Comparison

TimeGuide vs Taskful Day

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

Head to head
About

TimeGuide

This app combines tasks, events, and routines into a single, intuitive interface. It offers a clean design with features like repeating tasks, calendar sync, and visual priority to help you manage your schedule effectively.

Highlights
  • Repeating tasks and events
  • Visual priority highlighting
  • Intuitive add-task flow
  • Two-way calendar sync
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Customizable widgets
  • Multiple layout modes
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TimeGuide is a simpler way to see your tasks, events, and routines. Part planner, part calendar, and part task manager, adding to and editing your schedule with TimeGuide is fast and intuitive. Featuring a clean design, repeating tasks and two-way calendar sync on a dynamically scaling timeline. TimeGuide Features: • Repeating Tasks & Events - Your daily routines can coexist with important events giving you a big picture view of your time • Visual Priority - Highlighted tasks and calendar events are given visual significance so they aren’t drowned out by simple tasks or routines • Intuitive Add-Task Flow - Add new tasks & events in seconds • Mark Complete - Mark finished items complete to hide them from the timeline (even calendar events) • Calendar Month View - Get a bigger picture of your time • Subtasks - Auto-nested items make adding subtasks effortless. Add subtasks even to calendar events, or un-nest them in settings to see everything laid out • Calendar Sync - Add and edit events from your other calendars like Apple, Google, and Outlook • Cross-Device Sync - Tasks sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud sync • Per-Calendar Notifications - Silence notifications on an individual basis in Calendar Setup • Dynamic Timeline - Expanding and contracting layout keeps your day visible, while still letting you visualize your free time • Multiple Layouts - Minimal Mode and List Mode to fit your style • Customizable Colors - Light and Dark modes, with total freedom for accent colors • Widgets - Stylish up-to-date widgets with smooth progress bars and countdown timers to keep you on pace and on-track • Distraction Free - Made to live in the background of your life, so you can actually be productive Try all of TimeGuide free for 7 days then keep using it in read-only mode forever, or unlock Full Access for a single affordable lifetime purchase. Use of this app is subject to Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Taskful Day

This app helps you plan your day without guilt, moving unfinished tasks to today automatically. It offers natural language input and multiple views to visualize your schedule. Enjoy a calm planning experience with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic task rollover
  • Natural language task input
  • Multiple daily schedule views
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Focus timer with Live Activity
  • Ad-free and privacy-focused
  • iCloud sync for Pro users
Features
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Plan the day you have, and let yesterday go. Taskful Day is a calm day planner for anyone whose to-do list has started to feel like a record of what didn't get done. Unfinished tasks move to today on their own when you open the app, and the Today list has no overdue badge, so mornings start with today's plan and nothing flashing red. Write it the way you'd say it Type "dentist tomorrow at 3pm" and the task lands on the right day at the right time. Natural-language capture understands eight languages. On iPhone and iPad you can also speak a task or capture one from Control Center. Four views of one day Start with the list. Pro adds three more views of the same day: the Day Clock, the Energy River, and the Day Map. Pro also brings a time-block grid for laying out your week. The Energy River takes its shape from the tasks you've scheduled, so it shows how your plans flow through the day. Your day at a glance With Pro, 21 Home Screen widgets keep today in view, and on iOS 27 a widget can give your day a whole page. Lock Screen widgets and Control Center capture are free. Start a Focus timer with Pro and follow it in a Live Activity on iPhone. Taskful Day is on Apple Watch too, and the Watch app works together with the iPhone app. Numbers that don't judge Analytics shows the patterns in how your days go, and its score explains itself in one line: "This score reflects patterns, not performance." Nothing to sign up for There's no account to create, so you can open the app and start planning. Taskful Day shows no ads and doesn't track you, and you can export your tasks whenever you like. iCloud sync comes with Pro for the days you want the same tasks on all your devices. Try everything first Try every Pro feature free for 7 days, with no card. After that, keep using the free version or choose Pro. Pro adds unlimited tasks, the Day Clock, Energy River, and Day Map, the time-block grid, the Focus timer, extended analytics, 10 premium themes (15 themes in all), multiple workspaces, check-ins, iCloud sync, re-importing from Apple Reminders, and all 21 Home Screen widgets. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or pay once for lifetime access. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Taskful Day is available in 33 languages. Pro works with Family Sharing, so your family can use it too. Download Taskful Day and plan tomorrow without the guilt. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown until you cancel. Manage them in App Store › Account › Subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TimeGuide4 screens
Taskful Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: TimeGuide at 5 against Taskful Day's 1. On price, rating, update cadence 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. TimeGuide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Taskful Day sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TimeGuide against 5.0 for Taskful Day. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeGuide has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, Taskful Day every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TimeGuide versus Taskful Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeGuideTaskful Day
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel GrantAntti Aittamaa

Customer experience

TimeGuide

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Taskful Day

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TimeGuide

Subscriptions1
  • TimeGuide Pro (Yearly)$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • TimeGuide Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
  • TimeGuide Pro (Lifetime Offer)$19.99
4 purchases

Taskful Day

Subscriptions2
  • Taskful Day Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Taskful Day Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Support the Developer$1.00
  • Taskful Day Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is TimeGuide free?
TimeGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taskful Day free?
Taskful Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimeGuide or Taskful Day?
TimeGuide and Taskful Day are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TimeGuide or Taskful Day have ads?
Neither TimeGuide nor Taskful Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeGuide or Taskful Day?
TimeGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, and Taskful Day every 9 days. Most recently, TimeGuide was updated on November 5, 2026 and Taskful Day on October 31, 2026.

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