Comparison

iKanban vs Freud

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

Head to head
About

iKanban

Visualize your tasks with a "Todo, Doing, Done" board. This app helps you track project progress and understand what you're currently working on, especially when juggling multiple tasks or projects. It offers a simple yet effective way to manage your workflow.

Highlights
  • Three-column board (Todo, Doing, Done)
  • Visual progress overview
  • Task color customization
  • Keyboard shortcuts for Mac/iPad
  • List visibility control
  • Archive of completed reminders
Features
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iKanban turns your Reminders into a beautiful, focused Kanban board. Every Reminders list becomes a project. Every reminder becomes a card you can drag between To-do, Doing and Done. Because Reminders is the data source, your cards sync seamlessly across iPhone, iPad and Mac via iCloud — no extra account, no extra subscription, no vendor lock-in. KEY FEATURES • Native Kanban board on top of Reminders • Drag & drop cards between To-do, In-Progress and Done • Areas: group your lists by colored areas for a clean overview • Contexts, tags and full-text search across all your boards • Attachments, GIFs and PDFs directly on cards • Inbox for quick capture, batch entries for bulk planning • Light and dark color schemes • iPhone, iPad and Mac (Catalyst) — one universal app • Fully localized: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese • Free — no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no ads iKanban is a focused tool for people who already live in Reminders and want a visual board on top of it. If you can use Reminders, you can use iKanban. PRIVACY iKanban stores everything in your own Reminders database. We have no servers, no analytics, no tracking. The app only asks for the Reminders permission it needs to function.

About

Freud

Features
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Freud – Dein minimalistischer Begleiter für den Geist. In einer lauten Welt voller Ablenkungen bietet Freud dir einen stillen Ort zur Selbstreflexion. Keine überladenen Dashboards, keine endlosen Formulare, keine Werbung. Nur du und dein Tag. Wie es funktioniert: Am Ende des Tages fragt dich Freud ganz simpel: Wie hast du dich heute gefühlt? Wähle zwischen Positiv, Neutral oder Negativ und halte in einem einzigen Satz fest, was den Ausschlag gegeben hat. Kurz, klar, konkret. So erkennst du über Zeit Muster in deinem Leben, die dir sonst verborgen bleiben. Deine Features: • Minimalismus pur: Ein Design, das den Geist beruhigt, nicht ablenkt. • Deine Zeit: Bestimme selbst, um wie viel Uhr Freud dich mit einer sanften Notification an deinen Tagesabschluss erinnern soll. • 100 % Privat: Keine Accounts, keine Cloud, keine Server. Deine Gedanken gehören nur dir und werden ausschließlich lokal auf deinem iPhone gespeichert. Lerne dich selbst besser kennen, Tag für Tag. Mit Freud.

Screenshots

iKanban4 screens
Freud3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Freud at none against iKanban's 2. iKanban's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads 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. iKanban sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Freud asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iKanban ships an update weekly, Freud monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iKanban versus Freud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriKanbanFreud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthias HennemeyerCem Sezek

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iKanban

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited access$3.991 Month
  • Unlimited access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Freud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iKanban free?
iKanban is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Freud free?
Freud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iKanban or Freud have ads?
Neither iKanban nor Freud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iKanban or Freud?
iKanban ships an update weekly, and Freud monthly. Most recently, iKanban was updated on November 1, 2026 and Freud on October 31, 2026.

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