Set · ADHD Task Manager vs HoldUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Set · ADHD Task Manager
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Set is a planner built around time. Every task has a length and a start time, so Today always shows when your day will finish. When the morning slips, one tap rebuilds the rest of it. TODAY, AS A TIMELINE Tasks, breaks and calendar events sit in one list, each with its start time. The overview at the top shows what is left and when you will finish; tap it for a countdown to what is next. Overplan and the finish time turns orange, and Set offers to move the overflow to the days ahead. Swipe down for the week strip and drag a task onto any day. ONE-TAP RESCHEDULE Running behind? Tap Reschedule and everything moves forward from now, in order. Locked tasks and breaks keep their times, the rest flow around them and your meetings, and nothing is shortened. Hold it to start from the next half hour or any time. ADDING IS QUICK Tap + for a new task, or drag one out of it into place. End a title with "45m", "tomorrow" or "at 2pm" and Set fills in the details, in all 20 languages. Ask Siri to add a Set task, or use Shortcuts and the Action button. Templates (Pro) give you 30 ready-made tasks. A TIMER THAT FITS REAL LIFE It counts the time you really spend, not rigid Pomodoro blocks. Run past your estimate and it counts on in red; finish, and the real minutes go to Stats (Pro), which compares them with your estimates. Add an overdue alarm and ambient sounds, and follow it on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, or in the Mac menu bar and a floating window. BLOCK THE DISTRACTIONS (PRO) On iPhone and iPad, App Blocker blocks chosen apps, or allows only the ones you need, while the timer runs, never in breaks. Or keep them blocked until Today is clear. Turning it off means typing a sentence, so impulse doesn't win. BREAKS AND ROUTINES Name breaks, lock their start time, repeat them, or let Auto Breaks add one after each task. Repeat tasks daily, weekly, monthly or your own way. A routine returns at its usual time, a missed one carries over or skips, and each keeps its streak. PROJECTS, STAGES AND INBOX Capture anything in the Inbox and sort it later. Split big work into projects and stages, with progress and deadlines that warn you when the work won't fit. Drop a task on another to make a subtask (Pro), and duplicate any task, stage or project. MADE FOR ADHD MINDS Time blindness is easier to fight when time is visible. On iPhone and iPad, Focus mode strips Today back to your list. Hold a task to select several and change them at once, and Sort mode takes a messy Inbox one question at a time. NOTES THAT DO MORE (PRO) Markdown notes with a formatting toolbar, preview and checklists. With Apple Intelligence, tidy messy notes or turn them into clear steps. YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS (PRO) Events show in Today at their real times without being copied in; edit or skip them there. Your tasks can add events to any calendar, and Reminders import or sync both ways. SCAN, EXPORT AND BACK UP Photograph a handwritten list and Scan Tasks (Pro) turns it into tasks. Export any day, project or your Inbox as PDF, Markdown or Rich Text, or email it, and back up everything. APPLE WATCH Today's timeline on your wrist: complete, reorder, Reschedule and add tasks by voice. The timer runs on the watch even without your iPhone, and complications show what is next. EVERYWHERE, IN 20 LANGUAGES iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, synced through your own iCloud, no account needed. A real Mac app with its own window, menu bar and shortcuts. Widgets, Siri, Shortcuts and themes. FREE, WITH PRO WHEN YOU WANT IT Free: 3 projects, 8 tasks a day, 3 repeating tasks, Reschedule, the timer, Focus, Select and Sort, deadlines, widgets, Apple Watch, iCloud sync, export and backup. Pro removes the limits and adds notes, subtasks, templates, stats, Calendar and Reminders, App Blocker, Scan Tasks, AI rewriting, ambient sounds and more colors. Family Sharing covers your household. Not a medical device. Consult healthcare professionals for medical advice.
HoldUp
This app helps you focus by blocking distracting applications until you complete a real-world checklist. Set timed tasks and re-lock reminders to ensure your to-do list gets done before you scroll.
- Block distracting apps and categories
- Create unlimited checklists
- Staged time-blocks with start times
- Strict mode to hide skip button
- Re-lock reminders
- Private by design, no data collection
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holdup blocks your distracting apps until you finish a real-world checklist. before you scroll, do the thing. pick the apps that pull you in. write the list that matters — gym, dishes, homework, the email. until the list is done, those apps wait behind a gate. how it works — block individual apps, whole categories, or websites using apple's screen time framework — your checklist, unlimited items, free — staged time-blocks: give tasks start times, and apps re-lock when each window arms — strict mode hides the skip button for the days you mean it — honest by design: skipping exists, it's just a deliberate choice you have to look at — re-lock reminders so a new block never ambushes you private by design everything stays on your phone. no account, no tracking, no analytics, no data collected. the screen time framework's data never leaves your device — apple designed it that way, and we like it that way. the honest fine print holdup creates friction, not an unbreakable cage. ios doesn't let any app be a perfect jailer — re-locks land within about a minute of use, and skipping is always a visible choice (unless strict mode says otherwise). the point isn't to fight you. it's to make the doomscroll a decision instead of a reflex. before you scroll, do the thing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HoldUp at none against Set · ADHD Task Manager's 3. Set · ADHD Task Manager's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Set · ADHD Task Manager sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HoldUp asks for nothing beyond the download.
Set · ADHD Task Manager ships an update every 2 weeks, HoldUp every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Set · ADHD Task Manager | HoldUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATTHEW PETER DICKERSON | Traid Co. LLC |
In-app purchases
Set · ADHD Task Manager
- Set Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Set Pro Annual1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- Set Pro Lifetime$39.99
HoldUp
No in-app purchases
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