Comparison

Questly vs Sundae

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

Head to head
About

Questly

Features
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Your to-do list, played like a tabletop RPG. Finish a task, roll the dice, and the total becomes credits you spend on rewards you wrote yourself. Suddenly "reply to emails" is worth a proper coffee. HOW THE DICE WORK • Give each quest a complexity: d4 for trivial, d20 for legendary • Finish it and Questly rolls that die — the total is your credits • Log focus sessions on a quest first and you roll extra dice, up to six • Land the same face on every die and a jackpot multiplies the payout A SHOP YOU STOCK YOURSELF Rewards are yours to invent. "A lazy Sunday morning", "that game on my wishlist", "a proper coffee" — set a price in credits and cash it in once you've earned it. Pin one reward as your goal and see how many credits remain as you make progress. Credits are only ever earned by finishing quests and checking in on habits: they cannot be bought, and nothing in Questly costs real money except the subscription described below. HABITS AND STREAKS Any repeating event can become a habit. Check in on the days you planned to roll for credits, and every consecutive check-in nudges your chance of a bonus die a little higher. Miss a day and the streak resets — unless you are holding a rest token, which is spent automatically to cover the gap. A FOCUS TIMER THAT PAYS OFF Focus blocks queue the next one up for you, with a long break every fourth round, so you just tap start. Every session logged against a quest grows the die you will roll when you finish it. On Apple Watch the timer is one full-screen dial: tap it to start or pause, hold it to stop, and turn the Digital Crown to switch quests. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN One widget in five sizes for the Home Screen and the Lock Screen: your credit balance, today's progress, and your best streak. A Live Activity keeps the focus countdown on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models. ALSO INSIDE • Calendar and planner with reminders • Adventure log, 12 achievements, and a focus heatmap • Seven dice skins, six of them unlocked with credits • iCloud sync across your iPhones • English, 简体中文, 日本語, Deutsch, Français, Español PRIVACY No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your quests live on your device and in your own iCloud. FREE FOR YOUR FIRST MONTH Try everything free for 30 days from the day you open Questly. After that, Questly Monthly keeps the app unlocked. • Length: 1 month, renewing automatically • Price: US$0.99 per month in the United States. Prices vary by country or region, and your local price is shown in the app and on this App Store page before you confirm. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before that point • Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings Privacy Policy: https://realmyang.com/Questly/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Sundae

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Time you can't see is time you can't feel. Sundae turns it into something you can watch — an ice cream that melts, a candle that burns down, a train that rides home. Start a session, set your phone down, and just glance. MADE FOR TIME BLINDNESS • Every second is visible: the scene is consumed smoothly in real time, on screen and on your Lock Screen • Live Activity + Dynamic Island: the melting sundae stays with you even when the phone is face up on your desk • Start in three seconds: two taps, no setup, no account NO GUILT. EVER. • Step away anytime — your session just naps. Nothing withers, nothing breaks, nothing is lost • Streaks only celebrate. Miss a day and the app simply says nothing • Rest counts: Lounge Mode is an official do-nothing timer. A sun sets over the sea while you lie flat. Finishing a rest keeps your streak alive A FRIEND, NOT A COACH • Pebble the sea otter waits with you, naps with you, and floats in the dessert lake when you finish • Write one thing ("Reply to Sam's email") and the whole app becomes about just that — even on your Lock Screen • Finished time becomes a collection of little dioramas ONE THING A DAY • Tell Sundae what you're working toward, and roughly how you'd get there • Each day it puts a single step on your Lock Screen — tap it and you're focusing • Skip one and it rotates to the next. Nothing is ever overdue, nothing accumulates • Never a list, never a checkbox, never a nag TWELVE SCENES, THREE UNIVERSES • Dessert: Sundae, Popsicle, Hot Cocoa, Cotton Candy • Flame: Candle, Campfire, Sparkler, Firefly Jar • Journey: Night Train, Sailboat, Balloon, Snail SOUND THAT ACTUALLY HELPS • Real rain and ocean recordings, crackling fireplace, summer crickets, brown noise • Gentle music-box chime when you finish — never an alarm PAY ONCE. YOURS FOREVER. • Free: full timer, Pebble, and three scenes • Sundae Full ($9.99, one-time): every scene, Lounge Mode, the full collection • Never a subscription PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Works completely offline. No account, no ads, no tracking, no data collected — the app has no networking capability at all

Screenshots

Questly4 screens
Sundae4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sundae at every 4 days against Questly's every 3 weeks. 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. Questly sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and Sundae sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Questly ships an update every 3 weeks, Sundae every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Questly versus Sundae: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuestlySundae
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer明昊 阳飞 徐

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Questly

Subscriptions1
  • Questly Monthly$0.991 Month
1 purchases

Sundae

One-time1
  • Sundae Full$9.99

Questions

Is Questly free?
Questly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sundae free?
Sundae is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Questly or Sundae have ads?
Neither Questly nor Sundae shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Questly or Sundae?
Questly ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sundae every 4 days. Most recently, Questly was updated on October 10, 2026 and Sundae on October 10, 2026.

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