Comparison

Todo & Task Manager vs GTD Brain

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

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Todo & Task Manager

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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

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GTD Brain

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Your head is a bad place to keep a to-do list. GTD Brain gives everything on your mind one place to land: one inbox, six clear lists and a weekly review short enough to keep doing. Say it or type it. Tap the mic and talk; whatever is on your mind lands in your Inbox before you forget it. Later, when you have a minute, clarify each capture into a next action, a project or something you are waiting on. That is the whole GTD workflow, without the friction. HOW IT WORKS • Capture everything. Every thought and task goes into one inbox. Zero decisions at capture time. • Clarify and organize. Captures become next actions tagged by context, and anything that takes more than one step becomes a project with its next action pinned to it. • Do, with a clear head. Open @desk, @calls or @errands and see only what you can do right now. ONE BOARD. SIX LISTS. Inbox, Next Actions, Projects, Waiting For, Someday and Reference. The lists a trusted GTD system runs on, and nothing else. Swipe between them, filter by context, search any card. VOICE CAPTURE THAT WAITS FOR YOU Tap the mic, think out loud, pause as long as you like. Dictation keeps listening until you tap stop, so a thought is never cut in half. A WEEKLY REVIEW YOU WILL KEEP DOING A guided review walks your board one card at a time: clear the Inbox, bring every project and next action up to date, and decide what to do with your someday ideas. You leave each review trusting your system again. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY A calm, fast design with light and dark mode. Works offline and catches up when you are back online. Available in 46 languages. GTD BRAIN PRO SUBSCRIPTION Capturing, editing and organizing your board, and the guided Weekly Review, require GTD Brain Pro, an auto-renewing subscription: • Yearly: $143.99 / year, with your first month free (40% less than paying monthly) • Monthly: $19.99 / month Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Without an active subscription you can browse the board, but making changes requires GTD Brain Pro. Terms of Use (EULA): https://gtdbrain.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://gtdbrain.com/privacy Support: https://gtdbrain.com/support GTD Brain is an independent app made by Minosin AB.

Screenshots

Todo & Task Manager4 screens
GTD Brain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GTD Brain at none against Todo & Task Manager's 3. GTD Brain also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Todo & Task Manager's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. GTD Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Todo & Task Manager ships an update monthly, GTD Brain weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Todo & Task Manager versus GTD Brain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTodo & Task ManagerGTD Brain
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeragross Software e.U.Minosin AB

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Todo & Task Manager

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$44.99
None

GTD Brain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Todo & Task Manager free?
Todo & Task Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GTD Brain free?
GTD Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Todo & Task Manager or GTD Brain have ads?
Neither Todo & Task Manager nor GTD Brain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Todo & Task Manager or GTD Brain?
Todo & Task Manager ships an update monthly, and GTD Brain weekly. Most recently, Todo & Task Manager was updated on October 27, 2026 and GTD Brain on October 22, 2026.

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