Comparison

TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager vs ExcuseLess

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

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About

TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager

This app helps you focus on your most important tasks by organizing them into timed and untimed lists. It offers widgets for your home and lock screens, and reusable checklists for recurring work. Build daily routines and track progress without pressure.

Highlights
  • Two-track task organization (timed and untimed)
  • Live Activities and widgets for lock/home screens
  • Reusable checklists for routines
  • Daily routine planning
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • No sign-up required
Features
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Tootask keeps one question answered all day: what am I supposed to be doing right now? TWO TRACKS, NO PILE-UP Timed tasks arrive on their own. When the clock hits, the task takes over your Lock Screen and your notifications — done, snooze or skip right there, and the next one steps up on its own. Everything without a time goes to the backlog and waits. Nothing nags you until you claim it. ON THE LOCK SCREEN AND THE HOME SCREEN A Live Activity carries the current task with its countdown. Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets show today's progress, what's next and your streak. You can also pin any task to the Lock Screen by hand, and style the card — background, blur, transparency, text colour. ROUTINES THAT REBUILD THEMSELVES Build a routine once — morning, shift start, closing up — and it lays out every day it should run. Three importance levels, time and importance sorting, five built-in templates to start from. CHECKLISTS THAT LEAVE A RECORD Run the same checklist several times a day. Every round stamps every item with its own time, and the record cannot be edited after the fact. Export a round to CSV when someone needs proof. CALENDAR AND REMINDERS, BOTH WAYS Send timed tasks and routines to the Calendar app, or pull your events into Today. Sync with Apple Reminders in both directions, completion included — tick it off in Reminders and it is done in Tootask too. Tootask only ever writes to a calendar and list of its own; your existing events are never touched. Both are off until you turn them on. STREAKS WITHOUT GUILT Finish one task and the day counts. A day with nothing scheduled is a rest day: it neither breaks the streak nor pads it. No penalties, no red marks, nothing to lose by taking a day off. YOUR MAC, TOO Tootask for Mac is included in the same purchase. A menu-bar bubble handles the current task without leaving the app you're in, a pinned floating window keeps it on top of everything, and the Dock badge counts what's due. iCloud keeps both ends on one list. ALSO IN THE BOX • iPad, in all four orientations • Nearby share — hand a plan or checklist to someone next to you, no account, no server • Daily review with a history calendar • Dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver • 11 languages • No account. No sign-up. Your tasks stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. FREE AND PRO Free covers the whole loop: 1 routine, 1 checklist template, unlimited one-off tasks, the Lock Screen, widgets, streaks, review and sync. Pro adds unlimited routines and steps, unlimited checklist templates, persistent reminders, CSV export, every widget and card style, and the Mac menu bar bubble and floating window. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Tootask Pro is available as a weekly, monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. Manage or cancel in Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.aivoxx.com/todo/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.aivoxx.com/todo/terms.html

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ExcuseLess

Features
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You don't need another planner. You need to do the thing. ExcuseLess drops you into one task with the timer already running. Finish it, mark it done, and the next one loads. That's the whole app. WHY THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT Most productivity apps sell you motivation. Motivation shows up when things are easy and disappears when they count. ExcuseLess is built around the part that actually works: showing up anyway, on the days you don't feel like it. There's no dashboard to configure. No colour-coded system to maintain. No streak-shaming when you slip. Just the next right action, in front of you, with a clock running. HOW IT WORKS - Set a goal, then break it into tasks - Open the app — your current task is already there, timer running - Done or Skip. The next task loads instantly - Finish one task a day to keep your streak alive FOCUS TIMER, THREE WAYS Pick the timer that suits how your brain works — a progress ring, big clean numerals, or a calm ambient view. Pause when life interrupts, add time when you're in flow. WIDGETS AND LOCK SCREEN Put your next task on your home screen so it's the first thing you see. During a session, a Live Activity keeps the current task visible on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — with Done and Skip right there, so you never have to open the app to close something out. STREAKS THAT MEAN SOMETHING One task a day keeps it alive. Miss a day and it resets — no grace periods, no rescue tokens. Simple enough to hold in your head, and surprisingly hard to break once it's going. SEE THE RECEIPTS Every day becomes a clean summary: tasks done, time focused, streak intact. Share it, or keep it to yourself. Either way, the proof is real. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account. No sign-up. No server. Every goal, task and streak lives in encrypted storage on your device and never leaves it. We can't read your tasks because we never receive them. Uninstall the app and it's genuinely gone. FREE, ENTIRELY Everything above is free. No trial, no paywall, no locked features. Stop making excuses. Start getting things done.

Screenshots

TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager4 screens
ExcuseLess3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ExcuseLess at none against TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager's 4. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. ExcuseLess asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager versus ExcuseLess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTooTask·Checklist&Task ManagerExcuseLess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晶 黄Wyven Technologies (private) limited

In-app purchases

4 purchases

TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Pro$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Pro$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$39.99
None

ExcuseLess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager free?
TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ExcuseLess free?
ExcuseLess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager or ExcuseLess have ads?
Neither TooTask·Checklist&Task Manager nor ExcuseLess shows ads.

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