Comparison

Tasks vs winnow

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

Head to head
About

Tasks

Organize your to-dos, reminders, and projects in one place. Capture ideas instantly, visualize progress with Kanban boards, and attach all necessary details to tasks. Collaborate with others and track your time effectively.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks with natural language
  • Switch between lists and Kanban boards
  • Break down tasks into subtasks
  • Attach notes, links, and files
  • Set location-based reminders
  • Collaborate on shared projects
  • Track time spent on tasks
Features
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Keep your day clear and your projects moving. Tasks brings your to-dos, reminders, and shared projects together in one place. Plan a busy week, organize a trip, or take a project from first idea to finished. Start with a simple list and add the structure you need as you go. CAPTURE IT WHILE IT'S ON YOUR MIND Type “Send the report tomorrow at 3pm” and accept the suggested date and time. Tasks recognizes dates, repeats, priorities, and locations as you type. Add tasks with Siri, save something from another app, or turn an email into a task with the original message attached. SEE WHAT'S NEXT, AND WHAT'S MOVING Switch between lists and Kanban boards. Give each project its own stages, such as Planned, In Progress, and Waiting, so you can see where things stand. Break bigger tasks into subtasks, add tags and priorities, and use Smart Lists to bring the right work together across projects. KEEP THE DETAILS WITH THE TASK Add notes, links, images, PDFs, and emails so you have what you need when it's time to act. Customize each project's fields and keep conversations in comments. A task can hold the whole story, from the first brief to the final decision. MAKE TIME FOR FOCUSED WORK Start a timer on a task and see where your time goes. On iPhone and iPad, block distracting apps while you work. Follow your session from a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and, on supported iPhones, the Dynamic Island. REMINDERS THAT FIT REAL LIFE Set reminders for a date, a time, or when you arrive at or leave a place. Repeat tasks on a schedule or a set time after you finish them, ideal for routines that don't always happen on the same day. Connect Apple Reminders to keep your existing lists in sync. SHARE THE WORK, KEEP EVERYONE IN THE LOOP Plan with your partner, family, or team. Share a project, assign tasks, and use comments and @mentions to keep decisions with the work. Only the person sharing needs Tasks Plus; the people you invite can collaborate for free. You can bring your AI assistant into the project too. Connect a compatible assistant through MCP to help create and update tasks, leave comments, and track time. You choose which projects it can access and can revoke access at any time. FEEL AT HOME ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES Use Tasks on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Keep tasks close with widgets, capture ideas from your wrist, and build everyday automations with Siri and Shortcuts. Sync lets you pick up where you left off on another device. Make Tasks feel like yours with Classic, Mono, and Paper themes, your choice of heading and body fonts, and light or dark mode. Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support help you work comfortably. START WITH YOUR NEXT TASK Download Tasks for free. Tasks Plus adds unlimited projects, custom workflows and fields, sharing, attachments, Smart Lists, sync, and more. Choose a subscription or a lifetime purchase in the app. Made by an independent developer who cares about the details. Questions or ideas? Write to tasks@msquarelabs.com. Privacy Policy: https://thetasks.app/legal/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://thetasks.app/legal/terms/

About

winnow

This task management app encourages focused productivity by limiting tasks per day, week, month, and year. It helps users connect daily actions to long-term ambitions with a structured approach to avoid overcommitment.

Highlights
  • Limited tasks per time period
  • Yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily views
  • Task notes and attachments
  • Link tasks to long-term goals
  • Focus zone for daily tasks
  • Automatic rollover of unfinished tasks
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Winnow is a task app that argues against the way task apps work. Most hand you infinite lists, no direction and no limits. Winnow gives you four main pages (year, month, week, day) with adjustable limits on each to restrain overcommitment. You set the year's ambitions, shape the month around them, build the week, and arrive at today with a clear picture of what to do. Forward motion, by design. The day itself has two parts: a pool of tasks built from your weekly intentions plus anything that needs doing, and a focus zone you pull them into deliberately. The rest waits. Anything unfinished rolls forward. Tomorrow is always a fresh start. Each task or intention can carry its own note, a private scratchpad that stays attached until you detach it. Loose notes dissolve after seven days. Bookmark the ones worth keeping, the rest clear quietly, taking any clutter with them. Link any task upward to the week, month or year, so perspective never gets lost. You're not just writing 500 words, you're finishing the book. Winnow is built around an opinion: that most productivity apps mistake feature volume for usefulness, and that what people actually need is a structure that resists overcommitment and reconnects daily work to longer-term ambition. One purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

Tasks4 screens
winnow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tasks at Free against winnow's $7.99. Tasks also leads on device support (5 vs 2). winnow's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

Tasks is free to download; winnow costs $7.99 up front. Tasks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. winnow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tasks versus winnow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskswinnow
PriceFree — better$7.99
Rating4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMsquare Labs Technologies Private Limited6064

Customer experience

Tasks

All ratings1,912 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral3.5%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews313 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative22.7%

winnow

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

winnow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tasks

Subscriptions8
  • Tasks Plus (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Tasks Plus Family (Monthly)$7.991 Month
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  • Annual (Offer)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • 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$59.99
  • Tasks Plus Lifetime - Family$99.99
None

winnow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tasks free?
Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is winnow free?
winnow costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tasks or winnow have ads?
Neither Tasks nor winnow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasks or winnow?
Tasks ships an update weekly, and winnow weekly. Most recently, Tasks was updated on November 3, 2026 and winnow on October 31, 2026.

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