Time Captn vs The Next To
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Captn
This tool helps you build new habits and stay focused with a simple timer. Organize your day, manage tasks, and create to-do lists for improved productivity. It offers customizable features and cross-device syncing.
- Habit management
- Focus timer (Pomodoro)
- Task and to-do list creation
- Cross-device syncing
- Customizable features
- Dark mode option
- Todo analytics
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Time Captain is a focus timer & habit management tool to help you make develop new habits in 2023 to get Sh*t Done! Time Captain helps to GTD (get things done) create habits, stay focused with a simple study timer to keep you organized so you can easily manage your day-to-day tasks or todo lists. Make homework lists, checklist app, to do widget, study timer, countdown widget, shopping lists, to-do task lists to be focused & improve productivity with pomodoro focus 30 minute timer bursts. This free countdown app is a great replacement for wunderlist. Create lists of tasks with customizable features, cross device syncing and options for dark mode. Four Basic Steps to developing good daily habits with Time Captain: 1) Create a new lists & to-do focus tasks inside any list 2) Start the Countdown widget or todo Pomodoro timer (Default 30 min pomodoro) 3) Maximize your focus (Stay focused) on the task without distractions in a clean looking countdown app & todo countdown widget 4) Once finished take a long or short break doesnt matter then when ready choose another task and repeat! Time Captain: Focus & Get Things Done (GTD) is 100% free, does not share your data & syncs across all apple devices iOS, iPadOS, MacOS (M1-M2-M3) Whether you need a laundry timer or countdown widget for vacation, work, school, or home, Time Captain offers pomodoro style focus techniques to help you organize and develop good daily habits and track them over time using the new todo analytics widget.
The Next To
This productivity app combines multiple task management methods like Kanban, GTD, and Pomodoro into a single, customizable interface. It features gamified elements like a Bingo board to encourage goal achievement and offers a simple yet powerful way to organize your life.
- Multiple task management techniques
- Kanban board
- GTD methodology support
- Pomodoro timer
- Gamified Bingo board
- Highly customizable interface
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Listen, we know you've tried them all: Todoist, Tick Tick, Notion, and probably a dozen you forgot or don't exist anymore. There's a reason you didn't stick with any of them: life gets hectic and any one way of arranging your world can become overwhelming. This app is a streamlined, simple version of every time-management technique in the books: Eisenhower, Kanban, GTD, Pomodoro, and even sticky notes! We also have a gamified Bingo board to help you reach your Bingoals. The app is HIGHLY customizable. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Captn at none against The Next To's 3. The Next To's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. The Next To sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Time Captn asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Time Captn against 5.0 for The Next To. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Time Captn ships an update monthly, The Next To every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time Captn | The Next To |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inceva Amer | Carlos Mariscal |
Customer experience
Time Captn
The Next To
In-app purchases
Time Captn
No in-app purchases
The Next To
- Remove Ads for a Month!2 Months trial$1.991 Month
- No Ads for a Year!$19.991 Year
- Remove Ads$99.99
