Comparison

Task Now vs DayCue

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

Head to head
About

Task Now

This app helps you organize your daily life by making it easy to create, track, and delete tasks. It's designed to streamline your workflow and ensure you stay on top of assignments, projects, and chores.

Highlights
  • Create and customize tasks by color
  • Set notification dates for tasks
  • Delete completed tasks
  • User-friendly design
  • Streamline workflow
Features
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Introducing TaskNow - the ultimate solution for your daily productivity and organization needs. Be ready to transform the way you manage your tasks and conquer your daily life effortlessly. TaskNow simplifies your life with its user-friendly design, making it a breeze to create, delete, and track your tasks. Whether it's work assignments, personal projects, or just day-to-day chores, TaskNow helps you stay on top of everything. Key Features: - Create and customize tasks by color with ease - Set a notify date for a task to be notified - Delete tasks as you accomplish them - Streamline your workflow and achieve more with less effort TaskNow is the perfect companion for professionals, students, and anyone looking to boost their productivity and keep their life in order. It's time to stop worrying about missed deadlines and start focusing on what truly matters. Privacy Policy: https://maicol.me/tasknow/privacy-policy/ Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DayCue

Visually track important upcoming events with customizable countdowns. Add photos, emojis, and choose from multiple themes to personalize your countdowns. Receive timely notifications to ensure you never miss a significant moment.

Highlights
  • Customizable countdown themes
  • Home screen widgets
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Configurable event notifications
  • Add photos and emojis
  • One-time purchase
Features
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The best moments in life deserve a countdown. DayCue turns the dates you care about into something worth looking at — a birthday, a trip, a concert, a deadline, a launch. Whatever you're building toward, DayCue keeps it front and center. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN Choose from 8 handcrafted dark themes — from Midnight purple to Champagne gold to Forest green. Pick an accent color, add an emoji, drop in a photo. Every DayCue looks exactly how the moment feels. ALWAYS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Small and medium widgets that update automatically. Glance at your lock screen, your home screen, your standby display — your countdown is always there. BUILT TO STAY IN SYNC iCloud keeps your DayCues in sync across all your devices automatically. Create one on your iPhone, see it on your iPad. NEVER MISS THE MOMENT Get notified the day of, a day before, a week out, or a month in advance — you choose which reminders make sense for each event. ONE PRICE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Try DayCue free for 14 days. Then unlock everything forever with a single one-time purchase. Count down to the trip. The show. The finish line. The thing you've been waiting for.

Screenshots

Task Now3 screens
DayCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DayCue at 5.0 against Task Now's 4.5. DayCue also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). Task Now's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Task Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DayCue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DayCue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Task Now ships an update every 10 days, DayCue every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Task Now versus DayCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTask NowDayCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaicol CabrejaORTEK GROUP INC.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Task Now

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99
1 purchases

DayCue

One-time1
  • DayCue Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Task Now free?
Task Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DayCue free?
DayCue is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Task Now or DayCue?
DayCue is rated higher. Task Now averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while DayCue averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Task Now or DayCue have ads?
Neither Task Now nor DayCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Task Now or DayCue?
Task Now ships an update every 10 days, and DayCue every 2 days. Most recently, Task Now was updated on November 3, 2026 and DayCue on November 5, 2026.

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