Comparison

Time Blocking for ADHD vs BlueTask

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

Head to head
About

Time Blocking for ADHD

Plan your day visually with time blocks, ideal for managing tasks and schedules. Reschedule and resize blocks easily as plans change, then review how your day unfolded. Offers free basic features and a premium subscription for advanced insights and customization.

Highlights
  • Visual time blocking
  • Drag and drop rescheduling
  • Calendar integration
  • Progress tracking
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Advanced insights and streaks (Plus)
  • Subtasks (Plus)
Features
Read full description

Plan your day with visual time blocks, on iPhone and iPad. Turn an overloaded task list into a realistic timeline. When plans change, drag and resize your day without starting over. Then see how the day actually went. NEW: ALIGN FOR IPAD Align is now on iPad, free just like on iPhone. • See several days side by side on a wide canvas. • Drag a time block to any visible day. • Open more than one window. • Your date browser and widgets stay in sync with your iPhone. FREE • Unlimited time blocks on a clear daily timeline. • Works with your calendars: events from the calendars you choose appear as time blocks, and new time blocks are saved back to them. • Drag and drop to reschedule. Push a time block to the edge of the screen to move it to the next day. • Resize a time block by dragging its top or bottom edge. • Icons and colors for every time block. • Custom alerts for each time block, plus an optional daily review reminder. • Recurring time blocks for the routines you repeat. • Mark time blocks complete and watch your daily progress. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: see what's next, check off time blocks, and add a new one without opening the app. ALIGN PLUS • Insights: daily, weekly, and monthly views of how your plan really goes. See what you completed, how loaded the day was, and what still fits before it ends. • Streaks: clear every time block in a day to start a run. • Shareable day cards: turn a good day into an image you can send. • Insights widgets for your pace, day load, and streak. • Overlap avoidance: drag or resize a time block and the surrounding ones move out of the way. • Time block locking: keep important time blocks fixed while you rearrange the rest. • Subtasks: break a time block into steps and check them off. • Custom day start and end: set the timeline to your own hours. Align Plus is available as a subscription with a free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. WHO IT'S FOR Align is a time blocking daily planner for anyone whose to-do list never fits the day: people with ADHD who plan better when they can see time, students balancing classes and study, and professionals planning around meetings. Align is made by an independent developer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BlueTask

Read full description

Remember when apps use to be simple? BlueTask brings back that feeling. No complicated features. No clutter. Just a straightforward reminders app that helps you remember what matters most. • Buy once, use forever. • Your reminders stay private and local. No cloud syncing, no data shared. • Add reminders with date, time, early reminder and repeat options. • Edit reminders easily with a tap, delete with a left swipe or add notes with a right swipe. • Includes a schedule tab that visually shows when your reminders are due or overdue. • Upgrade to premium to unlock four tabs, unlimited categories and unlimited reminders to stay organized.

Screenshots

Time Blocking for ADHD4 screens
BlueTask4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BlueTask at none against Time Blocking for ADHD's shown. Time Blocking for ADHD's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Time Blocking for ADHD sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and BlueTask sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Time Blocking for ADHD versus BlueTask: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Blocking for ADHDBlueTask
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOscar Vicente Gonzalez GrecoTim Wootton

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Time Blocking for ADHD

Subscriptions3
  • Align Plus - Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Align Plus - Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Align Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Align Plus - Lifetime$79.99
1 purchases

BlueTask

One-time1
  • Upgrade To Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Time Blocking for ADHD free?
Time Blocking for ADHD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlueTask free?
BlueTask is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Blocking for ADHD or BlueTask have ads?
Time Blocking for ADHD shows ads; BlueTask does not.

Other comparisons