Comparison

Finalist vs gtsync

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

Head to head
About

Finalist

This app combines your calendar, tasks, reminders, and weather into a single, visually appealing timeline. It integrates with your journal and activity data to inspire your planning. Enjoy a beautiful and joyful planning experience without complex workflows.

Highlights
  • Unified timeline view
  • Calendar, task, and reminder integration
  • Weather forecast display
  • Journal and activity ring integration
  • Customizable themes
  • Native Apple technology integration
Features
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Inspired by paper planners, Finalist shows your calendar, tasks, notes, reminders and weather forecast in one beautiful timeline. It even pulls in your Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings to keep you inspired. Gorgeous themes make planning a joy, not a chore. Finalist is built for people who finish things, no complex workflows or productivity theater. NOTES, IN YOUR PLANNER Your planner remembers what you wrote. A dedicated Notes tab gives you notebooks, tags and search. Keep native notes that sync over iCloud, or connect a folder of plain markdown files, including your Obsidian vault, and edit them in place. Tasks inside your markdown files become real Finalist tasks: dated, tagged and checkable anywhere in the app. YOUR DAY, ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app puts your whole day one glance away: events, tasks, reminders and habits in one scrollable view, topped by a Now card that always knows what matters next. Check off pinned lists from the wrist, grocery list included, and add tasks by keyboard, scribble or dictation. Complications and a Smart Stack widget round it out. (Requires watchOS 26.) DESIGN YOUR DAY Choose between two Daily designs: Daybook, the classic stacked layout, or Broadsheet, a newsprint-inspired look that shines on iPad and Mac. Rearrange sections with the layout editor and save your own presets. On the rebuilt Timeline, drag tasks onto the grid to sketch your day in pencil, then commit when it's real. "I've tried dozens of planning apps, this is the one that finally works." - Beta user "The integration of Reminders and Lists reduces the apps I need daily and makes planning actually fun." - Beta user Built with native Apple technologies: no accounts to create, syncs over iCloud, supports Family Sharing, and runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Mac. Full database backup, export and import via JSON and OPML. Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :) Purchasing information To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/

About

gtsync

Seamlessly synchronize your tasks and reminders between Google Tasks and Apple Reminders. This app ensures your to-do lists are always up-to-date across your devices with automatic, bi-directional syncing.

Highlights
  • Bi-directional sync
  • Auto-discovery of lists
  • Conflict resolution
  • Activity log
  • Background sync
  • Siri Shortcuts
Features
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Two-way sync between Google Tasks (including tasks in Google Calendar) and the Reminders app (including Reminders in the Calendar app). A seamless way to keep everything you need to do synchronized across both platforms. gtsync securely connects Google Tasks to the Reminders app. Add a reminder using Siri on your commute, and it's waiting for you alongside your tasks in Google Calendar on your laptop. Check an item off in your browser, and it clears from your iPhone. One unified workflow, zero friction. Sync and organization • Bi-directional sync between the Reminders and Google Tasks apps • Sync reminders in the native Calendar app and tasks in the Google Calendar app • Sync titles, notes, completion status, and due dates • Discover and match task lists and reminder lists • Choose which lists are included • Automatically include new lists if you want • Create a missing list automatically when needed Review and resolve changes • See pending creates, updates, and deletions before applying them • Review the direction, list, timestamp, and changed fields for each item • Compare both versions when an item changed in both services • Choose whether to keep the Google Tasks or Reminders version • Optionally resolve conflicts automatically using the most recently modified version Automatic and on-demand sync • Optional background sync takes care of staying in sync • Use the Siri Shortcuts action to sync on demand, in an automation, or when you open a task app • Get notified about conflicts and other issues that need your attention Safety and visibility • Configurable safety threshold for large batches of automatic changes • Automatic sync pauses when the threshold is exceeded so you can review first • Activity history with sync actions, errors, and timestamps • Progress indicators and the ability to stop an in-progress sync Statistics • Day, week, and month views of your sync activity, with quick navigation between periods • At-a-glance totals for items synced, completed, conflicts, and errors • Activity chart showing creates, edits, completions, uncompletions, and deletions over time • Breakdowns by direction, action, and list • Tap any breakdown to see the matching entries in your activity history Privacy • Sync processing and sync history stay on your device • Connects directly to Reminders and your Google account Limitations gtsync syncs titles, notes, completion state, and due dates between Reminders and Google Tasks. The following fields do not sync due to platform differences and limitations: • Attachments • Alerts / reminders • Priority • Recurrence (repeating tasks) • Time-specific due dates (reduced to date-only values)

Screenshots

Finalist4 screens
gtsync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Finalist at Free against gtsync's $4.99. Finalist also leads on ratings volume (491 vs 4) and device support (5 vs 2). gtsync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). On rating, update cadence and ads 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

Finalist is free to download; gtsync costs $4.99 up front. Finalist sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. gtsync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Finalist against 4.8 for gtsync. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finalist has 491 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Finalist's written reviews are positive against 100% of gtsync's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finalist ships an update every 11 days, gtsync every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Finalist versus gtsync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinalistgtsync
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.7 (491 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings491 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#148 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDiversion Marketing IncFlorian Kaiser

Customer experience

Finalist

All ratings491 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative17.3%

gtsync

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Finalist

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Settings/preferences crash the app
  • Pro subscription not recognized after canceling auto-renewal
  • Weather widget fails to display without manual toggling
  • App freezes and becomes unresponsive on iPad
  • Empty tasks cannot be permanently deleted
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  • App crashes when accessing certain reminder lists
  • Slow performance after force closing and reopening
  • Widget functionality discontinued or broken
  • macOS version crashes and lacks performance

Requested features

18 requests
  • Apple Watch native app
  • Recurring/repeating tasks and reminders
  • Subtasks functionality
  • Task tagging and filtering
  • Event location and travel time details
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  • Natural language input for tasks and events
  • Snooze reminder functionality
  • Task comments and checklist support
  • List grouping and archiving options
  • Menubar-only mode for macOS
  • Early/advance reminders for tasks
  • Notes section for daily journaling
  • School/team collaboration version
  • Chinese language support
  • Dark mode option
  • Family sharing features
  • Multiple calendar visibility in month view
  • Invite others to meetings and add conferencing

gtsync

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Finalist

Subscriptions5
  • Finalist Pro Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Finalist Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Finalist Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Finalist Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Finalist Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Finalist Lifetime$59.99
  • Finalist Pro Lifetime$59.99
None

gtsync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Finalist free?
Finalist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is gtsync free?
gtsync costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Finalist or gtsync?
gtsync is rated higher. Finalist averages 4.7 out of 5 from 491 ratings, while gtsync averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Finalist or gtsync have ads?
Neither Finalist nor gtsync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finalist or gtsync?
Finalist ships an update every 11 days, and gtsync every 2 weeks. Most recently, Finalist was updated on October 15, 2026 and gtsync on October 8, 2026.

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