Comparison

Tasks vs MSD One

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

Head to head
About

Tasks

This app helps you manage tasks beyond a simple to-do list. It allows for customizable statuses, tags, and hierarchical organization with a Kanban view to visualize project progress. Syncs across Apple devices and offers extensive customization for your workflow.

Highlights
  • Customizable task statuses
  • Tagging and hierarchical organization
  • Kanban project view
  • Smart lists and powerful queries
  • Attachments (PDFs, images)
  • iCloud sync
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Tasks is a flexible task manager built for Apple devices. Start with a simple to-do list, then add structure only when you need it—with projects, subtasks, tags, priorities, custom statuses, Kanban boards, collaboration, and powerful automations. Your work is rarely just “to do” or “done.” A task might be in progress, waiting, under review, or following a workflow unique to your team. Tasks lets you shape every project around the way you actually work, without overwhelming you upfront. START SIMPLE. GROW YOUR WAY. • Capture tasks quickly and organise them into folders, projects, and subtasks • Add tags, priorities, task types, notes, links, images, PDFs, and other details • Create custom statuses for any workflow • Use fixed or completion-based recurring reminders • Build Smart Lists with powerful filters across all your projects • Find tasks, comments, and project information with advanced search • Start faster with project templates and helpful tag and date suggestions SEE WORK MOVE FORWARD Turn any project into a clear visual workflow with Kanban. Move tasks between custom statuses, or let completing a task advance it naturally through your flow. From a personal checklist to a multi-stage project, you can always see what is happening and what comes next. AUTOMATE ALMOST ANYTHING With more than 50 App Intents, Tasks works deeply with Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and system automations. Create, edit, clone, search, and organise tasks and projects without opening the app. Build workflows around dates, recurring rules, locations, tags, priorities, statuses, comments, and collaborators. COLLABORATE WITHOUT THE OVERHEAD Share projects by email or public link, assign work, add comments, and keep files with the tasks they belong to. Only the person sharing a project needs Tasks Plus—collaborators can join without purchasing their own subscription. MADE FOR THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM Tasks is designed for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro, with reliable CloudKit-powered sync across your devices. • Interactive Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • A full Apple Watch app for capturing and completing tasks from your wrist • Share and Action extensions for creating tasks from other apps • Focus Filters, rich notifications, and Time Sensitive alerts • Keyboard, trackpad, drag-and-drop, and multi-window support • Native dark mode, Dynamic Type, and accessibility support • Face ID and Touch ID protection for private projects • Import from Apple Reminders and Notes • Export and import complete backups using the .tasks format • URL schemes and x-callback-url support for advanced workflows PRIVATE BY DESIGN Tasks is built with privacy in mind, with secure CloudKit-powered sync across your Apple devices. START FREE Tasks is free to download with a generous free tier. Upgrade to Tasks Plus with monthly, annual, family, and lifetime options when you need more. Questions or feedback? We read every message. tasks@msquarelabs.com Privacy Policy: https://mufasayc.com/thetasksapp/privacy Terms of Use: https://mufasayc.com/thetasksapp/terms

About

MSD One

Enhance hybrid and in-person events with interactive features. Attendees receive personalized agendas, travel updates, and venue info. Facilitate audience engagement through Q&A, polls, and a secure social media wall.

Highlights
  • Personalized agendas
  • Real-time travel updates
  • Moderated Q&A panel
  • Slide saving with annotations
  • Audience polling and gamification
  • Private social media wall
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Provide active engagement and promote reciprocal learning, boost productivity and efficiency of hybrid and in-person events with MSD One. Elevating the experience Built with the attendee experience in mind, MSD One is custom tailored for each meeting. Providing attendees with personalized agendas, real-time travel updates and notifications as well as venue information and dining recommendations. Optional features include a moderated Q&A panel that empowers attendees to directly engage with presenters. If allowed, attendees can select specific slides to save along with their personal annotations. Let’s learn from each other • Using MSD One during controlled open floor events such as Town Halls or workshops enables meeting organizers to glean invaluable insights from their audience. • A private and secure social media wall facilitates connections, engagement, and interactions among attendees. • Incorporating elements such as polling, gamification, word clouds, babblestream, and more, MSD One ensures allows us to assess presenter effectiveness and track useful metrics of attendee interest, engagement and knowledge retention. With MSD One every event is maximized to its fullest potential.

Screenshots

Tasks4 screens
MSD One4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tasks and MSD One both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 63% of Tasks's written reviews are positive against 0% of MSD One's. Tasks also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 7). MSD One's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating 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. Tasks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. MSD One asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tasks holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasks has 1.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Tasks's written reviews are positive against 0% of MSD One's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasks ships an update weekly, MSD One every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tasks versus MSD One: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasksMSD One
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews62.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.9K — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMsquare Labs Technologies Private LimitedMerck Sharp & Dohme LLC

Customer experience

Tasks

All ratings1,904 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive62.6%
Neutral12.8%
Negative24.5%

MSD One

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Tasks

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Tasks not syncing correctly
  • Inability to delete tasks
  • Crashes when adding comments
  • Unreliable date and time handling
  • Inconsistent behavior when rearranging tasks

Requested features

7 requests
  • Recurring tasks
  • Calendar integration
  • Ability to move tasks between projects
  • Global tag management
  • Expanded note-taking capabilities
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  • Shortcuts and automation support
  • Batch task editing and management

MSD One

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tasks

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Tasks Plus (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Tasks Plus Family (Monthly)$7.991 Month
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  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Tasks Plus$24.991 Year
  • Tasks Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Annual (Offer)14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Tasks Family Plus$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Tasks Plus Lifetime - Individual$69.99
  • Tasks Plus Lifetime - Family$99.99
None

MSD One

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tasks free?
Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MSD One free?
MSD One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tasks or MSD One?
Tasks is rated higher. Tasks averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while MSD One averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Tasks or MSD One have ads?
Neither Tasks nor MSD One shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasks or MSD One?
Tasks ships an update weekly, and MSD One every 8 months. Most recently, Tasks was updated on September 22, 2026 and MSD One on August 27, 2026.

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