Comparison

TaskBeacon vs Grug Notes

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

Head to head
About

TaskBeacon

Features
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Be the person who feels calm, in control, and confident about what’s next. TaskBeacon isn’t just another to-do list. It’s a clarity engine. It helps you collect all the things you want to do—and then shows you which ones truly matter in the moment. At the core is TaskPulse™, our intelligent prioritization system. It dynamically scores your tasks based on importance, dependencies, due dates and more—so your top priorities naturally rise to the surface. When you stop wondering “what should I do next?”—you get more done, with less stress. Why TaskBeacon is different: • TaskPulse™ intelligence - Smart prioritization meets action. TaskPulse scores every task, and your Dashboard shows the top 5 you should tackle next. • Guided by clarity - One focused dashboard. No clutter. Just what matters now. • Structure your way - Group by project or theme—TaskBeacon adapts to how you think. • Ready when you are - Hide tasks that aren’t ready. Work with less distraction. • Filter with purpose - See what’s relevant—work, weekend, personal—with a tap. • Your tasks, your data - Download your full task history any time. No lock-in. You don’t need more lists — you need clarity. TaskBeacon helps you focus on what counts.

About

Grug Notes

This app allows users to capture, edit, and organize notes using voice commands. It offers real-time voice interaction for finding, modifying, and asking questions about your notes, as well as a voice-powered calculator and meeting transcription. It's designed for hands-free use, syncing across devices.

Highlights
  • Live voice mode for real-time interaction
  • Hands-free note editing and retrieval
  • Voice-powered calculator
  • Meeting recording and transcription
  • AI-powered summarization
  • Personal wiki creation
  • Cloud syncing across devices
Features
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A daily notes app for people who work on their feet. Its live voice mode doesn't just take dictation: it finds your notes, edits them, answers questions, and even does the math, all while you talk. Get what's in your head onto the page, minus the clutter. LIVE MODE: TALK, AND IT ACTS This isn't dictation. Live mode understands what you mean and does it, in real time: • Find anything: ask "what did I note about the trip budget?" and the note surfaces. • Edit hands-free: add to, rewrite, or clean up a note by talking. • Ask anything: get answers from your notes, or quick answers to anything else. • Do the math: say "what's 15% of 2,400?" and get the answer on the spot. CAPTURE BY VOICE Just want it written down? Tap record and talk — your words become clean, transcribed notes instantly. MEETINGS, HANDLED Record and transcribe entire meetings, then get clean, searchable notes. Pair with your own notes and use AI to summarize. YOUR PERSONAL WIKI Mention a person, company, or date and Grug Notes tags it for you, then builds a page that pulls together every note where it comes up. A second brain, minus the busywork. PLAN IT WITH GRUG CHAT Organize each day with prompts you choose — Goals, Tasks, Training, whatever fits. Then tell Grug Chat what you're working toward and it drafts the plan straight into your days: training for a race, next week's jobs, a simple travel itinerary. You review everything it proposes before it lands. CHATGPT, GEMINI, AND CLAUDE. ONE APP. Grug Chat runs on the models you already know — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, and more — with one subscription. Pick a favorite, or ask several at once and compare their answers. WORKOUTS FROM APPLE HEALTH Plan the training, then let the results log themselves. Connect Apple Health and every workout becomes a note on the day it happened — distance, duration, pace, heart rate, and calories, right next to what you planned. Read-only, opt-in, and only from the workout apps you approve. PICK UP ANYWHERE Notes sync automatically between your phone and the web. Start anywhere, pick up right where you left off. BUILT BY A CANOE SHOP We build canoes for a living, on our feet all day with our hands full. Every notes app we tried was made for someone sitting at a desk. So we built the one we actually needed: talk to it, and it works. No keyboard required. Download and start talking. — Terms of Use: https://grugnotes.com/tos/ Privacy Policy: https://grugnotes.com/privacy/

Screenshots

TaskBeacon4 screens
Grug Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Grug Notes at every 3 days against TaskBeacon's every 4 months. TaskBeacon's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. TaskBeacon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Grug Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TaskBeacon ships an update every 4 months, Grug Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TaskBeacon versus Grug Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskBeaconGrug Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB28 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperWay2Ten LLCKamanu Composites, LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TaskBeacon

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Grug Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Grug Core$12.991 Month
  • Grug Plus$17.991 Month

Questions

Is TaskBeacon free?
TaskBeacon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grug Notes free?
Grug Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TaskBeacon or Grug Notes have ads?
Neither TaskBeacon nor Grug Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskBeacon or Grug Notes?
TaskBeacon ships an update every 4 months, and Grug Notes every 3 days. Most recently, TaskBeacon was updated on September 20, 2026 and Grug Notes on September 21, 2026.

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