Comparison

Tasks vs Timing

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

Head to head
About

Tasks

Personalize your lock screen and Dynamic Island with to-do lists. Customize appearance and hide tasks as needed. Track progress with a 12-hour timer for up to 5 tasks.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen task display
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Customizable appearance
  • Hide tasks option
  • 12-hour timer
  • Up to 5 tasks
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Tasks - Create Live Activities lets you personalize your lock screen like never before. Display your tasks on the Lock Screen and have them always showing above notifications - and also on the Dynamic island. Change the text and background appearance, and choose to hide the tasks. Add up to 5 tasks at a time. Underline and strikethrough tasks, and keep track with a 12 hour timer - all tasks end when the timer ends. If you have any questions or feedback, I'm all ears. Tasks - Create Live Activities was created by an individual in his free time, and I’d love to know what you think. I’m available through Twitter @elohohel.

About

Timing

This app combines events and tasks into a single, intuitive timeline to boost productivity. It offers features like focus timers, customizable entries with metadata, and powerful filters for time reflection. External calendars keep you updated on events.

Highlights
  • Unified event and task timeline
  • Immersive focus timers
  • Customizable entries with metadata
  • Advanced time reflection filters
  • External calendar integration
  • Note-taking and time blocking
Features
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Looking for a way to simplify your life and boost productivity? Look no further than timing – the ultimate mobile planning tool!  An intuitive timeline seamlessly combines your events & tasks, so no more context switching is required. And — best of all — there's no login required. timing is compatible with all your existing calendars and reminder lists synced to your device. Your data is always private and secure. Here's how timing can help you maximize your productivity: Focus — Our immersive timers will empower you to get through your lists, and make the most out of your time. Recall — You can pin what’s important so it always stays on top of mind. Organize – You can customise each entry leveraging our rich metadata library that includes #tags, emojis and much more, to help you stay organised. Reflect – Our powerful filters let you see how you're spending your time from a variety of perspectives. Slice and dice your commitments by the calendar or list they belong to, their day of the week, time of day, priority, tags, emojis, energy-level and so much more. You'll be amazed at the insights you gain! Discover — External calendars ensure you stay up-to-date and don’t ever miss out on local events, live sports & important dates. And so much more! Note-taking, time blocking, gap management, widgets, notifications, alerts, dark mode, theming etc. Notes: In order to gain access to timing’s full feature set, you will need to upgrade to its Everything plan. This is available as a lifetime purchase or monthly/annual subscription. A lifetime purchase gives you access to everything for forever in return for a one-time payment. The subscription plans come with a free 7-day trial. If you cancel the subscription within the trial period, you will not be charged. If you decide to proceed with a subscription beyond the trial, please note subscriptions will then automatically renew unless cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewals at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after a purchase. All payments will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. To be clear, for the lifetime purchase, this occurs immediately, whereas for subscriptions, this will occur once the free trial period is complete.

Screenshots

Tasks4 screens
Timing4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tasks and Timing both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Timing's written reviews are positive against 57% of Tasks's. Tasks's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timing sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timing holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Tasks's written reviews are positive against 89% of Timing's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tasks ships an update every 2 days, Timing weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tasks versus Timing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTasksTiming
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (54 ratings)4.5 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRihab MehboobBardia Golriz

Customer experience

Tasks

All ratings54 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Timing

All ratings32 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tasks

One-time1
  • Tasks Unlimited$2.99
3 purchases

Timing

Subscriptions2
  • Everything (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Everything (Yearly)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Everything upgrade (lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Tasks free?
Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timing free?
Timing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tasks or Timing?
Timing is rated higher. Tasks averages 4.4 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Timing averages 4.5 from 33 ratings.
Do Tasks or Timing have ads?
Neither Tasks nor Timing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tasks or Timing?
Tasks ships an update every 2 days, and Timing weekly. Most recently, Tasks was updated on October 24, 2026 and Timing on October 22, 2026.

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