Comparison

ChurchDesk vs Tasks+Cal+Sync 4

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

Head to head
About

ChurchDesk

Manage church operations on the go with this mobile tool. Easily view and edit bookings, events, and communications in real-time. Designed for church staff to work efficiently outside the office.

Highlights
  • Manage bookings
  • Real-time messaging
  • Calendar management
  • Event editing
  • Search events
  • Church administration
Features
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Performing great work for your church doesn’t stop when you leave your desk. We have created ChurchDesk for iOS to enable you to easily get your work done while being outside the confines of the church office. You might have forgotten an event or have been thinking about something you want that to share with your colleagues. With ChurchDesk for iOS you can work in real-time to save time and work smarter. With ChurchDesk for iOS you can: - View and manage your bookings - See and reply to messages in real-time - Manage the calendar for one or more churches where you are involved - Add, edit and view events and details - Search for events in the calendar ChurchDesk is an all-in-one church management software, enabling churches to work with an integrated set of tools, to take care of administration and communication. More than 10,000 users are using ChurchDesk to both save time and engage their valued members.

About

Tasks+Cal+Sync 4

This app synchronizes contacts, tasks, and calendars using the SyncML standard. It's designed for users who need to connect with older systems or specific organizational requirements that rely on this legacy synchronization technology.

Highlights
  • SyncML synchronization for contacts, tasks, and calendars
  • App-internal calendar and task management
  • iOS contact group assignment
  • Acts as a local SyncML server
  • Month, day, week, and list calendar views
Features
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Please read the following desciption before buying this app! Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 is a niche app, suitable only when you need synchronizing contacts, tasks and calendar with a server or service which uses a standard called SyncML. The app does not support any other synchronisation technology! So please buy this app only if you know for sure that SyncML-based synchronisation is really what you need! This may be the case when the IT people of your organisation say so, and maybe even explicitly recommend using Tasks+Cal+Sync to synchronize calendars, tasks and contacts. In any case, please realize that for using this app, you need to know the URL of your syncml server, the login user to use, and the so called server paths for contacts/tasks/calendar. Only the provider of the SyncML service knows these details and can support you in establishing sync with his SyncML server. We as makers of the SyncML client app cannot! By now, SyncML is a legacy standard. It was invented in 2000, and many of that time's feature phones did support it. Since then, it has been largely superseded by other technologies, most notably CalDAV and CardDAV, which iOS supports out of the box without any extra app. But SyncML still exists, and for some older calendaring systems, it may be the only way to synchronize. For those cases, Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 exists. Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 is a rework of the former Tasks+Cal+Sync app, to allow using SyncML on iOS 10 and later (the original Tasks+Cal+Sync app only works up to iOS 9). But please note that Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 does not provide new features over the original Tasks+Cal+Sync - except for a contact list view with a way to easily assign contacts to groups. Otherwise Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 just carries the original Tasks+Cal+Sync functionality forward to make it usable with iOS10 and later. So now that you are certain SyncML based synchronisation is what you need - here's the summary for Tasks+Cal+Sync 4: • based on a mature and extensively interoperability tested SyncML engine, which powers many SyncML client and server products for different platforms (libsynthesis). • synchronizes app-internal calendar (not the iOS calendar! If you want that, have a look at "SyncML PRO 4"), app-internal tasks (not iOS reminders!) and iOS contacts to a SyncML compliant server or service in the internet or in the local network. • can act as SyncML server in the local WiFi network (e.g. to keep really old mobiles in sync with an iOS device) • has built-in tasks, month, day, week and list views for the iOS calendar (same as in original Tasks+Cal+Sync) • has a contacts list for the iOS contacts, and allows quickly assigning/removing contact group membership (that's a new feature in Tasks+Cal+Sync 4) Please visit the plan44.ch web page (see support link below) for support and FAQ, as well as documentation for download.

Screenshots

ChurchDesk4 screens
Tasks+Cal+Sync 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ChurchDesk at Free against Tasks+Cal+Sync 4's $14.99. ChurchDesk also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 20 months). Tasks+Cal+Sync 4's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.4). On ads and in-app purchases 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

ChurchDesk is free to download; Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 costs $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChurchDesk ships an update fortnightly, Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChurchDesk versus Tasks+Cal+Sync 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChurchDeskTasks+Cal+Sync 4
PriceFree — better$14.99
Rating—1.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.410.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChurchDesk ApSLukas Zeller

Customer experience

ChurchDesk

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Tasks+Cal+Sync 4

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChurchDesk

No in-app purchases

None

Tasks+Cal+Sync 4

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChurchDesk free?
ChurchDesk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 free?
Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChurchDesk or Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 have ads?
Neither ChurchDesk nor Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChurchDesk or Tasks+Cal+Sync 4?
ChurchDesk ships an update fortnightly, and Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 every 20 months. Most recently, ChurchDesk was updated on October 20, 2026 and Tasks+Cal+Sync 4 on October 16, 2026.

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