Task vs Don't Waste Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Task
This app helps you overcome procrastination by randomly selecting tasks from your own list to fill your free time. Input your tasks, define your available time slots, and let it shuffle your schedule. Receive notifications to stay on track and enjoy a curated design with haptic feedback.
- Task input and management
- Free time slot selection
- Random task shuffling
- Smart task selection option
- Task notifications
- Configurable tasks per time slot
- Haptic feedback
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Task-Shuffler fills your spare time with tasks defined by you. The target is to avoid the procrastination by choosing for you what you have to do rather than struggling with decisions that end in doing absolutely nothing. It can be done random or choosing in a smart way. 1- Enter your tasks. 2- Choose your free time slots in the week. 3- Shuffle! Receive notifications for tasks. Configure one or multiple tasks per gap. Curated design. Haptic feedback.
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.
- Procrastination detection prompts
- Reason analysis for procrastination
- Daily procrastination scoring
- Progress visualization
- Customizable check-in frequency
- Open-source
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Task at 100% against Don't Waste Today's 50%. Task also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Don't Waste Today's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Task holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Waste Today has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Task's written reviews are positive against 50% of Don't Waste Today's.
Task ships an update every 16 months, Don't Waste Today weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Task | Don't Waste Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juanjo Valino | GOALS WON PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Task
Don't Waste Today
In-app purchases
Task
No in-app purchases
Don't Waste Today
No in-app purchases
