Macaw vs Rock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Macaw
This app helps you plan your day with intention, breaking down tasks into manageable steps. It offers gentle reminders and encourages daily reflection to foster a sense of progress and reduce stress.
- Daily planning ritual
- Task breakdown
- Gentle reminders
- End-of-day reflection
- Sense of progress tracking
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Feeling lost in tasks? Let Macaw gently guide you to plan each day with intention. Macaw is more than a to-do list. It’s your personal planner that helps you stay on track, feel in control, and enjoy your day with less stress. Why Macaw? • Start your day with a simple planning ritual • Break down your tasks into what’s doable today • Gentle reminders to stay on track • End your day with reflection and a sense of progress Organize your day. Master your life.
Rock
This app combines messaging, tasks, notes, and file storage for remote and hybrid teams. It offers a streamlined way to collaborate with anyone, anywhere, by bringing all essential communication and project management tools into one platform.
- Integrated messaging with unlimited messages
- Unlimited tasks, project boards, and to-do lists
- Kanban boards and sprint planning
- Note-taking functionality
- Seamless integrations with popular tools
- Import data from other platforms
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Messaging + tasks combined at last. Rock allows you to work together with anyone with messages, tasks, notes, file storage and meetings in one place. All-in-one communication built for remote and hybrid teams. Rock.so allows you to collaborate with anyone, anywhere. Whether you work in a startup, marketing, software engineering, consulting, design, education or anything else, Rock.so can easily get your team together to get some work done. Collaborate and message with freelancers, agencies, volunteers and other partners in one place. Maximize your productivity while streamlining team communication and collaboration with: - Full-fledged messaging app with unlimited messages. - Unlimited tasks, project boards, to-do lists, filters, deadlines, and more! - Kanban boards, assignees, checklists sprints, task deadlines, and more all in the Tasks mini-app. - Note-taking functionality to document important information with your team. - Seamless integrations with Google Drive, Zoom, GitHub, Zapier, Figma, Notion, Google Docs, Google Meet, Dropbox, and more! - Import all your messages and tasks from Slack, WhatsApp, Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Jira, and more. Purpose built for remote teams, discuss and get work done without switching between tools. Try Rock today and collaborate and discuss with as many people as you want, all for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rock at 129 against Macaw's 3. Macaw's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Macaw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rock has 129 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Macaw's written reviews are positive against 86% of Rock's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Macaw | Rock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (129 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 129 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Macaw Work Lab LLC | Shiny Inc. |
Customer experience
Macaw
Rock
In-app purchases
Macaw
No in-app purchases
Rock
No in-app purchases









