Comparison

Just Tasks vs ADHD Matrix

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

Head to head
About

Just Tasks

A minimalist to-do list app designed for quick task management. It integrates seamlessly with your Mac's menu bar and iPhone's home screen for immediate access. Features iCloud sync, task categorization, and a focus on privacy with no servers or tracking.

Highlights
  • Menu bar integration for quick access
  • iPhone home screen widget for glanceable tasks
  • Seamless iCloud synchronization
  • Task deferral ('Today vs. Later')
  • Task grouping with 'Buckets'
  • Frictionless drag, edit, and completion
Features
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To Do is the smallest possible to-do list — built around the macOS menu bar and your iPhone home screen. No accounts. No upsells. No clutter. Add a task, finish it, move on. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Lives in your menu bar. The next thing you need to do is one keystroke away — never buried in another tab. • Designed for the iPhone widget. Today's list is glanceable from the home screen. • iCloud sync that just works. Tasks added on Mac show up on iPhone in seconds. • Today vs. Later. Push a task to Later when it's not for now — it stays out of your way until you bring it back. • Buckets. Group tasks by project or category when you want, ignore them when you don't. • Drag, edit, and complete with no friction. Built for fast, frequent use. PRIVACY To Do stores your tasks locally and syncs them through your private iCloud account. There is no server, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing collected by us — your tasks never leave Apple's iCloud and your devices. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone and iPad: iOS / iPadOS 17 or later • Mac: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later • iCloud sign-in for cross-device sync Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ADHD Matrix

This task management app helps you quickly capture, organize, and prioritize your to-dos using the Eisenhower Matrix. It offers a streamlined workflow with an inbox, matrix view, and completed task history, all synced privately across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Fast task capture
  • Eisenhower Matrix organization
  • Inbox for unsorted tasks
  • Completed task history
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Export/import backup files
Features
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I made this for myself. I have ADHD, and one long to-do list just freezes me. I can't tell what's actually on fire and what can wait, so I end up doing nothing. So I built the thing I needed, and figured some of you might need it too. Here's how it works. You write a task down before it leaves your head, then you put it in one of four buckets: - Do Now - Plan - Handle Soon - Later Four buckets. Not twenty lists, not folders inside folders. Just four places for a thing to go. What's in it: - Quick capture, so writing a task down isn't its own little chore - An Inbox for everything you haven't sorted yet - Recurring tasks: Daily, Weekdays, Weekly, or Monthly. You can also type a tag like @daily when you capture - Drag tasks into the order you want in Inbox and the Matrix - A Completed list, so finished stuff goes somewhere instead of staring at you - Siri and App Shortcuts, if you'd rather just say it out loud - Home Screen widgets, so your matrix stays visible without opening anything - Five curated color themes plus one custom palette. Curated themes stay contrast-checked in light and dark; a custom palette can keep the colors you pick even when contrast is low - Rename the four buckets to whatever your brain actually calls them - Optional private iCloud sync, so your tasks can show up on your iPhone and iPad - German, Spanish, Italian, and Simplified Chinese, with English as the fallback About your data: it lives on your device. You don't make an account, you don't sign in, and I don't run analytics or hand your stuff to anyone. The sync is your own iCloud, between your own Apple devices. It's free. No subscription, no ads. iPhone and iPad, iOS 18 and up. One honest note: this won't fix your brain, and I'd be lying if I said it would. It's just a small, quiet place to put your tasks that didn't make me feel worse to use. I built it by myself, around how my own brain actually works. That was the whole goal.

Screenshots

Just Tasks3 screens
ADHD Matrix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ADHD Matrix at 100% against Just Tasks's 0%. ADHD Matrix also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). Just Tasks's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Just Tasks ships an update every 3 months, ADHD Matrix every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Just Tasks versus ADHD Matrix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust TasksADHD Matrix
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThird Floor Studios LLCAnthony Gagliardo

Customer experience

Just Tasks

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ADHD Matrix

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Just Tasks

No in-app purchases

None

ADHD Matrix

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just Tasks free?
Just Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ADHD Matrix free?
ADHD Matrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Just Tasks or ADHD Matrix have ads?
Neither Just Tasks nor ADHD Matrix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Just Tasks or ADHD Matrix?
Just Tasks ships an update every 3 months, and ADHD Matrix every 6 days. Most recently, Just Tasks was updated on September 29, 2026 and ADHD Matrix on September 29, 2026.

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