Comparison

SyncOnSet 5.0 vs Deadlines

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

Head to head
About

SyncOnSet 5.0

This Emmy Award-winning tool streamlines TV and film production for creative departments. It digitally manages script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, and approvals from prep to wrap, optimizing workflows and communication.

Highlights
  • Digital script breakdowns
  • Continuity photo management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Approvals and notes
  • Department-specific workflows
  • Pre-production to wrap management
Features
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SyncOnSet is an Emmy Award-winning digital continuity and collaboration tool that helps streamline TV and Film production from prep to wrap. With SyncOnSet, your whole team can digitally manage script breakdowns, continuity photos, inventory, approvals, notes, and much more! Designed for Costume, Hair, Makeup, Props and Set Dec departments, SyncOnSet helps optimize workflows and secure communication throughout the life of a project. Creative departments use SyncOnSet production apps from pre-production (script breakdown and budgeting) to principal photography (continuity notes and photos), through wrap (wrap labels and reports).

About

Deadlines

Organize your daily tasks with this modern to-do list manager. Create custom groups, assign priorities, and visualize deadlines. Upgrade for unlimited tasks, alerts, subtasks, and calendar integration.

Highlights
  • Custom task groups
  • Priority assignment
  • Deadline visualization
  • Incomplete task widgets
  • iCloud storage
  • Light and dark modes
  • Subtasks and alerts (Pro)
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Deadlines is a modern, productive task manager tool to help organize your daily list of jobs. You can create custom groups to separate your tasks however you like, such as by classes and projects. Boost your productivity with the following features: • Create custom groups for different types of tasks • Assign higher priorities to more important tasks • Visualize deadlines by day, priority, or group • See incomplete deadlines using widgets • Search for specific deadlines • Keyboard shortcuts for faster additions • Store deadlines in iCloud • No external login required Deadline has a modern and minimalistic interface with emphasis put on smooth animations that makes it enjoyable to use: • Light and dark mode support • Minimize deadline groups you don't need to see • Filter out completed tasks to see remaining tasks • See tasks grouped by week • Color code your groups for visual distinction Everyone can initially create three custom groups and ten different deadlines. Upgrading to Pro Mode unlocks several benefits: • Unlimited deadlines and groups • Set alerts for each deadline • Access to subtasks for each deadline • Push deadlines to calendar • Create repeatable deadlines Deadlines that are pushed to the calendar are automatically updated when you change the deadline. New deadlines can be automatically pushed to Calendar from Settings, as well as setting default alerts for all deadlines.

Screenshots

SyncOnSet 5.04 screens
Deadlines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deadlines at 75% against SyncOnSet 5.0's 3%. Deadlines also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.7). SyncOnSet 5.0's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (61 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. Deadlines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SyncOnSet 5.0 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deadlines holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SyncOnSet 5.0 has 61 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of SyncOnSet 5.0's written reviews are positive against 75% of Deadlines's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SyncOnSet 5.0 ships an update monthly, Deadlines every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SyncOnSet 5.0 versus Deadlines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSyncOnSet 5.0Deadlines
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (61 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews2.5% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings61 — better3
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwymsee Inc.Brady Simon

Customer experience

SyncOnSet 5.0

All ratings61 ratings
Positive18.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative78.7%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive2.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative92.5%

Deadlines

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

SyncOnSet 5.0

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Deadlines

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$1.99

Questions

Is SyncOnSet 5.0 free?
SyncOnSet 5.0 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deadlines free?
Deadlines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SyncOnSet 5.0 or Deadlines?
Deadlines is rated higher. SyncOnSet 5.0 averages 1.7 out of 5 from 61 ratings, while Deadlines averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do SyncOnSet 5.0 or Deadlines have ads?
Neither SyncOnSet 5.0 nor Deadlines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SyncOnSet 5.0 or Deadlines?
SyncOnSet 5.0 ships an update monthly, and Deadlines every 2 months. Most recently, SyncOnSet 5.0 was updated on September 18, 2026 and Deadlines on September 27, 2026.

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