Priorities vs Upkeep Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Priorities
This app offers intuitive task management with a focus on organization and ease of use. It features customizable pages, attractive themes, and quick task addition. Syncing capabilities allow for data backup and sharing with others.
- Customizable pages and themes
- Quick task addition
- Due dates, times, and notes
- Repeating tasks
- Syncing for backup and sharing
- Templates for recurring lists
- Calendar integration
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Enjoy effortless and intuitive task management with Priorities™, and you’ll never dread your to-do list again! The innovative use of pages takes the “task” out of task management, and the attractive themes add a little fun while you’re at it. Throw out your pen and paper, because with Priorities, everything you need is literally at your fingertips. Quickly scan through your pages of to-dos with the touch of a finger and add new to-dos with the ease of a single button. Add alerts, due dates, due times, and notes right from the Add screen. Create and save templates to use again and again. Use the syncing feature to backup your data and to share pages with a family member, a friend or a coworker. Go to the my-priorities.com website to edit your pages and tasks on the web. Priorities is a must-have for anyone who wants to stay organized! Priorities is fully equipped to do the work for you. Just take a look at the great features it offers: • Universal App – One app optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. • Priorities Online – Manage your tasks online at https://my-priorities.com. • Fast Add – Quickly add tasks or lists of items with a touch of a finger. • Due Dates, Due Times & Notes – Assign a due date, a due time, and record notes for a task or item. • Priorities – Star everything that is high-priority and view them at-a-glance in your Priorities page. • Repeating Tasks – Schedule tasks to repeat every day, every 3 days, every Tuesday, every 3rd Sunday of the month, 2 weeks after you've completed the current task… or whenever you want! Flexible recurrence options make customization a snap. • Reminders – See a badge count of your starred items on the Priorities home screen icon, and set a reminder time for a popup and/or sound alert for important items. • Multi-tiered task management – Create pages, lists with sub-items, and tasks with sub-tasks to make organizing easier. • Calendar Integration – View all your items with due dates in your calendar. • Templates – Save a page as a template if you want to use it again later. This is a great feature for grocery shopping and travel! • Multiple Pages – Create custom, color-coded pages to keep track of all areas of your busy life. Tap or swipe to review them at-a-glance. • Sync - Use our secure server to sync for backup and to sync between multiple devices. • Page Sharing – Create a sync account and assign pages to be shared with others. This is a great feature for sharing a shopping list with a spouse or sharing to-dos with colleagues! • Other features – Search, Sort, Passcode Lock, built-in Hot Links for phone numbers, email addresses and websites, and more. Visit our web site to find out more. We strive to create the highest-quality software possible so that our customers have a positive and enjoyable experience. If you would like to tell us about a problem, offer a suggestion, or send us feedback, we would love to hear from you and will make every effort to respond promptly. Email us at support@handcarvedcode.com. Thank you and enjoy!
Upkeep Tasks
This app helps you remember and manage recurring tasks and maintenance. Set reminders for essential upkeep like changing air filters or car oil. Track completion history and stay on top of your responsibilities.
- Hundreds of built-in tasks
- Customizable reminders
- Task completion tracking
- Add custom tasks (in-app purchase)
- Task history log
- Badge icon for due tasks
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Having a life means having things to keep up with, maintain, and replace. Some of these things can be tough to remember - that's where Upkeep comes in. For example, you can use Upkeep to remind you to change the air filter in your house or change the oil in your car. Features: • Select from hundreds of built-in tasks • Have Upkeep remind you when a task is due • Mark tasks as complete or have Upkeep to remind you later • Set a custom reminder time • Add your own tasks (In-app purchase required) • See a history of when you completed each task • Badge icon shows tasks that are due today or overdue Get started with Upkeep today and take the big hassle out of keeping up with the small things.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Upkeep Tasks at Free against Priorities's $4.99. Priorities's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On ratings volume, ads, device support 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
Upkeep Tasks is free to download; Priorities costs $4.99 up front. Upkeep Tasks sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Priorities asks for nothing beyond the download.
Priorities holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 82 and 117 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Priorities's written reviews are positive against 64% of Upkeep Tasks's.
Priorities ships an update every 5 days, Upkeep Tasks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Priorities | Upkeep Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (82 ratings) — better | 4.0 (117 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.7% of reviews — better | 64.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 82 | 117 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hand Carved Code, LLC | Upkeep Tasks, Inc. |
Customer experience
Priorities
Upkeep Tasks
User reviews
Priorities
From 82 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 🚀 Efficient task management
- 📅 Seamless calendar integration
- 💡 Flexible organization with pages and sub-tasks
- 🌟 Ability to prioritize and star important tasks
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional sync issues
- 📂 Limited options for organizing completed tasks
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality
- 🎨 Outdated visual design
Upkeep Tasks
From 117 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Unique rolling task scheduling system
- 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
- 🎯 Excellent for tracking recurring maintenance tasks
- 📊 Maintains history of completed tasks
- 💰 One-time purchase, no subscription required
Room to improve
- 🐛 Recent update broke core functionality
- 🔐 Account login issues and authentication failures
- 📱 No multi-device or cloud sync capability
- ⚠️ Data loss when switching phones
- 🎨 New UI has excessive white space, shows only 4 tasks
Bugs and requests
Priorities
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bugs introduced with recent updates
- Calendar view issues with day of the week settings
- Editing tasks can be unreliable
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add sub-tasks within sub-tasks
- Custom alert options and snooze functionality
- Dark mode support
- Apple Watch integration
- More color customization options
Upkeep Tasks
Reported bugs
10 issues- Login won't stay logged in
- Cannot sign in after recent update
- Delete category function spins forever
- Notification badge doesn't always appear
- App doesn't register time passage without full restart
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- Password reset flow broken
- Task video attachments don't open
- Reminders only trigger once, then disappear
- App loses data after migration to new version
- Cannot create account or access support after update
Requested features
14 requests- Multi-device sync and cloud backup
- Share tasks with family members
- Task completion history and reports
- Add pictures/attachments to tasks
- Widget for quick access
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- Hourly or more frequent task intervals
- Edit task names and properties without deletion
- Ability to view completed tasks
- Configurable reminder frequency
- Color-coded categories
- Task reordering and alphabetical sorting
- One-time tasks in addition to recurring
- Task difficulty and duration editing
- Start date selection when creating tasks
In-app purchases
Priorities
No in-app purchases
Upkeep Tasks
- Business Category$0.99
- Finance Category$0.99
- Fitness Category$0.99
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- Everything Bundle$1.99
- All Premium Categories$1.99
- Add Custom Tasks$2.99
Questions
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