Comparison

Task Compass for Reminders vs Thought Meadow

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

Head to head
About

Task Compass for Reminders

Features
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Task Compass is for you if: - Have long to-do lists - Need to choose what to work on next - Want to keep the important task on top of list - Want top task on the lock screen This isn’t for you if you need complex project hierarchies, dependencies, or time tracking. Task Compass prioritizes your tasks by asking you to compare two tasks. "Which task is more important?" The app finds and displays your top priority, in-app, in a widget, in a live activity, and in a lock screen widget. Always in sync with Apple Reminders. No new accounts. Your data lives on your phone and in your iCloud account. Terms of Use: Standard Apple Terms (https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

About

Thought Meadow

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Some ideas just need a quiet place. Thought Meadow is a simple, native notes app for iPhone, in English and Arabic. Capture a thought, plan your day, and keep what matters. Open the app and start writing, with no account or internet connection. A little room to think: β€’ Write notes with automatic local saving. β€’ Organize with folders, tags and pinned notes. β€’ Search titles, content and tags. β€’ Use Markdown preview and interactive checklists. β€’ Archive notes or move them to Trash and restore them later. β€’ Export a note as Markdown or back up your full notebook. β€’ Import text, Markdown and notebook backups through Files. Your thoughts, yours alone: β€’ No account, ads, analytics or tracking in the app. β€’ Notes stay on your device and are not sent to the developer's server. β€’ Add optional password encryption for your notebook and full backups. β€’ Your password is not stored and cannot be recovered if lost. Thought Meadow is free and open source under the MIT license. This release has no subscriptions or in-app purchases. Multi-device sync and shared lists are not available yet. Notes are excluded from automatic iPhone backups. Export copies regularly through Files and keep them outside the device: deleting the app may delete local notes. This first release has not yet had an independent security audit.

Screenshots

Task Compass for Reminders4 screens
Thought Meadow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thought Meadow at every 2 days against Task Compass for Reminders's every 3 weeks. Task Compass for Reminders's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Task Compass for Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, Thought Meadow every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Task Compass for Reminders versus Thought Meadow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTask Compass for RemindersThought Meadow
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size18 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaciej BlizinskiAlawy Alshakhouri

In-app purchases

None

Task Compass for Reminders

No in-app purchases

None

Thought Meadow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Task Compass for Reminders free?
Task Compass for Reminders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thought Meadow free?
Thought Meadow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Task Compass for Reminders or Thought Meadow have ads?
Neither Task Compass for Reminders nor Thought Meadow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Task Compass for Reminders or Thought Meadow?
Task Compass for Reminders ships an update every 3 weeks, and Thought Meadow every 2 days. Most recently, Task Compass for Reminders was updated on November 5, 2026 and Thought Meadow on October 31, 2026.

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