Comparison

Tasks Wizard vs CostX

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tasks Wizard

Manage personal and small business projects with this task management tool. Visualize progress with Gantt charts and calendars, assign tasks visually, and attach photos. Track time, dates, costs, and materials with detailed project controls.

Highlights
  • Multi-project task management
  • Gantt chart and calendar views
  • Visual task assignment
  • Attach photos to tasks
  • Time, date, and cost tracking
  • Project export and cloning
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Simple, effective multi-project Task Management solution for personal and small business projects. Easy control progress with gantt chart, calendar views. Perform task assignments to team members visually. Attach photos to illustrate task better. Control time, dates, cost and materials. Add predecessors to constraint task execution. Multiple views, including list/search, tree browsing, gantt chart, calendar view. Be notified on task start and finish dates/times. Ability to share tasks with other iCloud users. On Gantt chart tasks can be visually edited (moved and/or stretched). Relationship between tasks will be show with arrow. Gantt chart shows one of three planned vs. actual metrics: time, cost or completion. Tasks can be re-sequenced (single or groups) when switch on edit mode on a Gantt view. Projects can be exported via standard sharing means of iOS. Exported project will include all information, including involved team members. Export file will also include project photos if their total size is small enough to make attachment "mailable". User may select the compression ratio to make photos small in size. Existing or template projects can be cloned (copied) Quick glance to overdue or late tasks can be done via use of iOS Today Extension. Data can be shared via iCloud on multiple devices to be automatically synchronized. iCloud can also be used for data backups. App is available in following native languages: English, Russian, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese and Korean Terms of Use TasksWizard is a subscription-based application. This means that it only can be used with a valid and active subscription. There are two types of auto-renewable subscriptions: monthly (length is 1 month) and annual (length is 12 months). Price for each subscription type is shown in the In-App store page as well as on Apple App Store. Payment for a subscription will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy can be obtained from our website at https://oxigenator.com/products/tasks-wizard-detailed/privacy-policy/ NOTE: In case of purchasing a subscription first time you will be charged only on 8th day (it includes a 7-day free trial). https://oxigenator.com/products/tasks-wizard-detailed/terms-of-use/

About

CostX

This app helps you break down and visualize projects, costs, and products. Create Work, Cost, and Product Breakdown Structures with customizable views and efficient data entry. Easily share and integrate information with other applications.

Highlights
  • Work, Cost, and Product Breakdown Structures (WBS, CBS, PBS)
  • Multiple views: graphical, list, columns
  • Intuitive data entry and manipulation
  • Drag-and-drop functionality
  • Copy and paste support
  • Customizable attribute fields
  • Efficient information sharing
Features
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Break down and visualize your work, costs and products. CostX helps you efficiently break down work, costs and products in your projects into manageable parts and automatically aggregate them from branch to trunk. CostX can be used to create Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) and Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) and is suitable for a wide range of applications thanks to its powerful customization capabilities. CostX makes it easy and convenient to break down objects to create tree structures and provides multiple forms of views to visualize your work. Thus, you have the freedom to display your project data in graphical, list and columns views, depending on your needs - CostX makes your work more efficient and intuitive. With carefully designed data entry, CostX gives you intuitive graphical manipulations, professional table manipulations, and familiar column manipulations in data entry to break down and create nodes, change attributes, and summarize costs. costX makes these tasks much easier than you might think, with minimal operating and learning costs. The application takes advantage of the powerful interactive capabilities offered by the system, helping you share information with the system and other applications extremely efficiently. By dragging and dropping, as well as copying and pasting, you can convert multiple lines of text into multiple nodes and build a tree structure in a single step, or create nodes with multiple information fields in bulk. In addition, you can batch copy data from multiple cells in Apple Number and MS Excel to the CostX spreadsheet. CostX’s customization options allow you to better adapt the program to your business needs and get creative. Users can customize the attribute fields they want, the display order, and how nodes are displayed in the various views as needed. More freedom leads to more usage scenarios. ## Ease of use - Multiple views for viewing and editing, you can choose the most suitable one for your needs. - Graphical view, allowing you to view and edit nodes in an intuitive way. - List view, with detailed data display and table editing that supports continuous input and switching and modifying cells. - Columns view, for convenient and familiar operation, similar to the columns view of the file application. - Property editor, maintenance of all properties of the node for changes. - Convenient operation of adding, duplicating, folding and indenting. ## Efficient - Powerful drag-and-drop support for: - Move and copy nodes within a document. - Merge costs within a document. - Drop CostX files into a node to insert its contents. - Drag images from Files app, Photos app, and Web browser. - Powerful copy and paste support. - Copy and paste within a document and between multiple documents. - Nodes - Cells - Copy text from outside: - Single-line text to create a new node. - Multiline text to create multiple nodes in series and get tree structure information. - Modify cell contents. - Copy data from Apple Number and Microsoft Excel: - Change cell contents in batch at once. - Batch add nodes with multiple fields at once. ## Customization - Base currency, cost rate and category settings. - More than fifty fields to choose from, including category, photo, simple and compound cost, text, date, percentage complete, etc. Costs can also be divided into two groups for comparison purposes. - Field settings. - Visibility in each view and in the property editor. - Field display title. - Field display width in the list view. - Field display order. - Display style of nodes in graphical view and columns view. - Use any CostX document as a template. ## Import & Export - Export the selected node as a CostX file. - SwiftApps WBS file into a CostX document. - CSV export. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tasks Wizard4 screens
CostX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CostX at 4.5 against Tasks Wizard's 3.8. CostX also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). Tasks Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tasks Wizard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CostX sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CostX holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Tasks Wizard's written reviews are positive against 100% of CostX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasks Wizard ships an update monthly, CostX every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tasks Wizard versus CostX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasks WizardCostX
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (38 ratings)4.5 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better8
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOXiGENATOR LLC皓 李

Customer experience

Tasks Wizard

All ratings38 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral11.8%
Negative17.6%

CostX

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tasks Wizard

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Standard Subscription$29.991 Year
2 purchases

CostX

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Tasks Wizard free?
Tasks Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CostX free?
CostX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasks Wizard or CostX?
CostX is rated higher. Tasks Wizard averages 3.8 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while CostX averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Tasks Wizard or CostX have ads?
Tasks Wizard shows ads; CostX does not.
Which is updated more often, Tasks Wizard or CostX?
Tasks Wizard ships an update monthly, and CostX every 4 weeks. Most recently, Tasks Wizard was updated on October 24, 2026 and CostX on October 24, 2026.

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