Brite vs Lunatask

Brite

• People who want tasks, calendar, habits and notes in one app
• Tracking habits, goals and mood alongside a daily schedule
• Users who move between a phone, a desktop app and the web

Lunatask

• Keeping tasks, habits, mood and a journal in one private app
• People with ADHD, whom the vendor says the app was designed for
• Students and teachers, who can request a 50% discount

Brite

• The free plan is capped at 3 habits, 3 goals, 5 projects and 3 task reminders, with schedule and day calendar views only.
• Google Calendar and Apple Calendar sync, week and month views, kanban view, file uploads and backups all need Premium.
• The US App Store lists different in-app prices from the website, such as $5.99 for 1 month and $39.99 for 1 year, plus a separate $39.99 purchase named AI Features for 1 Year.
• The Teams page quotes $4 per user / month for teams of 5 or more and free use below that, a price the pricing page itself does not list.

Lunatask

• The Free plan stops at 2 areas of life, 7 daily habits and 30 relationships, and calendar integrations and weekly habits need Premium.
• There is no web app and no official browser extension; saving web pages relies on a bookmarklet or community-built extensions.
• Task metadata such as status, priority and dates is stored unencrypted, and the API cannot read end-to-end encrypted content.
• Premium has no free trial and a no-refund policy. The lifetime purchase is not sold in the mobile apps, and discount coupons do not work in the Mac App Store version.

Brite

Tasks and projects

Separate personal and work task widgets with reminders, subtasks, tags and due dates. Projects group tasks, and Premium adds a kanban view and file uploads.

Calendar views and sync

Schedule and day views are free. Week and month views, recurring events and sync with Google Calendar and Apple Calendar are Premium features.

Habit and goal trackers

The habit tracker comes with more than 80 preset habits and shows streaks. Goals can be set by day, week, month or year. The free plan allows 3 of each.

Mood diary and guided meditations

The mood diary records how you feel and why, with statistics over time. Free accounts get 1 mood entry and 1 guided meditation a week.

Quick Add

A task typed in plain language with its date and time, such as a call tomorrow at 5pm, is placed on the calendar.

Pomodoro timer

A focus timer for 25-minute work sprints with built-in breaks. The comparison table marks it as limited on the free plan.

Lunatask

Task lists that prioritize themselves

Tasks are prioritized automatically, with a work-in-progress limit, timers and time estimates. The Eisenhower Matrix and Must/Should/Want workflows need Premium.

Daily calendar and time blocking

Planned tasks and habits can be dragged onto a daily calendar to block time. Connecting Google, Outlook or iCloud calendars to see events alongside is a Premium feature.

Habit tracker

Habits have customizable recurrence, current and record streaks and reminder notifications. Free covers 7 daily habits; weekly habits need Premium.

Mood tracking and journal

A mood and emotion tracker sits alongside a journal with a customizable entry template and PIN protection. Energy and stress trackers are Premium.

Notes and relationships

Notes and notebooks support Markdown, sharing and PIN protection. A personal CRM keeps details about friends and family with reminders to get back in touch.

End-to-end encryption and API

Text is encrypted on your device before it syncs, and encryption is always on. A public API and Zapier can create and update items but cannot read encrypted data.

Brite

• Brite Free$0

  Schedule and day calendar views, up to 3 habits, 3 goals and 5 projects, and the free mood diaries and meditation guides.

• Brite Premium$3.29

  per month, billed annually ($4.50 billed monthly)

  Unlimited habits, projects and reminders, week and month calendar views, kanban view, and Google and Apple Calendar sync.

Lunatask

• Free$0

  2 areas of life, 7 daily habits and 30 relationships, with time blocking, timers, a work-in-progress limit, notes, journaling and Zapier.

• Premium$6

  per month, paid annually; $8 paid monthly

  Unlimited areas, habits and relationships, calendar integrations, Eisenhower Matrix, Must/Should/Want, weekly habits and note templates.

• Lifetime Premium$300

  one-time payment

  Premium for a single payment. Sold in the Windows, Linux and Mac DMG apps, not in the mobile apps or the Mac App Store version.

Brite

• Annual discount

  About 27% less with annual billing

  The pricing page lists Premium at $3.29 a month when billed annually, against $4.50 when billed monthly, which works out to about 27% less.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Premium Access for $109.99

  The US App Store listing includes a Lifetime Premium Access in-app purchase at $109.99, next to the monthly and yearly subscriptions.

Lunatask

• Annual discount

  25% off Premium when paid annually

  Premium costs $8 a month when paid monthly or $6 a month when paid annually, which is 25% less.

• Education

  50% off for students and teachers

  A 50% discount coupon for the monthly and yearly plans is sent on request to a school-issued email. It does not apply to the lifetime purchase or the Mac App Store version.

• Nonprofit

  Discount extended to selected nonprofits

  Lunatask says it extends the 50% discount on request to selected nonprofit organizations supporting charitable causes and to emergency workers.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Premium for a one-time $300

  A lifetime Premium license costs a single payment of $300, bought in the Windows, Linux or Mac DMG apps. It is not offered in the mobile apps or the Mac App Store version.