want a verbal planning session each morning.

6. Brain Dump — voice journaling first

Brain Dump: Voice Journal (4.5★ (38 ratings)) is built around audio journaling and daily voice notes, with AI grouping of themes across entries. Task management is secondary; it is a journal that can hold to-dos rather than a to-do app. It also runs on Mac and supports 31 languages.

Best for: voice journalers who rarely need task management.

7. ToastNote — AI voice notes

ToastNote records voice notes and uses AI to summarize and structure them. It is a note-taker rather than a task manager, with no ratings yet on the US App Store as of October 13, 2026.

8. Apple Reminders + Siri — free and built in

Apple Reminders (4.8★ (1,032,507 ratings)) is free, deeply integrated and reliable. Siri voice input works but needs specific phrasing, and there is no free-form capture, no journaling and no audio kept. The right choice if you want zero cost and minimal features.

9. Google Keep — dictation and audio notes

Google Keep (4.6★ (29,001 ratings)) can record an audio note and transcribe it, and you can dictate into any note with the keyboard. It is a notes app with checklists, not a voice-first task manager.

How we evaluated these apps

Three criteria: capture friction (how many actions stand between the thought and the saved item: hold and speak, or open, navigate and type), breadth (what kinds of content you can capture by voice, not just tasks) and what the App Store says (rating, number of ratings, how recently the app was updated, price). Feature marks are our reading of each listing and the developer's own description. We did not rank apps where voice is a secondary feature buried in settings.

The editorial team uses Vozly every day, which is both the reason this site exists and the reason we show the numbers for every competitor without editing them.

Our recommendation

If you want one voice-first app for tasks, notes, journal and dreams, Vozly is the only app here that does all four. It is free for your first 10 items; from the tenth item on Vozly keeps recording but reminds you of Pro once per session. Vozly Pro removes that reminder; it adds no other feature. It starts at $0.99/month. If you only need task capture, the two best-rated pure voice task apps right now are AI To-Do List (4.7★ (68 ratings)) and Aaka (4.6★ (77 ratings)). If journaling is your main need, Brain Dump is worth a look.