Deadline App vs DeadlineHero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deadline App
Easily create and manage all your important deadlines. Receive timely notifications to ensure you never miss a due date. Visually track the remaining time for each task.
- Create deadlines
- Set notifications
- Track time left
- Deadline management
- Task reminders
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Create deadlines Set notifications for them Track the time left
DeadlineHero
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DeadlineHero protects you from costly deadline mistakes. Whether contracts, cancellations, insurance, vehicle inspections, or warranties: You keep important one-time deadlines clearly organized and get reminded reliably – right when it matters. Why DeadlineHero? Many apps are overloaded. DeadlineHero is intentionally simple and focused: Add a deadline, note the consequence, act in time. Highlights: • Clear sections: Overdue, Today, This Week, Later • Fast creation with types & templates • Local iOS notifications (work offline) • Fixed reminder time at 9:00 AM • No ads, no tracking Pro (optional one-time purchase): • Additional reminders • Save & sync templates • Urgent highlights for important deadlines DeadlineHero is not a to-do app and not a calendar – it’s your clear safeguard against missed deadlines.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DeadlineHero at every 2 days against Deadline App's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Deadline App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DeadlineHero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Deadline App ships an update every 3 weeks, DeadlineHero every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deadline App | DeadlineHero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (63 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elena Maltceva | Andreas Fetscher |
Bugs and requests
Deadline App
Reported bugs
14 issues- Widget not displaying deadlines on Mac
- App freezing when creating multiple tasks
- Synchronization failures between iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
- Purchase restoration not working on all devices
- Incorrect deadline display (showing wrong remaining time)
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- Live activities not updating progress bar over time
- Widget showing blank on Intel Mac
- Notifications triggering incorrectly (wrong timing)
- App crashes and data loss
- Calendar write access permission issues
- Widget not syncing with app data
- Lagging when scrolling through many deadlines
- Live activities disappearing randomly
- Completed deadlines auto-deleting after 30 days without user control
Requested features
20 requests- Display deadlines in days format instead of percentage
- 12-hour time format option
- Task categories/organization by type
- Recurring/repeating deadlines
- Progress bar fill visualization
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- Overdue task indicators
- Share and copy to clipboard functionality
- Countdown mode without completion requirement
- Multiple widget selection options
- Automatic calendar integration
- Line break support in notes/descriptions
- Image attachment capability
- Lifetime purchase option
- Working days calculation (excluding weekends)
- Task deletion functionality
- Bidirectional time counting
- Family/shared task support
- Today button for quick start date setting
- Notification customization and frequency control
- Light mode theme option
DeadlineHero
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Deadline App
- Deadline Pro$1.991 Month
- Deadline Pro$9.991 Year
DeadlineHero
- DeadlineHero Pro (Lifetime)$9.99
