Comparison

Taskline vs Finale To Do

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

Head to head
About

Taskline

Organize your life with a straightforward task manager. Easily create tasks with detailed properties, group them, and set reminders. Sync across all your Apple devices and receive timely notifications.

Highlights
  • Detailed task properties (title, category, date, time, address, importance, description)
  • Task grouping and filtering
  • Map search functionality
  • iCloud storage and cross-device sync
  • Calendar sync and notifications
  • Available on iPhone and iPad
Features
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App for easy and simple task management. Task properties: - Title - Category - Date - Time - Address - Importance - Reminder - Description Functionality: - Creating groups - Search on the map - Store tasks in iCloud - Sync on all devices - Available on iPad as well as iPhone - Filter by group and date - Calendar sync - Receive notifications - Sort tasks

About

Finale To Do

This app helps you organize your life by managing tasks, building habits, and planning your schedule. It offers features like detailed task creation, customizable lists, habit tracking with goals, and a Pomodoro timer for focus. Keep everything in one place to boost productivity and stay on track.

Highlights
  • Detailed task creation with reminders
  • Customizable to-do and shopping lists
  • Habit tracking with goal setting
  • Pomodoro timer for focused work
  • Rich text note creation
  • Home screen widgets for tasks and habits
  • Passcode and Face ID protection
Features
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Finale To Do is a powerful daily planner, task manager and habit tracker. It is a flexible tool to help you organize to-do lists, manage tasks, build good habits, track shopping lists, schedule agenda, and much more. Finale To Do will let you get things done and stay on track. Tasks • Easily create detailed tasks • Set multiple reminders for each task • Create flexible recurring tasks* • Automatic date recognition from tasks title • Organize tasks by Smart Lists • Design custom to-do lists with colors, icons, and emojis • Various task list sorting options • Highlight tasks by priority • Share task lists for collaboration* • Batch edit tasks • Add tasks from the home screen Habits • Create and track habits • Set Habit Goals to improve your progress* • Add flexible repeat settings for habits* • Decorate habits using custom icons and colors • Receive daily habit streak reminders to stay motivated Focus • Use Pomodoro Timer to concentrate on scheduled work • Break your work day into chunks using Pomodoro and Stopwatch • Focus on a specific task to become concentrated • Receive reminders to take a break or resume work Notes • Create detailed notes and rich text documents • Set reminders and repeat settings for each note • Customize notes with custom icons and emojis • Export, share, or print notes as documents Features to help you stay organized and boost productivity • Widgets for tasks and habits on home and lock screens • Change themes to fit your personal style • Protect tasks and habits using passcode and Face ID* • Import iOS reminders as to-do lists* • Automatically sync iOS Calendar as to-do events* • Earn daily motivating achievements How Finale To Do helps you become productive? • Always stay on top of personal daily tasks • Get reminded when you need it • Build good habits or get rid of bad ones • To-do lists, habits, plans, agendas, and notes all in one place • Collaborate on task lists together to boost efficiency Finale To Do is free to download and features marked by a star (*) are available with Finale Pro — an optional upgrade offered either as a one-time Lifetime purchase, or a lower-priced Monthly / Annual subscription. About Finale Pro plan: You can purchase a Lifetime plan once, and keep Finale Pro forever without any additional fees. Alternatively, you can choose a monthly or an annual plan at a lower price. If you upgrade to the monthly Pro plan, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account, which will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Please feel free to manage or cancel the auto-renew subscription in your Apple ID Account Settings at any time after purchase. Finale To Do integrates HealthKit, so you could sync Pomodoro time to Apple Health. For questions, feedback, or suggestions, we are happy to help you at info@finaletodo.com Connect with us: Reddit: r/FinaleToDo Twitter: @FinaleToDo Help Center: https://help.finaletodo.com Terms of Use: https://finaletodo.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://finaletodo.com/privacy

Screenshots

Taskline4 screens
Finale To Do4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Taskline at none against Finale To Do's 3. Taskline also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Finale To Do's advantage is ratings volume (167 vs 7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Finale To Do sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Taskline asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Taskline against 4.7 for Finale To Do. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finale To Do has 167 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Taskline's written reviews are positive against 86% of Finale To Do's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taskline ships an update every 3 weeks, Finale To Do weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Taskline versus Finale To Do: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasklineFinale To Do
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better4.7 (167 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better86.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7167 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir PchelyakovGrant Oganyan

Customer experience

Taskline

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Finale To Do

All ratings167 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive86.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative7.8%

Bugs and requests

Taskline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Finale To Do

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when sharing task list
  • Syncing between Mac and iPhone takes longer time
  • App icon customization broken after update
  • App got bug and don’t give notifications when too many folders created

Requested features

22 requests
  • Sync across devices
  • Visible check mark for lists
  • Ability to log forgotten habits
  • Better reporting system (pie/graph charts)
  • Fix syncing between Mac and iPhone
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  • Goals feature
  • Journal feature
  • Recurring tasks feature
  • Apple Watch complications & full support
  • Progress bar on tasks for sub-tasks
  • Display number of sub tasks (e.g., 1/4)
  • Timer Live Activities in the Lock Screen
  • Few Unique ringtones for notifications
  • Increase default text size
  • Tagging feature
  • Group lists under a bigger umbrella
  • Tagging/search feature
  • iPad and Mac companion app
  • Ability to add others to a task
  • Multiple views for weekly/monthly/yearly tasks
  • Tick-tick / nature sounds for pomodoro timer
  • Alarms for tasks

In-app purchases

None

Taskline

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Finale To Do

Subscriptions2
  • Finale Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Finale Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Finale Pro - Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Taskline free?
Taskline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Finale To Do free?
Finale To Do is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Taskline or Finale To Do?
Taskline is rated higher. Taskline averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Finale To Do averages 4.7 from 167 ratings.
Do Taskline or Finale To Do have ads?
Neither Taskline nor Finale To Do shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taskline or Finale To Do?
Taskline ships an update every 3 weeks, and Finale To Do weekly. Most recently, Taskline was updated on October 25, 2026 and Finale To Do on October 22, 2026.

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