Don't Waste Today vs Monk Mode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Monk Mode
This app helps you build intentional routines and stay focused on your most important habits. Track your daily progress with a simple interface and visualize your consistency over time. It's designed for privacy, keeping your data on your device.
- Create focused daily habit lists
- Track habit completion with a tap
- Visualize consistency with a progress grid
- Home Screen widgets for progress and habits
- Daily reminders and customizable themes
- Private by design with no account required
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Build a life of intention, one day at a time. Monk Mode is a private habit tracker designed to help you focus on the routines that matter most. Create your daily habits, complete them with purpose, and see your consistency grow over time. YOUR DAY, IN FOCUS • Create a focused list of daily habits • Check in with a single tap • Build momentum through simple daily progress SEE YOUR JOURNEY • Review your consistency with a GitHub-inspired progress grid • Follow cycles and protocols for your goals • Keep a daily mindset close to your routine MADE FOR YOUR IPHONE • Add Home Screen widgets for progress, habits, and daily mindset • Complete habits directly from the interactive widget • Set a daily reminder that works with your schedule • Choose light mode, dark mode, and your preferred color palette PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No Monk Mode account required • No advertising or third-party analytics • Your data stays on your device and can be privately backed up with iCloud • Delete all of your data whenever you choose Build better days. Stay in Monk Mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monk Mode at 100% against Don't Waste Today's 50%. Monk Mode also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). Don't Waste Today's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). 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.
Monk Mode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Don't Waste Today has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Don't Waste Today's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monk Mode's.
Don't Waste Today ships an update weekly, Monk Mode daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Don't Waste Today | Monk Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GoalsWon Pty Ltd | Fizz Software |
Customer experience
Don't Waste Today
Monk Mode
In-app purchases
Don't Waste Today
No in-app purchases
Monk Mode
No in-app purchases
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