Important First vs Execution
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Important First
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ImportantFirst is a simple task manager based on the Time Management Matrix (popularized by Stephen R. Covey). Organize your tasks into four quadrants: Urgent & Important: do now Not Urgent & Important: schedule and build momentum Urgent & Not Important: reduce distractions Not Urgent & Not Important: eliminate clutter Features: Create and manage tasks quickly Organize tasks by quadrant Stay focused on high-impact work Sync across devices with secure sign-in Designed to help you make consistent progress on what matters most.
Execution
This app helps you achieve your goals through a structured 12-week system. It focuses on one priority task per day and provides an honest record of your progress. An accountability partner can be invited to review your commitment.
- 12-week goal system
- One priority task daily
- Weekly planning
- Accountability partner
- Rhythm score tracking
- Private data sync
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Most goals don't fail from lack of ambition. They fail in the ordinary weeks — the ones where nothing feels urgent and nobody is watching. Execution is a twelve-week goal system. One goal. Eighty-four days. One priority each day, and an honest record of whether you kept it. WHY TWELVE WEEKS A year gives you eleven months to procrastinate. Twelve weeks doesn't. It's short enough that this week matters and long enough to finish something real. ONE GOAL AT A TIME Choose the outcome that matters and give it a number. Execution tracks where you are against where you should be by now — so "ahead" and "behind" stop being feelings and start being facts. THE HARDEST THING FIRST Each morning you pick one priority: the single task that actually moves the goal. Everything else waits. No endless list, no pretending forty things are equally important. A WEEK YOU DECIDE IN ADVANCE Plan the week before it starts, then follow it. Deciding once, calmly, beats deciding forty times under pressure. SOMEONE WHO SEES IT Invite one accountability partner. They see your commitment for the week and whether you kept it. Not a social network — one person, one honest check-in. MEASURED, NOT GAMIFIED A rhythm score across four habits: execution, consistency, morning planning, evening review. Every one of your eighty-four days, recorded as it happened. No streak guilt, no confetti, no dark patterns. BUILT ON THE RESEARCH Identity-based habits. Implementation intentions. Commitment devices. The behavioral science lives in how the app works, not in how it advertises. Your data syncs privately across your devices. No ads. No feed. No noise. Execution is quiet software for people who would rather finish than plan. Feedback reaches the developer directly from Settings — every message is read.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Important First at 3 against Execution's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Important First ships an update every 6 weeks, Execution every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Important First | Execution |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Georgi Georgiev | Evelina Ogorodnic |
In-app purchases
Important First
No in-app purchases
Execution
No in-app purchases








