Karo vs Ambertide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karo
This app simplifies task management by allowing you to delegate tasks to anyone in your contacts, even if they don't have the app. It offers collaborative features, smart reminders, and AI assistance to break down complex tasks. Enjoy a clean, chat-style interface for seamless organization and delegation.
- Task delegation to contacts
- Collaborative group task management
- Cross-platform task accessibility
- AI-powered task breakdown
- Smart reminders and notifications
- Apple Reminders integration
- Chat-style interface
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Karo is the first of its kind task manager with a focus on delegating tasks! Just install Karo, assign a task to anyone in your contacts and they receive it whether they are on or off the app - it is that simple. KEY FEATURES - Task delegation: Send a task to anyone in your contacts. The assigned person need not be on the app and they'll receive it via WhatsApp or as a message and can perform actions for which you get notified. They would receive a link to the task to complete it. We even remind them so you don't have to! - Collaboration: Just like group chats, but with a checkboxes. Create groups just like how you already do on iMessage or WhatsApp and start collaborating right away. No invites, no complications, simple, efficient and extremely powerful! - Cross-Platform Accessibility: The person you delegate tasks to need not be on the app, they receive it on WhatsApp or as a message with a link which allows them to complete or cancel the task seamlessly. - Activities: We keep track of all activities so you never miss any notifications. - Reliable Notifications: Karo's intelligent notifications ensure that one never misses the deadline for your precious tasks! - Smart Reminders: We try our best to ensure your tasks are completed. We send automatic smart reminders to all the people you've delegated tasks to. - Karo AI: Functional assistant to help you to refactor your thoughts into actionable tasks. It breaks down your larger tasks into smaller actionable tasks too. - Intuitiveness: Karo's clean and familiar chat style interface makes it easy to delegate, organize, and manage tasks. - Deadlines & Reminders: Set deadlines & multiple reminders to your task. - Apple Reminders Integration: Delegate your reminders from Apple Reminders with a seamless bidirectional sync with Apple reminders. Everything you do in the app would reflect in Apple Reminders and vice-versa! - No Contact Syncing: We respect your privacy. Contacts are **only** used offline(on device), and never synced outside. Some other key features: - Automatic date detection - Attachments (images, PDF, etc) - Recurring tasks - Rich search experience - Multi select tasks - 20+ themes - Widgets (Lock Screen + Home Screen + Stand By) - Siri Shortcuts - App Intents With a simple and familiar design, Karo is set to change the way people send tasks and share todo lists! It is perfect for any and everyone that rely on messaging apps to delegate tasks QUESTIONS? If you have any questions, or run into any trouble, please contact us. We would love to help you out. Privacy Policy - https://www.karo.chat/privacy Terms of Use - https://www.karo.chat/tos
Ambertide
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Ambertide is a calendar, task list and deadline planner that works backwards from the dates that matter. DEADLINES WITH TIMELINES Give a deadline a date, add the tasks that lead up to it, and link the ones that depend on each other. Ambertide draws the timeline, shows what's blocked and what it's waiting on, and warns you when a task is scheduled before the thing it depends on. KNOW IF IT STILL FITS The critical path shows the chain of tasks that decides whether you make it, and how many days of slack you have left. The next-deadline pill shows your workload for every day until it's due, so overloaded days stand out. PLAN YOUR DAYS Day, week and month views with drag and drop. Move tasks between days, drop inbox tasks onto a day or a deadline, or just tick them off. Auto-schedule suggests where unscheduled work fits within your daily capacity, and nothing moves until you accept. WIDGETS THAT HELP YOU FOCUS Weather, a stocks watchlist with a ticker, a full-screen focus timer, habits with streaks, critical path, an agenda with free time between your calendar events, weekly progress, a workload heatmap, quick notes and a world clock. Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and follow your focus session in the Dynamic Island. REMINDERS Local reminders before deadlines, an alert when a deadline no longer fits, an optional daily plan, and nudges for timed tasks and habits. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No ads, no tracking and no third-party analytics, and we never sell your data. Sign in with email, Apple or Google and your plans sync across your devices for free. Events from your device calendar are never uploaded, and you can delete your account and all synced data at any time in Settings. Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Stock data is for information only, may be delayed and is not investment advice. AMBERTIDE PRO Ambertide Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly (the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial). Payment is charged to your Apple ID. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID's subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Ambertide Terms: https://ambertide.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://ambertide.app/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Ambertide at 4 against Karo's 2. Karo's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Karo sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Ambertide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Karo ships an update weekly, Ambertide every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Karo | Ambertide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Msquare Labs Technologies Private Limited | Mousa Alwaraki |
In-app purchases
Karo
- Karo Plus$3.991 Month
- Karo Plus Family$8.491 Month
- Karo Plus$29.991 Year
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- Karo Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Karo Plus Family$49.991 Year
- Karo Plus$129.99
- Karo Lifetime Family$179.99
Ambertide
- Ambertide Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Ambertide Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year









