Comparison

stash.bar vs Aven Tasks

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

Head to head
About

stash.bar

Features
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Stop re-explaining yourself to ChatGPT, Claude, or every new AI tool you open. Stash is the personal context layer for AI — capture once, and every tool you use already knows you. Forward an email. Talk into a voice memo. Share a screenshot. Drop a link. Whatever's easiest. Stash quietly organizes everything you put in — people, projects, ideas, decisions — into a structured graph of what you're working on. No folders. No tags. No setup. Then, when you open Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any AI tool that speaks MCP, your context is already there. Same prompt, smarter answer. Different tool, same brain. — Capture without thinking. Voice on the walk. Screenshot of the chart. Link you'll come back to. Thought at 2am. — Find what you almost forgot. Ask in plain English. Stash returns the moment you said it, the article you saved, the decision you made. — Watch your world organize itself. People, projects, ideas — extracted automatically. Linked. Kept current. A living wiki of how you think, written from everything you do. — Build context as you work. Every AI you use reads from the same brain — and writes back to it. Your thoughts are yours. Encrypted. Never shared. Never used to train AI models. Full export anytime, in open formats. No ads, no trackers, no data brokering. Made in Asbury Park, NJ.

About

Aven Tasks

Manage your tasks locally on your iPhone with end-to-end encrypted syncing. Organize work across projects, capture details, and access your data offline. Set up sync with Aven Cloud or your own server.

Highlights
  • Local-first task management
  • End-to-end encrypted sync
  • Custom sync server option
  • Offline task access
  • Task creation and editing
  • Markdown support
  • Image attachments
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Aven brings your local-first task workflow to iPhone. Sync it end-to-end encrypted with Aven on your computer, through Aven Cloud or a sync server you run yourself. YOUR QUEUE, ON THE GO - See work across projects, grouped by Needs action, Available, Focus, Soon, Triage, Blocked, Later, and Epics - Browse all tasks in a project or workspace, with sorting, filters, and search - Switch workspaces and browse projects - Search tasks stored on this iPhone CAPTURE AND UPDATE WORK - Create tasks with a title, project, status, priority, due date, labels, and description - Edit task fields, swipe to complete or snooze, and long-press to set due dates KEEP THE CONTEXT - Read Markdown descriptions, notes, and activity - Follow task relationships and epic membership - View synced image attachments LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN - After pairing and the initial sync, browse, search, create, and edit tasks offline - Changes stay on your iPhone and sync when you're back online - Review sync conflicts when edits meet PRIVATE SYNC Tasks are encrypted on your devices before upload, so neither Aven Cloud nor your own server can read them. SET UP BEFORE YOU START Set up sync in Aven on your computer, using Aven Cloud (free preview) or your own Aven sync server. Then scan or paste a pairing invitation on your iPhone. Aven has no subscriptions or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

stash.bar4 screens
Aven Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aven Tasks at 18.0 against stash.bar's 26.2. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
stash.bar versus Aven Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterstash.barAven Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyler KloseZendit Oy

In-app purchases

None

stash.bar

No in-app purchases

None

Aven Tasks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is stash.bar free?
stash.bar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aven Tasks free?
Aven Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do stash.bar or Aven Tasks have ads?
Neither stash.bar nor Aven Tasks shows ads.

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