Project Manager vs Kala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Project Manager
This privacy-focused project management tool offers multiple ways to organize tasks, including Kanban boards and calendars. It features a built-in Pomodoro timer for focus and real-time collaboration via iCloud. Enjoy seamless integration with popular calendar apps and hands-free control with Siri Shortcuts.
- Multiple project view modes (Kanban, Calendar, Dashboard)
- Built-in Pomodoro focus timer
- Smart Lists with saved filters
- Real-time team collaboration via iCloud
- Two-way calendar sync
- Siri Shortcuts for hands-free management
- Actionable notifications
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WorkFlow is the privacy-first project manager built natively for iPhone and iPad. Free to try for 30 days, then a single one-time purchase unlocks everything for good β no subscription, no account, no trackers. Your data lives in your iCloud, never on our servers. TEN WAYS TO SEE YOUR WORK Board, Calendar, Gantt, Today, My Day, My Work, Inbox, Dashboard, Documents and Notepad β pick the ones you use, put them on the tab bar in the order you like, and choose which one the app opens on. Tap the Board tab again to page through your columns; tap any other tab again to jump back to the top. A NOTEPAD THAT TURNS INTO WORK Jot it down first, sort it out later. Notes capture thoughts, links and shared text the moment they arrive; when one grows up, turn it into a task or a whole project with everything it held. A review sweep walks you through what's waiting. INBOX: EVERY CONVERSATION, NEWEST FIRST Every task with a comment thread, unread on top. Tasks with something new to read carry a badge on the board and the Inbox tab counts them. Open the thread and it clears. Comments merge safely across devices β nothing you write gets overwritten by a sync. WORKS WITH AN AI ASSISTANT Pair WorkFlow with WorkFlow for Mac and an assistant such as Claude Code can work your tasks: read them, create projects, tick off subtasks and reply in the comments. Assign a task to it or write "@claude" in a comment from your phone β the Mac starts a session on its own and the reply comes back as a notification on your iPhone. Only projects you haven't shared are ever in scope. Requires WorkFlow for Mac and your own assistant, sold separately. COLLABORATE IN REAL TIME Share any project through iCloud. Invite people by iMessage, email or link. See who's viewing and who's typing, assign with a tap, @mention, react with emoji β and every action in the activity log says who did it. GANTT AND CALENDAR Your whole portfolio on a timeline with a Today marker and days-until-due on every project. Two-way sync with Apple Calendar, so a due date changed in either app changes in both. STAY FOCUSED A built-in focus timer with 15, 25, 45 and 50-minute presets and auto-cycling breaks; every minute is logged against the task. Time tracking per task. Smart nudges raise a task's priority as its deadline nears. Snooze what can wait. CAPTURE EVERYTHING Share a link or text from any app straight into a task. Attach photos, files and voice notes; annotate images in place. Subtasks with their own documents, tags, priorities, recurring tasks, dependencies, and a note pinned to the top of any card. SMART LISTS Save any combination of filters as a named list β "Overdue", "This week", "Waiting on me" β one tap away. MAKE IT YOURS A gallery of task card styles, custom header and tab layouts, project colours and icons. Import from CSV or Apple Reminders; export CSV or JSON. Siri Shortcuts and actionable notifications. Full VoiceOver support, dark mode and Reduce Motion. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Zero analytics. Zero trackers. Sharing uses Apple's own iCloud sharing, end to end. We can't see your tasks β and we don't want to. EVERYTHING INCLUDED - Board, Calendar, Gantt, Today, My Day, My Work, Inbox, Dashboard, Documents, Notepad - Notepad with note-to-task and note-to-project conversion - Inbox with unread badges and safe comment merging - Works with AI assistants through WorkFlow for Mac - Real-time sharing with presence, @mentions and reactions - Focus timer, time tracking, smart nudges, snooze - Subtasks, dependencies, recurrence, tags, pinned notes - Attachments, voice notes, photo annotation, share sheet - Smart Lists, two-way calendar sync, Siri Shortcuts - CSV and JSON import/export, Apple Reminders import - Full offline support with iCloud sync Free for 30 days. One purchase after that β every feature, every update, forever.
Kala
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Time, beautifully counted. If you are planning a wedding, counting down to a vacation, watching exams approach, observing Ramadan, Easter or Christmas, or simply tracking days since a life event that mattered, Kala is built for you. It is a serene countdown and day counter in a calm editorial interface β 180+ ready-made events, accurate recurrence, and widgets that turn your Home Screen into a quiet event calendar. There is no account, no sign-up and no cloud upload. Your dates and notes stay on this device, the app keeps working in airplane mode, and there is no third-party server in the loop. Every feature described below is unlocked only with an auto-renewable subscription purchased inside the app. New users receive a 3 day free trial; you may cancel anytime during the trial to avoid being charged. Add a date in seconds with a note, emoji and recurrence, then pick how it lives β hero, list or focus view. The 180+ presets cover holidays, religious dates, sports finals, birthdays and personal milestones, and floating holidays auto-correct across the Gregorian, Hijri, Hebrew and Chinese calendars for the next decade. Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island widgets keep days remaining visible at a glance, Live Activities take over the last 24 hours of any countdown timer, and built-in milestones at 365, 100, 50, 30, 14, 7, 3, 1 and day-of arrive as rich notifications. Shareable cards in Story, Square and Twitter formats turn a birthday or Halloween countdown into something worth posting without leaving the app. Beyond the basics, Kala handles the awkward middle of the calendar. Days-since counters run the other direction for sobriety, a baby's first smile, the day you quit a job or the day a pet went home. Recurring annual events know when they have just passed and flip to the next instance without a manual reset. The countdown widget supports stacking multiple events on a single tile, so a wedding, an exam and a Ramadan opener can share one corner of the Home Screen. Sharing a countdown to a partner exports a clean card rather than a screenshot with your battery indicator visible. Premium themes, 12 accent colors, photo backgrounds and editorial fonts let you tune the feel. The interface ships in 15 in-app languages with full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type, an Apple Watch companion brings complications to your wrist, and the whole app works offline. Useful for anyone counting down to a vacation, watching exams approach, building an event calendar of life events, or quietly marking the days since something mattered. Unlock with Pro: - Unlimited countdowns across one-time and recurring events - All 12 accent themes, premium gradients, fonts and photo backgrounds - Multi-event Upcoming widget, Live Activities and Dynamic Island - Apple Watch app with complications - Daily, weekly and monthly recurrence Subscription Pricing & Terms Features require a subscription. Pricing and terms available in-app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription and free-trial conversion in Settings > Apple ID after purchase. Any unused portion of the free-trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Project Manager at every 2 days against Kala's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Project Manager sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Kala sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Project Manager ships an update every 2 days, Kala weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Manager | Kala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days β better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Opticell Limited | Bahattin Duran |
In-app purchases
Project Manager
- Project manager - Lifetime Unlock$19.99
Kala
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









