Comparison

Super Productivity vs TaskForge

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

Head to head
About

Super Productivity

This app helps you plan, focus, and complete your work with a to-do list, time tracker, and integrations. It offers features for deep work, privacy, and seamless connection with project management tools.

Highlights
  • Fast to-do list
  • Precise time tracking
  • Pomodoro and focus timers
  • Drag-and-drop planner
  • Jira, GitHub, GitLab integration
  • Focus mode and break reminders
  • Keyboard shortcuts
Features
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Plan. Focus. Ship work. Super Productivity combines a fast to-do list, precise time tracking, and smart integrations in one local-first app for macOS. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture and prioritize tasks without friction • Track time per task (Pomodoro and focus timers included) • Plan your day and week with a clear, drag-and-drop planner • Export clean timesheets and work reports INTEGRATED, NOT INTRUSIVE • Connect Jira, GitHub, GitLab, and OpenProject • Import issues, filter what matters, and stay updated without noise BUILT FOR DEEP WORK • Focus mode, break reminders, and lightweight self-reviews • Wide keyboard shortcut coverage for a fast workflow PRIVATE & LOCAL-FIRST • Open source, no accounts, no data collection • Your data stays on your device; backups and exports are always available WHO IT’S FOR Developers, freelancers, and teams who care about clarity, speed, and privacy.

About

TaskForge

Manage your Obsidian tasks directly from your mobile device with real-time sync and notifications. Visualize your workload with calendar and Kanban views, and stay organized with powerful search and filtering. Create and edit tasks using familiar Markdown syntax.

Highlights
  • Real-time push notifications for tasks
  • Home screen widgets for at-a-glance task viewing
  • Deep integration with Obsidian vaults
  • Calendar and Kanban board task visualization
  • Advanced search and filtering capabilities
  • Markdown-powered task creation and editing
  • Cross-platform sync via iCloud
Features
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Bring your tasks, notes and calendar together without creating a TaskForge account. Your tasks and notes stay in local Markdown files you can open in any editor. Create tasks, write notes and view your calendar for free. Note editing is in beta. Start with a folder of your own or use your existing Obsidian vault, with nothing to import or convert. A real to-do list and task manager on every screen you use: iPhone, iPad and Mac. Widgets, notifications, a month calendar with your own events beside your tasks, kanban, search, and your notes in the same app. "After trying many apps and workflows, this is the first one that actually stuck and made me productive!" (user review) Works with your vault Reads and writes Obsidian Tasks emoji fields, Dataview fields, Task Genius and TaskNotes YAML frontmatter with your own field mapping. Every edit goes back to the original file. Home Screen widgets Today, overdue, a tag, a saved filter or any section of a space, in every size up to XL. Check a task off without opening the app. iPhone, iPad and Mac. Notifications and reminders Push notifications for due and scheduled work, several reminders on one task, and a daily summary. Calendar, built in Your device calendars (iCloud, Google, Exchange) sit beside your tasks in the month view, in spaces and in widgets. Events come from those calendars, not from files. Notes and daily notes Open, read and edit any note in your vault, next to the tasks inside it. Every workspace gets a daily note, one tap from search or the calendar agenda. Lists, kanban and search Spaces that stack task and event sections. Custom filtered lists, a kanban board with drag and drop, tags, contexts, projects, priorities, recurring tasks, and start, scheduled and due dates. Search and multi-condition filters across the whole vault. Archive completed tasks instead of deleting them. Quick capture Type a task the way you would say it and TaskForge fills in the date, priority and tag. Optional tools for your AI agent Use your own AI agent to turn meeting notes into tasks or update your task list. TaskForge generates a guide to your folder's format. The free taskforge desktop CLI and local MCP server, installed separately on your computer, give compatible agents tools to read and edit tasks and notes. These tools run locally without network access. They do not include an AI assistant or subscription. Your chosen AI provider's account requirements and data handling still apply. Privacy No TaskForge account, no analytics. Tasks and notes work offline. TaskForge does not upload your task or note files to its own servers. External sync and AI services handle data under their own terms. TaskForge Premium The task list, kanban, search and filters, notes and daily notes, quick capture, viewing your calendar, and priority names and colors are free. Premium unlocks Home Screen widgets, notifications and per-task reminders, creating and editing calendar events, your own custom spaces and lists, task defaults, accent color and app font, and editing many tasks at once. Buy it once and keep it, or subscribe monthly with a 7-day free trial. A monthly subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.md or Anthropic.

Screenshots

Super Productivity4 screens
TaskForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Productivity at none against TaskForge's 3. TaskForge's advantage is ratings volume (108 vs 33). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. TaskForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Super Productivity asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Super Productivity against 4.7 for TaskForge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 108 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Super Productivity's written reviews are positive against 88% of TaskForge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Productivity ships an update weekly, TaskForge every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Super Productivity versus TaskForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper ProductivityTaskForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (33 ratings) — better4.7 (108 ratings)
Positive reviews95.2% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings33108 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes MillanAzhar Dewji

Customer experience

Super Productivity

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

TaskForge

All ratings108 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative6.6%

In-app purchases

None

Super Productivity

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

TaskForge

Subscriptions2
  • TaskForge Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • TaskForge Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • TaskForge Premium (Lifetime)$49.99

Questions

Is Super Productivity free?
Super Productivity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TaskForge free?
TaskForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Super Productivity or TaskForge?
Super Productivity is rated higher. Super Productivity averages 4.8 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while TaskForge averages 4.7 from 108 ratings.
Do Super Productivity or TaskForge have ads?
Neither Super Productivity nor TaskForge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Super Productivity or TaskForge?
Super Productivity ships an update weekly, and TaskForge every 4 days. Most recently, Super Productivity was updated on October 14, 2026 and TaskForge on October 14, 2026.

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