Comparison

Repeaters vs Backtask

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

Head to head
About

Repeaters

This app helps you manage recurring tasks and life events. You can set up daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly reminders and track when you last completed them or if they are overdue.

Highlights
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tasks
  • See last completion date
  • Identify overdue items
  • Configure long-term recurring events
  • Life event tracking
Features
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Repeaters is a life-event tracker that allows you to configure long-term items that need completed daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly. With Repeaters, see when you last completed things, and when things are overdue.

About

Backtask

Features
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Recurring tasks you can count on. Native, private, synced with iCloud. Walk the pup, change the air filter, pay the rent, call your parents. Backtask reminds you when each task comes back around, and it doesn't guilt-trip you when you forget. That forgiving part is really the whole point. Most reminder apps just pile up on you. Miss a few days and you're stuck tapping "done" over and over to clear the backlog. Backtask works the other way around. Forget to check something off, and it quietly skips the ones you missed and marks today's as done, all in a single tap. You're caught up, and you never feel behind. It's careful in the other direction too. Tasks stay locked until they're actually due, so you can't tap a recurring task multiple times and push it weeks into the future. Every check-off is real, and so is every streak. At the top of your list there's a Today summary too. A small progress ring, and quick counts for what's overdue, due today, and coming up. It makes a plain to-do list feel like something worth finishing. Tap the ring and you get a focus view for the day: a quote up top, a big ring in the middle, and only the tasks that matter right now. Each one you finish slides off the list. A few things it does well: • Recurring tasks your way: every day, every few days, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly • Daily tasks can even repeat two or three times a day • Smart reminders that learn your routine and appear on time • A Home Screen widget that shows what's due • Streaks and stats with a month calendar for each task • A day streak that grows each day you clear everything • Colorful categories • Undo that works Your tasks stay yours. There's no account to create, no tracking, and no ads. Everything syncs between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac over your own iCloud. Backtask is free for up to 5 tasks, with all of the above included. If you need more room, Pro gets you unlimited tasks plus reminders that keep nudging until a task is actually done, for just .99 per year. Made in Kentucky by Seb Fontan (that's me). I read and reply to every email, and your feedback is always welcome. Backtask Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Your Apple Account is charged when you confirm the purchase, and it renews each year unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://backtask.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Repeaters4 screens
Backtask4 screens

Verdict

The call

Repeaters and Backtask are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Repeaters sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Backtask sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Repeaters ships an update every 2 weeks, Backtask weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Repeaters versus Backtask: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRepeatersBacktask
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew WalerSeb Fontan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Repeaters

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
1 purchases

Backtask

Subscriptions1
  • Backtask Pro$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Repeaters free?
Repeaters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backtask free?
Backtask is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Repeaters or Backtask have ads?
Neither Repeaters nor Backtask shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Repeaters or Backtask?
Repeaters ships an update every 2 weeks, and Backtask weekly. Most recently, Repeaters was updated on September 25, 2026 and Backtask on October 7, 2026.

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