Sift vs Gridea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Sift
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Your brain is not a spreadsheet. Sift is a physical sanctuary for your mind. Sift reimagines task management as a tangible experience, designed to help you visualize, feel, and release your mental load. By transforming abstract responsibilities into physics-based grains, Sift gives your daily life a sense of weight and space. Watch your tasks fall, settle, and stack as physical objectsβproviding a unique, sensory way to find your focus and clear the noise. Total Hands-Free Entry Forget the keyboard. Sift features voice recognition that does more than just transcribe. When you speak, Sift automatically detects and sets your due dates and locations. Watch your tasks fall, settle, and stack as physical objects without ever typing a single letter. Four Ways to See Your Day Grain Container View: The heart of Sift. Visualize your tasks as individual grains. Feel the weight of your day and watch your container fill or empty as you find your focus. Map View: See every location-based task on an interactive map. Perfect for planning commutes, errands, or travel routes at a glance. Calendar View: High-level clarity for your schedule. Track your deadlines and daily workload across a clean, intuitive timeline. List View: For the moments you need a classic overview. A clean, efficient list of all your tasks for quick reference and management. Privacy and Seamless Sync iCloud Powered: We use Appleβs native iCloud technology to keep your data synced across your devices. Your information stays within your private cloud, not on our own servers. No Third-Party Servers: We do not require accounts, and we do not track you. We have no backend because we have no interest in seeing your private thoughts. Privacy First: All processing happens on your device. Sift is a private sanctuary built for your security. Own Your Tools, Don't Rent Them No Subscriptions: Tired of paying a monthly "tax" just to remember your tasks? Sift is a one-time purchase. Pay once, own it forever. User-Defined Notifications: Sift never sends unsolicited alerts. Notifications are only sent for the reminders you explicitly choose to set, keeping you in total control of your focus. Stop managing lists. Start sifting through the noise. Experience Sift today.
Gridea
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Gridea is a visual database app that allows you to record various types of daily life data, such as expense tracking, health data, and exam scores. It supports multiple field types including number, text, time, checkbox, single-select, multiple-select, and image. AI-powered data recording, querying and analytics, import/export, data cleaning and page generate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gridea at none against Sift's 1. Gridea also leads on iOS requirement (16 vs 18.2). Sift's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads 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. Sift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gridea asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sift ships an update every 3 days, Gridea every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sift | Gridea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days β better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alwin Tsai-Hsiang Yen | ζΆ ιΆ |
In-app purchases
Sift
- Full Unlock$7.99
Gridea
No in-app purchases









