Comparison

Gracely vs Cairn

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

Head to head
About

Gracely

Manage your to-do list with this intuitive task manager. Organize tasks into custom lists, set priorities, and track deadlines with visual indicators. Attach photos to tasks and monitor your progress effectively.

Highlights
  • Customizable task lists
  • Priority levels with color coding
  • Deadline tracking with alerts
  • Photo attachments
  • Progress tracking
  • Local data storage
Features
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Gracely is a simple, powerful task manager with a premium dark interface. Create tasks, organize them into custom lists, set priorities, add deadlines, and attach photos. Track your progress with visual indicators and stay on top of what matters. Features: • Multiple lists to organize tasks your way • Priority levels with color coding • Deadline tracking with overdue alerts • Photo attachments • Progress tracking • All data stored locally on your device • No ads A product of Bug Media.

About

Cairn

Manage tasks and notes directly within your existing Markdown files. This app offers focused views, quick capture, and robust task management features, all while keeping your data private and locally stored. It integrates seamlessly with Obsidian and other file sync services.

Highlights
  • Native Markdown task and note management
  • Works with Obsidian vaults or any folder
  • Quick capture with date, tag, and priority parsing
  • Multiple task views (Today, Upcoming, Inbox, Pool)
  • Full support for sub-tasks and recurring tasks
  • Local reminders and Live Activity integration
  • Data stays local, no cloud sync required
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Cairn is a fast, native task and note companion that lives on top of the Markdown files you already own. Point it at your Obsidian vault — or any folder of Markdown notes — and your tasks and notes appear in clean, focused views. Everything you do in Cairn is written straight back to your files as plain text, in the Obsidian Tasks format. YOUR NOTES STAY YOURS • No account, no sign-up, no Cairn cloud database — your tasks live in your own files • Cairn does not send your notes or tasks to the developer • Careful, patch-based edits change only the content you touched, preserving the rest of your note • Works alongside Obsidian, iCloud Drive, Git, or any sync you already use CAPTURE, BROWSE, AND PLAN • Browse and edit Markdown notes directly in your vault • Quick capture into your daily note, with date, tag, and priority tokens parsed as you type • Choose where longer captures are saved • Today, Upcoming, Inbox, and Pool views, plus a global filter for folders, tags, dates, priority, and status • Full support for sub-tasks and task hierarchies • Recurring tasks in Obsidian Tasks format, with safe completion handling • Convert upcoming calendar events into tasks, or mirror your dated tasks into a calendar you choose (optional) STAY ON TRACK • Local reminders for due tasks — including sunrise-relative reminders computed entirely on your device • A Live Activity keeps today's progress on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Home Screen widgets and a Control Center quick-capture control • Search across every task in your vault MADE FOR OBSIDIAN — NOT ONLY OBSIDIAN Cairn reads and writes the Obsidian Tasks plugin format (due, scheduled, start, and done dates, priorities, recurrence, tags), so your vault stays fully compatible with your desktop setup. Don't use Obsidian? Create a plain task folder in the Files app and Cairn works as a stand-alone Markdown to-do app. Cairn asks for access only to the folder you pick. Calendar access and location (used to compute local sunrise times) are optional and processed on your device. If you choose iCloud Drive or another Files or calendar provider, that provider's own sync and privacy terms apply.

Screenshots

Gracely3 screens
Cairn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cairn at every 5 days against Gracely's every 22 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gracely against 5.0 for Cairn. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gracely ships an update every 22 months, Cairn every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Gracely versus Cairn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGracelyCairn
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBug Media LLCYoung Hun JEONG

Customer experience

Gracely

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cairn

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gracely

No in-app purchases

None

Cairn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gracely free?
Gracely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cairn free?
Cairn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gracely or Cairn?
Gracely and Cairn are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Gracely or Cairn have ads?
Neither Gracely nor Cairn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gracely or Cairn?
Gracely ships an update every 22 months, and Cairn every 5 days. Most recently, Gracely was updated on September 28, 2026 and Cairn on October 1, 2026.

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