Comparison

Weekly vs Recurrence

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

Head to head
About

Weekly

This app helps you track and manage recurring tasks and weekly goals. Log your activities to see what you've accomplished and what you still need to achieve. Visual statistics provide insights into your progress.

Highlights
  • Track recurring tasks
  • Set weekly goals
  • Log activities
  • Weekly reports
  • Progress statistics
Features
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Weekly helps you to keep an overview of tasks you want to do regularly. Just set your weekly goal, log your activities and get a report when the week is over. Everybody has tasks or goals they want to achieve on a regular basis. For some it is to do sports 3 times a week, for others the daily relaxation break. Weekly provides you an overview what you have accomplished this week and what you want to achieve. Appealing statistics help you to track your progress and keep your goal in mind.

About

Recurrence

This app helps you manage and track all your repeating tasks, from bills to pet care. It goes beyond simple reminders by logging past completions, notes, and important details, creating a comprehensive history of your activities. Stay organized and never miss an important recurring event again.

Highlights
  • Task tracking with customizable repeats
  • Task sharing via iCloud
  • Task organization and search
  • Task customization with notes and history
  • Siri Shortcut support
  • Full task history and notes
  • Widget support for Home and Lock Screens
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Recurrence helps you manage and track everything relating to the repeating tasks in your life so you never miss a thing again. Recurrence is more than just another app that reminds you what needs to be done — it tracks what you did, too. An example: you have a pet that needs medication. Maybe it needs checkups at the vet, too. Recurrence can remind you when you need to do give it the medication it needs as well as to arrange a visit to the vet, all while tracking things from past ones — what it weighed during the last visit, which medication was prescribed, and anything else you think might be handy! By changing the way you think about reminders and repeating tasks, Recurrence becomes more than an app that reminds you to do things — it becomes the place that tracks your entire life as well. Recurrence features include: ◆ Task tracking and customizable repeats Create tasks that repeat when you need them to with customizable options including a lock that prevents a task from being checked off before it's ready. ◆ Task sharing iCloud sharing support so you can complete items with a spouse, friend, or family members. ◆ Task organization Categorize your tasks so you'll always be able to find what you're looking for. Or just search, it's up to you! ◆ Task customization Tasks can be configured to show all kinds of information including the number of occurrences, the last completion, notes, and more. ◆ Siri Shortcut support Mark tasks as completed using nothing but your voice. ◆ Full task history and notes You'll see when tasks were completed as well as notes from each completion, great for tasks that you want to keep a track of over time. ◆ Full widget support Now you can see your recurring tasks right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. ◆ Cross-device support Your tasks follow you from iPhone to iPad to Mac and back again with seamless syncing. Recurrence is a free download with a five-task limit. Unlock unlimited tasks with Recurrence Premium — available as a monthly or annual subscription, or lifetime purchase. Premium subscriptions can be canceled at any time, but will renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the next payment is due. For more information, see our privacy policy & terms of use: https://www.shayesapps.com/policies

Screenshots

Weekly4 screens
Recurrence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weekly at none against Recurrence's 3. Weekly also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Recurrence's advantage is ratings volume (327 vs 25). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Recurrence sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Weekly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Weekly against 4.7 for Recurrence. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Recurrence has 327 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Weekly's written reviews are positive against 83% of Recurrence's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weekly ships an update every 6 weeks, Recurrence every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Weekly versus Recurrence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeeklyRecurrence
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (25 ratings)4.7 (327 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews — better82.6% of reviews
Number of ratings25327 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon NickelShayes Apps LLC

Customer experience

Weekly

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative4.5%

Recurrence

All ratings326 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative12.8%

User reviews

Weekly

From 25 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive design
  • ✅ Effective for habit tracking
  • 💡 Clean and minimalist interface
  • 🎯 Useful for achieving goals
  • 📊 Informative statistics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and data loss
  • 📉 Statistics not exportable
  • ⏳ Task name character limit
  • 🚫 No dark theme option
  • 🔄 Time zone issues

Recurrence

From 327 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Clean, simple, and intuitive user interface
  • 🎯 Excellent for tracking recurring tasks and habits
  • ⚙️ Highly customizable task settings and frequencies
  • 📊 Detailed completion history and tracking
  • 🔔 Flexible notification options

Room to improve

  • 💸 Premium pricing considered expensive by some users
  • 📢 Ads appear in free version
  • 🔗 Limited free version (only 5 tasks)
  • ⚠️ Notification system unreliable for some users
  • 🐌 Syncing between devices can be slow

Bugs and requests

Weekly

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes and data loss
  • Statistics not updating on main screen
  • Bug preventing reordering of tasks
  • Cannot edit text of the very first goal
  • Task name limited to 20 characters
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  • Time zone changes cause issues
  • Stats on main screen stopped updating
  • Goal numbers over 100 not fully visible
  • Clickable area for some controls is small
  • Can only see 5 goals, but weekly graph shows more

Requested features

29 requests
  • Add home screen widget
  • Customize task/app colors
  • Export statistics
  • Russian language support
  • Arabic language support
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  • Dark theme
  • Option to repeat tasks every 2, 3, 4 weeks
  • Edit previous week's stats
  • More than 15 goals per week
  • Add Apple Watch integration
  • Adjust activity completion time
  • Quick daily summary view
  • Reorder tasks easily
  • Categorize activities with color coding
  • iPad native app
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Backup data (e.g., iCloud)
  • Month view mode
  • Customize week start day (Sun-Sat)
  • Define custom time periods for tracking
  • Log action on a prior day
  • Google Calendar integration
  • More than 30 logs per week
  • Ability to sort tasks by week (urgency)
  • More functions for general task management
  • Darker theme for readability
  • Ability to track goals to limit (e.g., gym visits)
  • Arrange to-do list by time of day (Morning, Noon, Night)
  • Time-dependent reminders for each activity

Recurrence

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Notifications not working despite permissions granted
  • Multiple notifications disappear when one is completed
  • Slow device syncing
  • Widget integration issues
  • Overdue task counter requires multiple completions to clear

Requested features

16 requests
  • One-time task or reminder option
  • Task reordering from main screen
  • Multi-category task assignment
  • Spanish and German language translations
  • Apple Watch app
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  • Sub-tasks or sub-categories
  • Tomorrow view option
  • Specific time scheduling for tasks
  • Calendar view within app
  • Print functionality for weekly schedules
  • Multiple reminders per day (more than daily frequency)
  • Custom color selection for categories
  • Days since last occurrence display in widget
  • Ability to share tasks with family members easily
  • Sound and vibration feedback options
  • Automatic task reset after single completion when overdue

In-app purchases

None

Weekly

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Recurrence

Subscriptions2
  • Recurrence Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Recurrence Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Weekly free?
Weekly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recurrence free?
Recurrence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Weekly or Recurrence?
Recurrence is rated higher. Weekly averages 4.6 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Recurrence averages 4.7 from 327 ratings.
Do Weekly or Recurrence have ads?
Neither Weekly nor Recurrence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weekly or Recurrence?
Weekly ships an update every 6 weeks, and Recurrence every 3 weeks. Most recently, Weekly was updated on October 22, 2026 and Recurrence on October 24, 2026.

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