Comparison

TooSoon vs Beacon

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

Head to head
About

TooSoon

Easily track important upcoming dates with a clear countdown view. Spot urgency with color-coded ranges and keep your next event visible on your home screen, lock screen, and Apple Watch. Sync deadlines across devices for seamless organization.

Highlights
  • Clear countdown view for deadlines
  • Color-coded urgency indicators
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Repeating deadline support
  • Fast, uncluttered interface
Features
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TooSoon helps you stay ahead of deadlines with a clear countdown view for the dates that matter most. See upcoming due dates at a glance, spot urgency with color-coded ranges, and keep your next event visible on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, and widgets. TooSoon is also available as a native Mac app with an optional menu bar companion, so your dates stay visible at your desk too. Perfect for: - Exams and study deadlines - Work deliverables and project milestones - Bills, renewals, and appointments - Birthdays, trips, and personal events Why people use TooSoon: - Count down in weeks and days - Set repeating deadlines for routines, renewals, and recurring events - Highlight urgent dates with a customizable color scale - Switch between upcoming deadlines and past events - Sync deadlines across devices with iCloud - Check upcoming dates from iPhone, iPad, Mac, widgets, and Apple Watch - Stay focused with a fast, uncluttered interface

About

Beacon

This app helps individuals with ADHD manage tasks and time effectively. It breaks down large tasks into smaller, manageable steps and uses gentle reminders to keep users on track without causing overwhelm or guilt. It integrates with existing Apple Reminders and Calendar.

Highlights
  • One task at a time display
  • Visual countdown timers
  • Guilt-free task management
  • Task shrinking for easier starts
  • Task parking lot
  • Integration with Apple Reminders/Calendar
  • Smart capture and energy tags
Features
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Your to-do list keeps growing, time keeps slipping, and starting feels impossible. Beacon is the calm, ADHD-friendly way to finally get things done, one gentle step at a time. Beacon is a reminders app built for the way real brains actually work, especially brains that get overwhelmed by long lists, lose track of time, or freeze at the thought of beginning. Think of it as a calm external brain: it remembers, times, and shrinks your tasks, so you do not have to hold it all in your head. WHY BEACON FEELS DIFFERENT One thing at a time. Beacon shows your next action, not your entire backlog. Less overwhelm, more starting. Time you can actually see. Every task has a calm countdown, so "later" stops turning into "too late." No red alarms, no panic. Kind on the hard days. Miss something? There is no shaming OVERDUE, no broken streak, no guilt. Beacon reframes gently and celebrates every win, the small ones too. Shrink the first step. Any task can collapse into a two-minute starting move, so the hardest part, beginning, gets easier. Park it, guilt-free. Not ready today? Set a task aside in the Parking Lot and Beacon brings it back softly when the time is right. Nothing gets lost. WORKS WITH WHAT YOU ALREADY USE Beacon sits on top of Apple Reminders and Calendar, so you keep everything you already rely on. Say a reminder to Siri and it shows up in Beacon, sorted and doable. Check it off in Beacon and it syncs right back. No migration, no starting over. WHAT YOU GET Smart capture: brain-dump a messy thought and Beacon finds the task and the time for you. Focus timer and body-double sessions to help you start and keep going. Energy tags to match tasks to how you actually feel right now. Gentle, well-timed nudges instead of a wall of notifications. Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen Live Activities, and an Apple Watch app, so your next step is always a glance away. Private by design: no account, no tracking, no cloud sync. The only thing Beacon ever sends is an anonymous crash report. WHO IT IS FOR Beacon was made for people with ADHD, and that turns out to be a lot of us: anyone who has felt buried by their own list, lost time without meaning to, or been too hard on themselves for it. If that sounds familiar, welcome. TRY BEACON FREE Start with a 7-day free trial, then keep going with an affordable subscription. Cancel anytime. Beacon. Your calm external brain. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Beacon Pro gives you full access with a 7-day free trial, then a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://waypointapps.app/beacon/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

TooSoon4 screens
Beacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beacon at 5.0 against TooSoon's 4.0. Beacon also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). TooSoon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (4 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Beacon sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TooSoon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beacon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TooSoon ships an update every 3 months, Beacon every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TooSoon versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTooSoonBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul BernhardWaypoint Apps LLC

Customer experience

TooSoon

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Beacon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TooSoon

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Beacon

Subscriptions2
  • Beacon Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Beacon Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is TooSoon free?
TooSoon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TooSoon or Beacon?
Beacon is rated higher. TooSoon averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Beacon averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TooSoon or Beacon have ads?
Neither TooSoon nor Beacon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TooSoon or Beacon?
TooSoon ships an update every 3 months, and Beacon every 2 days. Most recently, TooSoon was updated on October 24, 2026 and Beacon on October 8, 2026.

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