Comparison

Matterlist vs 24h Dial

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

Head to head
About

Matterlist

This to-do list app helps you focus on current tasks with an infinite timeline and safe deadlines. It offers robust recurring tasks, hierarchical subtasks, and local data storage for complete user control.

Highlights
  • Completely free, no ads or purchases
  • Local data storage, no cloud sync
  • Infinite timeline for past and future tasks
  • Safe deadlines that don't shift
  • Robust recurring tasks with individual edits
  • Hierarchical subtasks with unlimited nesting
Features
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Matterlist is a 100% free to-do list app focused on helping you keep your task list relevant to the present moment. COMPLETELY FREE. There’s no up-front cost, no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no account. All features are unlocked for all users. LOCAL DATA STORAGE. Matterlist stores data on your device only – there’s no cloud sync and no account. You own and control your data. EXPORT AND IMPORT. The export and import functions allow you to manually backup and restore your Matterlist database whenever you want. INFINITE TIMELINE. If a task has a date, be it tomorrow, next Monday, or sometime in 2050, jump to that date and put your task there. When that day comes, you’ll see this task on your Today list. Go back to any date in the past to see what you accomplished on that day. SAFE DEADLINES. When you postpone a task, it disappears from your Today list, but its due date stays unchanged. Matterlist doesn’t shift Due Dates as other to-do list apps do, so your deadlines remain safe. ROBUST RECURRING TASKS. Create tasks that repeat periodically and manage them separately from regular, non-repeating tasks. If you edit or delete a single event in a recurrence (e.g., move a gym workout only for this week), the rest of the events in this recurrence will stay intact. HIERARCHICAL SUBTASKS. Divide a bigger task into smaller ones that you can do right now. Use unlimited nesting levels to represent any complex task you might have. Work with a subtask like any other task: assign contexts, add notes, create due dates, and postpone them whenever you like. STARS, NOTES, PRIORITIES: Make important tasks stand out with a star, mark them with color to stress their importance or urgency, or attach notes with additional task information. Matterlist is completely free – no up-front cost, no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases. With Matterlist, you own and control your data – it stores your tasks on your device only and doesn’t upload them to the cloud. Get Matterlist and start organizing your life right now! Terms and Conditions: https://matterlist.com/terms-and-conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://matterlist.com/privacy-policy.html

About

24h Dial

Features
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So that's what my day actually looks like. 24h Dial is the simplest way to see where your time goes. Open the app, tap what you're doing right now — the previous activity closes automatically, and your day fills in as a colorful 24-hour dial. ◆ ONE TAP IS ALL IT TAKES • Tap Work, Sleep, Break… to switch activities instantly • Long-press to stop logging — no start/stop timers to babysit • Forgot to log something? Tap a slice to backfill or fix past hours • Night owls can shift the start of their day anywhere from 0:00 to 6:00 ◆ YOUR 24 HOURS, AS A COLORFUL DIAL • Midnight at the top, clockwise around the clock — one glance shows how the day was spent • Unlogged time stays light gray, so the "missing hours" stand out immediately • Home Screen widgets keep the current activity and elapsed time always in view ◆ WEEKLY REPORTS FIND YOUR TIME BLACK HOLES • Total ranking by activity • Weekday stacked charts and an "average day" dial • Insights like "18 unlogged hours this week" or "Breaks up 2 hours vs last week" ◆ EVERYTHING IS FREE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. • Logging, your full history, unlimited activities, weekly and monthly reports, CSV export and widgets are all free — nothing is locked, nothing expires • A small banner ad at the bottom of the dial, history and report screens keeps the app running (never on input, edit or settings screens, and never while the keyboard is up) • Prefer it clean? A single one-time purchase removes the banner for good. It is not a subscription, and it unlocks nothing else ◆ PRIVACY FIRST • Everything stays on your device — no account required • What you log is never used for advertising • Nothing you log ever leaves your device The first step to changing how you spend your time is knowing how you spend it. Start coloring in your 24 hours today.

Screenshots

Matterlist4 screens
24h Dial3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Matterlist at none against 24h Dial's 1. Matterlist also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 17.0). On price 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. 24h Dial sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Matterlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Matterlist versus 24h Dial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatterlist24h Dial
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFILTER FORGE OU丽佳 施

In-app purchases

None

Matterlist

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

24h Dial

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Matterlist free?
Matterlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 24h Dial free?
24h Dial is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Matterlist or 24h Dial have ads?
24h Dial shows ads; Matterlist does not.

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