Comparison

QuickTask vs Calendar & Tasks

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

Head to head
About

QuickTask

Features
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QuickTask is a Markdown-backed multi-view task manager designed for iOS and macOS. QuickTask keeps one task source of truth while offering eight projections for daily work, planning, prioritization, hierarchy, and review. KEY FEATURES: - Eight synchronized views: List, Board, Timeline, Tree, Calendar, Matrix, Table, and Mind Map edit the same tasks. - Markdown ownership: Tasks remain portable files with stable identity and user-controlled storage. - Projects and folders: Organize work hierarchically across capable local, cloud, and remote locations. - Quick Add and command palette: Capture structured tasks quickly and reach common operations from the keyboard. - Time and focus: Start task timers, Pomodoro-style focus, work logs, and task-level history. - Review and reports: Triage Inbox, bulk edit, archive, trash, reports, exports, privacy shield, and reviewed AI assistance. PERFECT FOR: - Personal projects, work planning, and multi-step deliverables - People who switch between list, board, timeline, calendar, and hierarchy views - Time tracking and focus sessions attached to real tasks - Portable task data in user-controlled folders GETTING STARTED: - Add a Task Location or choose an existing project. - Use Quick Add or New Task to capture the title, date, project, tags, and notes. - Choose the view that fits the current decision: daily work, priority, schedule, or hierarchy. - Use the Inspector, timers, checklist, dependencies, and bulk actions to execute work. - Review Inbox, reports, archive, and trash to keep the system current. PRIVACY & SECURITY: - Task files remain in locations you control. - Privacy Shield masks sensitive previews without changing the underlying task data. - AI Assist uses reviewable proposals and a visible data-send boundary. - App Lock and storage capability checks protect access without claiming unavailable security. FREE AND PRO: - Start with a seven-day ad-free trial. - Free keeps the full feature set and may show mobile advertising or a daily desktop support reminder. - QuickTask Pro removes ads and reminders through a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://kakitiro.com/quickapps/quicktask/terms/

About

Calendar & Tasks

This app integrates your events, tasks, and weather into a single, clear timeline. It offers natural language input for easy event creation and customizable widgets for quick access to your plans and weather forecasts. Manage your schedule and to-do list efficiently in one place.

Highlights
  • Unified calendar and task management
  • Natural language event and task creation
  • Customizable home screen widgets
  • Integrated weather forecasts
  • Syncs with Apple Calendar and Reminders
  • Multiple view options (agenda, day, week, month, year)
Features
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A calendar for real life. Including the bits you keep moving to tomorrow. YOUR DAY, TOGETHER Bring events, reminders and habits into one daily Plan. Connect calendars and reminder lists already available through Apple Calendar and Reminders. Your events and tasks stay in the source you choose. GOOD HABITS, VISIBLE PROGRESS Create habits with your own colors and icons. Check them off once or work toward a daily count. See your history in heatmaps, cards, compact lists and calendars, with streaks and statistics. Correct past entries and archive habits while keeping their history. Two active habits are free; Cality Pro unlocks more. Habits appear in Plan and Habits. Give one a time to place it on your Plan timeline. Showing it in Calendar and agenda is optional. APPLE HEALTH, WHEN YOU WANT IT On supported iPhone and iPad devices, connect selected habits to Apple Health with your permission. Supported goals such as steps, sleep and exercise update from recorded Health data. Health readings and derived progress stay on that device and are not sent through Cality's iCloud sync. CLOSE AT HAND A habit heatmap widget lets you add one step to a manual habit from your Home Screen. Set individual habit reminders or a daily check-in. Standard calendar widgets show plans, months and weather. iPhone also offers Lock Screen widgets and an Apple Watch companion. PLAN AROUND REAL LIFE See events, planned reminder sessions and free time together. Reserve time for a reminder without changing its deadline. Pro adds advanced Plan editing and reusable routines. Keep selected repeating events in Plan without showing them in Cality's Calendar and agenda. FINISH WHAT IS LEFT Review unfinished items in a list or one card at a time. Complete, move, reschedule or skip, with session Undo. Completing an event records Cality progress; completing a reminder updates its source. TYPE LIKE A HUMAN Enter an event or task in natural language, review the details and save. Choose suggested places and addresses as you type. Pro search finds words in event titles, locations and notes without requiring matching accents or capitalization. MAKE IT YOURS Choose calendar views, colors, visible sources and the tab Cality opens on. See three days of weather for free. Optional personality adds a little humor. Cality Pro adds more active habits, routines, advanced Plan editing, calendar sets, search, repeat-rule editing, multiple alerts, extra palettes, custom Review gestures, automatic Review prompts, remembered overlap choices and extended weather. Mac Pro also adds advanced menu-bar customization and the Dock date. Existing data is preserved. Calendar and reminder accounts handle their own sync. Supported Cality settings and manual habit records can sync through private iCloud storage; timing depends on your account and connection. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

QuickTask4 screens
Calendar & Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Calendar & Tasks at none against QuickTask's shown. Calendar & Tasks also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). QuickTask's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. QuickTask sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and Calendar & Tasks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickTask ships an update every 3 weeks, Calendar & Tasks every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
QuickTask versus Calendar & Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickTaskCalendar & Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAZUHIRO KAKIMOTOWystone LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

QuickTask

Subscriptions1
  • Pro - Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro - Lifetime$12.99
3 purchases

Calendar & Tasks

Subscriptions2
  • Cality Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Cality Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cality Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is QuickTask free?
QuickTask is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calendar & Tasks free?
Calendar & Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QuickTask or Calendar & Tasks have ads?
QuickTask shows ads; Calendar & Tasks does not.
Which is updated more often, QuickTask or Calendar & Tasks?
QuickTask ships an update every 3 weeks, and Calendar & Tasks every 2 days. Most recently, QuickTask was updated on October 15, 2026 and Calendar & Tasks on October 15, 2026.

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