Comparison

LifeStack vs Task Cat

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

Head to head
About

LifeStack

Record past life events like work, school, and relationships. Then, use the app to plan your future and create a life summary. It helps you reflect on your experiences and build a better tomorrow.

Highlights
  • Record life events
  • Track work, school, relationships
  • Plan future goals
  • Create life summaries
  • Reflect on past experiences
Features
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Life is stacking of many encounters and experiences. Sometimes we want to look back on the past. This app will help you to record your life events. Work, School, Relationships, etc. And then plan your better future.

About

Task Cat

Features
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Make room for a little focus, with cats for company. Task Cat is a cozy focus timer for study, work, and reading. Choose one thing to work on, set your time, and settle into a hand-drawn cat café. A small session is a good place to start. FOCUS AT YOUR PACE • Set a session from 5 to 90 minutes, with pause and resume. • Take a 5-minute break after a completed session, then start another when you are ready. • Choose Study, Work, Reading, or another activity and set a daily time goal. SEE YOUR SMALL STEPS ADD UP • Look back at daily records, weekly and monthly charts, and time by activity. • Follow your progress on a paw-print calendar and see your completed-session streak. • Keep the time you worked, even when you finish a session early. YOUR QUIET CAT COMPANY • Meet three café cats and occasional visitors. • Watch them stretch, groom, play, and find a cozy place to nap. • Get closer with the in-app camera, save favorite moments to your journal, and share a café photo. • Bring cat widgets to your Home Screen. A CAFÉ WITH YOUR OWN LITTLE TOUCHES Use coins for toys, food, treats, beds, and cushions. Shop items are consumable: each play or feeding uses one item. Placing a bed or cushion uses one from your inventory; it stays until you remove or replace it. Moving it costs nothing extra. Removed or replaced furniture does not return to your inventory. You can try furniture before buying it for free. The basic timer, café, and progress tracking are free. Every 240 minutes of completed focus sessions earns 1 coin, with time carried over between sessions. Breaks, paused time, and sessions ended early do not earn coins. Optional in-app purchases add 1, 3, or 8 coins. These are consumable purchases, not subscriptions. Coins do not expire. No account registration or ads. Records, photos, coins, and items are stored on your device. There is no account sync or purchase-history restoration of your coin balance after reinstalling the app or changing devices. Start with one small session. Your café companions are waiting. Privacy Policy: https://taskcat.site/en/privacy Terms of Use: https://taskcat.site/en/terms Contact: info@lumo.tokyo Support: https://taskcat.site/en/support Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LifeStack3 screens
Task Cat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LifeStack at none against Task Cat's 3. LifeStack also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 18.0). Task Cat's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Task Cat sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. LifeStack asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LifeStack versus Task Cat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifeStackTask Cat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYosuke ArasawaTaro Ueno

In-app purchases

None

LifeStack

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Task Cat

One-time3
  • 1 Coin$1.99
  • 3 Coins$5.99
  • 8 Coins$14.99

Questions

Is LifeStack free?
LifeStack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Task Cat free?
Task Cat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LifeStack or Task Cat have ads?
LifeStack shows ads; Task Cat does not.

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