Task vs Perspectiva
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Task
Organize your daily schedule with an intuitive timeline and gesture-based controls. Effortlessly plan your tasks and manage your time for increased productivity.
- Timeline view
- Gesture controls
- Day planning
- Task management
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Task is the easiest way to plan your days: timeline + gestures.
Perspectiva
This app offers advanced calendar visualization with extensive graphic customization, event mapping, and time usage charting. It supports multiple calendar services and provides various export options for both data and graphics.
- Graphic customization of calendar and chart views
- Event mapping with location integration
- Time usage charts and event logging
- Support for macOS Calendar, iCloud, and CalDAV
- Multiple calendar views (List, Day, Week, Month, Year, Charts)
- Exportable graphics in PDF format
- CSV/TSV export of event logs
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Perspectiva is a calendar app providing extensive graphic customization, event mapping, time usage charts, keyword filtering, time calculations, event log and graphics exporting. Perspectiva displays macOS Calendar, iCloud and CalDAV events on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch. Perspectiva features several views including List, Day, Week, Month, Year, Pie Chart and Bar Chart. The tool bar provides Display, Calculations, Actions, Filter, Add Event and Help views. The event activities popover includes Mail, Message, Bluesky, Facebook, Copy, Edit, View and Location. Views and Navigation • List, Day, Week, Month, Year, Pie Chart and Bar Chart • Use swipe and tap gestures to navigate to different time views • Navigation is animated to illustrate changing context • All views are printable via AirPrint to AirPrint compatible printers • All views are exportable in graphic PDF format via e-mail • To hide or show the toolbar at the top with a two-finger tap or tap on the triangle in the upper right corner Map Integration (Event Mapping Level 1 In-App Purchase required) • Map view helps display and select event locations on the map • Perspectiva supports both street address and coordinate location formats • Coordinate locations can be selected while offline with available cached map data • Add Event and Set Location options include With Contact, At Current Address, and At Current Coordinate • Display pins for multiple events on map • Enter a contact name in event Location field and Perspectiva will look up the street address for map lookups if available Graphic Customization of Views • Perspectiva supports Dark Mode in iOS 13 or later, and in-app 'dark mode' in earlier versions of iOS • Use pinch touch gestures to instantly change the size of the text • Customize graphic elements for beautiful calendar and chart views and export • Customize text font, size, color and opacity for event text, titles, and day numbers • Customize layout of Day and Week views with Time Blocks or Text Listing view modes • Customize background color, background image and opacity • For new background images, choose from built-in images, use photos from your Photo Library, or take a picture with camera • Print or export PDF format Calendar Support • Perspectiva is compatible with macOS Calendar events, Google, Yahoo and other CalDAV calendars • Create new calendars and edit calendar titles and colors • Use the Filter to customize which calendars are visible • Search calendars for text, and export the results if desired • User setting for First Weekday: Sunday or Monday • The Now indicator shows the current time location in the Day and Week views • Add Event activities include At Current Time, At Next Hour, With Contact, At Current Address, At Current Coordinate. Export • Copy filtered event log text, with or without calculations, to the clipboard for use in other apps • E-mail filtered event logs as CSV (Comma-Separated Values) or TSV (Tab-Separated Values) files • Export view graphics as PDF format files via e-mail • Use Copy Text, E-mail, Message, Bluesky and Facebook to share single events Essential Additional Features • Customize the tab bar at the bottom on the iPhone or iPod touch to use your favorite views • Perspectiva Help displays several chapters of information for all of Perspectiva's elements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Task at 4.6 against Perspectiva's 4.0. Task also leads on price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and review sentiment (87% vs 50%). Perspectiva's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Task costs $0.99 and Perspectiva $9.99 up front. Task sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Perspectiva sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Task holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Task has 108 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Task's written reviews are positive against 50% of Perspectiva's.
Task ships an update every 2 months, Perspectiva every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Task | Perspectiva |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (108 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1Button SARL | Imaja |
Customer experience
Task
Perspectiva
Bugs and requests
Task
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tasks disappearing after iOS updates
- Syncing issues between devices
- Inability to reset or clear checklists
Requested features
6 requests- Recurring tasks and reminders
- Multiple list support
- Landscape mode support
- Customization options (themes, fonts, etc.)
- Integration with other productivity apps
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- Location-based reminders
Perspectiva
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Task
- All Themes Unlocked$0.99
Perspectiva
- Event Mapping$2.99









