NowLoading vs Deadline Backsolve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NowLoading
Manage your to-dos with essential features in this ultra-simple progress tracker. Customize theme colors and lock your tasks with a passcode. It's designed for ease of use and a comfortable feel.
- Project management
- Task registration
- Task management within work items
- Theme color customization
- Passcode lock
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The developer created this ultra-simple progress management app because they wanted to use it themselves! Who knew daily task management could be this easy? With this app, you can manage your to-dos with only the essential features. Additionally, you can customize the theme colors to create your own unique task management screen! We paid special attention to usability and the app's overall feel during implementation. We hope this app can be of even a little help in managing your progress. 【Features】 - Project management function - Task registration - Task management within work items - Theme color customization - Passcode lock 【Premium Service】 ■ Features unlocked - Remove in-app ads - Lift the registration limit for all data - Passcode lock function ■ Price and duration The monthly fee is ¥230 (including tax), and the subscription automatically renews one month from the date of application. Your iTunes account will be charged. ■ About automatic renewal billing You can stop automatic renewal if you do so more than 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. The automatic renewal procedure will take place between 24 hours before the end of the subscription period and the end of the subscription period. ■ Confirmation and cancellation App Store app -> User icon at the top right of the Today tab -> Subscriptions Here you can cancel, set up automatic renewal, and check the renewal date. ■ Important notes - You cannot cancel the premium plan's automatic renewal from within the app. - Your iTunes account will be charged. - We do not accept cancellations for the current month. ■ Terms of Service & Privacy Policy We do not provide personally identifiable information to third parties. We take great care in managing personal information and handle it as follows: - During support No personally identifiable information is transmitted via support emails. - Detailed link https://note.com/kojiro79/n/n7c8899db1c9b ■ Disclaimer We provide support for any issues or inconveniences with the app to the best of our ability, but the developer is not responsible for any damages incurred by users through the use of this app. --- Thank you for reading to the end! All reviews are read by the developer and always provide encouragement. We consider the feedback in reviews when thinking about new features, so we would be happy if you could leave a review when you have time! We will continue to update the app to ensure you have a comfortable experience, so please support us!
Deadline Backsolve
This app helps you adjust project plans when deadlines are at risk. It calculates the shortfall and suggests concrete adjustments like extending deadlines or reducing scope. The interface is currently in Japanese only.
- Calculates shortfall and suggests fixes
- Adjusts plans based on available time
- Learns user's real work pace
- Offers recovery plan options
- Focus timer that survives crashes
- Offline functionality
- JSON export/import for data transfer
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When you realize you won't hit the deadline, what you actually need is the answer to "so what do I change?" Deadline Backsolve computes the shortfall and gives you concrete fixes: "push the deadline 3 days", "add 45 minutes per working day", "cut 4 pages". Real numbers, not a warning label. ■ Three inputs. Thirty seconds. What, how much, by when. That's the whole setup. Stages and per-weekday hours can wait until later. ■ Split the work into stages (new in 1.4) Thumbnails → pencils → inks → finishing, or outline → first draft → revision. Give each stage its share of the time per page, and the Today screen tells you exactly what to do: "Pencils 6 pages → then Inks 2 pages". The project screen shows each stage's progress. Stages are optional, and recovery plans keep working as before. ■ You only look at today The home screen says "Today: 8 pages." That's it. No Gantt charts, no dense tables. Tap "+1 page" when you're done. ■ It follows your real week One hour on weekdays, three on weekends? Your quota is distributed by the time you actually have. ■ It learns your real pace It starts from an estimate, then switches to your measured minutes per page once you have logged enough work. ■ Recovery plans, computed - Switch to a later registered deadline (with hours gained) - Extend the deadline by N days - Add N minutes per working day - Cut N units - Finish each unit within N minutes - Open up a day you had marked as rest Tap any of them to apply it to the plan immediately. ■ A focus timer that survives a crash It stores the start time, so closing the app never loses your session. It never plays a sound effect. ■ Your entries stay on your device No account. No ads. What you enter never leaves your device. To improve the app, only anonymous usage data (such as which screens are opened) is counted with Google Analytics (you can turn this off in Settings). Move it with a JSON export/import when you change phones. ■ One-time purchase. No add-ons. Everything is unlocked at purchase. Unlimited projects and logs. No subscription. ■ Available in English, Japanese, German, French, Korean and Traditional Chinese. Works for comics, novels, illustration books and merch, but also for articles, reports and theses — anything with an amount and a due date. Name the unit whatever you like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: NowLoading at Free against Deadline Backsolve's $0.99. NowLoading also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Deadline Backsolve's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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
NowLoading is free to download; Deadline Backsolve costs $0.99 up front. NowLoading sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Deadline Backsolve asks for nothing beyond the download.
NowLoading ships an update every 2 weeks, Deadline Backsolve every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | NowLoading | Deadline Backsolve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | yasuhiro kojima | Daisuke Yamaguchi |
Customer experience
NowLoading
Deadline Backsolve
In-app purchases
NowLoading
- Premium plan7 Days trial$1.991 Month
Deadline Backsolve
No in-app purchases









