Comparison

3by4 vs Taskrix

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

Head to head
About

3by4

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As your to-do list grows, your clarity shrinks. 3by4 is a planner built on a simple, powerful idea: tasks don't belong in lists, they belong in time. THE TIME MATRIX Every task lives in one cell of a 3ร—4 grid: โ€ข 3 Time States: Past, Present, Future โ€ข 4 Time Spans: Day, Week, Month, Year That's 12 clear spaces to plan your life - where daily tasks, weekly milestones, monthly projects, and yearly goals all coexist without fighting for your attention. WHAT YOU CAN DO โ€ข Plan your day, week, month, and year side by side โ€ข Swipe between Past (review), Present (act), and Future (plan) โ€ข Move tasks across time spans as priorities shift โ€ข Set reminders with native iOS notifications โ€ข Break big goals into subtasks and daily actions โ€ข Schedule recurring tasks and routines โ€ข Add a home screen widget to see today at a glance โ€ข Works fully offline - your data stays on your device FREE vs PREMIUM 3by4 is free for everyday planning. Upgrade to Premium to unlock: โ€ข Unlimited tasks per section โ€ข Smart, advanced recurring patterns โ€ข Full calendar navigation โ€” jump to any date โ€ข Home screen widgets (multiple views) โ€ข Tag management and task move/duplicate โ€ข The complete 3by4 Book โ€” the framework in full, free inside WHO IT'S FOR Busy professionals managing projects, people, and deadlines. Students balancing study, work, and habits. Anyone tired of decision fatigue, anxiety, and overdue backlogs โ€” who wants to think in time, not in lists. THE METHOD 3by4 turns the companion book "3by4" into action โ€” a mental model for seeing your life clearly across days, weeks, months, and years. PRIVACY BY DESIGN 3by4 is local-first. Your data stays on your iPhone. No sign-up. No cloud. No tracking of your tasks. Think in Time. Not in Lists. Download 3by4 and start organizing your life with clarity. Privacy Policy: https://3by4.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://3by4.com/terms

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Taskrix

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Time is the only currency you can't earn more of. Taskrix asks two questions about each task โ€” is it important, is it urgent โ€” and files it into one of four boxes. You never choose the box. You answer, and the box follows. Then it tells you the one thing no other task app will: how much of your week you actually chose, and how much of it chased you. SORT WITHOUT YOUR HANDS Taskrix reads each task aloud and asks whether it's urgent and important. You say yes or no. Driving, cooking, walking, hands full โ€” a pile of unsorted tasks becomes a sorted matrix without looking at the screen. Speech recognition happens entirely on your device. Nothing you say is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. If you'd rather not use the microphone, the same questions have Yes and No buttons. THE NUMBER THAT MATTERS Every week, Taskrix works out how much of what you finished was reactive โ€” urgent things arriving at you โ€” and how much was intentional, chosen in advance. Most task apps count what you completed. Completing forty urgent things is not the same week as completing twelve you decided on, and only one of those is a week you'd choose again. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget in three sizes. Point it at one quadrant, or show the whole matrix at a glance. Do Now, Schedule, Delegate, Eliminate โ€” whichever one you need in front of you. CAPTURE BEFORE IT ESCAPES Add Taskrix to Control Centre, your Lock Screen, or the Action Button. One press and the capture sheet is waiting, phone still in your hand. Or ask Siri โ€” "Capture in Taskrix" โ€” and say the task. It never opens the app. ASK SIRI HOW THINGS STAND "Taskrix status" tells you what's urgent, what's waiting behind it, and what that adds up to. "How many unsorted in Taskrix" works without unlocking your phone, because a number says nothing about you. Anything that reads your task titles aloud asks you to unlock first. That's deliberate. YOUR TASKS STAY YOURS There is no account. iCloud sync runs through your own Apple Account, using Apple's private database โ€” there is no console on the other end, and no way in. Nothing you write, say, or tag ever reaches the developer. Deleted tasks wait 30 days before they're gone for good. TASKRIX PRO 7 days free, then $2.99 a month. Cancel any time. - Sort by voice - Weekly intentions โ€” say what you'll protect, then find out how it went - Insights across every week you've tracked - Unlimited tags - 45 and 60 minute focus sessions, custom lengths, clock styles iCloud sync, the widget, Control Centre capture, Siri and the full matrix are all free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

3by44 screens
Taskrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 3by4 at 15.1 against Taskrix's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. 3by4 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Taskrix sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
3by4 versus Taskrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter3by4Taskrix
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size78 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarimulla MohammedOmar Maqboul

In-app purchases

3 purchases

3by4

Subscriptions3
  • 3by4 Premium Weekly$2.997 Days
  • 3by4 Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • 3by4 Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Taskrix

One-time2
  • Taskrix Pro$4.99
  • Taskrix Pro$8.99

Questions

Is 3by4 free?
3by4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taskrix free?
Taskrix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 3by4 or Taskrix have ads?
Neither 3by4 nor Taskrix shows ads.

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