Tasks vs Live Shortcut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Live Shortcut
Easily integrate your existing automations with Live Activities. Display reminders and important information on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island to ensure you never miss a thing.
- Integrate automations with Live Activities
- Display reminders on Lock Screen
- Utilize Dynamic Island for notifications
- Easy setup for existing shortcuts
- Customizable display options
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Hook your Shortcut automations into Live Activities easily via LiveShortcut! Leave reminders for yourself on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, a place where you're sure to not miss.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tasks at 4.4 against Live Shortcut's 3.8. Tasks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). Live Shortcut's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 57%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Tasks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Live Shortcut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tasks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasks has 54 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Tasks's written reviews are positive against 70% of Live Shortcut's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Tasks ships an update every 2 days, Live Shortcut every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tasks | Live Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (54 ratings) — better | 3.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rihab Mehboob | Andrew Fang |
Customer experience
Tasks
Live Shortcut
In-app purchases
Tasks
- Tasks Unlimited$2.99
Live Shortcut
- Premium$0.99
