NorkmWidget vs PlanCoach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NorkmWidget
Enhance your mobile desktop with feature-rich widgets. Customize your device's home screen with various functionalities.
- Feature-rich widgets
- Mobile desktop customization
- Home screen enhancement
- Various functionalities
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There are feature-rich mobile desktop widgets.
PlanCoach
This app helps overcome procrastination and ADHD-related task initiation difficulties by breaking down overwhelming tasks into manageable, specific steps. It offers various AI coaches and a unique focus mode to guide users towards completion and personal growth.
- Task breakdown into specific steps
- Multiple AI coaches with unique personalities
- Downloadable coach DLC
- Growth system for visible progress
- ADHD-friendly focus mode
- Instant idea capture
- Lorebook for custom instructions
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Most of the time, procrastination is not caused by laziness, but by difficulty getting started. Once you do get started, momentum will often carry you through to the end. Procrastination is only the surface symptom. The deeper reason is that our brains are naturally wired to: * dislike vague tasks and not know where to begin * fall into perfectionism, worrying about not doing it well, so it feels easier not to start at all * prefer short-term pleasure, such as scrolling on the phone * lose self-worth even further when procrastinating. At that point, the subconscious may start attaching labels like “I’m someone who always procrastinates,” leading to self-denial, inner friction, and a vicious cycle (it is very important not to label yourself this way!) This little app can break down the tasks you do not want to face into extremely specific steps with one tap. Every step is easy to complete, and each one comes with guiding text to reduce your psychological resistance. Once the task is broken down, all you need to do is take the first step with its encouragement — after that, you may find it hard to stop. # Key Features 1. Multiple Coaches The app comes with 4 carefully selected built-in coaches (Coach W specialises in helping you start, the cool and blunt big-sister coach is direct and well-balanced, Miss S is great at arranging chained tasks, and the NPC Mage excels at turning boring tasks into role-playing adventures). 2. Coach DLC Download the coaches you like on demand! A minister, a butler, a professional communication coach, a sleep guidance coach, even a chef coach… one app, endless ways to play. 3. Growth System (Beta) Make your real-world effort visible inside the app, so you can fall in love with the version of yourself that keeps improving. 4. Personal Profile Every time a coach creates a plan, they will refer to your personal profile to design steps that best fit your situation and write encouragement that motivates you most effectively. It also supports per-coach rewrites, so different coaches can see different versions of your profile. (For example, the “Master Chef” sees your food preferences, while the “Minister” sees that you are a Spanish princess.) 5. Navigation Mode (Focus) An ADHD-friendly focus mode: large text always visible (based on the GTD approach), progressive step disclosure, and course correction to help you slip naturally into a focused state. 6. Idea Capture (Not a TODO List) "Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them." Shake firmly on any screen to capture an idea instantly. You do not need to come up with brilliant ideas every time. But as long as ideas keep appearing and keep getting captured, those low-probability good ideas will eventually connect, grow, and turn into real change. 7. Lorebook Define a dictionary for your own world — a lorebook that packages complex instructions, technical terms, and personal SOPs into reusable entries. 8. Apple Watch Support! This is especially useful in situations like cooking, exercising, or walking, when it is not convenient to keep looking at your phone. 9. Iterative Revision A good plan is shaped through revision. PlanCoach’s powerful editing features let you adjust and refine it endlessly with AI until it truly fits. ==== The app price is increasing month by month, and the lifetime purchase will gradually rise to ¥268 — the earlier you buy, the better the deal! Website: https://plancoach.freemindworkshop.com/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlanCoach at 4.5 against NorkmWidget's 3.7. PlanCoach also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (19 vs 3). NorkmWidget's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, ads, monetization model 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. PlanCoach sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. NorkmWidget asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlanCoach holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlanCoach has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NorkmWidget ships an update every 3 weeks, PlanCoach every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NorkmWidget | PlanCoach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 86.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Nuokemai Information Technology Co., Ltd. | 晓江 苏 |
Customer experience
NorkmWidget
PlanCoach
In-app purchases
NorkmWidget
No in-app purchases
PlanCoach
- Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium - Quarterly$2.993 Months
- Premium - Yearly$29.991 Year
- Essentials - Lifetime$9.99
- Upgrade to Premium$19.99
- Premium-Lifetime$29.99









