Comparison

TaskForge vs DropHere

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 to-do lists and calendar directly from your Markdown files. This app offers home screen widgets, reminders, and Kanban boards, all synced with your Obsidian vault. It supports offline use and integrates with device calendars.

Highlights
  • Home Screen Widgets
  • Markdown Task Integration
  • Calendar Sync
  • Reminders and Notifications
  • Kanban Board
  • Offline Access
  • Quick Add Tasks
Features
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Your Obsidian tasks on your Home Screen: a to-do list, widgets, reminders, kanban and a calendar, read from the Markdown files in your vault. Every edit goes back to the original file. No account and nothing to import: pick your vault or any folder of Markdown files. Start free, and try Premium with a 7-day free trial on the monthly plan. "After trying many apps and workflows, this is the first one that actually stuck and made me productive!" From an App Store 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. Checkbox tasks inside any note and one-file-per-task notes both work. Home Screen widgets Today, overdue, a tag, a saved filter or any section of a space, small to large on iPhone and up to extra large on iPad and Mac. Check a task off without opening the app. Month widgets page forward and back. Reminders that reach you Notifications for due and scheduled work, several reminders on one task, and a daily summary. New in 3.1 on iPhone: mark a task persistent and its alerts break through Focus until you finish it. Your calendar beside your tasks Device calendars, including iCloud, Google and Exchange calendars set up on your device, show in the month, week and day views, in spaces and in widgets. New in 3.1, in beta: connect a Google or Outlook account to see and edit its events, calendars shared with you and your invitations. A note for every meeting New in 3.1. Every calendar event gets a note. Recurring meetings share one thread, and open action items carry forward to the next one. Notes and daily notes Open, read and edit any note in your vault, next to the tasks inside it. Your vault gets a daily note, one tap from search or the calendar. Type /today or /date to insert a date. Note editing is in beta. Lists, kanban and search Spaces that stack task and event sections. Filtered lists, a kanban board with drag and drop, tags, contexts, projects, priorities, subtasks, recurring tasks, and start, scheduled and due dates. New in 3.1: your own properties, like client or area, to filter, sort, group and build boards by. Search across the whole vault. Archive completed tasks instead of deleting them. Quick add Type a task the way you would say it, like "call Sam tomorrow 9am #work", and TaskForge fills in the date, time 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 account. No tracking. No ads. 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 Free: the to-do list, kanban, search and filters, notes and daily notes, quick add, viewing your device calendars, the daily note widget, two themes, and the taskforge CLI and MCP server. Premium adds task and calendar widgets, notifications and reminders, connecting Google and Outlook accounts, creating and editing events, meeting notes, custom properties, your own spaces and lists, task defaults, 11 more themes and your own, the 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

DropHere

Features
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Need your ID, contract or receipt? Keep every part together in DropHere, then find the record when you need it. No DropHere account is required. Your library saves on this device by default. SAVE WITHOUT SETUP Add text, photos, PDFs, recordings, videos and other files. Add your content, tap Save and choose a document type. No model configuration or API key is needed. Keep both sides of an ID or all pages of a contract in one record, with originals preserved. SEARCH TEXT, OPEN THE SOURCE Images and PDFs saved through the conversation are indexed on your device after the originals are saved. Search their text, see a source excerpt, and open the matching original image or PDF page. Recognition can be incomplete; the app shows pending or failed processing. Titles, notes and attachment filenames remain searchable too. REMEMBER THE DATE Add expiry, renewal or payment reminders to a record. Review upcoming dates in calendar or list views. Notification permission is requested when you add a reminder. SHARE WITH A PURPOSE Share original images, or make temporary copies with your own purpose watermark. Watermarked exports leave the stored originals untouched. LOCAL BY DEFAULT Optional App Lock uses Face ID, Touch ID or the device passcode. iCloud sync is off until you enable it. Saves finish locally before optional background sync. The managed library is excluded from iPhone iCloud Backup and computer backups; keep your own originals and use optional sync or device migration before changing phones. OPTIONAL AI, YOUR OWN KEY The conversational model is optional. Choose a provider, add your own API key and explicitly allow external processing. Relevant requests, conversation excerpts, preferences and source-text excerpts then go directly to your selected endpoint. Provider fees and data policies apply. Local saving and content search do not require this setup. The free version supports 5 active items. Full Access removes the app-imposed active-item limit through a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription or one-time Permanent Unlock. All three grant the same entitlement and support Family Sharing; your private library is not shared. Actual capacity depends on device storage and performance. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel in the App Store. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://drophere.mlxb.cc/agreement/en/privacy

Screenshots

TaskForge4 screens
DropHere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TaskForge at every 4 days against DropHere's every 2 weeks. TaskForge also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. TaskForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DropHere sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskForge ships an update every 4 days, DropHere every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TaskForge versus DropHere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskForgeDropHere
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (111 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAzhar Dewji卢青 杨

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
3 purchases

DropHere

Subscriptions2
  • Full Access Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Full Access Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Access$3.99

Questions

Is TaskForge free?
TaskForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DropHere free?
DropHere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TaskForge or DropHere have ads?
Neither TaskForge nor DropHere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskForge or DropHere?
TaskForge ships an update every 4 days, and DropHere every 2 weeks. Most recently, TaskForge was updated on November 8, 2026 and DropHere on November 6, 2026.

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