Comparison

Artemis for GTD vs Etched

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

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About

Artemis for GTD

This app integrates task management with notes, habits, and focus areas, inspired by the GTD methodology. It aims to provide a comprehensive system for organizing your life beyond just tasks, connecting your actions to your broader goals and ideas.

Highlights
  • GTD-inspired task management
  • Integrated note-taking
  • Habit tracking
  • Focus area management
  • Project and next action organization
  • Capture tasks, ideas, and commitments
Features
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Inspired by Getting Things Done®, Artemis is built for people who love GTD but always felt like something was missing. A lot of GTD apps do a good job with inboxes, projects, and next actions. But real life usually needs more than that. You don’t just manage tasks. You also keep notes, try to stay consistent with habits, and think in terms of bigger areas of life like health, work, relationships, or creative goals. In most apps, those pieces are scattered, bolted on, or missing entirely. Artemis was built to bring those pieces together. It gives you the structure and clarity of a GTD-style system, while also making room for the things many GTD apps leave out: • Notes for the ideas, plans, and context behind your work • Habits for the routines you want to keep showing up for • Focus areas for the bigger parts of life you want to stay aligned with • Projects and next actions to keep things moving With Artemis, your system doesn’t stop at task capture. It helps you connect what you need to do, what you’re thinking about, what you’re trying to build, and what matters most. Use Artemis to • Capture tasks, ideas, and commitments quickly • Organize projects and next actions clearly • Keep notes connected to the work they support • Track habits without needing a separate app • Manage focus areas and ongoing responsibilities • Build a trusted system that fits real life Artemis is for people who found other GTD apps too simple, too rigid, too cluttered, or just incomplete. Because the missing pieces matter. Getting Things Done® and GTD® are registered trademarks of the David Allen Company. Artemis is not affiliated with or endorsed by the David Allen Company. Privacy Policy: https://artemisgtd.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://artemisgtd.com/terms

About

Etched

This app transforms practice hours into a visual journey of personal growth. Choose an archetype, set a mastery goal, and log your practice time to see your avatar evolve and your story unfold. Track any skill, from music to coding, with detailed progress and motivational reminders.

Highlights
  • Archetype-based skill tracking
  • Visual avatar evolution
  • 10,000 hours or custom goal setting
  • Unlimited skill tracking
  • Live session timer with XP
  • Manual time entry
  • 13-week calendar heatmap
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Etched turns hours of practice into a living legend. Most tracking apps show you a number. Etched shows you who you're becoming. Choose your archetype — The Wizard, The Outlaw, The Vampire, The Villain, The Dragonborn, or The Alchemist. Set your goal: 10,000 hours or a custom target. Then start practicing. Every hour you log moves your story forward. Track every skill. Build every legend. Add any skill — guitar, chess, Spanish, coding, running, whatever you're mastering. Each skill has its own rank progression, its own XP, its own chapter in your legend. Nothing is forgotten. 12 ranks. One legendary destination. Every archetype has 12 ranks illustrated in a Da Vinci-inspired style. As your hours accumulate, your avatar evolves. Rank up on any skill, at any time — even while the timer is running. Your legend, written as you practice. The Legend Chronicle writes your story as you train — 150+ archetype-specific legend entries written in each voice The story only continues if you do. Built for the long game. - Live session timer with XP tracking - Manual time entry for sessions you forgot to clock - Star ratings and mood tracking per session - 13-week calendar heatmap - Streaks, forecasts, and mastery progress across every skill - Daily practice reminders in your archetype's voice - One-time unlock. No subscription. Ever. Etched is free to download. The Wizard archetype — with all 12 ranks, full Legend access, and unlimited skill tracking — is completely FREE. Unlock all five remaining archetypes (The Outlaw, The Vampire, The Villain, The Dragonborn, and The Alchemist) for $4.99, once, permanently. No subscription. Ever. The clock is ticking. Start your legend.

Screenshots

Artemis for GTD4 screens
Etched4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Etched at 5.0 against Artemis for GTD's 4.3. Etched also leads on ads (none vs shown). Artemis for GTD's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Artemis for GTD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Etched sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Etched holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Artemis for GTD versus Etched: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArtemis for GTDEtched
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB63 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBraingallop Studios LLCPosido Vega

Customer experience

Artemis for GTD

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Etched

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Artemis for GTD

Subscriptions2
  • Artemis for GTD - Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Artemis for GTD - Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Etched

One-time1
  • Unlock All Archetypes$4.99

Questions

Is Artemis for GTD free?
Artemis for GTD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Etched free?
Etched is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Artemis for GTD or Etched?
Etched is rated higher. Artemis for GTD averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Etched averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Artemis for GTD or Etched have ads?
Artemis for GTD shows ads; Etched does not.

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