Sisyphus Tasks vs Recall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sisyphus Tasks
This app helps you manage your tasks and events in one place, offering quick ways to add, edit, and organize your schedule. It provides customizable alerts and powerful search to ensure you never forget important items.
- Drag and drop event management
- Quick event creation
- Duplicate events for schedules
- Contextual actions for common tasks
- Automatic task sorting
- Customizable alerts
- Powerful search functionality
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Never forget anything again! Sisyphus keeps all your tasks and events in one place and gives you full control over your day. All you need to do is write it down and Sisyphus remembers it for you. Manage your agenda faster and without friction. Not only can you add new items quickly, but you can also edit them in seconds: • Move items by simply dragging them to a date or list. • Tap and hold any day in the timeline or month view to create a new entry. • Enter your shift or class schedule in record time by duplicating events. Common actions are no longer a chore. Join a meeting with a tap or quickly skip a recurring to-do with additional useful context actions available everywhere. TASK MANAGER: All of your tasks are automatically sorted for you. Planning your open tasks is easy when you can see them at a glance. ORGANIZER: Choose colors and icons for your work or school calendars and grocery or project lists. Drag and drop them into any order you like. CONTACTS: Birthdays and anniversaries are shown right in your agenda and new contacts can be easily added. ALARM CLOCK: Get reminded before or after an event, at a date or at a location with highly customizable alerts. From your contacts' birthdays to your daily medication, Sisyphus can notify you about anything you want to remember. JOURNAL: The powerful search lets you find the date of any past event or when you completed a task, no matter how long ago it was.
Recall
This app automatically organizes your daily notes chronologically and by hour, eliminating the need for manual folder creation. It uses simple categorization and smart filters to ensure your thoughts are always accessible and searchable.
- Automatic chronological organization
- Daily note creation
- Effortless categorization with colons
- Smart Recalls with keyword filtering
- Organized by hour
- Self-updating folders
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Notes are where your thoughts go to die. Recall is here to change that. Recall is a daily note-taking app that makes it effortless to capture your thoughts and ensure they stay organized without any manual effort. Unlike traditional note-taking apps, you don't need to create folders or organize your notes—Recall does it for you, automatically. Start each day with a fresh note, and let Recall handle the rest. Your notes are displayed chronologically, organized by the hour, making it easy to revisit your day at a glance. You can also create powerful "folders" that update themselves based on your categories or keywords. With Recall, you can: Capture Daily Notes Effortlessly: Every day, you begin with a blank slate, ready to note down anything that comes to mind. Organize Without Thinking: Use a simple colon after the first word (e.g., "Home: Water the plants") to instantly categorize your notes. Create Smart Recalls: Automatically organize your notes based on categories or use custom Recalls to filter your entries by up to 5 keywords, making it easy to find what matters most. Whether it's keeping track of daily thoughts, managing to-dos, or recalling key information, Recall makes sure your thoughts are always within reach—organized, searchable, and ready when you need them. Recall: Don't let your thoughts slip away. Organize them effortlessly. Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sisyphus Tasks at 5.0 against Recall's 2.7. Sisyphus Tasks also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 40%) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Recall's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Recall sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sisyphus Tasks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sisyphus Tasks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Sisyphus Tasks's written reviews are positive against 40% of Recall's.
Sisyphus Tasks ships an update every 2 months, Recall daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sisyphus Tasks | Recall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gregor Hermanowski | Adam Kovacs |
Customer experience
Sisyphus Tasks
Recall
In-app purchases
Sisyphus Tasks
No in-app purchases
Recall
- Recall Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Weekly$3.997 Days
- Recall Pro - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99









