Comparison

dAb Task Manager vs Sage

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

Head to head
About

dAb Task Manager

Features
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Task Manager helps you focus, organize, and finish your work. Structure projects, group related tasks, and start a timer with a single tapβ€”from the app, widgets, or Live Activities on your Lock Screen. Your work builds into a rich history map with per‑day precision. See exactly what you worked on and when, review Today and past days at a glance, and never lose track of progress. Enjoy a private experience, your data stays on your device. Reminders and badges nudge you to resume important work, while widgets and Live Activities keep your timer and tasks visible.

About

Sage

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Sage is an AI assistant that runs entirely on your iPhone. All processing β€” chat generation, image understanding, speech recognition, text recognition β€” happens locally on your device. Nothing is ever sent to any server. WHY SAGE IS DIFFERENT β€’ Fully offline: works in airplane mode β€’ Zero tracking: no third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs β€’ No subscriptions: one-time in-app purchase unlocks every pro feature β€’ Fully transparent: models are downloaded from public sources like Hugging Face WHAT'S INSIDE Smart Chat β€’ 8 dedicated templates: free chat, translator, writing polish, code review, email draft, weekly report, tutor, brainstorm β€’ Image understanding (vision model required) β€’ Document analysis (PDF / Word / Markdown / plain text) with automatic RAG retrieval β€’ Streaming output, read-aloud, copy, re-edit AI Tools β€’ Image Playground: generate images from a sentence (requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with Apple Intelligence) β€’ AI Cutout: auto-lift the subject, swap background, or export as 512Γ—512 sticker for iMessage β€’ Photo Search: find photos in plain language β€” "sunset at the beach", "dog with a ball" β€’ Privacy Redaction: auto-detect faces, emails, card numbers, ID numbers; mosaic them in one tap; manual region also supported β€’ Meeting Recorder: record β†’ on-device transcription β†’ AI summary as Markdown β€’ Handwriting OCR: scan multiple pages β†’ recognize β†’ AI-polish into clean Markdown β€’ Live Translation: hands-free two-way conversation, hit the mic and speak Models & Backends β€’ Defaults to Apple Foundation Models (auto-enabled on iPhone 15 Pro+ with Apple Intelligence) β€’ Open-source MLX models supported: Llama 3.2 1B, Qwen2.5 1.5B / 3B, Qwen2-VL 2B, and more β€’ Models range from 0.7 GB to 2 GB β€” pick what fits your device System Integration β€’ Fully localized: English, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese β€’ Liquid Glass design (iOS 26+), graceful fallback on older systems β€’ Home-screen widget for quick access β€’ Share Extension: send text from any app into Sage β€’ Siri / App Intents: "Hey Siri, ask Sage to translate this" PRIVACY We do not collect, upload, or store any of your data. See in-app Settings β†’ Privacy Policy for details. CONTACT Questions or feedback? Reach the developer via the App Store reviews.

Screenshots

dAb Task Manager3 screens
Sage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dAb Task Manager at none against Sage's 1. Sage's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support 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. Sage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. dAb Task Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 3 level
dAb Task Manager versus Sage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdAb Task ManagerSage
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS26.217.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJussi-Petteri Kemppainen利莎 η”˜

In-app purchases

None

dAb Task Manager

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sage

One-time1
  • Unlock Open-Source Models$2.99

Questions

Is dAb Task Manager free?
dAb Task Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sage free?
Sage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do dAb Task Manager or Sage have ads?
Neither dAb Task Manager nor Sage shows ads.

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