Comparison

Five Tasks vs Daily Planner

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

Head to head
About

Five Tasks

This productivity app encourages users to focus on essential tasks by limiting their to-do list. It helps prioritize what's important, preventing overwhelm and ensuring key items get done.

Highlights
  • Task prioritization
  • Limited to-do list
  • Simplified interface
  • Focus on important tasks
  • Task completion aid
Features
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Welcome to Five, the to-do app with a limit. By putting a limitation on your to-do list, you are forced to prioritise and focus on what’s important. Five helps you do this with an incredibly simple app With Five you will stop taking on too many tasks, many of which you wouldn’t have time to complete anyway. So welcome to the first step toward simplifying your to-do list, and getting the important tasks done!

About

Daily Planner

This app helps you organize your daily schedule, manage tasks, and build habits. It offers a clear, always-visible daily plan and smart to-do lists to reduce overwhelm. Integrates with your device's calendar and provides widgets for at-a-glance updates.

Highlights
  • Smart To-Do List
  • Advanced Habit Tracker
  • Event & Countdown Calendar Integration
  • Daily Widgets
  • Today Queue for reduced overwhelm
  • Recurring task scheduling
Features
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Trio: Your All-in-One Daily Schedule Planner Trio is the ultimate daily schedule planner and life organizer, designed to help you stay focused, manage your time, and bring calm to your day. Whether you're tackling chores, building a routine, or keeping up with your to-do list, Trio brings it all together in one beautifully simple app. Especially helpful for those with ADHD, Trio gives you a clear, always-visible daily schedule so you always know what’s next — and what can wait. Smart To-Do List — Always in View - Your to-do list lives on the Home screen — always visible and accessible - Add tasks on the fly, choose what to tackle throughout your day, or schedule them for later - Set tasks to repeat weekly, monthly, or on custom patterns — perfect for recurring chores and responsibilities - Focus only on today with the Today Queue, designed to reduce overwhelm Advanced Habit Tracker - Build consistent routines with flexible habit scheduling - Track your growth with streaks and visual progress - Only see the habits that matter for the current day — no distractions Event & Countdown Calendar Integration - Sync effortlessly with your device’s calendar - Add events with custom countdowns — from deadlines to celebrations - Control when they appear in your daily schedule: before, on the day, or both Daily Widgets to Keep You On Track - Today Widget: View your complete daily schedule at a glance - Habits Widget: Stay consistent with your habit tracker - Countdown Widget: Stay excited and prepared for upcoming events - Whether you're managing tasks, habits, events, or time itself, Trio gives you a single, organized daily schedule to reduce chaos and boost clarity. No more switching between apps. No more forgotten plans. Just one place for your daily schedule, every day. Download Trio now — and build the planner that works the way your brain does. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Five Tasks3 screens
Daily Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Five Tasks at none against Daily Planner's 4. Five Tasks also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and ratings volume (16 vs 4). Daily Planner's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daily Planner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Five Tasks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Five Tasks against 5.0 for Daily Planner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Five Tasks's written reviews are positive against 33% of Daily Planner's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Five Tasks versus Daily Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive TasksDaily Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better4
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpencer WaldenGiacomo Pignoni

Customer experience

Five Tasks

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Daily Planner

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Five Tasks

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Daily Planner

Subscriptions3
  • Trio Plus Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Trio Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Trio Plus Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Trio Plus - Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Five Tasks free?
Five Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Daily Planner free?
Daily Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Five Tasks or Daily Planner?
Five Tasks and Daily Planner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Five Tasks or Daily Planner have ads?
Neither Five Tasks nor Daily Planner shows ads.

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