Comparison

Badger Bug vs Don't Waste Today

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

Head to head
About

Badger Bug

This app helps you overcome procrastination by sending repeated reminders for tasks you've been putting off. It offers adjustable intensity levels and encouraging messages to motivate you to complete your to-do list.

Highlights
  • Task deferral reminders
  • Adjustable intensity levels
  • Encouraging messages
  • Task suspension and resumption
  • Completion celebration
Features
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Badger Bug When procrastination is not an option, the Badger Bug can help… Having problems getting things done in time? Do you have a tendency to put boring or difficult things off? Taxes, repairs, calls to plumbers, veterinarians or distant family? Help is on the way! The Badger Bug application will bug you to accomplish today what you were deferring until tomorrow! Enter or dictate the task you are constantly putting off, then press START. It will send to your phone, or your Apple Watch repeated reminders to get it done! The Friendly Badger has three different levels of intensity, and a lot of encouraging words for you. He believes in you, and thus Badger Bug is and always will be free! You can suspend the Badger if you are too busy or unable to complete the task due to physical or mental circumstances. Once you get back, just resume, and the Badger will report for duty. It will be joyful and celebratory once you are able to press the “DONE!” button, and send the Badger away…

About

Don't Waste Today

This app helps you identify and understand your procrastination habits. It prompts you at chosen intervals to assess if you're procrastinating and why, providing insights to help you overcome it and improve your daily productivity.

Highlights
  • Procrastination detection prompts
  • Reason analysis for procrastination
  • Daily procrastination scoring
  • Progress visualization
  • Customizable check-in frequency
  • Open-source
Features
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"Lost time is never found again" - Benjamin Franklin Don't Waste Today is a free, open-source app that will: - Help you understand how often you procrastinate - Tell you why you procrastinate - Give you the insights to take action to "unstuck" your life. "To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom" - Socrates Here's how it works: 1/ Choose when and how often you want it to check on you 2/ At those times, the app will notify you to ask if you are procrastinating 3/ If you are procrastinating, the app ask you why 4/ The app will then show you a breakdown of your main reasons to procrastinate, as well as score you each day you use it After using the app for a while you'll be motivated to improve your results and get your graph up to 100% procrastination-free.

Screenshots

Badger Bug4 screens
Don't Waste Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Badger Bug at none against Don't Waste Today's shown. Badger Bug also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Don't Waste Today's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (3.8 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Don't Waste Today holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Badger Bug's written reviews are positive against 50% of Don't Waste Today's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, Don't Waste Today weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Badger Bug versus Don't Waste Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBadger BugDon't Waste Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)3.8 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings511 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartine HabibGoalsWon Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Badger Bug

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

Don't Waste Today

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Badger Bug

No in-app purchases

None

Don't Waste Today

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Badger Bug free?
Badger Bug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Don't Waste Today free?
Don't Waste Today is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Badger Bug or Don't Waste Today?
Don't Waste Today is rated higher. Badger Bug averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Don't Waste Today averages 3.8 from 11 ratings.
Do Badger Bug or Don't Waste Today have ads?
Don't Waste Today shows ads; Badger Bug does not.
Which is updated more often, Badger Bug or Don't Waste Today?
Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, and Don't Waste Today weekly. Most recently, Badger Bug was updated on October 24, 2026 and Don't Waste Today on October 24, 2026.

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