Steer vs Simple Project Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steer
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Download Steer, the premier construction management app trusted by industry leaders like CDCC & Colliers. Streamline your day-to-day operations with ease and confidence. Steer is your essential tool for managing construction projects efficiently, designed to empower companies to thrive while maintaining control. Whether you're a Builder, General Contractor, Real Estate Developer-Owner, or Construction Manager, Steer is tailored to suit your needs. It provides greater visibility over all risk areas in construction projects - anytime, anywhere, and on any device - and brings all construction project activities and stakeholders together in one place.
Simple Project Manager
This app helps you organize and complete your ideas by turning them into satisfying checklists. It offers a clean, distraction-free design with features like progress rings, notes, and simple grouping. Collaboration and sharing are also supported.
- Projects as checklists
- Live progress rings
- Notes on ideas
- Simple grouping
- Share and collaborate
- Distraction-free design
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You've always got ideas. Simple Project Manager is the easiest — and best-looking — way to actually finish them. Every project is a clean checklist you can check off, reorder, and watch fill toward 100%. Add notes, group things your way, and keep it all calm and clutter-free. - Projects as satisfying checklists - A live progress ring on every one - Notes on every idea - Simple grouping to stay organized - Share and collaborate with others - A genuinely beautiful, distraction-free design Upgrade to Big Idea to unlock every theme, unlimited projects, custom app icons, and sync across all your devices. Turn your ideas into done. Become the Idea Guy (or Girl)! Simple Project Manager Big Idea While Simple Project Manager is free to use, you can upgrade to Big Idea to unlock the full suite of project management tools. Subscribe to monthly, annual, or purchase a lifetime license. Subscriptions will auto-renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least a day before each renewal date. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in Apple account settings. Terms of Use: https://blackforestcompany.com/tc-idea-pal/ Privacy Policy: https://blackforestcompany.com/privacy-policy-idea-pal/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steer at none against Simple Project Manager's 3. Steer also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Simple Project Manager's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Simple Project Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Steer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Steer ships an update every 2 weeks, Simple Project Manager every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Steer | Simple Project Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xamun Inc. | Blackforest LLC |
In-app purchases
Steer
No in-app purchases
Simple Project Manager
- Big Idea - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Big Idea - Annual$9.991 Year
- Big Idea - Lifetime$24.99
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