SmallButBig vs Tavinu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmallButBig
Organize your life by planning tasks, events, and routines on a visual canvas. Track planned versus actual time spent, and receive timely reminders for important activities. This app helps you manage your day effectively to achieve your larger goals.
- Visual canvas for goal planning
- Task, event, routine, and workout cards
- Planned vs. actual time tracking
- Integrated event details and reminders
- Inbox Map for task sorting
- Morning Brain Dump and Daily Reflection
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Reaching a goal comes with a lot to do. This app is a goal planner where you spread out everything you need to do on a canvas, group those tasks into projects right there, and then move them to your to-do list. Do you really need to keep your overall plans in a notes app, your events and tasks in another app, and your routines in yet another routine app? This app puts four kinds of cards—events, tasks, routines, and workouts—on your timetable, so you can see your whole week at a glance. Every item keeps both the time you planned and the time you actually spent. You can tap the timer at the start and at the end, and anything left unfinished moves to tomorrow. When something comes up at the last minute, you can add it right away. Important events also come with things to do beforehand and things to bring, right? And sometimes there’s something you mustn’t forget to do during the event. In SmallButBig, all of this fits into a single event. Set separate alarms—for packing what you need, for doing things ahead of time, and more—so you don’t miss a thing. You can also log your wake-up time on the timetable. Tap the wake-up button on the alarm you set, and it’s marked on your timetable automatically. Unlike a typical inbox that only holds your tasks, the “Inbox Map” sorts them by how precisely you’ve decided when to do them. Some are for this year, some for Q1, some for this month, others for this week, others for Wednesday, and some for Wednesday at 11 a.m. You can take it all in at a glance. In the morning, when you open your eyes and before your day begins, the Brain Dump lets you pour out every thought in your head. Before bed, the Daily Reflection lets you look back on your day. So you pour out your ideas in the morning, spend your small, precious day with focus, and get ready for tomorrow before you sleep. Spend each small day well, and you’ll draw closer to your big dream. We will all bloom. ■ Why is the app called SmallButBig? SmallButBig means small, but big. A day is small, but I believed no big dream comes true unless small days add up. The icon's small checks once formed one big check; now three checks form a smiling face: an app that stays with you through small days until the day you smile. ■ Made together - Every word from the people who use the app becomes a guide for the next update. - When a bug is reported, my rule is to fix it that same day and submit it for review, so you can update the very next day. If you report it on a weekend, though, you'll get the update on Tuesday morning. - Every bit of revenue the app makes goes into developing new products and features. - Prices may also rise as the product's quality improves, but as long as you keep the subscription you first bought, you keep your first price, regardless of those increases. - If the price is a burden or you're going through a hard time, please email me at smallbutbig.app@gmail.com and tell me about your situation. - The Mac app is sold separately on the Mac App Store. ■ Requires a purchase There is no free version. Every feature requires a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled before the period ends; cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Prices are shown on the in-app purchase screen. — Junbeom Lim Privacy Policy: https://lim394.github.io/smallbutbig-legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tavinu
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Count down to the moments you look forward to. Tavinu shows how many days are left until your next trip, holiday, birthday or any event, beautifully, right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. • Add your own photo to each countdown, like the beach you are flying to • Widgets in every size, and you choose which countdown each widget shows • Yearly events such as birthdays roll over automatically • On the big day, a live countdown to the exact hour and minute • Past countdowns stay in a separate section, ready to be reused Every widget is included. No subscription, no ads, no tracking, no account. Your countdowns and photos stay on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tavinu at none against SmallButBig's 3. Tavinu also leads on ads (none vs shown). SmallButBig's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26). On price 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
Both are free to download. SmallButBig sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Tavinu asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SmallButBig | Tavinu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Junbeom Lim | Philipp Bonfigt |
In-app purchases
SmallButBig
- Basic Monthly1 Month trial$7.991 Month
- Basic Yearly$63.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$191.99
Tavinu
No in-app purchases









