Task Monster vs Thread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Task Monster
Organize your personal to-dos with this task manager. Create tasks with due dates, reminders, and recurrence. Track upcoming and completed items with visual counters. Customize your experience with a changeable monster.
- Create tasks with due dates
- Set reminders and recurrence
- Track current, next, and completed lists
- Visual and numeric day counter
- Customizable monster character
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Task monster helps you organising your life! This little app is designed for your personal to dos! The core features are: • create tasks with (or without) due dates, reminder, recurrence and address • A current, next and completed list keeps this organizer simple • visual and numeric day counter for upcoming tasks • change monster In-App Purchases: • Remove the advertisement banner Try it out now!
Thread
Capture your thoughts instantly by speaking them aloud. This app transforms your voice into organized notes, keeping your ideas accessible without any accounts or ads. It's designed for those who need a quick and efficient way to save their inspirations.
- Unlimited voice notes
- Unlimited recording length
- Automatic organization
- On-device storage
- No accounts required
- No ads or tracking
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Thread turns your voice into organized notes, lists, and reminders. Tap. Talk. Done. Brain dump everything on your mind and Thread sorts it out for you, automatically. Built for people with more ideas than time. Entrepreneurs, builders, creatives, students, anyone who's lost a great idea to a slow notes app. How it works: Open Thread. Tap the microphone. Say whatever's on your mind, one idea or ten. Thread listens and turns it into clean, organized notes, lists, and reminders. That's it. No accounts. No subscriptions. No syncing. No ads. No tracking. What's included: • Unlimited voice notes • Unlimited recording length • Automatic organization • Everything stays on your device • Free, forever From Jackson Paul Studios Thread is the first app from Jackson Paul Studios, a solo studio building simple, free apps for real problems. We don't collect data. We don't show ads. We don't ask you to make an account. Just software that respects the people using it. Have feedback or an idea? Email jacksonpaulstudios@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thread at none against Task Monster's 2. Thread also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Task Monster's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. Task Monster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Thread asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thread holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Task Monster has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Task Monster ships an update every 4 weeks, Thread every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Task Monster | Thread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Huu Phuoc Loi | Jackson Shell |
Customer experience
Task Monster
Thread
In-app purchases
Task Monster
- Monster Package & No Ads$1.99
- No Ads$1.99
Thread
No in-app purchases
