CalDown vs FluentTasks

CalDown – Focus. Clarity. Time Awareness. What is happening now? What comes next? How much time is left? CalDown turns Apple Calendar events into a focused timeline across iPhone, iPad, widgets and Apple Watch. Choose your calendars and see your day without the clutter. A TIMELINE BUILT AROUND NOW • Follow your current event with a countdown and remaining-time bar • See all-day, upcoming and recently ended events • Look ahead by 3, 5 or 7 days • See gaps, overlaps and timed reminders • Create and edit events with the Apple Calendar editor • Hide individual occurrences without changing Apple Calendar, and restore them whenever you need LIVE ACTIVITIES Keep a large countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, optionally showing upcoming events. Start from CalDown, an event’s play button or the dedicated Lock Screen control. You can also enable starting when opening CalDown. Live Activities do not automatically start for every event while the app is closed. Calendar changes refresh when CalDown runs or you request a refresh. WIDGETS FOR A QUICK GLANCE • See your current or next event on the Home Screen or Lock Screen • Choose focused countdowns or event overviews • Place Presentation A and B side by side for a larger Lock Screen countdown • Show gaps and overlaps, or hide the highlighted event, in supported layouts APPLE WATCH — WITH PRO • View events available on your Watch without your iPhone nearby • Follow your iPhone’s calendar selection or choose separate calendars • Choose circular, corner, inline and rectangular complications • Presentation Dynamic emphasizes the leading time unit • Presentation Fixed keeps hours, minutes and seconds in a consistent layout • A prominent “In” distinguishes upcoming events from running events • Event Overview shows two events and highlights the current one • Expand event and reminder details Widgets and complications use your selected Upcoming range. Refreshes and Always On updates are managed by the system. CALENDAR NOTIFICATIONS Create calendar groups with alerts before, at, during or near the end of events. Choose sound settings for each group on iPhone. CalDown alerts are separate from Apple Calendar alerts, so both may notify you. Delivery depends on permissions, Focus settings and system background refresh. APPLE REMINDERS — BETA, WITH PRO Show dated tasks alongside events, keep overdue tasks in Today, complete tasks and review dated tasks completed today. Use Apple Reminders to create, edit or reopen them. Undated tasks are not shown. Reminders do not occupy time or appear in widgets and complications. Watch completion requires the paired iPhone; offline requests remain pending. Both devices need reminder access and the same account. Some accounts may not match tasks reliably. NOTES AND CHECKLISTS Keep notes and checklists with events. Watch changes require the paired iPhone to save and confirm them. Your calendar account manages synchronization. MAKE TIME EASIER TO READ Choose System or OpenDyslexic for CalDown, widgets, Live Activities and Apple Watch. Preview and customize Remaining Time Colors and warning thresholds. Apply them to the timeline, widgets and Watch independently. These are visual cues; notifications are configured separately. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS Ask about Current, Next or Today’s schedule. Hide an occurrence, restore the last hidden event, or open Today and Upcoming. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES • No CalDown account, ads, subscriptions or analytics • On-device processing, with no external CalDown server • Hidden-event preferences sync only with your paired Watch • Optional diagnostic reports you review and choose to share START SIMPLE. UNLOCK MORE WITH PRO. Use one calendar at a time and basic widgets for free. A one-time purchase unlocks multiple calendars, additional widget layouts, Apple Watch and Apple Reminders integration. Your time. Your focus. CalDown.

FluentTasks is a quietly beautiful task app for couples and small households. Both of you see every change as it happens - what's been added, what's done, what's coming. No "did you get the milk?". No screenshots back and forth. Just one calm shared list. Built native for iPhone. Inspired by the tools you already love - but designed from the first sketch to be shared. WHAT YOU CAN DO Plan together, in real time Add a project, invite your partner, and start. Tasks sync instantly — when one of you ticks something off, the other sees it move within a second. A calendar that shows both of yours Day, Week, and Month views with hour-by-hour blocks. Each project gets its own color, so you can spot Friday at a glance. Kanban or list, your call Switch any project between a clean checklist and a Kanban board. Both layouts read from the same data, so nothing has to be moved twice. Templates to start in seconds Wedding planning, weekly groceries, the move-in checklist — pre-built lists for the moments couples actually plan. Quick voice capture Hands full at the supermarket? Tap the mic, talk, done. Tasks land in the right list automatically. Apple-private sign-in Sign in with Apple ID. No email lists. No Google. No Microsoft. WHO IT'S FOR Couples planning a wedding, a move, a renovation, or just the week. Households juggling groceries, kids' schedules, and the long-running list of small things. Two friends sharing a side project. If you've ever tried to share Apple Reminders and lost the will to live — or wished Things 3 had a partner mode — FluentTasks is for you. FREE FOREVER The Free plan covers everything one person needs and one shared project for two. Use it as long as you like. PRO — €4.99 / month or €39.99 / year (7-day trial) — Unlimited shared projects — Attachments up to 25 MB per file — Apple Calendar two-way sync — Apple Reminders mirror — Reusable invite links for the family — Recurring tasks with smart roll-forward — Premium themes and project icons The owner of a project is the one who pays. Your partner never needs Pro to participate — they just join. PRIVACY Your tasks are stored on Google Cloud Firestore, encrypted in transit and at rest. We never read them, never sell them, never train anything on them. Sign in with Apple — your real email never leaves Apple's servers if you don't want it to. You can delete your account from inside the app. SUBSCRIPTIONS — Monthly: €4.99 (auto-renews monthly) — Annual: €39.99 (auto-renews yearly, 7-day free trial) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://fluenttasks.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://fluenttasks.com/terms Made with care in Switzerland.