FernTask vs Springing Maple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FernTask
This app offers straightforward daily task tracking for teams, allowing for quick task completion and creation using templates. It keeps today's tasks prominent and enables flexible task management and collaboration with activity logs for transparency. Stay connected with teammates through comments, calls, texts, and customizable notifications.
- Dead simple daily task tracking
- Task templates for quick creation
- "My Day" page for today's tasks
- Flexible task creation, modification, and delegation
- Activity logs for transparency
- In-app commenting and direct communication
- Customizable notifications
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FernTask is built to provide dead simple daily task tracking for teams that aren't tied to their desks. We built it for you. You can get your team up and running in just a few minutes. * FernTask is simple: Our primary design focus is to make the most common tasks as quick as possible. Tap complete and move on to what's important. Use task templates to speed up the creation of similar tasks. * FernTask keeps the focus on today: Our design keeps today's tasks front and center with the "My Day" page. * FernTask is flexible: anyone on your team is able to create, modify and delegate tasks. This allows tasks to be managed by the team lead or driven by collaboration. Activity logs provide transparency by showing what was changed by which teammates and when the modifications occurred. * FernTask keeps you connected: Comment on a task to keep teammates informed. Tap a task's address for turn-by-turn directions. Tap your teammate's name to call or text. Customize what kind of task and team events will trigger notifications. FernTask is completely free to use for small teams of up to three people. For larger teams we provide subscriptions which include a two free week trial for new subscribers. Subscription plans are organized by team size so that one teammate's subscription can cover the entire team. Get in touch with us any time at support@ferntrail.com. We are here to answer your questions and make sure that any issues get resolved.
Springing Maple
This app helps property management teams log work shifts, including drives, visits, and expenses. It automatically tracks activities using location data and allows for detailed entry of job IDs and spending. Seamless integration with Google Sheets provides summaries and expense collection.
- Automatic drive and visit tracking
- Expense logging
- Job ID entry
- Google Sheets integration
- Activity list with deletion
- User feedback welcome
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Springing Maple lets property management teams easily track users' drives, visits, expenses, and more! Every member can clock in and automatically track their drives, visits, and breaks using motion and location data. Once an activity is logged, it appears in a list, where they can delete it if they wish. Users can enter the job ID, money spent, and any other description of the activity. There is a seamless integration with Google Sheets, allowing every employee to view a summary of their activities, as well as collect everyone's expenses in one place. If there is any specific feature request you would like for your property management team, please let us know. We would love your feedback!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Springing Maple at none against FernTask's 3. Springing Maple also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). FernTask's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. FernTask sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Springing Maple asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FernTask against 5.0 for Springing Maple. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
FernTask ships an update every 5 weeks, Springing Maple every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FernTask | Springing Maple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keith Sheppard | Sandeep Sukhija |
Customer experience
FernTask
Springing Maple
In-app purchases
FernTask
- Growing Team Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Midsize Team Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Large Team Plan (Monthly)14 Days trial$19.991 Month
Springing Maple
No in-app purchases








