Comparison

TaskTowers vs ZapTasked

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

Head to head
About

TaskTowers

Build and maintain good habits with a gamified approach. Track your progress with virtual towers that grow with your daily streaks. Compete with others and unlock characters as you achieve your long-term goals.

Highlights
  • Gamified habit building
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Virtual tower growth
  • Habit history logs
  • Leaderboard competition
  • Unlockable characters
Features
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Based on the famous "Don't Break the Chain" productivity method and proven gameification techniques, TaskTowers gives you a fun, engaging way to create and maintain good habits, allowing you to achieve your long-term goals. Streaks Each habit you create is represented by a tower that grows the longer you keep your daily habit streak active. Miss a day and you have to rebuild your streak and tower. Habit History Track all your current and past streaks. Leaderboard Compete with friends and other users to see who can build the tallest tower. Characters Unlock characters as you build your tower.

About

ZapTasked

This app helps overcome task inertia with a quick 1-minute timer to build momentum. It offers customizable task lists, engaging random tasks, and satisfying sound effects to boost focus and productivity.

Highlights
  • 1-minute task timer
  • Randomly generated tasks
  • Customizable task list
  • Task tagging
  • Optional pre-task game
  • Sound effects
  • Task management system
Features
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FROM FROZEN TO FOCUSED ZapTask helps you break through procrastination by making it easier to begin. Choose a task from your list — or let ZapTask choose one for you — then commit to a simple 60-second start. After the timer ends, keep going if you have momentum! The goal is not to finish everything at once. It is simply to begin. Key features include: • A focused 60-second Zap timer to overcome inertia • Choose a specific task or let ZapTask pick one at random • Customizable task lists for your own todos • Optional color tags • Random selection from all tasks or only selected colors • Optional warm up game before your task begins • Satisfying sound effects, haptic feedback, and responsive interactions • A clean two-tab interface built around Tasks and Zap • Add, delete, and Undo deleted tasks • Local task completion tracking and warm up high scores • No accounts, ads, sign ins - all local storage Stop waiting for motivation. Start with one minute.

Screenshots

TaskTowers4 screens
ZapTasked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ZapTasked at 5.0 against TaskTowers's 3.6. ZapTasked also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). TaskTowers's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, ads 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. TaskTowers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ZapTasked asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZapTasked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaskTowers has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskTowers ships an update fortnightly, ZapTasked every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TaskTowers versus ZapTasked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskTowersZapTasked
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (21 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFiacre KabayizaEvan Ordona

Customer experience

TaskTowers

All ratings23 ratings
Positive52.2%
Neutral30.4%
Negative17.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative13.3%

ZapTasked

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TaskTowers

One-time1
  • Mega Builder Bundle!$1.99
None

ZapTasked

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TaskTowers free?
TaskTowers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZapTasked free?
ZapTasked is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TaskTowers or ZapTasked?
ZapTasked is rated higher. TaskTowers averages 3.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while ZapTasked averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TaskTowers or ZapTasked have ads?
Neither TaskTowers nor ZapTasked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskTowers or ZapTasked?
TaskTowers ships an update fortnightly, and ZapTasked every 13 months. Most recently, TaskTowers was updated on November 2, 2026 and ZapTasked on November 4, 2026.

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