Comparison

Propelo vs Untangle

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

Head to head
About

Propelo

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Propelo is the ADHD task manager that doesn't become another task. Instead of projects, folders, and separate lists to maintain, Propelo keeps everything in one prioritized list. Your tasks stay visible, easy to reorder with drag and drop, and much harder to forget. Propelo keeps task management—both in your head and in the app—to a minimum, with a system designed specifically for people with ADHD. Start your 14-day free trial. A Google account is required because Propelo plans tasks around Google Calendar. WHY PROPELO WORKS FOR ADHD Traditional task apps often ask you to organize before you can act: projects, inboxes, tags, priorities, streaks, and overdue lists that eventually need managing themselves. Propelo removes as much of that maintenance as possible. There are no streaks or productivity scores. Your tasks stay in one ordered list, with a clear next task and nothing going stale simply because you didn't finish it on a particular day. Need to focus on one area? Filter your list by Goal without creating or maintaining separate lists. Open Propelo, plan your day in under 30 seconds, and get back to doing. ONE LIST, ONE ORDER Everything stays in one flat, prioritized list. No project hierarchies, separate lists, or hidden tasks. Everything shares the same underlying priority order, even snoozed and recurring items. Prioritize by comparing two tasks at a time instead of assigning complicated priority labels. The task at the top becomes today's mission. START WITH A COMICALLY SMALL ACTION For many people with ADHD, starting is the hardest part. Once you begin, continuing is much easier. Propelo generates an intentionally tiny first physical action for each task—sometimes as small as “stand up and walk to your desk”—so you can start moving before your brain has time to turn the task into something overwhelming. AUTOMATIC GOOGLE CALENDAR SYNC Propelo places due dates and tasks into open slots in Google Calendar. Unfinished work rolls forward automatically. GOALS THAT STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR PRIORITIES Group tasks by Goal without splitting your work into separate lists. Focus on one Goal, reorder its tasks, then return to your full list with those priority changes automatically preserved. Give a Goal a target date and Propelo can warn you when its tasks are currently prioritized too low to finish in time. DYNAMIC COMPLETION ESTIMATES Month-by-month completion markers appear directly in your task list, showing roughly how far down the list you're likely to reach by the end of each month. This makes it easier to see what realistically fits, move deadline-sensitive work higher, and deprioritize less urgent tasks without building a complicated long-term plan. RECURRING TASKS AND SNOOZE Recurring tasks appear above the Today Line when due and stay there until completed. Snooze anything that doesn't need your attention yet. It disappears for now and returns when you need it. ALWAYS VISIBLE WITH WIDGETS AND NOTIFICATIONS The biggest risk with any ADHD tool is forgetting it exists. See your next task from your Home Screen, get a reminder when your day begins, and see tasks and due dates in Google Calendar. BUILT BY A PROJECT MANAGER WITH ADHD Propelo is for people who have abandoned task apps because maintaining the app eventually became harder than doing the tasks. Start your 14-day free trial today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Untangle

This app helps individuals with ADHD manage tasks and reduce overwhelm. It features an AI coach that untangles thoughts into a prioritized plan, breaks down large tasks, and offers focus-enhancing tools like ambient audio and timers.

Highlights
  • AI ADHD Coach
  • Brain Dump functionality
  • AI Game Plan prioritization
  • Magic Task Breakdown
  • Body Doubling Mode
  • Ambient Focus Audio
  • Focus Timer
Features
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You sit down with ten things to do. Everything feels urgent. Instead of starting, you freeze. Stare at the screen, scroll your phone, reorganize the list by color. An hour disappears and nothing got done. That's not laziness. It's cognitive overload: when everything feels equally urgent, your brain can't figure out where to begin. Untangle: Beat Procrastination is built to fix exactly that moment. WHAT UNTANGLE DOES DIFFERENTLY Most to-do apps hand you a longer list to manage. Untangle does the opposite. It turns your overwhelming list into one small step you can start right now. HOW IT WORKS 1. Brain Dump. Type or speak everything on your mind: deadlines, worries, unfinished tasks, random thoughts. No folders, no categories, no setup required. 2. Meet Aaron. Your personal task mentor reads your brain dump and picks out the one thing to focus on first, breaking it into a step small enough to start immediately. 3. One Step at a Time. Instead of a long list staring back at you, you get a single, doable action. Finish it, and Aaron hands you the next one. FEATURES Task Breakdown. Turns big, vague tasks like "clean the kitchen" into small, concrete steps like "put one bowl in the sink." Aaron, Your Mentor. A calm, encouraging guide that helps you decide what to do next. No guilt, no nagging, no shame. Focus Timers. Built-in timers help you stay with one task without switching away halfway through. Body Doubling. Work alongside a virtual presence that keeps you accountable and focused, even when you're on your own. Zero-Setup Onboarding. No calendars to connect, no categories to build. Open the app, share what's on your mind, and get your first step in seconds. WHO UNTANGLE IS FOR If you've ever known exactly what you needed to do and still couldn't start, Untangle was built for that gap. It's for anyone stuck between a full to-do list and an empty sense of where to begin: students facing deadlines, professionals juggling too many priorities, and anyone tired of to-do apps that just make the list longer. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Traditional productivity apps assume your problem is organization. But if you're already overwhelmed, a better filing system doesn't help you start. Untangle is built around a different idea: the bottleneck isn't knowing what to do, it's the bridge between thought and action. So instead of asking you to organize, plan, and prioritize, Untangle removes all of that and hands you just the next step. REAL PEOPLE, REAL RESULTS Untangle has helped students push through to graduation, helped professionals clear task backlogs that had piled up for weeks, and helped countless people go from staring at a blank screen to finally getting moving. People tell us it's the first productivity app that didn't make them feel more behind than when they started. A FEW THINGS PEOPLE ASK Do I need to organize anything before I start? No. Skip the folders and categories. Just open the app and say what's on your mind. What if my list feels too messy to explain? That's exactly what the Brain Dump is for. Messy is fine. Aaron sorts it out, not you. Is this just another to-do list? No. To-do lists assume you're stuck on organizing. Untangle assumes you're stuck on starting, and solves for that instead. GET STARTED FREE Download Untangle, share what's on your mind, and let Aaron give you your first step. No complicated setup. No long tutorials. Just one small step, right now. PRIVACY FIRST Your brain dumps and tasks are yours. Untangle is built with privacy in mind, so you can share what's really on your mind without worry. Untangle helps with: procrastination, task paralysis, overwhelm, mental clutter, motivation, to-do lists, task management, study deadlines, work overwhelm, and getting started on anything that feels too big. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Propelo4 screens
Untangle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Propelo at none against Untangle's shown. Untangle's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Propelo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and Untangle sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Propelo ships an update fortnightly, Untangle every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Propelo versus Untangle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPropeloUntangle
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFirecode Labs LLCMultivox LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Propelo

Subscriptions1
  • Individual Plan$19.991 Year
10 purchases

Untangle

Subscriptions10
  • Untangle Annual$4.997 Days
  • Untangle Annual$5.997 Days
  • Untangle Weekly Premium$9.997 Days
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  • Untangle Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Untangle Monthly Premium$14.991 Month
  • Untangle Weekly Premium+$14.997 Days
  • Untangle Annual$39.991 Year
  • Untangle Annual$49.991 Year
  • Untangle Annual Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Untangle Annual Premium+$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Propelo free?
Propelo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Untangle free?
Untangle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Propelo or Untangle have ads?
Untangle shows ads; Propelo does not.
Which is updated more often, Propelo or Untangle?
Propelo ships an update fortnightly, and Untangle every 8 days. Most recently, Propelo was updated on October 4, 2026 and Untangle on October 9, 2026.

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