Comparison

Five Tasks vs I Need That Widget

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

I Need That Widget

This app provides customizable calendar and reminder widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. View your schedule, upcoming events, and weekly plans at a glance without opening other apps. Your data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Home Screen widgets (small, medium, large)
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Today Counts widget
  • Reminder support
  • Weekly calendar view
  • Open in preferred calendar app
  • Customizable display options
  • Privacy-focused, data stays on device
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"I Need That Widget" brings clean, focused calendar and reminder widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. See today's schedule, upcoming events and reminders, weekly plans, a full monthly calendar, and today's reminders at a glance without digging through apps. Your calendar and reminder data stays private on your device. KEY FEATURES - Home Screen Widgets for different layouts - Small: Month Calendar or Today Counts - Medium: Upcoming events and reminders, or Weekly Calendar - Large: Full Month Grid or Compact Event List - Lock Screen Widgets - View a compact 3-week calendar directly on your Lock Screen - See today's reminders from the Lock Screen with the reminder widget - Focus Calendar Filters - Choose which calendars stay visible while a Focus is active - Apply the same calendar filter in the app and widgets - Turn off the active Focus filter from the app when needed - Today Counts Widget - See today's total event and reminder count at a glance - Get a quick summary for busy days or free days - Reminder Support - View reminders alongside calendar events - See today's reminders and upcoming reminders in widgets - Choose whether to show overdue reminders and reminders without due dates - View recurring and all-day reminders more reliably - Open reminder details from supported widgets and app views - Weekly Calendar Widget - See your week in a clean 7-day layout - Choose a rolling 7-day view starting today, or use your selected week-start setting - Choose the first day of the week in the app settings, or follow your system setting - Open in Your Preferred Calendar App - Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Fantastical supported - Tap widgets and jump into the calendar app you prefer - Improved fallback helps widget taps recover when permissions or destination apps need attention - Customizable - Choose which calendars and reminder lists to show - Choose between the new calendar-inspired app icon and the Classic icon - Toggle all-day events - Control reminder visibility - Choose how to display past items - Localized - Available in English, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Arabic, Dutch, Hindi, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Portuguese - Includes regional variants such as English (UK), English (Canada), English (Australia), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Portugal), and Portuguese (Brazil) - Privacy First - Your calendar and reminder data stays on your device - No accounts, no servers, no tracking - Clean and Simple - No ads - No clutter - No subscription PERFECT FOR - Checking your schedule without opening Calendar - Seeing today's workload instantly - Viewing reminders from the Home Screen or Lock Screen - Planning your week from the Home Screen - Keeping a calendar visible on the Lock Screen - Filtering calendars around your current Focus - Choosing a widget layout that fits your workflow - People who want simple, readable calendar widgets PRIVACY & SIMPLICITY Your calendar and reminder data never leaves your device. "I Need That Widget" is built for people who want practical widgets, minimal design, and quick access to what matters most. An in-app FAQ explains widget setup and answers common questions.

Screenshots

Five Tasks3 screens
I Need That Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

Five Tasks and I Need That Widget both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of I Need That Widget's written reviews are positive against 50% of Five Tasks's. Five Tasks's advantage is price (Free vs $2.49) and ratings volume (16 vs 5). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Five Tasks is free to download; I Need That Widget costs $2.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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 I Need That Widget. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Five Tasks's written reviews are positive against 100% of I Need That Widget's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Five Tasks versus I Need That Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive TasksI Need That Widget
PriceFree — better$2.49
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better5
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpencer WaldenJoohee Kim

Customer experience

Five Tasks

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

I Need That Widget

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Five Tasks

No in-app purchases

None

I Need That Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Tasks free?
Five Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is I Need That Widget free?
I Need That Widget costs $2.49, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Five Tasks or I Need That Widget?
Five Tasks and I Need That Widget are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Five Tasks or I Need That Widget have ads?
Neither Five Tasks nor I Need That Widget shows ads.

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