Comparison

Unsorted vs Things take time

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

Head to head
About

Unsorted

This visual to-do list uses task size to represent urgency, eliminating calendars and due dates. Tasks grow larger over time, with bigger bubbles indicating higher priority. Organize tasks with color-coded categories for a stress-free approach to productivity.

Highlights
  • Visual priority system
  • Time-based task growth
  • Adjustable priority slider
  • Color-coded categories
  • No due dates
  • Simple tap interactions
  • Task history
Features
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Your head is full and you can't see of what. Unsorted gives you somewhere to put it. Type a thought, and it becomes a bubble floating on screen. No folder to pick. No project to set up. No blank list staring back at you. Then you can finally see it all at once. HOW IT WORKS Dump it out Open the app, type, done. Under five seconds from thought to screen. That's the whole setup. Watch what you're avoiding Tasks grow bigger the longer they sit. Nothing is hidden behind a tab, and nothing gets flagged in red. The thing you keep putting off just quietly gets harder to miss. Pick one and give it a time When you're ready to act, block time for a task without leaving the canvas. Pop it Double-tap. The bubble bursts, the screen settles, and your head gets a little quieter. WHO IT'S FOR People with too many tabs open, mentally and literally. People who have downloaded four todo apps and abandoned all of them, not because they weren't trying, but because those apps were built for a different kind of brain. If lists have never worked for you, this isn't a better list. It's not a list at all. WHAT'S INSIDE · Physics-based canvas that responds to how you move your phone · Tasks that grow with age, so urgency shows itself · Five color-coded categories, or make your own · Time blocking, reminders and recurring tasks · Home screen widgets · Light, dark, and automatic themes · English and Spanish · No account. No ads. Your data stays on your device. PRO Free gives you 10 active tasks, which is enough to know whether this works for your brain. Pro unlocks unlimited tasks, custom categories and time blocking for a one-time $14.99. Not a subscription. You buy it once and it's yours. A NOTE I built this for someone I love. They tried every app out there and nothing stuck. Not because they weren't trying hard enough, but because every one of those apps assumed a brain that works in straight lines. So I built one that doesn't. Hope it helps you too.

About

Things take time

This app helps you track habits, routines, and personal metrics to visualize compounding progress over time. It displays multiple trackers simultaneously to reveal patterns and understand your growth. Designed for ease of use, it focuses on making tracking effortless and insightful.

Highlights
  • Track any habit, routine, or metric
  • View multiple trackers side-by-side
  • Visualize monthly progress at a glance
  • Intuitive and effortless tracking design
  • Detailed analytics for pattern recognition
  • Privacy-focused with on-device data storage
Features
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Good things take time. Real progress is built through small things done consistently — it won’t feel like much, until it does. Things take time is an app for tracking what matters, the small things, and seeing how they compound over time. KEY FEATURES • Track anything From habits and routines to personal metrics, notes, and daily actions — build trackers that fit your life, not the other way around. • See everything side by side Most apps show one tracker at a time, which hides the bigger picture. This one shows them all together so you can see patterns across your month. • Your month at a glance See how small things add up across your month, so you can stay consistent and notice real progress. • Built for ease of use Tracking should feel effortless. Everything is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. • Understand your patterns Detailed analytics for every tracker to help you uncover trends and better understand your progress over time. • Privacy first Your data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Nothing is collected, and nothing is tracked. Progress is often invisible in the moment. Things take time was built to make it visible — by showing how small things add up over time. Terms & Privacy: https://github.com/chesterhow/things-take-time/blob/main/terms-privacy.md

Screenshots

Unsorted4 screens
Things take time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Things take time at 100% against Unsorted's 0%. Things take time also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Unsorted's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Unsorted sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Things take time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things take time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Unsorted's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things take time's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Unsorted ships an update every 5 weeks, Things take time weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Unsorted versus Things take time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUnsortedThings take time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiguel Angel Banda RodriguezChester How

Customer experience

Unsorted

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Things take time

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Unsorted

One-time1
  • Unsorted Pro$14.99
2 purchases

Things take time

Subscriptions1
  • Things take time + Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Things take time + Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Unsorted free?
Unsorted is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Things take time free?
Things take time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Unsorted or Things take time?
Things take time is rated higher. Unsorted averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Things take time averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Unsorted or Things take time have ads?
Neither Unsorted nor Things take time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Unsorted or Things take time?
Unsorted ships an update every 5 weeks, and Things take time weekly. Most recently, Unsorted was updated on October 5, 2026 and Things take time on October 8, 2026.

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