Task Focus is a productivity planner for iOS that organizes tasks through Kanban boards, location-based alerts, and system-level automation.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Task Focus to manage complex, goal-oriented workloads with high precision, removing the friction found in generic, enterprise-heavy task managers.
For Power users and professionals who require granular control over daily task planning, project visualization, and location-aware reminders.
Key features
Triggers task alerts based on arrival or departure from predefined geographic coordinates
Automatically moves unfinished tasks to future days with available capacity based on defined targets
Visualizes projects and tags in column-based workflows for progress tracking
How much does it cost?
Freemium model using a subscription gate for advanced features, with auto-renewal managed via iTunes.
Velocity
Intense developmentShow more...
5 versions in history. Development pace: intense.
Who built it?
Lukas Burgstaller
6 apps tracked · Productivity
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Dozzzer: Sleep Sounds
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Site Config: Rules EditorUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a thrilled sentiment. Users appreciate keyboard shortcuts allow power users to navigate and manage tasks with increased speed and inline task creation and drag-and-drop functionality improve the daily planning workflow.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Keyboard shortcuts allow power users to navigate and manage tasks with increased speed
- Inline task creation and drag-and-drop functionality improve the daily planning workflow
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Competitive landscape for Task Focus: Todo Planner
How's the Productivity market?
Task Focus maintains a 5-star rating on the iOS App Store, serving a niche power-user segment that prioritizes intentional design over the broad, ecosystem-integrated utility of Google Tasks.
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By Google
With over 570,000 ratings and a high-velocity release cadence, Google Tasks represents the dominant, ecosystem-integrated benchmark for simple task management.
- Deep native integration with Google Workspace ecosystem provides frictionless task capture from emails and calendar events.
- Minimalist, distraction-free interface prioritizes rapid task entry over complex project management overhead.
- Cross-platform synchronization across web and mobile ensures task availability regardless of the user's current device.
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Key takeaways for Task Focus: Todo Planner
Where is it heading?
The productivity market is consolidating around ecosystem-integrated tools, leaving independent planners like Task Focus exposed to feature-parity pressure. The app must lean into its intentional, power-user niche to maintain its 5-star rating against the rapid iteration cycles of Google and Microsoft.
- Recent updates successfully shifted task entry to an inline model, reducing modal friction for power users and supporting high satisfaction.
- The lack of a high-velocity release cadence compared to Google Tasks creates a competitive disadvantage that may erode the user base over time.
The SWOT
- System-level automation via App Intents increases user switching costs
- Goal-oriented workflow design differentiates from enterprise-grade clutter
- Education partnerships for B2B distribution
- Wearable integration to capture on-the-go task capture
Next best moves
Publish transparent Pro tier pricing because current ambiguity creates conversion friction → increase subscription uptake
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on a niche power-user segment is a strength…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Real-time collaboration (available in Notion but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app transitioned to a subscription-based model and introduced advanced automation features to better serve a professional power-user segment.
Bottom line
Task Focus wins through intentional design, but its lack of pricing transparency and slower iteration cycle compared to Google Tasks creates a long-term churn risk, so the PM should prioritize conversion clarity to stabilize revenue.
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