Nintendo Today! vs load.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nintendo Today!
Receive daily Nintendo news, game information, videos, and comics tailored to your interests. Track upcoming releases and events with an animated calendar and customizable widgets.
- Daily Nintendo updates
- Animated character calendar
- Event and game release schedule
- Customizable home screen widgets
- Nintendo Switch 2 news
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Nintendo Today! is an app that brings you daily updates from Nintendo based on what you like. ◆ Animated Calendar Keep track of the date with an animated calendar featuring your choice of characters. ◆ Daily Updates Get updates on all things Nintendo—including Nintendo Switch 2 news, game info, videos, comics, and more—every day. ◆ Event Schedule Keep up with Nintendo related events, including game releases. Link with the Calendar app to display your own events as well. ◆ Customize Your Home Screen Add a calendar widget featuring art from your favorite Nintendo game series. [Terms of Use] Nintendo Account and persistent internet connection required. Data charges may apply. Requires iOS 16.0 or later. © Nintendo
load.
This app helps gay and bi men track personal activity statistics. Log sessions and loads with one-tap ease, view weekly and monthly breakdowns, and utilize a smart timer for session length. Shareable stat cards and home screen widgets offer at-a-glance insights into personal patterns.
- One-tap logging for sessions and loads
- Track by type, direction, and partner
- Weekly and monthly statistical breakdowns
- Smart Timer for session length
- Shareable stat cards
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Watch app
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load. is the personal activity tracker built for gay and bi men who want to know their numbers — and eventually, compare them with friends. Log sessions, track loads, and see your stats over time. Whether you're on Grindr, Scruff, or just living your life — load. keeps count so you don't have to. Log Everything, Effortlessly - One-tap logging for sessions and loads - Track by type, direction, and partner - Weekly and monthly breakdowns - Smart Timer to track session length Your Stats, Beautifully Presented - Shareable stat cards for Stories, X, Bluesky, and Messages - Apple Watch app with complications - Home screen widgets for your counts at a glance - Insights into your personal patterns over time Built for What's Coming - Social features in development — add friends, see their counts, run comparisons - Leaderboards, friend stats, and optional profile sharing on the roadmap - Your data stays on your device today; you'll choose what to share when social arrives - Early users are getting in on the ground floor loadedUP Subscription Unlock the full experience: - Unlimited history and full stats list - Custom activity zones with your own emoji - Insights card with your personal patterns - Home screen widgets and Watch face complications - Haptic feedback on log load. is a personal tracking tool, not medical advice. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getloadedup.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: load. at 5.0 against Nintendo Today!'s 4.3. load. also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%). Nintendo Today!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (1K vs 3). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. load. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Nintendo Today! asks for nothing beyond the download.
load. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nintendo Today! has 1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Nintendo Today!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of load.'s.
Nintendo Today! ships an update every 2 weeks, load. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nintendo Today! | load. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 209 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | James Miller |
Customer experience
Nintendo Today!
load.
Bugs and requests
Nintendo Today!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to dismiss certain pop-ups in settings
- Calendar widget doesn't display real-world holidays
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to add personal events to calendar
- Include more Nintendo game themes for calendar
- Implement widescreen video player mode
- Add background music or jingles to the app
load.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nintendo Today!
No in-app purchases
load.
- loadedUP Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- loadedUP Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
