Comparison

Task Focus vs SMLO

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

Head to head
About

Task Focus

This productivity partner helps power users manage goals, projects, and priorities with clarity and speed. It offers daily task targets, versatile calendar views, and Kanban boards for visualizing progress. Organize tasks by color-coded projects, locations, or tags, and break down complex tasks into subtasks.

Highlights
  • Daily task targets and intelligent workload organization
  • Distraction-free daily and overdue task views
  • Monthly, weekly, and daily calendar views
  • Kanban boards for project visualization
  • Color-coded projects and location-based notifications
  • Tag filtering and repeating tasks
  • Subtasks for breaking down complex tasks
  • Share extension, widgets, and App Intents integration
Features
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Task Focus keeps your tasks, projects, and priorities in one place. Plan your day, see what needs attention, and get on with the work without spending all day organizing it. Set Goals & Stay on Track: Define what success looks like. Enter your daily task targets, and Task Focus organizes your workload intelligently to help you hit them consistently. Plan with Precision: - Today & Planning: Start each day with a distraction-free view of today's and overdue tasks. Plan ahead with versatile calendar views—monthly, weekly, or daily—to keep your goals in sight. - Kanban Boards: Visualize projects, areas, tags, or locations in Kanban boards for instant clarity on progress. Organise with Ease: - Areas & Projects: Use color-coded projects to visually differentiate areas of your life, making time management straightforward and effective. - Locations: Activate location-based notifications, ensuring you receive task alerts precisely when you arrive or leave relevant places. Enhanced Task Management: - Tags: Easily filter tasks with a contextual tag filter bar for quick access to what's important. - Repeating Tasks: Automate task repetition on the next available day or at regular intervals, keeping you on track effortlessly. - Sub Tasks: Break complex tasks into manageable steps by assigning subtasks. Integrate Seamlessly: - Share Extension: Add tasks directly from any app using the share sheet feature. - Widgets: Stay on top of your tasks with desktop widgets, offering quick access and easy task management right from your home screen. - App Intents: Incorporate Task Focus into your workflows using the Shortcuts app for task addition and scheduling. Stay Connected: - Calendar Events: Integrate your calendar, displaying events alongside tasks for a comprehensive daily view. - Reminders: Import your Reminders directly into Task Focus to have everything in one place. - iCloud Sync: Enjoy seamless syncing across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud, ensuring your tasks are always current. Exclusive Features with Task Focus Pro: Task Focus Pro renews automatically as a paid subscription unless canceled 24 hours before renewal. Payment is charged to your iTunes Account at purchase confirmation. Renewal charges occur within 24-hours before the end of the current period. Cancel any time via iTunes settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends to avoid charges. Cancellation takes effect after the current subscription ends, downgrading you to the free service. Any unused free trial time is forfeited if a premium subscription is purchased during this period. Privacy Policy: https://voidstern.net/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://voidstern.net/terms-of-use

About

SMLO

Features
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Sort your life out – one task at a time. SMLO (Sort My Life Out) helps you take control of your to-do list without the stress. Add tasks with attributes like Importance, Difficulty, Estimated Time, and Urgency, and let the app prioritise them for you. Each week, get a manageable shortlist of suggested tasks to tackle, based on a dynamic scoring system designed to keep you on track without feeling overwhelmed. Don’t like a suggestion? Swap it out or add your own. You stay in control. Track your weekly score, see your progress, and stay on top of what matters most - one manageable week at a time.

Screenshots

Task Focus4 screens
SMLO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SMLO at none against Task Focus's 2. SMLO also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Task Focus's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price 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

Both are free to download. Task Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. SMLO asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Task Focus versus SMLO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTask FocusSMLO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLukas BurgstallerStephen Markovits

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Task Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Task Focus Pro$1.991 Month
  • Task Focus Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

SMLO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Task Focus free?
Task Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SMLO free?
SMLO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Task Focus or SMLO have ads?
Neither Task Focus nor SMLO shows ads.

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