Set vs Traverse outliner mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Set
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ONE-TAP RESCHEDULE Running late? One tap, and your schedule rebuilds itself. - Tap Reschedule and everything reflows instantly - Drag to reorder; times update live - No manual math, no mental load Life doesn't go according to plan. Your task manager shouldn't punish you for it. --- NEW: SCAN TASKS FROM IMAGE (PRO) Photograph any list (handwritten notes, whiteboards, screenshots) and Set turns it into scheduled tasks. - Reads durations, dates, and planner layouts like "10.15 - Jogging" - On-device Apple Intelligence, with smart parsing on every device - Review and edit everything before it's added --- NEW: APP BLOCKER (PRO, iPhone & iPad) Block distracting apps with Screen Time. - Shield chosen apps or categories while your task timer runs - Or "Until Today is clear," where finishing your plan unlocks your phone - Breaks are never blocked --- BEAT TIME BLINDNESS Set calculates exactly when each task starts and ends. - Know your real end-of-day time - Plan evenings without guilt - Perfect for ADHD: no more "Wait, it's already 8 PM?!" --- WEEK STRIP & BROWSE - Swipe down to reveal the week strip, then plan and schedule tasks for any day - Drag tasks onto date pills to reschedule instantly - Browse project tasks with filters for priority, due date, and duration --- CALENDAR & REMINDERS SYNC (PRO) Your real schedule, built into your day. - Import Calendar events as locked tasks in Today - Pull from multiple Reminders lists with notes and due times - Unlocked tasks flow around fixed events automatically --- TASK CARDS Everything in one place. - Edit all details directly within the card - Lock start times to keep tasks fixed during recalculations - Type "45m", "tomorrow", "at 2pm", or "Feb 14" to auto-set duration, date, or start time --- FLEXIBLE TIMER - Continuous timer, not rigid Pomodoro blocks - Overtime counting goes negative to recreate deadline pressure - Check off subtasks from the Timer page - White noise, ambient sounds, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Live Activities --- SUBTASKS, TEMPLATES & NOTES (PRO) - Break tasks into subtasks: swipe, tap, drag to manage - Save and reuse task templates for recurring workflows - Rich notes with Markdown formatting - NEW: AI rewriting cleans up formatting or turns notes into clear steps --- REPEATING TASKS & DUE DATES - Daily, weekly, or custom repeat schedules (PRO) - Track streaks and completion history (PRO) - Due dates auto-surface tasks in Today --- STATS & ACHIEVEMENTS (PRO) Turn focus into dopamine. - Detailed charts and productivity breakdowns - 24 unlockable achievements --- WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Dynamic Island timer - Floating mini timer and menu bar timer on Mac --- PROJECTS & STAGES - Projects β Stages β Tasks hierarchy with progress bars - Drag tasks between stages freely - Quick-capture Inbox - Export Today, projects, or Inbox as styled PDFs --- CUSTOMISATION (PRO) - Custom themes, accent colours, and completed icon (tick or slash) - Ambient sounds, sound effects, and notification styles - Light / Dark / Black modes --- MORE - Undo & Redo across the whole app (βZ) - Keyboard shortcuts and right-click context menus - Scheduled breaks, priority colours, drag-drop everywhere --- FREE vs PRO Free: 8 Today tasks, 3 projects, full timer, widgets, iCloud Sync, export to PDF. Pro: Unlimited everything, Scan Tasks from Image, App Blocker, Calendar & Reminders Sync, AI notes, subtasks, templates, repeating tasks, stats, themes, sounds, and more. --- WHO IT'S FOR - People with ADHD or time blindness - Anyone whose day never goes to plan - Creators, freelancers, and students who need flexible structure --- WHAT MAKES SET DIFFERENT? Most task apps make you manually adjust times when life happens. Set does it for you, in one drag or one tap. Tasks are scheduled sequentially, so everything flows naturally. It's task management that thinks the way you do.
Traverse outliner mobile
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Traverse Mobile is a powerful, focused outliner for iPhone and iPadβbuilt for capturing ideas quickly, turning complexity into clear structure and keeping portable OPML documents close wherever you work. Use Traverse Mobile to plan projects, map research, structure writing, organise notes, build checklists, break down tasks, prepare reports, develop scripts or think through difficult ideas one level at a time. THE OUTLINE VIEW, WHEREVER YOU GO Traverse Mobile brings the classic Outline view from Traverse for Mac to a touch-first app. Open an OPML document from Files or create a new one, then build and reshape its hierarchy in a familiar indented outline. Traverse Mobile is completely free. There are no subscriptions, in-app purchases or adverts, and no account to create. Create and edit as many outlines as you need. Store files locally, in iCloud Drive or with a compatible Files provider, then continue working with the same OPML documents in Traverse app on your Mac or in other compatible apps. KEY FEATURES β’ Classic outline view See the shape of your ideas in a clean, indented hierarchy. Expand individual branches or reveal the whole outline when you need the complete picture. β’ Fast, flexible editing Add siblings and children, edit text in place, move items up or down, indent and outdent, or drag items before, inside or after another branch. β’ Focus mode Work inside a single branch without deleting, moving or changing its underlying place in the full outline. β’ Tasks and checklists Turn items into tasks, mark them complete and keep action points in context alongside the rest of your thinking. β’ Notes, links and colour marks Add supporting notes, attach URLs and use colour marks to make important items easy to recognise. Open links directly from the outline. β’ Custom attributes Give your outline the structure your work needs with text, numbers, dates, URLs, checkboxes and reusable lookup values. β’ Draft status Mark an item or an entire branch as draft while keeping it in place. β’ OPML-based documents Create, open and edit portable OPML files directly through Files. Your outlines remain accessible and under your control. β’ Works with Traverse for Mac Share compatible OPML documents between mobile and desktop. Traverse Mobile preserves Traverse metadata and can display and edit Markdown Type and Fountain roles already present in compatible documents. β’ Undo and redo Reverse text edits, structural changes, task updates and attribute changes with descriptive document history. β’ Made for iPhone and iPad Use touch gestures for quick edits or a hardware keyboard for efficient navigation and restructuring. On larger iPads, inspect attributes alongside your outline in landscape. β’ Control your view Show or hide notes and attributes, wrap long text, or expand and collapse every branch at once. Traverse Mobile deliberately concentrates on the classic Outline view. When you want Traverseβs horizontal Column views, Writer view, advanced filtering, templates, snippets and export tools, continue with Traverse for Mac. TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY: https://knowledge.shakingthehabitual.com/en/article/212-traverse-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Traverse outliner mobile at none against Set's 3. Set's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.5). 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
Both are free to download. Set sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Traverse outliner mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Set | Traverse outliner mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 β better | 26.5 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MATTHEW PETER DICKERSON | Stuart Marshall |
In-app purchases
Set
- Set Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Set Pro Annual$34.991 Year
- Set Pro Lifetime$79.99
Traverse outliner mobile
No in-app purchases









