Comparison

TaskCal vs Pinwork

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

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About

TaskCal

Features
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TaskCal is a calendar-first task manager that keeps your day in one clean, focused view. Plan, track, and complete your tasks โ€” then see them right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen with native iOS widgets. WHY TASKCAL โ€ข Calendar-first โ€” see your tasks on a real monthly calendar, with dots for busy days and a clear Today highlight. โ€ข Fast capture โ€” add a task in seconds, set a date, and get back to what matters. โ€ข Inline task details โ€” edit everything on one screen and mark tasks done with a single tap. โ€ข Native iOS widgets โ€” view today's tasks, a monthly calendar, and a progress ring on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, always in sync. โ€ข Stays in sync โ€” sign in with Google and your tasks follow you, backed up securely in the cloud. โ€ข Light & dark mode โ€” automatically follows your system appearance. โ€ข Fully localized โ€” available in English, Traditional Chinese, and Spanish. WHAT'S NEW IN 2.0 A complete visual redesign built on the new Indigo design system โ€” a cleaner Task Detail screen with inline editing, a smarter calendar view, refreshed Settings, and new Lock Screen and Large Home Screen widgets. TaskCal is free. Download it and make today simpler.

About

Pinwork

Features
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Pinwork is a private, native to-do app and daily planner for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. No account, no sign-up. Type a task in plain English, it lands on the day you plan to do it, and planned work can become time in Apple Calendar. CAPTURE THE WHOLE TASK IN ONE SENTENCE Type "Feed the dog every day at 7pm 15min, by Friday, add to calendar" into Quick Add. Pinwork reads the schedule, the time, the recurrence, the estimate, the Deadline, and the Calendar command from that one sentence. Tags and a project can go in the same line. One sentence, no separate fields to fill in. A task without a date goes to the Inbox. WHEN AND DEADLINE ARE SEPARATE FIELDS When is the day or time you plan to work on a task. Deadline is the latest moment it must be done. A single due date mixes the two. Keeping them apart lets you plan the work early and still see the date that cannot move. TURN TASKS INTO CALENDAR TIME Create a linked Apple Calendar event from any scheduled task, or let Pinwork add scheduled tasks to your calendar automatically. When sets the event time and your estimate sets its length. A Deadline can become a Calendar alert. Edits to the task flow to the linked event, and edits to the event can flow back. Calendar Peek shows selected events beside your tasks, and every event Pinwork creates links back to its task. RECURRING TASKS WITHOUT THE CLUTTER Preview future occurrences of a recurring task without filling your list with duplicates. Open Today, browse any other day, or review Upcoming. Filter by date, Deadline, estimate, tags, project, or recurrence, and sort by When, Deadline, estimate, or name. Organize with projects, tags, notes, checklists, and estimates. Snooze a task reminder for 15 minutes when now is not the right moment. MADE FOR APPLE DEVICES Use Pinwork on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Capture with Siri, Shortcuts, the Action Button, widgets, the Share Sheet, Apple Pencil, or the Mac menu bar. Complete tasks from interactive widgets, find them with Spotlight, and use Focus Filters to keep the right list close. Pinwork works offline. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No Pinwork account, no sign-up. Pinwork automatically collects limited usage and purchase-flow events to improve the app. Task and calendar content is excluded. Tasks are stored on your device and sync through your own private iCloud database. There are no Pinwork servers for your task data. Lock Screen widgets can hide task titles. ONE PLAN, ALL YOUR DEVICES A monthly or yearly plan, or a lifetime purchase, unlocks Pinwork on every supported Apple device signed in with the same Apple Account. OPTIONAL GTD MODE Turn on GTD mode for Next Actions, Waiting For, Someday/Maybe, and a guided weekly review. It is there when useful and stays out of the way when it is not. Available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. Privacy Policy: https://pinwork.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TaskCal4 screens
Pinwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TaskCal at none against Pinwork's 3. TaskCal also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Pinwork's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Pinwork sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TaskCal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
TaskCal versus Pinwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskCalPinwork
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size40 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTing Yi Chouadapting.tech sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

None

TaskCal

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pinwork

Subscriptions2
  • Pinwork Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pinwork Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pinwork Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is TaskCal free?
TaskCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinwork free?
Pinwork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TaskCal or Pinwork have ads?
Neither TaskCal nor Pinwork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TaskCal or Pinwork?
TaskCal ships an update every 6 days, and Pinwork every 6 days. Most recently, TaskCal was updated on October 9, 2026 and Pinwork on October 24, 2026.

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