Comparison

The Big 3 vs 5 Tasks

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

Head to head
About

The Big 3

This task management application helps you prioritize and focus on your most important goals. It limits your daily tasks to three, ensuring you complete or postpone them before setting new ones. Features include watch app integration and home/lock screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Focus on 3 daily tasks
  • Complete or postpone tasks
  • Watch app integration
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Import Reminders app data
  • Cross-device data sharing
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The Big 3 is a task list app that helps you focus on what’s most important. Most task manager apps let you list every possible thing that you could want to do. Then, when it’s time to get things done, your list is so long that you can spend more time managing it than checking things off. The Big 3 takes a different approach. It lets you focus on the 3 things that you need to do right now. You plan out your Big 3 goals all at once. Then you have to either complete each goal, or say that you’re not going to do it today. You can’t start a new Big 3 until you’ve completed or postponed everything in your current Big 3. The Big 3 includes a watch app so that you can track and complete your Big 3 on your watch. It also includes a range of widgets for both the home screen and lock screen. And it lets you import and track reminders from your Reminders app. The Big 3 does share your data between your devices, but does not collect or share any of your info ever.

About

5 Tasks

This app helps you manage your daily tasks and projects by presenting them in manageable sets of five. Organize your to-do lists, shopping lists, or project tasks with intuitive filtering and sorting options. Enjoy a clean interface, dark mode, and automatic iCloud backup for seamless data management across devices.

Highlights
  • Presents 5 tasks at a time
  • Organize tasks by groups, priorities, due dates, and labels
  • User-friendly interface with dark mode
  • Automatic iCloud data backup
  • Supports iPad and Mac (M1/M2) with data syncing
  • Subscription for premium features
Features
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Have you ever caught yourself staring at the long list of tasks that you need to do not knowing where to start ? Now the 5 tasks app is here to solve that. Organize your daily task list / project, daily checklist or even shopping list from the same app. 5 tasks is a simple & beautiful app for managing your todos or tasks. Create all the tasks as you want, organize it under groups, sort & filter with priorities, due dates, labels & groups and complete it by tapping or swiping the task. It doesn't overwhelm you and presents you 5 tasks at a time. Once you complete that set, another set of 5 tasks is ready for you to tackle. Features: • Beautiful User friendly Interface: No more clunky, difficult navigation. This is an easy to use app with beautiful UI. • Dark Mode: Love dark mode? we love it tooo & its free. • Groups: Organize all your tasks under a group. A group acts as a container for all your tasks. • Active Tasks: See set of 5 tasks first. Complete those tasks to see another set of 5 tasks. You can also filter tasks per groups, priorities, due dates or labels. • Task Filter: Sort & filter your tasks by groups, priorities, due dates or labels. • Labels/Tags: Create unlimited labels or tags for your tasks and assign it. You can sort tasks with labels. • Priorities: Assign priorities to your tasks. • Data Backup: All your data gets backed up to your icloud account automatically, safely & privately so that you won't lose it ever. • iPad & Mac (M1/M2) Support: We designed this app to work on your ipad & mac too. All your data will be seamlessly synced with multiple devices. To access all the premium features, you can always purchase our Monthly or Yearly subscription plan. 5 Tasks will automatically charge your iTunes Account at the end of your subscription unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period. Subscriptions renew at the original price. You can turn off auto-renew at any time and still receive full functionality until the end of your current period, but no refund can be provided for unused portions of the subscription. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. All your previous purchases can be easily restored using the **Restore Purchase** option in the app. This will provide you access to all the premium features. You can view 5 Tasks Terms of Service & Privacy Policy at: https://nrlnishan.github.io/fivetaskapp/privacypolicy/ https://nrlnishan.github.io/fivetaskapp/tos/

Screenshots

The Big 34 screens
5 Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Big 3 at none against 5 Tasks's 3. The Big 3 also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. 5 Tasks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. The Big 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Big 3 against 5.0 for 5 Tasks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Big 3 versus 5 Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Big 35 Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOld Jewel SoftwareNishan Niraula

Customer experience

The Big 3

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

5 Tasks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Big 3

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

5 Tasks

Subscriptions2
  • Five Task Plus - Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Five Task Plus - Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Five Task - Lifetime Access$14.99

Questions

Is The Big 3 free?
The Big 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 5 Tasks free?
5 Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Big 3 or 5 Tasks?
The Big 3 and 5 Tasks are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do The Big 3 or 5 Tasks have ads?
Neither The Big 3 nor 5 Tasks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Big 3 or 5 Tasks?
The Big 3 ships an update every 2 months, and 5 Tasks every 2 months. Most recently, The Big 3 was updated on November 3, 2026 and 5 Tasks on November 3, 2026.

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