Comparison

Cadence vs When Did I Last

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

When Did I Last

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When Did I Last? is a simple recurring-task tracker for maintenance and life chores that do not fit a daily to-do list. Create a task, record when it was last completed, and tap Mark Done the next time you finish it. Category views keep household, automotive, work, family, yard, and other tasks easy to scan. Core features: - See how long it has been since a task was completed - Mark tasks complete in one tap - Organize tasks by category - Add optional due intervals in hours or days - Choose a reminder time or start reminders on a calendar date - Review upcoming deadlines in a calendar - Keep task data locally unless you choose a Premium sync, sharing, or export feature An optional one-time Premium purchase adds: - Unlimited tasks - Custom categories and category colors - Notes, reusable checklists, and up to 10 photos per task - Completion records with notes, costs, checklists, and photos - Advanced recurrence, early reminders, repeating alerts, and quiet hours - Reusable task templates and completion insights - Automatic iCloud sync across Apple devices - Private household collaboration through Apple iCloud sharing - Portable list sharing plus manual backup and restore - Three configurable due-task widgets - Eight alternate app icon colors and dark mode - Apple Calendar and CSV export tools No account is required. No advertising or third-party analytics are included.

Screenshots

Cadence4 screens
When Did I Last4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cadence at none against When Did I Last's 1. When Did I Last's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support 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. When Did I Last sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cadence asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cadence ships an update every 2 months, When Did I Last every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cadence versus When Did I Last: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCadenceWhen Did I Last
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKadi KramanAARON ROSS JACOBSEN

In-app purchases

None

Cadence

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

When Did I Last

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Cadence free?
Cadence is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is When Did I Last free?
When Did I Last is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cadence or When Did I Last have ads?
Neither Cadence nor When Did I Last shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cadence or When Did I Last?
Cadence ships an update every 2 months, and When Did I Last every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cadence was updated on October 22, 2026 and When Did I Last on October 14, 2026.

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