Comparison

Todo & Task Manager vs MarkSchrift

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

Head to head
About

Todo & Task Manager

Features
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Focus one is your personal task manager for iPhone, iPad, and Mac designed to help you structure tasks and projects so you can focus on what truly matters. Whether at the office, school, university, or home - separate your life into distinct areas and keep your attention on the task at hand. Download now and start your 7-day free trial. Plan your daily life, maintain a clear overview of your projects, and work step-by-step through your to-do list. Focus one combines a minimalist interface with powerful features and a consistent experience across all your Apple devices. Highlights at a Glance: - Organized Management: Manage tasks and projects with clarity and structure. - Areas: Strictly separate work, personal life, school or studies. Use the Area Switcher to hide everything that isn’t relevant to your current context. - Focus List & Project Focus: Mark your most important tasks for the day or isolate a single project to eliminate distractions. - Parallel or Sequential Projects: Handle projects flexibly or let Focus one guide you. In serial projects, only the next logical step appears automatically in your "Next Up" list. - Search & Quick Navigation: Find anything instantly with fast search, quick navigation, and smart filters. - Privacy & CloudKit: Your data belongs to you. Syncing is seamless via your private iCloud. No external servers, no tracking, and no third-party account requirements. More Powerful Features: - Calendar Integration: See your appointments right alongside your tasks. - Reminders: Get notified exactly when you want to stay on top of your schedule. - Flexible Recurrence: Set tasks to repeat automatically after completion – perfect for building routines. - Tags: Categorize and filter your tasks using custom labels One Purchase. All Platforms. With a monthly or annual subscription - or a one-time lifetime purchase - you get full access to Focus one on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No separate purchases per platform. Your data stays private and stays with you, synced securely through iCloud. From simple to-dos to complex projects – Focus one adapts to your workflow while remaining remarkably lightweight. Plan. Focus. Achieve. Terms (EULA): https://agross.at/focusone/terms Privacy Policy: https://agross.at/focusone/privacy

About

MarkSchrift

Features
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MarkSchrift is the plain-text workspace for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write your meeting notes, your class handout, your next chapter - rendered live as you type. Plan your week, track your projects; your files go anywhere. Every document is an ordinary Markdown (.md) text file you own outright: readable in any editor, synced through your own iCloud, portable forever. No proprietary format, no lock-in. WRITE - Markdown styles itself as you type; you always see and edit the real text. - Tables you can edit cell by cell, pictures, footnotes, code with syntax coloring, and typeset math. - Wiki links connect your notes; backlinks and mentions show what points back. PLAN - Tasks are plain checkboxes with small tags for due dates, follow-ups, priorities, and people. - The Agenda gathers every open task across your notes: past due, due today, up next. - Projects roll up their notes, tasks, and people onto a home page; a week note plans your days, and recurring tasks come back on schedule. FIND - Search every note by word, phrase, #tag, or project. - The Binder lists your files, tags, and saved views in one sidebar. SHARE (beta) - Live co-editing with end-to-end encryption: the server only ever stores scrambled bytes it cannot read. - Share an editing link or a read-only link; read-only is enforced cryptographically, not by good manners. - Collaboration keeps maturing release by release: hardened key handling, signed changes, and sessions that stay fast over time. EXPORT - Print or export paginated PDF, Word, and HTML that match what you see. SUBSCRIPTION Collab is an optional subscription: $9.99 a year, after a 14-day free trial. You need it only to host a live session or a hosted project. Joining one that someone shares with you is free, and always will be. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. It renews each year unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the term ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://markschrift.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Your files are yours. That is the whole idea.

Screenshots

Todo & Task Manager4 screens
MarkSchrift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MarkSchrift at every 5 days against Todo & Task Manager's monthly. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Todo & Task Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and MarkSchrift sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Todo & Task Manager ships an update monthly, MarkSchrift every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Todo & Task Manager versus MarkSchrift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodo & Task ManagerMarkSchrift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeragross Software e.U.RFRMD Word Labs LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Todo & Task Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$44.99
4 purchases

MarkSchrift

Subscriptions1
  • Collab14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time3
  • Support for Development$1.99
  • Support for Development$4.99
  • Support for Development$9.99

Questions

Is Todo & Task Manager free?
Todo & Task Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MarkSchrift free?
MarkSchrift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Todo & Task Manager or MarkSchrift have ads?
Neither Todo & Task Manager nor MarkSchrift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Todo & Task Manager or MarkSchrift?
Todo & Task Manager ships an update monthly, and MarkSchrift every 5 days. Most recently, Todo & Task Manager was updated on October 16, 2026 and MarkSchrift on October 10, 2026.

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