Smart Tasks vs ChoreStar
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.
ChoreStar
Organize household tasks and manage rewards for completed chores. Assign tasks, set point values, and approve work to track earnings and manage a reward system for family members. Offers a premium option for an ad-free experience and expanded features.
- Assign tasks (daily, weekly, monthly, one-off)
- Set point values for tasks
- Approve or decline completed tasks
- Define and manage reward list
- Co-parent management
- Exportable chore and point history
- Ad-free premium option
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ChoreStar is a household organiser for the jobs that need doing and the rewards they earn. You set the tasks, decide what each is worth, and approve work when it's marked finished — so the running total lives in the app instead of in your head. MANAGE THE HOUSEHOLD FROM ONE DASHBOARD - Assign tasks daily, weekly, monthly or one-off, to one person or everyone - Set point values, with optional reminder days - One review queue for everything waiting on you - Approve or decline in a tap; balances update instantly REWARDS YOU DEFINE - Build the reward list and price each one in points - Redemption requests come to you for approval, not spent automatically - Full history of every point earned and spent, filterable and exportable as a spreadsheet NO EXTRA ACCOUNTS TO MANAGE Household members join by scanning a code you generate. No additional email addresses, no passwords for you to reset. SHARE THE LOAD Invite a co-parent to manage the household with you. Both of you can assign, approve and adjust, and everyone stays in sync. ADS THAT STAY OUT OF THE WAY The free version shows one small banner on the dashboard. No pop-ups, no full-screen takeovers, nothing between screens, and no advertising on the household member's own view. Every ad is non-personalized and capped at a "G" content rating. CHORESTAR PREMIUM A one-time purchase, not a subscription. Removes advertising for everyone in the family and lifts the free limits on tasks, rewards and members. Bought once, applies to the whole household, nothing to renew or cancel. PRIVACY No behavioural profiling and nothing sold to advertisers. Delete your account and all of its data from inside the app at any time. Free version: 2 members, 8 tasks, 5 rewards. Terms: https://chorestar.cloudmigrationconsulting.net/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Smart Tasks at 4.5K against ChoreStar's 1. ChoreStar's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Smart Tasks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ChoreStar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ChoreStar 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Smart Tasks ships an update fortnightly, ChoreStar every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Tasks | ChoreStar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.5K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francesco Prospato | Cloud Migration Consulting LLC |
Customer experience
Smart Tasks
ChoreStar
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
ChoreStar
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
ChoreStar
- ChoreStar Premium$4.99









