MotivAction vs Taskroot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MotivAction
This app transforms your weekly tasks into a mountain-climbing adventure. Complete your to-do list to help a tiny mountaineer ascend epic peaks, making goal achievement dramatic and satisfying.
- Create weekly missions
- Track progress through mountain climbing
- Gamified task completion
- Visual progress with a mountaineer character
- Epic adventure theme for goals
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MotivAction is a goal planner that turns meaningful goals into milestones and concrete weekly actions. Build a realistic weekly plan, keep the next step visible and beat procrastination one small win at a time. PLAN GOALS AND MILESTONES Keep several goals side by side. Write down why each one matters, choose a reward and break the journey into milestones and submilestones. TURN GOALS INTO WEEKLY ACTION Plan the actions that move a goal forward. Choose the right days, add a separate time and subtasks for each day, or track goal-linked work outside the weekly plan. BEAT PROCRASTINATION HONESTLY Record your mood before starting. When you finish, reflect on effort, time and satisfaction. Even “I didn't feel like it, but I did it” becomes visible progress. SEE EVERY EFFORT ADD UP Each completion adds another mark to the goal it supports. Focus on the next step while keeping the longer journey in view. LOCAL-FIRST. NO ACCOUNT. Your data lives on your device first. Private platform-cloud backup can protect it without a MotivAction account, and your goals and notes never pass through a MotivAction server. Available in English and Polish. MotivAction follows your system language.
Taskroot
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Taskroot is a task manager where tasks are linked by what depends on what. Instead of a long list, you see the path to your goal — and exactly what you can do right now. PLAN THE PATH, NOT THE LIST • Put tasks on a chart and link them with arrows: a task becomes available when everything before it is done. • Build a plan from the goal backwards or step by step, with the keyboard or by touch. • The chart arranges itself, top to bottom or left to right. EVERY DETAIL IN ITS PLACE • Notes, colour, tags, a due date and time, who it's delegated to, a place and attachments — in a card that unfolds right on the chart. • Upcoming, Anytime, Delegated and Completed lists across all your projects. LET AI DRAFT THE PLAN • Make a Plan… turns a goal into steps with the links between them — brief, normal or detailed. • Suggest the steps before or after any task, with Apple Intelligence on your device or with Claude. SEE IT YOUR WAY • Switch between the chart and a list in the order the work can be done. • Focus on one goal and everything else steps back; filter by tag, colour or what's available now. • Park ideas in the Inbox and bring them onto the chart when it's time. EVERYWHERE YOU WORK • Mac, iPhone and iPad, kept in sync through iCloud. • Quick entry from anywhere on your Mac, the share sheet, export to PNG and PDF. • Let AI assistants work with your projects over MCP. TASKROOT PRO Two projects are free. Pro adds unlimited projects, plus plans and suggestions by Claude. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use: https://taskroot.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://taskroot.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Taskroot at every 9 days against MotivAction's every 6 weeks. MotivAction's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. MotivAction sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Taskroot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MotivAction ships an update every 6 weeks, Taskroot every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MotivAction | Taskroot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Smaka | SIarhei Tarasenka |
In-app purchases
MotivAction
- Unlock Goals$3.99
Taskroot
- Taskroot Pro · Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Taskroot Pro · Yearly$39.991 Year









