Comparison

Checkon vs Task Focus

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

Head to head
About

Checkon

Features
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Meet Checkon - a calm, powerful checklist system built to help you move through your day with clarity. Turn any part of life into a clean structure: Folders → Checklists → Tasks. Use it for routines, work sprints, workouts, home, learning, or anything you want to repeat and improve. Why Checkon • Simple, satisfying checklists that keep you moving • Folders for every area of life (Work, Health, Home, Projects, etc.) • Pin what matters today so your priorities stay visible • Repeatable routines that reset on a schedule • Gentle flexibility when plans change (postpone and keep going) • Progress you can feel with a dashboard that makes momentum obvious • Search + Library to find anything fast • Stacks + playback for guided sessions and focus mode Free vs Checkon Pro Free includes: • Up to 5 folders • Up to 5 checklists • Up to 3 pinned checklists • Up to 3 favorites Checkon Pro unlocks: • Unlimited folders • Unlimited checklists • Unlimited pins & favorites • Custom Folder Widgets Made for real life Checkon is designed with ADHD in mind for people who want structure without stress. Start with the included demo checklists for inspiration, then customize everything into your own system. Checkon helps you stop thinking about what to do - and start doing it. Support: https://chase-on.com/pages/checkon-core-app-contact Privacy Policy: https://chase-on.com/pages/checkon-app-routine-power-house-privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Task Focus

Features
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You know what you have to do. Your phone pulls you away anyway. Task Focus pauses the apps that distract you until your one task is finished. Write down the one thing, pick what to pause, and start. Open a paused app in the middle of it, and you see your task instead of the feed. There is no countdown on the screen. Time counts up, and a focus ends when you say it is finished — not when a timer decides you failed. The one limit is a safety net you set yourself, between one and eight hours, that hands your apps back if you never get round to tapping "I'm done". WHAT IT DOES • Pauses the apps you choose, using Screen Time. Feeds, timelines, the endless pull-to-refresh — closed until you are done. • Turns a paused app into a reminder: open one, and it shows the task you are finishing and when the app comes back. • Pauses on a schedule — weekday mornings, every evening — without you starting anything. • Works with iOS Focus: add Task Focus as a Focus filter, and a Focus like Work or Study pauses the apps you chose. • Puts the one thing on your Lock Screen and in a widget, so it is always one glance away and never out of sight. • Gives everything back the moment you tap "I'm done". One toggle in Settings takes it back too, any time. • Keeps what you finished, so a week adds up to something. NOTHING HERE IS A TARGET No streaks to break. No score to keep up. No badge for a good week and no guilt for a quiet one. The history is a record, not a report card. FREE, AND PRO Pausing apps is free and always will be. Task Focus Pro is everything the app remembers afterwards: • Every session you finish, kept for good — free keeps this week • What your focus actually adds up to • A profile for each kind of focus, so the right apps pause for the right work • More than one schedule, and a line of your own on the screen over a paused app Pro opens on its own for seven days, the first time you finish a focus. Nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel. When the seven days are up, history goes back to the last week, insights to this week, and profiles to one — nothing is deleted, and pausing apps carries on free as always. Schedules you have made keep running; adding another takes Pro. One payment. No renewal. Nothing to cancel. YOURS TO TAKE WITH YOU Your history follows you between your own devices through your iCloud account, and exports as a file you keep — whatever you use next. The app counts only what happens, anonymously — that a focus was finished, say — and you can switch that off in Settings. What you focus on, and what you choose to pause, stay on your device and in your own private iCloud database. We cannot read either one.

Screenshots

Checkon4 screens
Task Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Task Focus at none against Checkon's shown. Checkon's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Checkon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Task Focus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkon ships an update every 10 days, Task Focus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Checkon versus Task Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckonTask Focus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size277 MB18 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAnthony ChaseSascha Thiele

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Checkon

Subscriptions2
  • Checkon Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Checkon Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
1 purchases

Task Focus

One-time1
  • Task Focus Pro$39.99

Questions

Is Checkon free?
Checkon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Task Focus free?
Task Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Checkon or Task Focus have ads?
Checkon shows ads; Task Focus does not.
Which is updated more often, Checkon or Task Focus?
Checkon ships an update every 10 days, and Task Focus fortnightly. Most recently, Checkon was updated on October 30, 2026 and Task Focus on October 31, 2026.

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