Comparison

ActionTask AI vs Blocks

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

Head to head
About

ActionTask AI

This task manager uses AI for intelligent planning and voice entry. It offers seamless synchronization across devices, including Apple Watch, and helps break down complex projects into actionable subtasks.

Highlights
  • One-Tap Voice Add
  • AI Task Breakdown
  • Apple Watch Companion
  • Seamless Google Tasks Sync
  • Smart Move task grouping
  • Standalone Mode
Features
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Master your productivity with ActionTask AI, a precision task manager designed for intelligent planning, lightning-fast voice entry, and seamless synchronization. Stop wasting time managing your lists. ActionTask AI uses advanced intelligence to declutter your mind and keeps you focused whether you're at your desk, tapping your iPhone homescreen, or on the go with your Apple Watch. Key Features: • One-Tap Voice Add: Leave the keyboard behind. Instantly capture ideas and dictate tasks the second they come to you with a single tap right from your iOS homescreen. • "Claw-Ready" Bot Forwarding: Turn your app into a remote control for your custom AI. Forward tasks directly to your favorite messaging apps with custom, pre-formatted text designed to seamlessly trigger local agents (like OpenClaw). • Apple Watch Companion: Stay focused on the go. View your lists, complete tasks, and dictate new ideas directly from your wrist with a fully native watch app. • Smart Move: Keep your lists tidy. Instantly identify and group related tasks into their own dedicated projects with a single tap. • Seamless Google Tasks Sync: Experience robust two-way synchronization that keeps your life organized across all your devices and Google services. • AI Task Breakdown: Overwhelmed by a big project? Let our AI assistant instantly break down complex goals into actionable subtasks with a single tap. • Standalone Mode: Dive right in. Start using the full power of the app immediately without signing in, and merge your data seamlessly if you choose to connect later. • Reliable Anywhere: Built to work perfectly whether you are online or offline, syncing automatically when you reconnect. Download ActionTask AI today and experience a smarter way to get things done. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Blocks

Track your time with intention using this local-first time budget and activity timer. Set weekly goals for activities, monitor progress, and log occurrences without consuming your time budget. Integrates optionally with Screen Time and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Local-first time tracking
  • Weekly activity goals
  • Counters for logging occurrences
  • Optional Screen Time comparison
  • Optional Apple Health integration
  • Cross-device control (iPhone, Apple Watch, widgets)
Features
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Give your time to what matters. Blocks is a local-first time budget and activity timer for iPhone and Apple Watch. Choose an activity, start the timer, and spend your week with intention — one block at a time. START A BLOCK Open Today, pick an activity, and go. Blocks keeps counting while you use other apps or put your phone down. Pause, resume, or stop from your iPhone, Apple Watch, Lock Screen, widget, Control Center, or the Dynamic Island. PLAN YOUR WEEK Set how much discretionary time you control each week and give your activities weekly goals. See progress toward each goal in Insights, explore 7-day, 30-day, 90-day, and yearly patterns, and export your history to CSV. COUNT WHAT MATTERS Use counters for things you want to record without timing. Log an occurrence now or choose a past date and time. Correct existing entries, add notes and descriptions, and explore your history. Counters have their own CSV exports and never consume your weekly time budget. SCREEN TIME — OPTIONAL Choose apps, categories, or websites in Apple's Screen Time picker to compare scrolling with the time you intentionally tracked. Blocks uses individual Family Controls authorization, never blocks or limits an app or website, keeps its scrolling insights on device, and includes this feature free. WORKS WHERE YOU DO Start and control blocks from iPhone or Apple Watch, even when the watch is offline. Keep the current block close with Live Activities, Dynamic Island, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, and watch complications. APPLE HEALTH — OPTIONAL AND READ ONLY Optionally read workouts, sleep, and mindful minutes from Apple Health. Blocks never writes to Health or sends Health data to its servers. User-initiated CSV exports include available sleep, workouts, and mindful minutes by default, with controls to exclude them before sharing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Core tracking works without an account or cloud sync. Your records stay on your devices unless you choose to export them. No ads, tracking SDKs, or data brokers. Optional first-party product analytics are off by default and can be turned off and deleted in Settings. FREE TO USE Every feature is included for up to five active activities and three active counters. Blocks Unlimited is an auto-renewing monthly subscription that removes both limits for $2.99/month in the U.S. You can cancel in your App Store subscription settings. Existing records remain available after expiration. Terms of Use: https://timeblocks.io/terms

Screenshots

ActionTask AI4 screens
Blocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ActionTask AI at 15.0 against Blocks's 26.0. 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. ActionTask AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Blocks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 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 ActionTask AI against 5.0 for Blocks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ActionTask AI ships an update every 2 weeks, Blocks weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ActionTask AI versus Blocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActionTask AIBlocks
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRabbit ImaginariumNathaniel Gerdes

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ActionTask AI

Subscriptions2
  • AI Ultimate Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • AI Ultimate Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Watch Basic Pro Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

Blocks

Subscriptions1
  • Blocks Unlimited$2.991 Month

Questions

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

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