Comparison

DelayTask vs Surely

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

Head to head
About

DelayTask

This app helps you manage your tasks by allowing you to set specific times for them to appear. It offers a clean interface that only shows current tasks, with options to view all tasks or use natural language for scheduling. You can also set recurring tasks and easily delete them with a swipe.

Highlights
  • Delayed task visibility
  • Natural language date input
  • Automatic task distribution
  • Swipe to delete tasks
  • Recurring task setup
  • Full-screen iPhone 5 support
Features
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After entering your task’s description all you have to do is tap one button to set when the task is to be performed. View your current set of tasks only, or all your tasks - you decide. View current tasks only: It can be distracting to see tasks that aren’t due yet. DelayTask only shows you the tasks whose date or time has been reached, hiding others from view. For example, if you press “Tomorrow” the task will disappear from your “Current” list, only appearing again the following morning. If you want to view future tasks you can do so by tapping the “All” button. Use natural terms for dates: Rather than enter dates using a calendar you use natural terms such as “Today”, “Tomorrow”, “Next Week”, requiring less thinking on your part. Avoid assigning all your tasks to the same day: When a period of several days is selected such as “This month” or “Next week” DelayTask will look at the dates in that range and assign the task to the least busy date in the period selected. Swipe and tap to delete tasks: No tapping to mark a task done and having it continue to stick around. Just swipe and tap to delete forever. Uses the full screen on the iPhone 5. Add repeated tasks: Instead of removing your task entirely it is instead moved the number of days you request.

About

Surely

This app offers a streamlined approach to task management, focusing on completion rather than complex organization. It provides essential actions like completing, deleting, or deferring tasks, intentionally omitting features that might encourage procrastination.

Highlights
  • Complete tasks
  • Delete tasks
  • Defer tasks
  • Minimalist interface
  • Focus on task completion
Features
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Most todo apps give you lots of features to organize your todos. But you don't want to be spending time organizing your todos: you want to be completing them. Surely is a focused todo app giving you just the features you need to get your todos done. There are only three things you can do with a todo: * Complete it * Delete it * Defer it Here are all the features Surely doesn't have because they encourage you to keep more todos instead of completing them: * Separate defer dates and due dates * Complex ways of searching for todos * Separate lists of todos so you aren't looking at all of them at once * Bulk defer features. It should not be painless to defer many todos to the future; it should be painful to work with multiple todos so that you complete or delete them Surely is available for free on both iOS and the web.

Screenshots

DelayTask1 screens
Surely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Surely at 5.0 against DelayTask's 4.0. Surely also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). DelayTask's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Surely holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of DelayTask's written reviews are positive against 100% of Surely's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DelayTask versus Surely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDelayTaskSurely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert SeberJosh Justice

Customer experience

DelayTask

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative7.7%

Surely

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DelayTask

No in-app purchases

None

Surely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DelayTask free?
DelayTask is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Surely free?
Surely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DelayTask or Surely?
Surely is rated higher. DelayTask averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Surely averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DelayTask or Surely have ads?
Neither DelayTask nor Surely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DelayTask or Surely?
DelayTask ships an update every 6 weeks, and Surely every 6 weeks. Most recently, DelayTask was updated on October 6, 2026 and Surely on September 24, 2026.

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