TaskFrame | Task Manager vs Dona
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TaskFrame | Task Manager
Organize your life with smart task management. Set start and due dates, use powerful filters, and color-coded tags to categorize your to-dos. Advanced features include recurring tasks, priorities, and detailed notes.
- Smart organization with start/due dates
- 10+ filtering options
- Color-coded tags for categorization
- Recurring tasks with customizable intervals
- Priority marking for urgent tasks
- Detailed notes and subtasks
- Dashboard customization (Pro)
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Smart Organization * Start & Due Dates: Tasks don't clutter your view until you need them. * 10+ Filtering Options: See just the tasks you need with powerful filters, like what’s ongoing, recurring tasks, and more. * Color-Coded Tags: For separating your tasks into groups and projects based what makes sense to you. Advanced Task Features * Recurring Tasks: Automatically repeat with customizable intervals * Priority: Mark urgent tasks so what needs attention first always gets done first * Notifications: Alarms and notifications to be notified of something when you need to be notified * More Details: Add notes, URLs, and subtasks to keep all of your information in one place Free Features * Unlimited tasks and tags * Start and due notifications * Subtasks * Recurring tasks * Priority * iCloud sync Pro Features * Dashboard Customization: Reorder dashboard items and pin your most used tags to the top * Time Presets: Create custom time presets with unlimited options * Notification Upgrade: Set custom reminder notifications and add system alarms to tasks
Dona
This minimalist task manager helps you quickly capture and organize ideas with drag-and-drop functionality. Focus on what matters most today by visualizing tasks via widgets or Siri/Shortcuts. Optimized gestures ensure zero friction in managing your to-do list.
- Instant idea capture
- Drag & drop organization
- Widget support
- Siri/Shortcuts integration
- Zero friction gestures
- Focus on task completion
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This minimalist task manager lets you capture ideas instantly, then organize them with effortless drag & drop to finally focus only on what really matters today. Add tasks and visualize them in seconds via the widget or Siri / Shortcuts. Every gesture is optimized for zero friction. Focus on finishing tasks, not on managing a tool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TaskFrame | Task Manager at every 2 days against Dona's weekly. Dona's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. TaskFrame | Task Manager sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Dona sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TaskFrame | Task Manager against 5.0 for Dona. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dona has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TaskFrame | Task Manager ships an update every 2 days, Dona weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TaskFrame | Task Manager | Dona |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bradley Rothbaum | Yanice BOADY |
Customer experience
TaskFrame | Task Manager
Dona
In-app purchases
TaskFrame | Task Manager
- Time Presets$0.99
- Notification Upgrade$1.99
- Location Reminders$2.99
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- Dashboard Customization$2.99
Dona
- Dona +1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Dona+ Lifetime$8.99









