Comparison

TaskForge vs heaper

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

Head to head
About

TaskForge

Manage your Obsidian tasks directly from your mobile device with real-time sync and notifications. Visualize your workload with calendar and Kanban views, and stay organized with powerful search and filtering. Create and edit tasks using familiar Markdown syntax.

Highlights
  • Real-time push notifications for tasks
  • Home screen widgets for at-a-glance task viewing
  • Deep integration with Obsidian vaults
  • Calendar and Kanban board task visualization
  • Advanced search and filtering capabilities
  • Markdown-powered task creation and editing
  • Cross-platform sync via iCloud
Features
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Bring your tasks, notes and calendar together without creating a TaskForge account. Your tasks and notes stay in local Markdown files you can open in any editor. Create tasks, write notes and view your calendar for free. Note editing is in beta. Start with a folder of your own or use your existing Obsidian vault, with nothing to import or convert. A real to-do list and task manager on every screen you use: iPhone, iPad and Mac. Widgets, notifications, a month calendar with your own events beside your tasks, kanban, search, and your notes in the same app. "After trying many apps and workflows, this is the first one that actually stuck and made me productive!" (user review) Works with your vault Reads and writes Obsidian Tasks emoji fields, Dataview fields, Task Genius and TaskNotes YAML frontmatter with your own field mapping. Every edit goes back to the original file. Home Screen widgets Today, overdue, a tag, a saved filter or any section of a space, in every size up to XL. Check a task off without opening the app. iPhone, iPad and Mac. Notifications and reminders Push notifications for due and scheduled work, several reminders on one task, and a daily summary. Calendar, built in Your device calendars (iCloud, Google, Exchange) sit beside your tasks in the month view, in spaces and in widgets. Events come from those calendars, not from files. Notes and daily notes Open, read and edit any note in your vault, next to the tasks inside it. Every workspace gets a daily note, one tap from search or the calendar agenda. Lists, kanban and search Spaces that stack task and event sections. Custom filtered lists, a kanban board with drag and drop, tags, contexts, projects, priorities, recurring tasks, and start, scheduled and due dates. Search and multi-condition filters across the whole vault. Archive completed tasks instead of deleting them. Quick capture Type a task the way you would say it and TaskForge fills in the date, priority and tag. Optional tools for your AI agent Use your own AI agent to turn meeting notes into tasks or update your task list. TaskForge generates a guide to your folder's format. The free taskforge desktop CLI and local MCP server, installed separately on your computer, give compatible agents tools to read and edit tasks and notes. These tools run locally without network access. They do not include an AI assistant or subscription. Your chosen AI provider's account requirements and data handling still apply. Privacy No TaskForge account, no analytics. Tasks and notes work offline. TaskForge does not upload your task or note files to its own servers. External sync and AI services handle data under their own terms. TaskForge Premium The task list, kanban, search and filters, notes and daily notes, quick capture, viewing your calendar, and priority names and colors are free. Premium unlocks Home Screen widgets, notifications and per-task reminders, creating and editing calendar events, your own custom spaces and lists, task defaults, accent color and app font, and editing many tasks at once. Buy it once and keep it, or subscribe monthly with a 7-day free trial. A monthly subscription renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.md or Anthropic.

About

heaper

Organize notes, files, and tasks using a flexible tag-based system. Create a network of knowledge with cross-linking and choose offline-first or cloud syncing. Self-hosting options provide full data control and privacy.

Highlights
  • Flexible tag system for organizing content
  • Cross-linking for creating knowledge webs
  • Offline-first data storage
  • Optional cloud syncing
  • Self-hosting for data privacy
  • Manage notes, files, images, and tasks
Features
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Heaper is your flexible digital workspace for managing notes, images, documents, videos, and tasks - all in one place. Whether you’re writing, planning, researching, or organizing a creative project, Heaper lets you throw everything into one heap and organize it later with powerful tags. There are no folders to maintain - just blocks of content that you can freely tag and link. Tags provide a powerful yet simple way to organize even the biggest workspaces. Heaper works offline-first with optional syncing via the cloud and supports self-hosting for full control and privacy. Features • Flexible Tag System: Forget rigid folders. Tag anything - notes, files, images, links - and access it from anywhere. • Each Tag is its own document called a Block, add context to everything. • Cross-Linking: Create a web of knowledge with mentions and tag relationships. • Offline-first: Your data is saved locally and syncs when you’re online. • Self-Hosting Option: Use our cloud or host it yourself - your data, your rules. Ideal for: • Personal knowledge management (PKM) • Creative workflows and project planning • Task and goal tracking • Bookmarking, journaling, and archiving • Managing photos and research libraries Get started for free with no account required to it offline. Heaper is built by a solo developer passionate about organization and freedom, no lock-in, no bloat, just a sane fundament for you to manage your data.

Screenshots

TaskForge4 screens
heaper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: TaskForge at 108 against heaper's 2. TaskForge also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). heaper's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. TaskForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and heaper sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

heaper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TaskForge has 108 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of TaskForge's written reviews are positive against 100% of heaper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskForge ships an update every 5 days, heaper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TaskForge versus heaper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskForgeheaper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (108 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings108 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAzhar DewjiJan Vincent Lunge

Customer experience

TaskForge

All ratings108 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral4.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.5%

heaper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TaskForge

Subscriptions2
  • TaskForge Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • TaskForge Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • TaskForge Premium (Lifetime)$49.99
10 purchases

heaper

Subscriptions10
  • Heaper Core Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Heaper Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Heaper Cloud Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
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  • Heaper Ultra Monthly$39.991 Month
  • Heaper Core Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Ultra Monthly$59.991 Month
  • Heaper Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
  • Heaper Ultra Yearly$399.001 Year
  • Heaper Cloud Ultra Yearly$599.001 Year

Questions

Is TaskForge free?
TaskForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is heaper free?
heaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TaskForge or heaper?
heaper is rated higher. TaskForge averages 4.7 out of 5 from 108 ratings, while heaper averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do TaskForge or heaper have ads?
Neither TaskForge nor heaper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskForge or heaper?
TaskForge ships an update every 5 days, and heaper every 3 weeks. Most recently, TaskForge was updated on October 10, 2026 and heaper on September 25, 2026.

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