Taskratch vs DayChunk

If you enjoy the satisfaction of “skratching” off daily tasks on a paper notepad, this elegant app helps manage your tasks with ease. Easily order tasks, assign a timeframe, prioritize and highlight tasks, make them recurring, or delay them to tomorrow, but if you complete it: TASKRATCH—with seven simple functions that keep your tasks managed better than a paper note pad. We’ve tried plenty of calendar and to-do apps and frankly, we are spending too much time serving the app rather than it serving us. Most apps are overly integrated across too many platforms and there’s too many settings and notifications. Taskratch was created by accredited investors for busy people with an investor mindset. A paper notepad can’t automatically move undone tasks to the next day, and it’s bulky to take with you. You’ll find some elegant interactive solutions in this app. We believe the more you use Taskratch, the more moments you’ll have for the people and passions that matter most. How you can use taskratch: • Create a new task using the + sign. Enter your task in the long text box. • Next, in the short test box, and using any time format (e.g. 1-2pm, 1500-1530), enter the window of time you expect to work on your task. • You can hold your finger on any task and drag it to re-order if you like. • Refer to your taskratch app frequently throughout the day to accomplish your schedule, add more tasks, re-order them, push them off until tomorrow, or skratch them off your list! • Click on your square taskratch box once to “skratch” out your task, twice to highlight it as an important task, thrice to skratch out a highlighted task and four times to return your task to a normal status. • Any tasks you can’t get to today, will automatically forward to tomorrow waiting for you to arrange when you awake, or, click the forwarding arrow to manually move your task ahead one day. • Here’s a clever tip: if you push a task to tomorrow and want to return it to today, simply touch the forwarding arrow for three seconds and it will send it backward one day. • The date arrows will advance your days forward or backward so you can review or add daily tasks to a future date, or the past—if you like living in it! • If you prefer a change, click on your profile pic to edit your photo or your preferences. • Set your task to recur daily, or on specific days, weekly, monthly or annually, or switch all recurring functionality to “off” to make it a single task again. If a task is set to recur, the symbol is highlighted and the forwarding arrow is grayed out. • Skratched out tasks are preserved forever on the day they were scratched out. We hope you enjoy taskratch! Please send us feedback through the app.

DayChunk is an ADHD-friendly visual planner that turns your day into calm, manageable chunks instead of overwhelming to-do lists. Designed for busy, easily distracted and overstimulated brains, DayChunk helps you see exactly what fits into today without guilt, pressure or noisy notifications. Most features work entirely offline on your iPhone, with an optional AI helper powered by ChatGPT when you want extra support. Plan your day in visual chunks: * See your day split into clear, simple sections * Add, edit and delete tasks or focus blocks inside each chunk * Quickly spot overload and where you actually have breathing room * Build gentle routines instead of starting from zero every morning ADHD-friendly, low-clutter design: * Minimal interface that’s easy to scan at a glance * Big, readable sections instead of tiny buried lists * Built to reduce decision fatigue and “where do I even start?” Offline-first with optional AI helper: * All core planning, tasks and mood/energy logs are stored locally on your device * No account, login or cloud backup required * No ads, trackers or hidden analytics If you choose to use the optional AI helper, your prompt is sent securely to OpenAI’s ChatGPT API so we can generate planning suggestions and ideas. This feature is clearly labelled, requires an internet connection and is not required to use the main planner. Mood and energy awareness: * Log simple mood or energy alongside your plan * Notice patterns between how you schedule your day and how you feel * Use those insights to design days that are kinder to your brain Privacy by design DayChunk follows the ZeroCloud Apps philosophy: * Offline-first architecture * No subscriptions or dark patterns * No third-party advertising * Your local planning data stays on your iPhone Important note The optional AI helper may provide general information about routines, self-care or lifestyle, but it is not medical or mental-health advice and is not a substitute for professional care. Always seek qualified help for medical, mental-health or emergency situations. DayChunk is for you if: * Traditional planners feel too busy, rigid or demanding * You’re ADHD, ADHD-adjacent or simply overwhelmed by digital clutter * You want a quiet, private planning space that respects your time and energy No subscriptions. One simple purchase for a planner that lives on your phone – with optional AI when you want it, and silence when you don’t.