Comparison

SpeedDial for iPad vs Surely

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

Head to head
About

SpeedDial for iPad

Quickly connect with your favorite contacts directly from your iPad. Initiate calls, FaceTime, or iMessage with a single touch or swipe, keeping you focused on your tasks without switching devices. Access recent contacts and integrate with other apps via the share menu.

Highlights
  • One-touch calling
  • FaceTime Audio/Video
  • iMessage integration
  • Recent contacts access
  • Share Menu Extension
  • Color-coded contact groups
  • Dark Mode support
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SpeedDial lets you reach your favorite contacts from your iPad with a single touch or swipe so you stay focused on your workflow without distractions. Do you often find yourself searching for your phone to make a call, or in a social media app on your phone after a call or messaging? Are you distracted because you have to leave your iPad? SpeedDial for iPad is the solution. SpeedDial for iPad lets you * Call * FaceTime Audio and Video * iMessage  your favorite contacts, recently reached ones from your iPad with a single touch or swipe. This way, you stay in front of your iPad / iPad Pro and continue your work.  Besides SpeedDial contacts, you can reach any contacts in your address book or a phone number.  Even more features: * Recent contacts * Today Widget * Share Menu Extension. You can now call any number from any text. * Color tags to group your SpeedDial contacts * Dark Mode Support * iCloud Sync with SpeedDial 3 for Mac (Coming Soon) I care about your privacy. SpeedDial for iPad DO NOT share any contact information with me or with any other 3rd party. It is not uploaded to any server.

About

Surely

This app offers a streamlined approach to task management, focusing on completion rather than complex organization. It provides essential actions like completing, deleting, or deferring tasks, intentionally omitting features that might encourage procrastination.

Highlights
  • Complete tasks
  • Delete tasks
  • Defer tasks
  • Minimalist interface
  • Focus on task completion
Features
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Most todo apps give you lots of features to organize your todos. But you don't want to be spending time organizing your todos: you want to be completing them. Surely is a focused todo app giving you just the features you need to get your todos done. There are only three things you can do with a todo: * Complete it * Delete it * Defer it Here are all the features Surely doesn't have because they encourage you to keep more todos instead of completing them: * Separate defer dates and due dates * Complex ways of searching for todos * Separate lists of todos so you aren't looking at all of them at once * Bulk defer features. It should not be painless to defer many todos to the future; it should be painful to work with multiple todos so that you complete or delete them Surely is available for free on both iOS and the web.

Screenshots

Surely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Surely at 100% against SpeedDial for iPad's 0%. Surely also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). SpeedDial for iPad's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. SpeedDial for iPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Surely asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surely holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SpeedDial for iPad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Surely's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeedDial for iPad ships an update every 4 days, Surely every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SpeedDial for iPad versus Surely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeedDial for iPadSurely
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZafer ARICANJoshua Justice

Customer experience

SpeedDial for iPad

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Surely

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpeedDial for iPad

One-time1
  • Unlock All Features$1.99
None

Surely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpeedDial for iPad free?
SpeedDial for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surely free?
Surely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SpeedDial for iPad or Surely?
Surely is rated higher. SpeedDial for iPad averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Surely averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SpeedDial for iPad or Surely have ads?
Neither SpeedDial for iPad nor Surely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeedDial for iPad or Surely?
SpeedDial for iPad ships an update every 4 days, and Surely every 6 weeks. Most recently, SpeedDial for iPad was updated on September 13, 2026 and Surely on June 5, 2026.

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