Comparison

Show Me for Emergencies vs Task Gremlin

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

Head to head
About

Show Me for Emergencies

This tool facilitates communication for individuals with hearing, speaking, or understanding difficulties during emergencies. It utilizes a vast library of icons for two-way interaction, allowing users to express needs and workers to provide clear instructions. The app supports multiple languages and offline use.

Highlights
  • Nearly 300 communication icons
  • Translate icons into 13 languages
  • Notepad for typing communication
  • Offline functionality
  • Customizable icon lists
  • Detailed appearance icons
Features
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Show Me for Emergencies is a free, research-based tool to aid communication between public health or emergency workers and people who may experience difficulty hearing, speaking, or understanding things. It uses easy-to-understand icons for two-way communication during an emergency. The icons help workers in emergency settings ask questions and give clear directions. They also help people who are experiencing difficulty communicating in an emergency a way to indicate their communication preferences, medical and personal needs, feelings, and items needed for daily use. And detailed icons to describe a person’s physical appearance can help workers at Family Reunification or Family Assistance Centers gather important information. Notable features include: - Nearly 300 communication icons - Option to translate icons into 13 languages - Notepad feature to communicate via typing - Use the app even without mobile phone service or WiFi - Option to star icons to create a custom list Developed by the Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

About

Task Gremlin

Features
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Task Gremlin is a low-pressure to-do and planning app: type a big job, get small steps, and keep real momentum without the guilt spiral. WHAT YOU GET • Today: see what matters now, with clear done/skip controls • Plans & routines: one-off plans and recurring schedules in one place • Focus mode: one step at a time when everything feels like too much • AI helpers: rewrite a task, sanity-check your tone, sort a brain-dump into steps, estimate how long things take, weigh a tough decision, plan a meal from what's on hand, and Explain It (Pro) • Insights: gentle patterns on your rhythm, not a productivity lecture BUILT TO FEEL HUMAN No overwhelm-first UI. Skip without shame. Rest days preserve momentum. Voice dictation when typing is hard. TRY FREE, GO PRO WHEN YOU NEED MORE • Free: try the app, then daily AI prompts when signed in • Pro: virtually unlimited AI, stronger model, longer inputs, and Explain It • Monthly or yearly via In-App Purchase Sign in with Apple or Google. Your plans stay on your device; AI runs securely on our servers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://taskgremlin.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://taskgremlin.app/privacy

Screenshots

Show Me for Emergencies4 screens
Task Gremlin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Show Me for Emergencies at none against Task Gremlin's 2. 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. Task Gremlin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Show Me for Emergencies asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Show Me for Emergencies versus Task Gremlin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShow Me for EmergenciesTask Gremlin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 17 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMassachusetts Department of Public HealthTomer Li Ran

In-app purchases

None

Show Me for Emergencies

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Task Gremlin

Subscriptions2
  • Task Gremlin Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Task Gremlin Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Show Me for Emergencies free?
Show Me for Emergencies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Task Gremlin free?
Task Gremlin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Show Me for Emergencies or Task Gremlin have ads?
Neither Show Me for Emergencies nor Task Gremlin shows ads.

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