Comparison

1Task vs PACE_APP

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

Head to head
About

1Task

This productivity tool helps you concentrate on a single task at a time. Log your activities, track your focus sessions, and reflect on how different tasks impact your energy levels. Analyze your progress and identify what truly energizes you.

Highlights
  • Single-task focus timer
  • Activity logging
  • Session reflection
  • Streak tracking
  • Energy impact analysis
Features
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A focus timer that only lets you work on one thing at a time. Type what you're doing. A timer starts. When you're done, rate how it felt and add a note. Your reflections build up over time. Look back at your streaks, focus time, and figure out which tasks leave you energized or drained.

About

PACE_APP

This app provides tools to manage your time effectively, from short-term tasks to long-term goals. It offers real-time tracking for routines and accumulates progress for multi-month journeys, helping you stay on track and visualize your achievements.

Highlights
  • Live pace tracking for tasks
  • Adaptive timing adjustments
  • Real-time arrival targets
  • Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
  • Apple Watch notifications
  • Automated session tracking for goals
  • Progress visualization for long-term projects
Features
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Time blindness isn't a discipline problem. It's a visibility problem. PACE gives you two instruments. Routines handle the next ten minutes. Journeys handle the next ten months. Both do the same thing: they take the arithmetic you can't do in your head and put it on screen, continuously. ROUTINES — for the parts of the day that keep slipping Give each task a time limit. Start the routine. PACE tracks you against the plan in real time and tells you whether you're ahead or behind — not at the end, but right now, on the task you're doing. - Live pace tracking. Every task shows time remaining and whether you're gaining or losing ground. - Adaptive timing. Started fifteen minutes late? PACE shortens the tasks you've allowed it to shorten, proportionately, so you still make it. - Arrive targets. Add a destination and PACE folds in live travel time — driving, walking, or biking — then works backwards to the exact minute you should start. - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. The countdown lives outside the app. You don't have to unlock your phone to know where you stand. - Apple Watch. The last seconds of every task buzz your wrist. Advance without touching your phone. JOURNEYS — for the goals that take months Twenty minutes a day is invisible until something counts it. Journeys log every session against a long-term goal and show you the total you've actually accumulated. - Sessions, hours, and milestones tracked automatically. - Honest progress math: how far along you are, and what this week still owes you. - Time banked — the hours you put in that you'd never otherwise have noticed. NEEDS ATTENTION — nothing slips quietly One list on the home screen surfaces everything drifting. Amber for overdue or behind pace. Gray for gone quiet. Green for on track today. You see it the moment you open the app. BUILT FOR - Adults with ADHD and anyone who loses time without meaning to - People who keep starting the same habit and can't tell if it's working - Anyone who does the morning routine every day and is somehow still late - Students who need a system for keeping track of assignments, projects and study habits. Keep pace with time — minute to minute, and month to month. PACE Pro subscription: $6.99/month or $49.99/year, each starting with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; the subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thepaceapp.info/privacy

Screenshots

1Task4 screens
PACE_APP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: 1Task at free against PACE_APP's freemium. 1Task also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). PACE_APP's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. 1Task sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PACE_APP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 1Task against 5.0 for PACE_APP. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1Task ships an update every 4 days, PACE_APP every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
1Task versus PACE_APP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1TaskPACE_APP
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrekky Labs, LLCTodd Shannon

In-app purchases

3 purchases

1Task

One-time3
  • A kind tip$1.99
  • A generous tip$4.99
  • A lavish tip$9.99
2 purchases

PACE_APP

Subscriptions2
  • PACE Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PACE Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is 1Task free?
1Task is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PACE_APP free?
PACE_APP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 1Task or PACE_APP?
1Task and PACE_APP are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do 1Task or PACE_APP have ads?
Neither 1Task nor PACE_APP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1Task or PACE_APP?
1Task ships an update every 4 days, and PACE_APP every 10 days. Most recently, 1Task was updated on September 17, 2026 and PACE_APP on September 29, 2026.

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