Comparison

KanGoBan vs SFD

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

Head to head
About

KanGoBan

Features
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KanGoBan is a clean, fast and elegant Kanban app for organizing tasks, projects and priorities across your devices. Create boards to separate work, studies, clients, trips, personal routines or any project you want to keep under control. Each board includes progress columns, tasks with priority, notes, tags, due dates, reminders and checklists so you can break work into smaller steps. With iCloud sync, your boards and tasks stay up to date across iPhone and iPad using your Apple account. You can also export boards as JSON, import them again when needed and duplicate tasks or boards to save time. KanGoBan is designed to feel clear, comfortable and direct: global search, quick filters, board analytics, overdue and upcoming indicators, readable task cards and an interface optimized for both iPhone and iPad. Great for: • Personal task management • Professional projects • Weekly planning • Client organization • Tracking ideas • Routines, travel and personal goals Main features: • Customizable Kanban boards • Tasks with notes, priority, tags and due dates • Checklists inside each task • Local reminders • Search and filters • Board analytics • iCloud sync • JSON export and import • Duplicate tasks and boards • Optimized interface for iPhone and iPad • Localized in English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese KanGoBan helps you see what is pending, what is in progress and what is already done, without unnecessary complexity.

About

SFD

This app helps you overcome writer's block by forcing you to write a first draft without the ability to edit or reread. It uses timed bursts and nudges to keep you moving forward, allowing you to flag sections for later revision.

Highlights
  • Forward-only writing
  • Timed writing bursts
  • Cursor nudges for stalls
  • Flagging sections for revision
  • Plain text export
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Writing apps help with the easy half — outlines, fonts, folders, word-count trophies. The hard half is producing a bad first version of something, and that's all SFD does. SFD is forward-only. You write in a burst, the earlier lines dim and scroll away, and you can't go back to fix them. You can't edit a draft into existence, so SFD won't let you try until it's out. How it works: — A go is a timed burst. You write. You don't reread. — Stall for a few seconds and you get a shove — a nudge that gets blunter the longer you stare at the cursor. — Hit a line you hate? Drop a later and keep moving. Your flags become a punch-list for when you revise. — A finished part is a chunk. A stack of chunks is the Pile — your whole first draft. — When it's done, send it out as plain text, to wherever you actually revise. Drafting is free. Every go, every later, every export — no account, no trial clock, no nagging. THE BIG MONTH is free too: 50,000 words of a novel's first draft between November 1 and 30. SFD shows your words today and how many a day finishes it, lights up a November calendar on every day you write, marks 10,000, 25,000 and 50,000, and gives you a BIG MONTH 2026 stamp and finisher card you can only earn that November. One thing costs money: SFD Habit Tracking, a 99-cent one-time unlock for the habit layer — the streak map and year wall, the month goal, the quiet reminder, stamps, share cards, and the home-screen widget, which carries THE BIG MONTH in November. The scoreboard, not the game. If you bought SFD back when the app itself cost money, the habit layer is yours automatically. What SFD won't do: format, outline, sync, collaborate, or write the draft for you. You write the bad version. A chunk has to get written; inside that, anything goes. Your words stay yours. Every chunk is a plain-text file on your device. No proprietary format, no servers. SFD makes no network calls at all — it can't lose your words and it can't trap them. Get the first draft out. You can make it good later, somewhere with a real keyboard.

Screenshots

KanGoBan4 screens
SFD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SFD at every 8 days against KanGoBan's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. KanGoBan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SFD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KanGoBan ships an update monthly, SFD every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
KanGoBan versus SFD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKanGoBanSFD
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJose GeaDaniel James Kinney-Spears

In-app purchases

1 purchases

KanGoBan

One-time1
  • Desbloquear KanGoBan ilimitado$3.99
1 purchases

SFD

One-time1
  • SFD Habit Tracking$0.99

Questions

Is KanGoBan free?
KanGoBan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SFD free?
SFD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do KanGoBan or SFD have ads?
Neither KanGoBan nor SFD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KanGoBan or SFD?
KanGoBan ships an update monthly, and SFD every 8 days. Most recently, KanGoBan was updated on October 14, 2026 and SFD on October 10, 2026.

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