Comparison

BasicTaskNotes vs iCanText

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

Head to head
About

BasicTaskNotes

Create and organize task lists and notes to enhance productivity. Keep your to-dos and important information neatly arranged in folders for easy access.

Highlights
  • Create task lists
  • Create notes
  • Organize tasks and notes in folders
  • Stay organized
  • Enhance productivity
Features
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BasicTaskNotes provides users with the ability to stay organized and on task by creating task lists and notes and keeping them organized in folders.

About

iCanText

This custom keyboard app enhances typing with oversized keys, a gentle sway animation, and smart visual cues. It offers gesture controls, single-tap contractions, and auto-editing features to improve speed and accuracy. Users can also customize styling and leverage on-device LLM for text proofreading.

Highlights
  • Oversized keys for comfort
  • Soothing sway animation
  • Next-letter highlights
  • Gesture controls for space/backspace
  • Single tap contractions and sentence endings
  • Auto-editing and LLM proofreading (iOS 26+)
  • Customizable styling
Features
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iCanText – A Bigger, Smarter Keyboard That Moves With You iCanText is a custom iOS keyboard built to make typing easier, clearer, and more comfortable. Featuring large, easy-to-tap keys, a gentle swaying animation, and smart visual cues, iCanText helps you type with more speed and fewer mistakes. Features: * Oversized Keys for Confident Typing. * Designed for accuracy and comfort. iCanText gives your fingers more space. * The top row gently moves left and right that allows for a maximum overall key size. * Next-Letter (instead of next word) predictions. * Likely next-letters glow based on what you're typing, making it faster to spot and tap what comes next. * Natural gesture-based texting: swipe right for a space, left for a backspace, up for numbers, down for symbols, and keep swiping up for phrases and dialects. Double swipe down toggles caps. * Single tap contractions. One tap makes a 'll, 's, 'r, 't, 'm or 've. * Tap the "Fix it" key (the wrench) to correct typos, caps, and formatting. * No pressure from autocorrect. * Just type. You can fix your typos later. * Custom keyboard styling (colors, etc.) in the main app. * No Ads, No Tracking, No Distractions. * iOS 26 users: have Apple's on-device LLM fix your typos. Whether you're a fast typer, someone with larger fingers, or just want a more relaxing keyboard experience, iCanText will help you text better.

Screenshots

BasicTaskNotes4 screens
iCanText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iCanText at Free against BasicTaskNotes's $0.99. iCanText also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). BasicTaskNotes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.5). On ads, 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

iCanText is free to download; BasicTaskNotes costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BasicTaskNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iCanText has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BasicTaskNotes versus iCanText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasicTaskNotesiCanText
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter RoachTom Bensky

Customer experience

BasicTaskNotes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

iCanText

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BasicTaskNotes

No in-app purchases

None

iCanText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BasicTaskNotes free?
BasicTaskNotes costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is iCanText free?
iCanText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BasicTaskNotes or iCanText?
BasicTaskNotes is rated higher. BasicTaskNotes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while iCanText averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.
Do BasicTaskNotes or iCanText have ads?
Neither BasicTaskNotes nor iCanText shows ads.

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