Smart Tasks vs Daily Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Tasks
This app helps you organize tasks, reminders, and daily checklists with a clean, interactive layout. Plan your week, manage deadlines, and stay productive with features like color-coding, widgets, and Apple device integration.
- Color-coded task organization
- Weekly planner view
- Home screen widgets
- Apple device integration
- Apple Watch app
- Drag & drop organization
- Smart notifications
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Featured in App Store's "Hot This Week" for multiple weeks. Welcome to Smart Tasks: a simple, yet powerful way to get things done! See your whole week in a minimalistic and interactive design. Write down everything from your time-sensitive work to things you just don’t want to forget about. Keep yourself from worrying about what you have to do and start getting things done. Simple. Fast. Intuitive. Built for you! FEATURES • Simple and highly interactive design • Drag and drop to quickly add, reorder, delete, and import tasks • Swipe on any task, category, or date to access quick actions to get things done quicker • Choose between 42 aesthetically pleasing colors for categories • Home screen quick actions • Export/import tasks and categories APPLE SPECIFIC FEATURES • Widgets • Siri AI • Dark mode • Notification quick actions • Add, edit, delete, and view Apple Calendar events • Import reminders from the Apple Reminders app • Control Center and Action Button controls support • Device Handoff when adding tasks and categories • Full VoiceOver support • Smart Notifications • Dynamic font support • App Shortcuts PREMIUM FEATURES • iCloud sync • Reminders in tasks • Daily, weekly, monthly, and after completion routines • Notes in tasks • Week layout • Unlimited categories • Change app’s icon color • Special configuration options • Custom swipe actions • Duplicating tasks • Prioritize today • Link, email, and phone number detection in titles and notes iPad SPECIFIC FEATURES • Multiple window support for categories and tasks • Keyboard Shortcuts • Right-click for quick actions • Drag and drop task files for quick importing • Drag and drop multiple task files SUBSCRIPTION Smart Tasks has a subscription service for premium features. No sign-up needed. Upgrade anytime to Smart Tasks +. Without Smart Tasks +, users will only have access to a limited amount of features. Subscriptions from Smart Tasks + will be charged to your card connected to your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your account settings after purchase. Any unused time left in a given free trial will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. For more details please look at: Privacy Policy: https://smarttasksapp.com/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://smarttasksapp.com/terms/ Thank you for using Smart Tasks! I'm constantly updating the app to make it better.
Daily Planner
This app offers a calm approach to task management, using task cards and a growing garden to visualize progress. It helps users focus on what matters today without rigid scheduling or pressure, with options for focus sessions and organizing future tasks.
- Task cards for daily view
- Progress-tracking garden
- Later list for future tasks
- Optional focus sessions
- Flexible priorities
- Widgets and reminders
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Taskpad is a card-based daily planner. **Build your day with cards** Tasks and habits come together as cards, giving you a clear view of your day. Drag to reorder them and decide what matters most. Simple, flexible, and easy to follow. **Not ready? Move it to Later** Not everything belongs today. Drag it to Later — it won't get lost, and it won't keep nagging you. **Focus when you need it** Swipe a card to start a focus timer. Helps you settle into one thing, without turning your whole day into a countdown. Search, reminders, and widgets are there, quietly supporting you in the background. Taskpad isn't about finishing everything. It's about finishing what matters today. Most of Taskpad is available for free. Taskpad Pro is optional, with monthly, annual, or lifetime plans for those who want a little more. Terms of Use: https://taskpad.webflow.io Privacy Policy: https://taskpad.webflow.io/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Smart Tasks at 4.5K against Daily Planner's 4. Smart Tasks also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Daily Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Smart Tasks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Daily Planner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Daily Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Tasks has 4.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Smart Tasks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Planner's.
Smart Tasks ships an update fortnightly, Daily Planner every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Tasks | Daily Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.5K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francesco Prospato | Jingxian Gao |
Customer experience
Smart Tasks
Daily Planner
Bugs and requests
Smart Tasks
Reported bugs
2 issues- Syncing issues causing tasks to reorder or disappear
- Subscription cancellation problems
Requested features
5 requests- Option to display completed tasks
- Ability to delay or snooze tasks
- Integration with more calendar/reminder apps
- Monthly view for tasks
- Keyboard shortcuts for quick task entry
Daily Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Smart Tasks
- Smart Tasks +$1.991 Month
- Smart Tasks + (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Smart Tasks +$9.996 Months
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- Smart Tasks +$11.991 Year
- Smart Tasks + (Annual)1 Year trial$17.991 Year
Daily Planner
- Taskpad Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- Taskpad Pro Yearly$6.991 Year
- Taskpad Pro Lifetime$9.99
Questions
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