Questify vs Goblin Tools: breakdown vs follow-through (2026)

Side by side, as of November 2026.
	Questify	Goblin Tools
What it's for	A daily task game: quests, a boss, a hero that evolves	A set of small AI tools: break a task into steps, soften an email, estimate effort
Task breakdown	The Orb turns a spoken or typed brain dump into three quests	Magic ToDo splits one task into steps, with a spiciness dial for detail
What happens after	Quests persist, finishing them damages a boss, your hero levels up	You copy the steps somewhere else; it isn't a to-do list
Memory	Your quests, streak, boss progress and hero live in the app	Mostly stateless; each visit starts fresh
Motivation	XP, 20 forms, boss fights, Guilds	None by design; it's a utility
Platforms	iPhone and iPad	Web, iPhone and Android
Price	Free task game; Premium $4.99/mo or $29.99/yr	Free on the web; a small one-time price in the app stores

Where Goblin Tools wins

For the single moment of "this task is a wall and I don't know the first brick", Goblin Tools is perfect, free and instant. Magic ToDo breaking a scary thing into eight small things is the most useful trick in the ADHD toolbox, the Formalizer rescues emails you've rewritten six times, and it asks nothing of you: no account, no streak, no character.

It's also everywhere, including the web and Android, and it's cheap. If you want a utility and not a system, this is the utility.

Where Questify wins

Goblin Tools hands you the steps and walks away. Questify's Orb does the same breakdown from a rambling voice dump, then keeps the quests, attaches them to a boss with a health bar, and levels a hero that looks like you when you finish. The difference is follow-through: a list of steps you copied into Notes on Tuesday is a list; three quests with a boss waiting is a reason.

If you've used Goblin Tools and loved the breakdown but never did the steps, that gap is what Questify is for.

So which should you pick?

Keep Goblin Tools open in a browser tab forever; it's free and brilliant. Add Questify if the breakdown isn't your problem, the doing is. They're not really competitors; one is a hammer and the other is the reason you pick it up.

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Questions people ask when they're choosing

Does Questify break tasks down like Magic ToDo?

Yes, in a different shape. You speak or type a brain dump at the Orb and it drafts three quests for the day. It's built for the whole day rather than one task, and the quests stay in the app and feed the boss.

Is Questify free?

The task game is free: quests, bosses, all four worlds, the twenty-stage hero and the Orb. Premium is $4.99/month or $29.99/year in the US for personalized avatars and Guilds.

Can I use Goblin Tools and Questify together?

Yes. Break the scary task down in Goblin Tools, then add the first step as a quest in Questify so finishing it counts for something.

Is either app a treatment for ADHD?

No. Questify is a task game, not healthcare, and does not diagnose or treat any condition.

Also compared: Habitica, Finch, Tiimo, Goblin Tools. Or see every gamified to-do app worth trying.

Goblin Tools is a trademark of its respective owners and is not affiliated with Questify. This comparison reflects publicly available information about Goblin Tools and our own product as of November 2026.