Comparison

Cadence vs Lapsed

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

Head to head
About

Cadence

This app helps you quietly track recurring tasks without push notifications. It displays what needs to be done on your home screen widget, allowing for quick completion and customization. It also tracks your task completion history to help you understand your patterns.

Highlights
  • Widget-based task display
  • No push notifications
  • Customizable appearance
  • Streak and completion tracking
  • On-device data storage
  • Task grouping by relevance
Features
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Cadence is the recurring task tracker that doesn't nag. Water the plants. Change the sheets. Call your mum. Cadence keeps the rhythm of recurring life quietly on your home screen, so you can see what's due without a single push notification. Every household task, on a gentle loop. Set up a task once, choose how often it repeats, and Cadence takes it from there. When it's time, it shows up. When it's not, it stays out of the way. Your week, quietly organized. See today, this week, and later at a glance. Cadence groups tasks by when they actually matter, so you can scan the week ahead without scrolling through a wall of checkboxes. See it on your home screen. The widget is the whole point. One glance tells you what needs doing. Tap to open, mark things done in a single action. No badge to clear, no inbox feeling, no opening yet another app just to remember what you were supposed to be doing. Make it yours. Forty colours, dozens of icons, one tap to pick. Give "water plants" a leaf. Give "rent day" red. Your widget ends up looking like you, not like a productivity app. See your rhythm. Cadence tracks streaks, completions, and how far you've drifted over time, so you can notice the patterns without obsessing over them. The gym tasks you always skip. The weekly ones you nail every Sunday. A quiet record of what your week actually looks like. Stop worrying. Start doing. No push spam. No daily summary emails. No reminders piling up in Notification Center. Cadence shows you the right task at the right time, in the one place you already look, and otherwise stays silent. Your data, your device. No account required. No cloud sync you didn't ask for. Your tasks live on your device, full stop. Export anytime to back them up, import anytime to move them over. Cadence is for the stuff that comes back around. The gentle, unglamorous, every-few-days tasks that keep a life running. Set them up once, glance at the widget, carry on.

About

Lapsed

Features
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How long has it been since you called Mom? Went to the gym? Watered the plants? Lapsed turns "how long since…?" into something you can see. Items float across a visual canvas — drifting further from today the longer you wait. One tap logs it done, and it springs right back. No spreadsheets. No checklists. Just a calm, colourful way to stay on top of what matters. VISUAL TRACKING THAT FEELS DIFFERENT • Items appear as colourful dots on a scrollable canvas • The further they drift from "today", the more overdue they are • A threshold line marks your limit — cross it and you know you've lapsed • Unlock balloons and hot air balloon styles with Pro TRACK ANYTHING • Social — friend catch-ups, family calls, date nights • Health — gym, dentist, medication, self-care • Chores — watering plants, laundry, cleaning, car maintenance • Habits — reading, meditation, journaling • Organise with colour-coded categories and emoji icons QUIT BAD HABITS TOO • Flip to quitting mode — items float upward the longer you stay clean • Watch your streak grow as days without smoking, junk food, or doomscrolling stack up • Set goal lines and celebrate milestones • You don't want to reset that counter. And that's the point. SMART REMINDERS • Threshold reminders when an item crosses your limit • Recurring reminders — every N days • Date-based reminders for appointments and one-off events LIST VIEW & HISTORY • Switch to a clean list view sorted by urgency, category, or name • 90-day completion heatmap at a glance (Pro) • 7-day week view checklist for your routine (Pro) CHARTS & STATISTICS (PRO) • Current and longest streaks for every item • Weekly and monthly completion trends • 12-week bar chart — spot patterns and stay motivated SET GOALS • Link multiple items to a goal ("Morning routine", "Stay clean") • Track progress across linked habits LAPSED PRO — UNLOCK EVERYTHING • Unlimited items, categories, and goals • All 3 visual styles: dots, balloons, and hot air balloons • All 10 accent colours to personalise your canvas • Charts, statistics, and detailed history views • Data export and import • iOS home screen widgets • Up to 3 reminders per item DESIGNED TO BE CALM • Warm cream light mode, deep dark mode • Glassmorphism design with soft blur effects • Smooth animations and haptic feedback • No ads. Ever. Whether you're counting days sober, tracking a gym streak, or just wondering "when did I last…?" — Lapsed makes it beautiful. Download free and start tracking today. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cadence4 screens
Lapsed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cadence at none against Lapsed's 3. Lapsed's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lapsed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cadence asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadence ships an update every 2 months, Lapsed every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cadence versus Lapsed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadenceLapsed
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKadi KramanJONATHAN DOUGLAS LAI

In-app purchases

None

Cadence

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Lapsed

Subscriptions2
  • Lapsed Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Lapsed Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lapsed Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lapsed free?
Lapsed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cadence or Lapsed have ads?
Neither Cadence nor Lapsed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cadence or Lapsed?
Cadence ships an update every 2 months, and Lapsed every 2 days. Most recently, Cadence was updated on October 22, 2026 and Lapsed on October 11, 2026.

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