Comparison

Ikiru vs NeverLate Calendar

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

Head to head
About

Ikiru

Organize your life with this versatile app for creating lists, taking notes, and setting reminders. It helps you focus on what's important with a beautiful, user-friendly design and powerful features like nested lists and due dates.

Highlights
  • Create nested lists
  • Set due dates and reminders
  • Add photos to list items
  • Sort list items dynamically
  • Sync data via iCloud
  • Protect data with Touch ID/passcode
  • View items on Apple Watch
Features
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Ikiru is a simple but powerful app for making lists, keeping notes and setting reminders. It aims to help you live a productive and meaningful life, by enabling you to focus on the things that are most important to you. IKIRU IS VERSATILE Use it to create to do lists, shopping lists, take notes, store contact information, keep track of books to read, or movies to watch... or anything else you'd want to make a list for. IKIRU IS BEAUTIFUL With a clean and easy to use design, choose from over 2000 icons to assign to your lists. IKIRU IS POWERFUL - create lists within lists - assign a due date and reminder to list items - view all items with a due date in one convenient timeline - add a photo to list items - drag and drop to sort list items, or automatically keep a list sorted alphabetically, by modification date, completion date, and more - easily copy or move items from one list to another - mark items incomplete to return them to their original position in the list (this makes lists easy to reuse) - send a list via email, and the receiver can import your list into their copy of Ikiru - view items with due dates on your Apple Watch IKIRU KEEPS YOUR DATA SAFE - automatically back up and sync lists between iOS devices using iCloud - use Touch ID or a custom passcode to protect your information IKIRU HAS PURPOSE The word "ikiru" (ee-kee-roo) means "to live" in Japanese. It's also the title of an Akira Kurosawa film about a man who decides to do something meaningful with his life. Ikiru (the app) is my attempt at doing something meaningful with my life, and hopefully help others live meaningful and productive lives. IKIRU HAS HISTORY In 2010 I released a list-making app called "Paperless". From busy moms to airplane pilots to people who needed a little help remembering things after suffering a brain injury, Paperless has been used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Ikiru is built upon that legacy - incorporating the best ideas from Paperless, greatly improving upon them, and adding big features that people have requested. IKIRU NEEDS LOVE If you find Ikiru useful, please rate and review it in the App Store. Thank you!

About

NeverLate Calendar

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Sometimes you forget. More often, time just slips away. Getting ready takes longer than it felt like it would, and you look up and you're already late. Regular calendars store when things are meant to happen. NeverLate is the calendar that actually gets you there. Most calendars only hold the start time and leave the rest to you. NeverLate works backwards from each event to tell you when to actually start moving, with the real time it takes already worked in. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Never guess when to leave. NeverLate works out your real travel time, including parking and the walk from the car to the door, and tells you the exact moment to go. • Know if you're on track, instantly. Open the app and you can see straight away whether you can relax or it's time to move, no mental math required. • An alarm you can't ignore. A quiet notification is easy to swipe away or sleep through, and that's how the things that matter get missed. For the events you can't miss, NeverLate sounds a real alarm, even when your phone is on silent. • Add events in seconds. Type a few words and NeverLate fills in the rest. Or snap a photo of a ticket, invite, or message and it reads the details for you. No retyping. MADE FOR THE WAY YOUR BRAIN WORKS NeverLate is built for people with ADHD and time-blindness: anyone who cares about showing up but keeps running late, and wants a calendar that does the work instead of adding to it. It won't nag or guilt-trip you. It's quietly on your side, helping you show up. It's your calendar, not another app to juggle. Your events sync through iCloud, so they show up in the calendar you already check. No more last-minute scramble. Just show up, on time and ready. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ikiru4 screens
NeverLate Calendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NeverLate Calendar at Free against Ikiru's $4.99. NeverLate Calendar also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Ikiru's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (4 vs 1). On ads 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

NeverLate Calendar is free to download; Ikiru costs $4.99 up front. NeverLate Calendar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.79 per month. Ikiru asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ikiru ships an update every 3 weeks, NeverLate Calendar every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ikiru versus NeverLate Calendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIkiruNeverLate Calendar
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (101 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJames RhoadesHector Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez

Bugs and requests

Ikiru

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Reminders not working properly
  • Syncing issues causing data loss
  • Crashes after iOS updates
  • Inability to disable Face ID lock

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more formatting options (bold, italic, etc.)
  • Improve search to allow searching within sublists
  • Provide more customization options for themes and icons
  • Add location-based reminders
  • Implement better backup and restore functionality

NeverLate Calendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ikiru

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

NeverLate Calendar

Subscriptions2
  • NeverLate Monthly7 Days trial$3.791 Month
  • NeverLate Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • NeverLate Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is Ikiru free?
Ikiru costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeverLate Calendar free?
NeverLate Calendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ikiru or NeverLate Calendar have ads?
Neither Ikiru nor NeverLate Calendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ikiru or NeverLate Calendar?
Ikiru ships an update every 3 weeks, and NeverLate Calendar every 9 days. Most recently, Ikiru was updated on October 21, 2026 and NeverLate Calendar on October 25, 2026.

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