WhatCounts vs Taskburn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhatCounts
Easily track important dates and events with customizable reminders. This app helps you count down to future occasions and count up from past milestones, offering personalized notifications and a variety of display options.
- Customizable event countdowns
- Past event tracking
- Personalized reminders
- Notes and ideas entry
- Customizable display options
- Categorization of events
- Dark Mode
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WhatCounts helps you keep track of all your important events and dates: set a daily, weekly or monthly reminder to receive early notifications and never miss a thing! You can track important events such as: Future Holidays, Holidays, Weddings, Anniversaries, Goals, Concerts and much more. WhatCounts also counts how many days have passed since a date such as your birthday, wedding and more. Features: - Customize the count with colors of your choice. - Customize with camera roll photos. - Enter notes, ideas or things to remember. - Choose whether to display more or less information. - Categorize your countdowns into custom groups - Set up weekly, monthly or yearly reps. - Set alerts one day before, one week before, or one month before. - Customize the details *. - Choose the format in which to view the details (months, weeks, days, etc) *. - Customize the application icon *. - Sort by: ascending date, descending date, color or name *. - Dark Mode *. - Enter infinite countdowns *. - Enter infinite forward counts *. * PRO functionality We aim to improve our application as much as possible, always adding new functions. If you have ideas or suggestions to improve it, do not hesitate to contact us! Email: support@johan.ink
Taskburn
This task management app simplifies prioritization to help you tackle your to-do list. It offers a clean interface with intuitive controls for organizing tasks, adding details, and syncing across devices.
- Prioritize tasks automatically
- Organize tasks in folders
- Add notes and subtasks
- Real-time iCloud sync
- Minimalist design
- Dark mode support
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Taskburn is a task management app that emphasizes prioritization. It’s simple yet powerful. Find yourself ALWAYS have TOO many things to do? Taskburn is here to help by making it super easy to prioritize what’s important. • Track your tasks on multiple devices, with realtime iCloud sync. • Minimalist design with super smooth interactions. • Tasks are automatically ordered by priority. • You can change ordering by swiping or drag-and-drop. • You can organize tasks in folders, and nested folders. • You can add notes and subtasks to tasks. • Full dark mode support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Taskburn at none against WhatCounts's shown. Taskburn also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 2). WhatCounts's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 58%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. WhatCounts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Taskburn sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WhatCounts holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taskburn has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of WhatCounts's written reviews are positive against 58% of Taskburn's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | WhatCounts | Taskburn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.1 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 58.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marco Monti | Actowise LLC |
Customer experience
WhatCounts
Taskburn
In-app purchases
WhatCounts
- WhatCounts PRO$4.99
Taskburn
- Pro Annual1 Year trial$4.991 Year
- Pro Lifetime$9.99
- Pro Lifetime$19.99









