KwikTASK vs Tempus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KwikTASK
Manage your daily tasks with a simple and effective to-do list app. Organize items into custom categories, view them by due date, and set up repeating events with reminders. Customize fields, search, and share lists easily.
- Customizable categories and prioritization
- Schedule view by due date
- Repeating events with automatic re-creation
- Pop-up reminders for tasks
- Customizable fields (text, image, date, etc.)
- Search and quick mark/unmark all
- Share lists via email and AirPrint
- iCloud sync and Home/Lock Screen widgets
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KwikTASK provides a simple and effective way to track and manage your daily 'to do' tasks. Always know what you need to do, when you need to do it, and get it done. * Group your items into the categories that *you* choose, and arrange and prioritize things quickly and easily. * Switch to 'schedule view' to see what needs to be done today, tomorrow, and after that. View and access your items based on their assigned due-date. * Setup events to repeat and let KwikTASK handle the rest. Completed repeating events will automatically re-appear as un-checked with the new date prior to the next occurance. * Create pop-up reminders for any of your tasks with an assigned due-date. Repeating items will create new notifications for each occurrence so you'll get a reminder every time it needs to get done. * Customize the information captured for your items by adding any additional fields -- text, note, image, date, time, number, money, Url, and boolean -- that you need. * Find your tasks quickly with search, arrange your items automatically or manually, and mark all items as unchecked for subsequent usage with a single touch. * Share your lists and items easily with WYSIWYG email and Air-Print. * Export your list as a .kwiklist file for backup purposes and/or import into other devices and KwikList family apps. * Use iCloud storage to save your list in the cloud! Let iCloud automatically sync your items across all of your devices. * Use the included Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets to customize your device display and make your entered tasks available at-a-glance without even launching the app! All KwikTASK screens work in both portrait and landscape mode, providing a simple and consistent user-experience.
Tempus
This app helps individuals with ADHD manage their time and tasks effectively. It offers visual timelines, smart reminders, and a focus mode to combat time blindness, task paralysis, and forgetfulness. All data is kept private on your device with optional iCloud sync.
- AI daily planning from voice or text
- Visual timeline for your full day
- Habit and routine tracking
- Smart reminders and reliable alarms
- Focus Mode with app blocking
- Works offline
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Tempus is a calm daily planner built for ADHD brains — one clear timeline for your day, real app blocking for your focus, streaks that forgive, and a Siri that finally understands what you mean. MADE FOR REAL ADHD CHALLENGES Most planners assume your brain cooperates. Tempus is designed for the days it doesn't: • Time blindness — see time as space on a visual timeline • Task paralysis — describe your day and let Apple Intelligence draft the plan; you review it before anything is saved • Forgetfulness — alarms, smart reminders and Live Activities that meet you where you are • Overwhelm — one signal per state, one accent per screen. Nothing shouts. • Broken routines — streaks that forgive a day off, because coming back is the win PLAN — DESCRIBE YOUR DAY, THEN DECIDE • Say or type what needs to happen: "deep work this morning, gym after lunch, call the clinic" • Tempus turns it into tasks with a duration, a priority and an energy level, and fits them around what's already on your calendar • Watch the plan take shape on the timeline as it's written. Fix a title, drop what you don't want, then add it to your day. Nothing lands until you say so. • Plan today or tomorrow — from the app, or by asking Siri • Tasks, habits, routines, Apple Calendar (including the Google and Outlook accounts on your iPhone) and Reminders on one timeline • Inbox to capture thoughts now and sort them later ASK SIRI — IN YOUR OWN WORDS • "Plan my day in Tempus", "What's next in Tempus", "Start focus in Tempus" — ten Siri shortcuts, most of them without opening the app • On iOS 27, Apple Intelligence understands Tempus like a calendar: "Create a dentist appointment in Tempus tomorrow at 3pm" just works, with no phrase to memorize • Siri answers with cards you can act on — mark the next task done or start a focus session right from the card • Find any task in Spotlight and open it directly • With a task on screen, "Start focus in Tempus" starts on that one • Shortcuts for Prepare Tomorrow, Reschedule Task, Move Unfinished Tasks (with undo) and Review Day PROTECT — FOCUS THAT CAN'T BE STOLEN • Focus Mode blocks distracting apps with one tap, using Apple's Screen Time technology • The world dims until you're done — Live Activities keep the session on your Lock Screen • Timers, interactive widgets and Apple Watch support FORGIVE — PROGRESS WITHOUT PUNISHMENT • Streaks that forgive: a day with nothing planned never breaks your streak • Quiet statistics by week, month or year that celebrate coming back, not output • No confetti. No guilt. Just a calm acknowledgment and your next step. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account required. Your tasks live on your device and in your own iCloud. • With Apple Intelligence, planning runs on Apple silicon — where neither Apple nor Tempus can read your request • Where Apple Intelligence isn't available, Tempus's own planning service drafts the plan, and you still review everything before it's saved ALSO IN TEMPUS • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Works offline • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activities, an Apple Watch app and complications • A native Liquid Glass interface, with a proper split view on iPad PERFECT FOR • Adults with ADHD or executive function challenges • Students managing classes, deadlines and revision • Professionals who need deep work without distractions • Anyone overwhelmed by traditional productivity apps Tempus is free to download. Tempus Pro unlocks the full experience, available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase — stated once, no countdown timers. Requires iOS 26.2 or later. Planning with Apple Intelligence needs a supported device with Apple Intelligence turned on. Siri in your own words needs iOS 27. Privacy Policy: https://www.gettempus.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.gettempus.app/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tempus at Free against KwikTASK's $0.99. Tempus also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). KwikTASK's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On 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
Tempus is free to download; KwikTASK costs $0.99 up front. Tempus sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. KwikTASK asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tempus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tempus has 61 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of KwikTASK's written reviews are positive against 76% of Tempus's.
KwikTASK ships an update every 3 months, Tempus every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KwikTASK | Tempus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 76.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher King | Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
KwikTASK
Tempus
In-app purchases
KwikTASK
No in-app purchases
Tempus
- Tempus Pro (Weekly)$1.997 Days
- Tempus Premium (Weekly)$1.997 Days
- Tempus Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
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- Tempus Pro (Monthly)$6.991 Month
- Tempus Pro (Yearly)$14.991 Year
- Tempus Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Tempus Pro (Lifetime)$29.99
- Tempus Pro (Lifetime)$34.99
- Tempus Pro (Lifetime)$74.99









