Beat Today vs Complete & Conquer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beat Today
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Beat TODAY! Do you feel like you have so much to do but can't ever get anything done? Download Beat Today to help you win your day! Get all of your to-do tasks done by working towards getting more points and marking things as DONE! It feels amazing to fill up the progress bar. Gamify your day, turn your tasks into side quests. Use the power of gamification to your own advantage! You set the tasks, you set the points. Have something really important to do today? Assign it 100 points. Why not 1,000? Even a million!? Spoiler Alert: the points don't matter! Trick yourself into getting your daily to do list done every day. Plan ahead for tomorrow, or look back at your history to see how many points you've gained over time. Track unfinished tasks and re-plan them for today or tomorrow! Do you like structure but can't seem to stick to your to do list? Maybe you frequently forget the things you've been meaning to do? Then this app is for you! Stick to your tasks by keeping todays score in mind. Complete all of your tasks for the day and Beat Today!
Complete & Conquer
This to-do list app gamifies productivity with a retro, real-time strategy theme. Earn credits for completing tasks to build a base, deploy units, and unlock new tech. Neglected tasks lead to enemy attacks, motivating users to stay on track.
- Retro gamified to-do list
- Earn credits for task completion
- Build and defend a pixel-art base
- Unlock tech tree and new hardware
- Native iOS and macOS support
- Scheduling, reminders, and priorities
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If you're anything like me, you're an elder millennial who misses a simpler time. Mountain Dew, late nights, and the freedom to ignore anything that resembled responsibility. These days you might need a little push to get things done (I sure do). So I built one. Complete & Conquer is a native iOS and macOS to-do app with a retro, gamified twist, built on the nostalgia of the real-time strategy games we grew up on. Every task you finish earns credits. Spend them to put up buildings and deploy units, climb the tech tree to unlock new hardware, and watch a little pixel-art base grow straight out of your real-life productivity. There's a catch. There's always a catch. Ignore your tasks for too long and the enemy takes notice. Let things pile up and your base comes under attack, and the only way to push them back is to start finishing things again. Turns out crossing a boring errand off the list feels a lot better when it also means commanding an army. A few things worth knowing: • It's free, and the core always will be. Using Complete & Conquer as a to-do list and habit tracker will never cost a thing. No paywall on getting your life together. • It's a real task manager underneath, with scheduling, reminders, and priorities. It just happens to be fun to open. • The loop is simple and weirdly motivating: finish tasks, earn credits, build cool stuff, defend your base. • Native on both iPhone and Mac. A word about money, because I owe you one. When I launched this app I said the to-do core would stay free, and I meant it. Recurring objectives, unlimited tasks, the full base game through Tier 2, plus a small Home Screen widget and Lock Screen widgets — none of it costs anything, and none of it ever will. No paywall on getting your life together. But I'm one guy, not a venture-backed productivity empire, and the lights don't keep themselves on. So: Commander Pro, entirely optional, for commanders who want the deluxe treatment. What Pro adds: • iCloud sync — your base, tasks, and progress on both iPhone and Mac • Tier 3 endgame — advanced tech, the Orca, an elite-tier base • GSD Intel — a field-intelligence briefing with completion analytics, streaks, and a raid log • An interactive checklist widget and the rich medium widget — check off objectives without opening the app • Dynamic Island quick-deploy — see today's progress, page through objectives, and secure them right from the island • Raid tuning — Relaxed to Intense, plus quiet hours • The Mac menu bar companion (existing users keep it free — you were here first) It's $4.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $49.99 once for lifetime, at an early-supporter price that goes up later. One purchase covers both iPhone and Mac, because charging you twice for the same app felt like a raid on YOUR base. And if you never spend a dime? Genuinely fine. Complete your tasks, defend your base, tell a friend. That was always the deal. Full disclosure: I'm building this app instead of doing my own to-do list, so there's a steady stream of new features on the way. Whether that reflects well on the app or poorly on me remains to be seen. EULA for subscriptions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Complete & Conquer at 4 against Beat Today's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Beat Today | Complete & Conquer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Eric Kovach | ANTHOLOGY GROUP LLC |
In-app purchases
Beat Today
No in-app purchases
Complete & Conquer
No in-app purchases









