Comparison

All set? vs Deadline Backsolve

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

Head to head
About

All set?

Features
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■ App overview All set? is a packing and carry-list app that helps you organise items for each plan and reduce forgotten or left-behind items (packing list / checklist). Create a list for each plan (trip prep, business trips, concerts, festivals, weddings, camping, hiking, doctor visits, kids’ events, emergency bag prep, and more) and keep everything visible in one place. Add items the moment you think of them—so notes like “bring this next time” or “need to buy more” are saved on the spot. ■ Common checklist frustrations Typical checklists can make it hard to see what’s done, and a single checkmark may mean either “ready” or “not needed this time,” which gets confusing. Editing or reordering lists can also be a hassle. To solve that, All set? uses “boxes (categories)” instead of checkmarks. ■ Sort with boxes In All set?, you organise by swiping items into 【Packed】 or 【Leaving behind this time】. No more guessing what a check means, and your prep progress (how far along you are) is instantly clear. The action is simple: just swipe left or right. Swipe right for “Packed,” swipe left for “Leaving behind.” With quick sorting, packing before departure becomes smooth. ■ Prevent leaving things behind while you’re out All set? helps not only before you leave, but also when you’re on the go. You can check at a glance what you have with you right now, so a quick review before heading home helps prevent leaving items behind. It’s especially handy in places where items get set down—hotels, transit, venues, cafés, workplaces, and more. ■ Share (QR code / text export) You can also share your list by QR code. Show the QR code to a friend or coworker and hand over the same list instantly—great for group trips, business travel, or splitting event prep (who brings what, shared items). You can export the list as text too, so you can paste it into messaging apps, social media, or email to share. Choose what fits the moment: “quick with a QR code” or “flexible with text.” ▶▶▶ Make packing clear and satisfying. With All set?, head out with less worry about forgetting something.

About

Deadline Backsolve

This app helps you adjust project plans when deadlines are at risk. It calculates the shortfall and suggests concrete adjustments like extending deadlines or reducing scope. The interface is currently in Japanese only.

Highlights
  • Calculates shortfall and suggests fixes
  • Adjusts plans based on available time
  • Learns user's real work pace
  • Offers recovery plan options
  • Focus timer that survives crashes
  • Offline functionality
  • JSON export/import for data transfer
Features
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When you realize you won't hit the deadline, what you actually need is the answer to "so what do I change?" Deadline Backsolve computes the shortfall and gives you concrete fixes: "push the deadline 3 days", "add 45 minutes per working day", "cut 4 pages". Real numbers, not a warning label. ■ Three inputs. Thirty seconds. What, how much, by when. That's the whole setup. Stages and per-weekday hours can wait until later. ■ Split the work into stages (new in 1.4) Thumbnails → pencils → inks → finishing, or outline → first draft → revision. Give each stage its share of the time per page, and the Today screen tells you exactly what to do: "Pencils 6 pages → then Inks 2 pages". The project screen shows each stage's progress. Stages are optional, and recovery plans keep working as before. ■ You only look at today The home screen says "Today: 8 pages." That's it. No Gantt charts, no dense tables. Tap "+1 page" when you're done. ■ It follows your real week One hour on weekdays, three on weekends? Your quota is distributed by the time you actually have. ■ It learns your real pace It starts from an estimate, then switches to your measured minutes per page once you have logged enough work. ■ Recovery plans, computed - Switch to a later registered deadline (with hours gained) - Extend the deadline by N days - Add N minutes per working day - Cut N units - Finish each unit within N minutes - Open up a day you had marked as rest Tap any of them to apply it to the plan immediately. ■ A focus timer that survives a crash It stores the start time, so closing the app never loses your session. It never plays a sound effect. ■ Your entries stay on your device No account. No ads. What you enter never leaves your device. To improve the app, only anonymous usage data (such as which screens are opened) is counted with Google Analytics (you can turn this off in Settings). Move it with a JSON export/import when you change phones. ■ One-time purchase. No add-ons. Everything is unlocked at purchase. Unlimited projects and logs. No subscription. ■ Available in English, Japanese, German, French, Korean and Traditional Chinese. Works for comics, novels, illustration books and merch, but also for articles, reports and theses — anything with an amount and a due date. Name the unit whatever you like.

Screenshots

All set?4 screens
Deadline Backsolve4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: All set? at Free against Deadline Backsolve's $0.99. Deadline Backsolve's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

All set? is free to download; Deadline Backsolve costs $0.99 up front. All set? sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Deadline Backsolve asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

All set? ships an update every 4 weeks, Deadline Backsolve every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
All set? versus Deadline Backsolve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAll set?Deadline Backsolve
PriceFree — better$0.99
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size326 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertakuya fukumoriDaisuke Yamaguchi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

All set?

One-time2
  • ごみ箱ショートカット$1.99
  • 行き先ショートカット$2.99
None

Deadline Backsolve

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is All set? free?
All set? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deadline Backsolve free?
Deadline Backsolve costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do All set? or Deadline Backsolve have ads?
Neither All set? nor Deadline Backsolve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, All set? or Deadline Backsolve?
All set? ships an update every 4 weeks, and Deadline Backsolve every 4 days. Most recently, All set? was updated on October 1, 2026 and Deadline Backsolve on October 6, 2026.

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