Action Tasks vs Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Action Tasks
This to-do list app gamifies task completion with fun sound effects and vibrations. Organize tasks with custom lists, set reminders, and share your progress. It offers a clutter-free interface to help you stay focused and motivated.
- Gamified task completion with sound effects
- Vibrating force feedback on task completion
- Customizable task lists
- Due dates and alarm reminders
- List sharing via email
- Automatic hiding of completed tasks
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Action Tasks is an artisanal to do list app that makes completing your tasks fun and rewarding with action sounds and force feedback. Get in on the fun! Action Tasks animates and vibrates with amusing sound effects when you complete a task. Choose from a selection of more than forty task completion sounds including: whip cracks, cartoon sound effects, nuclear bombs, robots, gun shots, laser blasters, explosions and more. Action Tasks features a simple no clutter user interface that helps you focus on the tasks at hand. Custom lists keep track of your to do lists and reminders in style. Set due dates and alarms with notifications to never forget. Share lists via email, automatically hide completed tasks and manage and organize your lists with simple gestures. Action Tasks makes organizing simple, fun and motivational. Featured by Apple as "New and Notable" in Productivity at its debut. What our users are saying: "Amazing app! I'm never forgetting anything anymore." -Gabriel "This is just what the iPhone needs! Not only is it easy to use, but the sounds and vibrations after completing a task are cool." -Rich "I love this app! Such a fun way to keep track of your to do lists. Love the sound effects, too." -AGrrrl
Notepad
Capture thoughts, pictures, voice notes, and checklists with this powerful yet simple notepad. Securely store logins and passwords, organize with categories, and easily find information with quick search. Includes reminders and backup options.
- Capture thoughts, pictures, and voice records
- Create and manage checklists
- Secure storage for logins and passwords
- Organize notes with categories and colors
- Quick search functionality
- Backup and restore data
- Password protection for app startup
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Smart notepad makes it easy to capture your thought, pictures, voice records, checklist, birthdays, logins, and passwords. You can easily organize it and find it quickly later. The notepad helps you to keep all information with you. Smart notepad is very powerful but simple and easy to use. Main features: - Add notes - Add existing pictures to notes - Take photos and add to notes - Add voice records and listen to at any time - Add checklists - Add and remember birthdays - Secure storage for logins and passwords - Encoding with RSA and DES algorithms - Categories for notes - Colors for categories - A quick search for any data - Recent notes list - Restore removed notes from trash folder - Sorting notes by different fields - Birthdays reminder - Quick buttons to create notes - Quick copy data to memory - Password on application startup - Restore password to the email - Backup/restore data - Print notes - Share notes Supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese, Indonesian, German, Bengali, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Chinese Simplified If you have any ideas for improvement just contact us by softser06@gmail.com Permissions Notice Camera: This is used to attach images to notes Microphone: This is used to attach voice records to notes Storage: This is used to backup/restore all notes (Ages 10+)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Notepad at 5.0 against Action Tasks's 4.6. Notepad also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 71%). Action Tasks's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $6.99) and ratings volume (69 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Action Tasks costs $0.99 and Notepad $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Notepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Action Tasks has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Action Tasks's written reviews are positive against 91% of Notepad's.
Action Tasks ships an update every 2 months, Notepad every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Action Tasks | Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GlassWave LLC | siarhei yatsuk |
Customer experience
Action Tasks
Notepad
In-app purchases
Action Tasks
No in-app purchases
Notepad
No in-app purchases
