Comparison

Done 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

Done

This app helps users overcome procrastination by enabling them to create projects and set time limits for tasks. It provides a daily view of to-dos and allows users to time their task completion, visualizing progress with a custom bar chart.

Highlights
  • Create multiple projects
  • Set time limits on tasks
  • Daily task overview
  • Time task completion
  • Custom progress bar chart
Features
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Do you procrastinate often? The Done App will help you stop procrastinating and start getting your work done. It allows to create multiple projects and set time limits on each task with the project. You'll see what you have to get done each day on a weekly level and be able to time yourself to completion. Track your progress with a custom bar chart that lets​ you see how many tasks you completed each day.

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

Done3 screens
Don't Waste Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Don't Waste Today at 50% against Done's 0%. Don't Waste Today also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 36 months) and rating (3.8 vs 3.5). Done's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Waste Today has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Done's written reviews are positive against 50% of Don't Waste Today's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Done ships an update every 36 months, Don't Waste Today weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Done versus Don't Waste Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoneDon't Waste Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)3.8 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings212 — better
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.512.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttain Technologies, IncGoalsWon Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Done

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Done

No in-app purchases

None

Don't Waste Today

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Done free?
Done 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, Done or Don't Waste Today?
Don't Waste Today is rated higher. Done averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Don't Waste Today averages 3.8 from 12 ratings.
Do Done or Don't Waste Today have ads?
Don't Waste Today shows ads; Done does not.
Which is updated more often, Done or Don't Waste Today?
Done ships an update every 36 months, and Don't Waste Today weekly. Most recently, Done was updated on November 2, 2026 and Don't Waste Today on November 3, 2026.

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