Comparison

Do! vs Now MusicAlarm

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

Head to head
About

Do!

This app helps you manage your daily tasks with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Quickly add and complete tasks, set reminders, and automate recurring items. Securely store your data and personalize the experience with themes and fonts.

Highlights
  • Fast task addition and completion
  • Recurring task automation
  • Home screen widgets for task visibility
  • Passcode and Face ID security
  • Data backup and restore options
  • Customizable themes and fonts
Features
Read full description

Jot it down. Enjoy checking it off. Groceries on the way home. A deadline you don't want to miss. A habit you'd like to keep. Do! gives your everyday to-dos a simple home: add a task, then double-tap when it's done. ■ A thought, a note, a satisfying checkoff Catch a task while it's on your mind. Finished? Double-tap to mark it done. Even a small task deserves that little moment of satisfaction. ■ Make it a list you like coming back to Choose your themes and fonts, with sounds inspired by pen and paper. Like picking a favorite notebook, make your daily list feel like yours. ■ A place for every part of your day Keep work, study and shopping in their own groups. Add color to tell things apart, and pin the tasks you want to keep in sight. ■ Less to remember, every time around Set tasks to repeat daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. Add reminders for the things you don't want to miss. ■ A quick look from your home screen Keep your to-dos close with home screen widgets. Check your list during a busy morning without opening the app. ■ Put your keyboard to work Use an external keyboard to add tasks and give longer notes room to breathe. • Add a task: Command(⌘) + N • Insert a line break: Option(⌥/Alt) + Enter ■ Your list, on your other devices Use the same app and sign in with the same account to sync your tasks across devices. Pick up your familiar list when you switch devices. ■ App lock and backups Lock access to the app with a passcode or Face ID on supported devices. Back up your data through Dropbox or email and restore it when needed. It doesn't have to be a big plan. Start with one thing you'd like to do today. ■ About ads This app includes ads. An in-app purchase is available to remove them. Questions and suggestions: do@simplerion.com

About

Now MusicAlarm

Wake up to your favorite music or voice recordings with this versatile alarm app. It offers holiday alarms, hourly notifications, and custom scheduling for specific workdays, ensuring you never miss an important event or appointment.

Highlights
  • Use iPod playlist songs as ringtone
  • Voice recording alarm
  • Holiday alarm
  • Hourly notifications
  • Set alarm for every other day/Saturday
  • Music timer before sleeping
Features
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MusicAlarm helps you wake up with the music you love and skip alarms on the days you want to rest. Key features - Play alarm music from songs, albums, artists, and playlists in your music library - Skip alarms on public holidays or your own custom holidays - Create notification sounds from your own TTS text - Generate hourly voice sets and custom chime times - Choose different chime sounds by time - Fall asleep with the music timer and stop playback automatically - Configure alarm volume, fade in, snooze, and wake check options You can make sounds such as “Time for lunch” or “It is one o’clock” and use them for alarms or regular chimes. Chimes can run on the hour or at your own custom times. Notification, sound, and media-library permissions are required. For reliable music alarms, follow the in-app setup and battery-saving guidance. Apple Watch companion View iPhone alarms, repeat schedules, holiday rules, skipped dates, and the next alarm on Apple Watch. With a confirmed iPhone connection, turn individual alarms on or off and stop or snooze alarms detected as ringing by the iPhone app. Alarm scheduling and music playback run on iPhone; Apple Watch does not play music or run standalone alarms.

Screenshots

Do!4 screens
Now MusicAlarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Now MusicAlarm at every 4 days against Do!'s fortnightly. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Do! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Now MusicAlarm sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Do! ships an update fortnightly, Now MusicAlarm every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Do! versus Now MusicAlarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDo!Now MusicAlarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.0% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings26K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB16 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSIMPLERION Co., LtdnowApp Inc.

Customer experience

Do!

All ratings26,192 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews778 reviews
Positive79.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative11.4%

Now MusicAlarm

Written reviews203 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative14.3%

User reviews

Do!

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great to-do list app
  • 👍 Easy to use and organize
  • ✨ Customizable with colors and fonts
  • 📆 Helpful for managing daily tasks and routines
  • 🔔 Useful reminders and notifications

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recurring tasks not always showing up correctly
  • 🔀 Randomly shuffles tasks
  • 💰 Ads still showing up after paid upgrade
  • 🔍 Limited search and filtering options
  • 🎨 Lack of customization options for themes and backgrounds

Now MusicAlarm

From App Store reviews

What we love

  • 💡 Ability to record custom alarm sounds
  • 🎶 Use personal music as alarm
  • 👍 Free to use
  • ✅ Reliable alarm function
  • ⏰ "Every other day" alarm feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Blank screen when setting time
  • 🐛 Alarm requires sliding notification bar
  • ❓ Confusing "multitasking" instructions
  • 🎧 Alarm doesn't ring through speakers with headphones
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Bugs and requests

Do!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login/sign-in issues across devices
  • Reminders not working as expected
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to share lists with others
  • Calendar integration and scheduling options
  • More recurring task options (weekly, monthly, etc.)
  • Desktop/web version for faster editing
  • Ability to add notes or descriptions to tasks

Now MusicAlarm

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Blank screen when trying to set time
  • Alarm requires sliding notification bar to start
  • App crashes when accessing multitasking settings
  • Holiday dates are off by a day
  • Alarm does not notify with sound on iPad 2
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  • Hourly voice does not work unless app is on screen (iPad 2)

Requested features

7 requests
  • Improve UI graphics
  • Provide better English guides for features like "multitasking"
  • Allow alarms to ring through speakers even with headphones plugged in
  • Option to use iTunes for alarm sound
  • Ability to exclude specific holidays from alarms
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  • iPad version of the app
  • Ability to purchase additional alarm features

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Do!

One-time2
  • Tip$0.99
  • Remove AD (Unlock!)$20.00
6 purchases

Now MusicAlarm

One-time6
  • [Remove advertising]$0.99
  • [Increase alarm list]$0.99
  • [Music playlist with 10 songs]$0.99
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  • [Unlimited voice file record]$0.99
  • Upgrade$0.99
  • [50% Discounted full features package]$1.99

Questions

Is Do! free?
Do! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Now MusicAlarm free?
Now MusicAlarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Do! or Now MusicAlarm have ads?
Both Do! and Now MusicAlarm show ads.
Which is updated more often, Do! or Now MusicAlarm?
Do! ships an update fortnightly, and Now MusicAlarm every 4 days. Most recently, Do! was updated on November 5, 2026 and Now MusicAlarm on November 1, 2026.

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