Comparison

Deadlines vs Deadliner

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

Head to head
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.

About

Deadliner

This app offers a visual approach to task and deadline management, helping users increase productivity and reduce procrastination. It features countdowns, Gantt-style charts, and robust organization tools with extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Visual countdowns for deadlines
  • Gantt-style iterative schedules
  • Task organization with tags and subtasks
  • Seamless cloud sharing across devices
  • Extensive customization options
  • Home screen widgets for quick access
  • iCloud sync for Apple devices
Features
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Deadliner is a visual task tracker designed to increase your productivity and eliminate procrastination. Immerse yourself in a brand-new visual approach to tracking and managing deadlines, projects, events, and meetings. Set goals and visualize your progress by instantly seeing the remaining time compared to when you started a given task. Enhance your productivity further by adding subtasks to create a Gantt-style iterative schedule that seamlessly tracks across all your devices. Deadliner offers a range of practical applications for personal planning, teamwork, and education. Personalize your planning by tracking event time and progress, collaborate with team members by sharing deadlines, and create deadlines for students (or your own schedule as a student) and instantly share them. Key features include: - Visual Countdown: A novel approach to organization that provides a clear perspective. - Gantt-style Charts: Facilitate task iteration and enhance productivity and organization. - Organization with Tags, Projects, and Subtasks: Streamline your task management. Create subtasks of subtasks and complex task tress, or keep it simple. - Seamless Cloud Sharing: Instant cloud sharing across all your devices, built-in. - Over 1,200 Customization Options: Personalize your experience with icons, tags, and color schemes. - Home Screen Widgets: Access all your deadlines with a single swipe on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. - iCloud Sync: Seamless synchronization between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. - Reminders Sync: Import reminders as deadlines and keep changes aligned when enabled. - Support for Advanced Automation: Leverage built-in Shortcuts to streamline your workflows. Deadliner is available as apps for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. Your subscription is shared across all your devices, ensuring uninterrupted access to all features. EULA: https://zetegy.com/eula/deadliner Terms of Use: https://zetegy.com/terms/deadliner

Screenshots

Deadlines4 screens
Deadliner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Deadlines at 75% against Deadliner's 29%. Deadlines also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and monetization model (freemium vs subscription). Deadliner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Deadlines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Deadliner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Deadlines holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Deadlines's written reviews are positive against 29% of Deadliner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deadlines ships an update every 2 months, Deadliner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Deadlines versus Deadliner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeadlinesDeadliner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrady SimonZetegy LLC

Customer experience

Deadlines

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

Deadliner

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral11.9%
Negative59.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Deadlines

One-time1
  • Pro Mode$1.99
2 purchases

Deadliner

Subscriptions2
  • Deadliner Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Deadliner Annually7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Deadlines free?
Deadlines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deadliner free?
Deadliner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deadlines or Deadliner?
Deadlines is rated higher. Deadlines averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Deadliner averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Deadlines or Deadliner have ads?
Neither Deadlines nor Deadliner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deadlines or Deadliner?
Deadlines ships an update every 2 months, and Deadliner every 2 weeks. Most recently, Deadlines was updated on October 13, 2026 and Deadliner on October 20, 2026.

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