Badger Bug vs Walden
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Task deferral reminders
- Adjustable intensity levels
- Encouraging messages
- Task suspension and resumption
- Completion celebration
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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…
Walden
This app helps manage personal time with integrated to-do lists, a Pomodoro timer, progress tracking for goals, and a flash notes feature for capturing thoughts and practicing writing. It aims to provide a quality personal management experience.
- Integrated To-Do List with priority scheduling
- Pomodoro timer with daily goals
- Goal progress tracking with grouping
- Flash notes with custom tags and search
- Repeat schedules and reminders
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Walden is an App focused on personal management, carefully designed to bring users only a quality experience, hope you like it. Function Introduction To-Do List Integrate the four quadrants of work, according to the priority of the task rational scheduling. Support repeat schedule and reminders. Pomodoro Walden's built-in tomato clock is designed strictly according to the tomato work method You can set daily tomato clock goals, rest time, and select the tasks to focus on from the to-do list Progress Management Quantify your goals, support goal grouping and progress notes, with a simple and beautiful progress bar, clearly track your goal progress. Flash Notes Integrate custom tags, support full-text search and display by tags. In our daily life, there will always be a moment of light and whimsy, it can be the emotion after reading a text, it can be the resonance of listening to a song, or simply want to record the moment's thoughts. If you are like me and want to practice writing long articles, then you can start by writing a paragraph every day and gradually improve your writing skills day by day. ----------------- Subscription Instructions --Subscription period: 1 month, 1 year (non-automatic renewal, please feel free to purchase) -- Payment: Payment will be deducted through the user's iTunes account, and payment will be made once the user confirms the purchase. --User Terms: http://freelancer-x.com/app-terms/ -- Privacy Policy: http://freelancer-x.com/app-privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Walden at 4.8 against Badger Bug's 3.6. Walden also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 5). Badger Bug's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Walden sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Badger Bug asks for nothing beyond the download.
Walden holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walden has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Badger Bug's written reviews are positive against 90% of Walden's.
Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, Walden monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Badger Bug | Walden |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martine Habib | Huizhou Walden Information Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Badger Bug
Walden
In-app purchases
Badger Bug
No in-app purchases
Walden
- Monthly Membership$2.991 Month
- Quarterly Membership$4.993 Months
- Yearly Membership$7.991 Year
- 月度会员$0.99
- 年度会员$3.99
- 年度会员升级终身会员$12.99
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- Lifetime - Education$12.99
- Lifetime Membership$19.99









