Comparison

Sublime Task vs Relay GTD

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

Head to head
About

Sublime Task

Features
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Your mind is for having ideas—not holding every loose end. Sublime Task turns scattered commitments into a calm, dependable system inspired by GTD. Capture anything in seconds, clarify what it means, organize the next action, and choose what to do with confidence. FROM INBOX TO ACTION • Capture tasks and ideas before they slip away • Use a guided clarify flow to decide whether an item is actionable • Add notes and checklists without losing context ORGANIZE YOUR WHOLE SYSTEM • Connect actions to goals, areas of focus, projects, and contexts • Plan with start dates, due dates, energy, and time required • Build custom action lists and filter for exactly what fits now • Keep reference material and review checklists together SEE THE BIG PICTURE • View internal events and actions in calendar views • Keep waiting, someday, tickler, completed, and uncategorized items in their proper place • Review your system regularly so it stays current • Sign in to keep your Sublime Task workspace available across supported devices OPTIONAL CALENDAR CONNECTION Connect Google Calendar only if you want to. Sublime Task can project its events into a dedicated managed calendar and show selected external or device calendars read-only. External events are never edited by Sublime Task. SUBSCRIPTION Sublime Task for iPhone requires an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Apple may offer eligible new subscribers a 7-day introductory trial. Eligibility, price, and final terms are shown before you confirm. If no trial applies, Apple shows the subscription price before purchase. Manage or cancel in App Store subscription settings and restore eligible purchases in the app. Privacy Policy: https://sublimetask.com/privacy/ Terms and Conditions: https://sublimetask.com/terms/ Support: https://sublimetask.com/support/ GTD® and Getting Things Done® are registered trademarks of David Allen Company. Sublime Task is not affiliated with or endorsed by David Allen Company.

About

Relay GTD

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Relay is a complete task, project and goal management app built for Getting Things Done. CAPTURE ANYTHING, ANYWHERE Type it into the app, share to Relay from any app's share sheet on iPhone and iPad, press Control+Option+N on a Mac to capture over whatever you are working in, or forward an email to your own private Relay address. Everything lands in the Inbox and waits there until you decide what it is. CLARIFY, THEN ENGAGE A short step-through turns each item into a next action, a project with a defined outcome, something you are waiting on, a Someday/Maybe item, reference, or something to drop. Engage then shows what you can do now, filtered by where you are, how much time you have, and whether you have the energy for it. GUIDED REVIEWS The weekly review is where most systems quietly fail, because it depends on remembering to check everything. Relay turns it into a wizard that walks you through clearing the Inbox, updating each project and checking your higher horizons, one step at a time. Trigger lists run you through the ordinary categories people skip, so open loops surface instead of staying in your head, and a five-minute daily review shapes each day. HORIZONS, NOT JUST A LIST Relay models the altitudes above the ground floor: the areas you are responsible for, the goals you are working towards, and the vision and purpose above them. A next action belongs to its project, and the project can link up to the goal or area it serves, so you can see what a piece of work is for and notice when a whole area has gone quiet. SHARED WORKSPACES A shared workspace is for a family, a couple or a small team: up to ten people, each with a Relay account of their own, invited with a link or by email. Delegate a task to someone: it lands in their Inbox and waits in your Waiting For. Each shared workspace has its own Agenda and a shared review. Comments on any item keep the discussion with the task. WIDGETS On iPhone and iPad, put a Relay list such as Inbox, Next Actions or your Soft Landscape on the Home Screen, tick something off without opening the app, or tap to capture. On a Mac, add a widget for Inbox, Next Actions, Soft Landscape, Scheduled, Waiting For or Projects. Widgets need iOS 17 or macOS 14. WORKS WITH THE APPS YOU ALREADY HAVE Apple Calendar, Apple Reminders, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Google Tasks, Microsoft To Do, Todoist, Notion and Linear. Your calendar sits beside today's actions, and tasks you keep elsewhere come across without being retyped, into your Inbox first. ON EVERY DEVICE Relay runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, on Windows and on the web, on one account. Sign in with Google to use one account on every device; Sign in with Apple works everywhere except the Windows app. AI THAT WAITS TO BE ASKED Ask and it helps you clarify. It questions a vague capture, says when something you wrote as a task is really a project, and holds a project's "done when" to a standard someone else could check. It never writes your next actions for you, never rewrites your words, and reads nothing unless you ask. SUBSCRIPTION Relay is a paid product, and every account gets the whole app. New accounts get 30 days free, with no card needed, starting when you choose. After that, pay monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel yours on iPhone or iPad in Settings, under your name, then Subscriptions; on a Mac, in the App Store app, under your account. Terms of use: https://relaygtd.com/terms Privacy policy: https://relaygtd.com/privacy Getting Things Done and GTD are registered trademarks of the David Allen Company. Relay is not affiliated with, authorised by, or endorsed by the David Allen Company.

Screenshots

Sublime Task4 screens
Relay GTD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Relay GTD at 4 against Sublime Task's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Sublime Task sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Relay GTD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Sublime Task versus Relay GTD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSublime TaskRelay GTD
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian Guerra MarreroMichael Fraser Buffini

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sublime Task

Subscriptions2
  • Sublime Task PRO7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Sublime Task Pro7 Days trial$44.991 Year
2 purchases

Relay GTD

Subscriptions2
  • Relay Monthly1 Month trial$7.001 Month
  • Relay Yearly1 Month trial$50.001 Year

Questions

Is Sublime Task free?
Sublime Task is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Relay GTD free?
Relay GTD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sublime Task or Relay GTD have ads?
Neither Sublime Task nor Relay GTD shows ads.

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