Comparison

Taskful Day vs Trace

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

Head to head
About

Taskful Day

This app offers a calm approach to daily planning, visualizing your schedule in multiple ways. It focuses on reflecting on your day without pressure, with features like guilt-free task rollover and mood tracking to understand your patterns. Pro features unlock advanced views and focus tools.

Highlights
  • Multiple daily views (List, Clock, River, Map)
  • Natural language task parsing
  • Guilt-free task rollover
  • Mood journaling and analytics
  • Focus timer (Pomodoro-style)
  • On-device data processing and privacy
  • Widgets and Live Activities support
Features
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Plan the day you have, and let yesterday go. Taskful Day is a calm day planner for anyone whose to-do list has started to feel like a record of what didn't get done. Unfinished tasks move to today on their own when you open the app, and the Today list has no overdue badge, so mornings start with today's plan and nothing flashing red. Write it the way you'd say it Type "dentist tomorrow at 3pm" and the task lands on the right day at the right time. Natural-language capture understands eight languages. On iPhone and iPad you can also speak a task or capture one from Control Center. Four views of one day Start with the list. Pro adds three more views of the same day: the Day Clock, the Energy River, and the Day Map. Pro also brings a time-block grid for laying out your week. The Energy River takes its shape from the tasks you've scheduled, so it shows how your plans flow through the day. Your day at a glance With Pro, 21 Home Screen widgets keep today in view, and on iOS 27 a widget can give your day a whole page. Lock Screen widgets and Control Center capture are free. Start a Focus timer with Pro and follow it in a Live Activity on iPhone. Taskful Day is on Apple Watch too, and the Watch app works together with the iPhone app. Numbers that don't judge Analytics shows the patterns in how your days go, and its score explains itself in one line: "This score reflects patterns, not performance." Nothing to sign up for There's no account to create, so you can open the app and start planning. Taskful Day shows no ads and doesn't track you, and you can export your tasks whenever you like. iCloud sync comes with Pro for the days you want the same tasks on all your devices. Try everything first Try every Pro feature free for 7 days, with no card. After that, keep using the free version or choose Pro. Pro adds unlimited tasks, the Day Clock, Energy River, and Day Map, the time-block grid, the Focus timer, extended analytics, 10 premium themes (15 themes in all), multiple workspaces, check-ins, iCloud sync, re-importing from Apple Reminders, and all 21 Home Screen widgets. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or pay once for lifetime access. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Taskful Day is available in 33 languages. Pro works with Family Sharing, so your family can use it too. Download Taskful Day and plan tomorrow without the guilt. Subscriptions renew automatically at the price shown until you cancel. Manage them in App Store › Account › Subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Trace

Capture thoughts and tasks using your voice. This organizer transforms spoken reminders into structured notes and actionable to-dos, helping you manage your day efficiently without manual data entry.

Highlights
  • Voice-first input
  • Structured reminders
  • Note-taking
  • Task management
  • Time and place-based planning
  • Organized daily planning
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Trace is a voice-first personal organizer for reminders, notes, and everyday follow-through. Say what you need to remember, and Trace helps turn it into structured reminders and notes. Capture quick tasks, plan around time and place, save important details, and keep your day organized without digging through forms or menus. Privacy Policy: https://remindmetrace.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Taskful Day4 screens
Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Taskful Day at 4 against Trace's 2. Taskful Day also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Taskful Day sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Trace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 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 Taskful Day against 5.0 for Trace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Taskful Day ships an update every 9 days, Trace weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Taskful Day versus Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaskful DayTrace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntti AittamaaYaohui Zhang

Customer experience

Taskful Day

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trace

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Taskful Day

Subscriptions2
  • Taskful Day Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Taskful Day Pro Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Support the Developer$1.00
  • Taskful Day Pro Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Trace

Subscriptions2
  • Trace Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Trace Premium Yearly3 Days trial$71.991 Year

Questions

Is Taskful Day free?
Taskful Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Taskful Day or Trace?
Taskful Day and Trace are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Taskful Day or Trace have ads?
Neither Taskful Day nor Trace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taskful Day or Trace?
Taskful Day ships an update every 9 days, and Trace weekly. Most recently, Taskful Day was updated on October 31, 2026 and Trace on October 24, 2026.

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