Comparison

GTD Brain vs Tasks N Timers

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

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About

GTD Brain

Features
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Your head is a bad place to keep a to-do list. GTD Brain gives everything on your mind one place to land: one inbox, six clear lists and a weekly review short enough to keep doing. Say it or type it. Tap the mic and talk; whatever is on your mind lands in your Inbox before you forget it. Later, when you have a minute, clarify each capture into a next action, a project or something you are waiting on. That is the whole GTD workflow, without the friction. HOW IT WORKS • Capture everything. Every thought and task goes into one inbox. Zero decisions at capture time. • Clarify and organize. Captures become next actions tagged by context, and anything that takes more than one step becomes a project with its next action pinned to it. • Do, with a clear head. Open @desk, @calls or @errands and see only what you can do right now. ONE BOARD. SIX LISTS. Inbox, Next Actions, Projects, Waiting For, Someday and Reference. The lists a trusted GTD system runs on, and nothing else. Swipe between them, filter by context, search any card. VOICE CAPTURE THAT WAITS FOR YOU Tap the mic, think out loud, pause as long as you like. Dictation keeps listening until you tap stop, so a thought is never cut in half. A WEEKLY REVIEW YOU WILL KEEP DOING A guided review walks your board one card at a time: clear the Inbox, bring every project and next action up to date, and decide what to do with your someday ideas. You leave each review trusting your system again. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY A calm, fast design with light and dark mode. Works offline and catches up when you are back online. Available in 46 languages. GTD BRAIN PRO SUBSCRIPTION Capturing, editing and organizing your board, and the guided Weekly Review, require GTD Brain Pro, an auto-renewing subscription: • Yearly: $143.99 / year, with your first month free (40% less than paying monthly) • Monthly: $19.99 / month Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Without an active subscription you can browse the board, but making changes requires GTD Brain Pro. Terms of Use (EULA): https://gtdbrain.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://gtdbrain.com/privacy Support: https://gtdbrain.com/support GTD Brain is an independent app made by Minosin AB.

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Tasks N Timers

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A focus timer built around the tasks you already have. Pick a task, start a session, and stay in the flow. Tasks N Timers works on its own, with Google Tasks, or with Todoist on Pro. FOCUS WITHOUT BREAKING THE FLOW • Choose a session length that fits the work: 5, 15, 25 or 50 minutes. • In the zone? Add +5, +15, +25 or +50 minutes with one tap. No forced breaks, no starting over. • A calm full-screen timer keeps your eyes on the task, not the clock. • The timer keeps accurate time when your phone is locked or the app is closed, and tells you when a session ends. START FROM ANYWHERE • Start a focus session from Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, the Action Button or the app icon's quick action. • Add a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget, or on iOS 18 the Start focus control in Control Center. • See the time left on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you focus. PLAN YOUR DAY • Put tasks in Today from any list and see how far you got against your plan. • Get a time estimate for every task, worked out on your device. Accept it or change it in one tap. • Add a task from any screen with the + button. YOUR LISTS, IN ONE PLACE • Use it on its own with no account, connect Google Tasks, or add Todoist with Pro. • Pin your favourite lists, hide the rest, and find any list in seconds. • Move tasks between lists with Undo. Finished tasks go to a Logbook; untick one to bring it back. • Works offline: new tasks and lists wait and are sent when you're back online. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES • An activity heatmap with a square for every day you focused. Showing up each day is what builds the habit. • Every session is logged in the minutes you actually focused. Tap Today, This Week or This Month to see the sessions behind the number. • Edit or delete a session, or log focus time you did away from the app. • Set a weekly goal and build a daily focus streak. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • With Google connected, your focus history, lists and settings are saved to a private app folder in your own Google Drive, so a new phone or a reinstall gets them back. • No separate account and no servers of ours. CALM BY DESIGN • Light and Pure Dark themes, plus optional ambient sounds (rain, waves, deep). • Quiet confirmations with Undo, so nothing pulls you out of focus. TASKS N TIMERS PRO • Todoist: your projects and tasks in the app; add, edit, finish, move and delete them. • Every earlier month's sessions in Stats (the totals stay free). • Export your sessions as a CSV file. • Log focus time on an earlier day, and move a session to another day. • Every future Pro feature included. • Choose Monthly or Yearly, each starting with a 7-day free trial, or buy Lifetime once. • Monthly: 1 month, $0.99 per month after a 7-day free trial. • Yearly: 1 year, $9.99 per year after a 7-day free trial. • Lifetime: a one-time purchase. Prices shown are in US dollars and may vary by country. Subscriptions: payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID's Subscriptions settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.tasks-n-timers.online/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.tasks-n-timers.online/privacy Tasks N Timers is not affiliated with Google or Todoist. Google Tasks and Google Drive are trademarks of Google LLC. Todoist is a trademark of Doist Inc.

Screenshots

GTD Brain4 screens
Tasks N Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GTD Brain at none against Tasks N Timers's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Tasks N Timers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. GTD Brain asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GTD Brain ships an update weekly, Tasks N Timers every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
GTD Brain versus Tasks N Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGTD BrainTasks N Timers
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMinosin ABVinodh Balaji Sridharan

In-app purchases

None

GTD Brain

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tasks N Timers

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is GTD Brain free?
GTD Brain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tasks N Timers free?
Tasks N Timers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GTD Brain or Tasks N Timers have ads?
Neither GTD Brain nor Tasks N Timers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GTD Brain or Tasks N Timers?
GTD Brain ships an update weekly, and Tasks N Timers every 5 days. Most recently, GTD Brain was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tasks N Timers on November 13, 2026.

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