Comparison

Tertiary Planner vs Tend

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

Head to head
About

Tertiary Planner

Features
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Tertiary Planner is a fast, private to-do and planner app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Type or speak what you need — "Lunch with Sam tomorrow at 1pm" — and the on-device assistant words it nicely and saves it as an appointment or a to-do, straight into your list. On supported devices it uses Apple Intelligence, running entirely ON DEVICE, to understand your intent and word your items clearly. On other devices the same on-device parsing (Apple's Natural Language and Speech frameworks) does the job. Either way, nothing you type or say ever leaves your device to any third party. FEATURES • One Planner page with To-Do and Appointment tabs, each filterable by your lists • Capture bar at the bottom — type or dictate, and the assistant drafts and saves the entry; Undo reverts it • Apple Intelligence on-device intent understanding (with an on-device fallback) • Voice capture using native iOS speech recognition • Your own lists and sub-lists — create, rename, pin, reorder and nest them • Assign items to people; items added in someone's list go to that person • To-Do priorities — Critical, High, Medium or Low; Critical and High are pinned automatically • Pin anything to the top; drag to rearrange everything by hand • Smart views: All Tasks, Pinned, Today and Upcoming show your own queue • Upcoming — everything with a date, broken down by day, with anything overdue on top • Calendar — a month view with each day's appointments written into the day, plus a List view • Meeting links — paste a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams link and tap Join on the appointment • Singapore public holidays marked on the calendar • Today's appointments — a morning summary and an alert just before each appointment starts • Advance reminders — a notification before anything with a date is due (1, 3 or 7 days ahead) • Optional mirror of appointments into your system Calendar (EventKit only) • Search across titles, notes, assignee and list names • Duplicate check — spots the same title on the same day and offers to archive the extras • Check off an item and it is automatically archived; restore anytime • iCloud sync — your items stay up to date on every device signed in to your iCloud • Light, Dark or System appearance, with a choice of accent colours PRIVACY Your data belongs to you. All intelligence runs on your device. Items are stored on your device and synced only through your personal, private iCloud database, which only you can access — we never see your data. No third-party AI services, no accounts, no tracking. Developed by Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.

About

Tend

This app transforms home care into small, manageable daily tasks, fostering a calm sanctuary as you go. It adapts to your energy levels, offering flexible options like 'Done, Later, Swap, or Skip' without guilt or overwhelming lists. As you maintain your home, a virtual sanctuary comes alive with decor and a gentle companion.

Highlights
  • Daily micro-cleaning tasks
  • Flexible task management (Done, Later, Swap, Skip)
  • Virtual sanctuary with decor and companion
  • Gentle reminders
  • Minimum viable clean option
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Tend turns home care into a few tiny, doable acts a day, and grows a soft little sanctuary as you go. No guilt. No streaks. No overwhelming chore lists. Tend plans a handful of minutes-long tasks that fit the time you actually have, remembers what you cleaned and when, and gently spreads anything overdue across the week so nothing piles up. On low days, one small reset is enough, and Tend says so. As you care for your real home, a calm sanctuary comes alive. A sleepy companion naps and stretches, plants unfurl, candles glow, and every milestone brings something new to place or a little accessory to wear. A GENTLE DAILY RHYTHM - Today's reset: a realistic plan measured in minutes, not hours - Done, Later, Swap, or Skip. Your energy decides - Quick reset: "I have 10 minutes, help me tidy the kitchen" - Catch-up mode that eases you back in without dumping a huge list - Break it down: turn a daunting job into one small step a day - Minimum viable clean for the busiest, most tired days A LIVING SANCTUARY - A cozy home scene with day and night light and a gentle companion - Earn decor and companions through steady care, then place and arrange them - Breathe: a quiet minute of guided breathing whenever you need it SOFT REFLECTION - A weekly rhythm of care days and a gentle home-glow reading - An optional daily mood note, just for you - A calm history of every small act of care MADE TO FEEL CALM - Warm, rounded design with light and dark modes - Home Screen widgets for today's tasks and one-tap breathing - Gentle, honest reminders that go quiet once your day is done - Private by design: everything stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking. Nothing to sign up for. Cleaning should feel like care, not correction. Small care creates calm.

Screenshots

Tertiary Planner3 screens
Tend4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tertiary Planner and Tend are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tertiary Planner versus Tend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTertiary PlannerTend
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlfred AngRayan Kabaha

In-app purchases

None

Tertiary Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Tend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tertiary Planner free?
Tertiary Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tend free?
Tend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tertiary Planner or Tend have ads?
Neither Tertiary Planner nor Tend shows ads.

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