Comparison

Plan Do vs Ascend

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

Head to head
About

Plan Do

Organize tasks, projects, and enhance focus using proven productivity methods. Capture ideas, prioritize actions, and visualize workflows to reduce mental load and achieve daily goals. Designed for professionals seeking clarity and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Instant task and idea capture
  • Prioritize next actions
  • Organize projects
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Eisenhower Matrix prioritization
  • Kanban workflow visualization
  • Team task delegation
  • Cross-device cloud sync
Features
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Plan Do brings Getting Things Done (GTD) to iPhone with a clear flow. Overwhelmed? Capture in Inbox. Clarify into actions. Organize with projects. Focus with Pomodoro and Eisenhower. Sync with iCloud. • Fast capture (Inbox) • Clarify to next actions • Projects & reviews • Today focus & upcoming actions • Pomodoro timer • Eisenhower & Kanban • iCloud sync Clear mind. Clear work. Subscription: PlanDo Pro is an auto-renewable annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://akgulkemal.github.io/plando-privacy/privacy.html

About

Ascend

Features
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Ascend lives directly on your Apple Reminders and Calendar — four honest lanes, one mountain. No new database, no import, no account — your tasks ARE your reminders, your events ARE your calendar, and everything syncs the way it already does. NOW — One rail for the whole day: events, due tasks, and due notes in order, with a line where you stand. Complete, triage, or edit anything in place. TASKS — Four honest lanes as a living list: Execute, Next, Waiting, Someday. Drag a task between lanes and Ascend rewrites the real reminder — priority and due date included. DAYS — A time grid that respects your hands: tap an empty slot to create, press and hold to move or resize blocks — snapped to 15 minutes, across days. Tasks move too. THE CLIMB — Your last 30 days drawn as an ascent. Every completion climbs 10 m. Start a Climb for any project and watch the route ahead reach for its summit. TWO MARKS, EVERYWHERE — North Star pins the few things that matter above everything, on every device. Flag punches a row orange without hijacking your order. ON THE WRIST — The watch is a tool, not a viewer: open and edit tasks and events from the face, dictate titles, star, flag, complete, or delete. The Now Timeline complication draws your next hours as an hour grid in your calendars' real colors — the mountain waits at base camp all morning and stands at the summit until midnight. The North Stars complication keeps the few that matter one glance away. NOTES — Markdown notes with checklists, folders, due dates, and links — synced privately through your iCloud. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE — No servers. No accounts. No analytics. Ascend makes no network connections of its own; Apple's Reminders, Calendar, and iCloud are the database

Screenshots

Plan Do4 screens
Ascend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ascend at none against Plan Do's 1. Ascend also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Plan Do's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. Plan Do sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Ascend asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan Do ships an update every 6 weeks, Ascend every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Plan Do versus Ascend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan DoAscend
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKemal AKGULGabriel Boisvert

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Plan Do

Subscriptions1
  • PlanDo Annual$4.991 Year
None

Ascend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plan Do free?
Plan Do is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ascend free?
Ascend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plan Do or Ascend have ads?
Neither Plan Do nor Ascend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan Do or Ascend?
Plan Do ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ascend every 11 days. Most recently, Plan Do was updated on October 5, 2026 and Ascend on October 6, 2026.

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