Effica vs ntoday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Effica
Organize your daily tasks and projects with a clean, intuitive interface. This app offers smart lists, custom groups, and reminders that sync privately via iCloud. It's designed for Apple devices, prioritizing user privacy with no tracking or account creation required.
- iCloud sync
- Offline functionality
- Smart Lists
- Customizable groups and tags
- Subtasks and notes
- Actionable notifications
- Native Apple design
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Organize your day without the clutter. Effica combines the simplicity of a built-in reminders app with the organization of a dedicated task manager — lists, groups, tags, and reminders, all in one clean app built natively for iPhone and iPad. No account needed. No tracking. Your tasks sync instantly and privately through your own iCloud. INSTANT ICLOUD SYNC Your tasks, edits, and manual ordering sync in real time across every device you own. No setup screens, no account creation — just sign in with your Apple ID and everything works. • Automatic sync via iCloud, no setup required • Full offline functionality • Manual drag-and-drop ordering preserved • Works without internet, syncs the moment you reconnect SMART LISTS THAT ORGANIZE THEMSELVES Stop deciding where things go. Smart Lists sort your day automatically. • Today: Everything due today • Scheduled: Every task with a date, at a glance • Flagged: Your priorities, always visible • All Tasks: The complete picture • Completed: A record of what you've gotten done • Inbox: A home for anything you haven't sorted yet Build custom lists with your own colors and icons, then group them by work, home, projects, or however your life is organized. TASK MANAGEMENT THAT ADAPTS TO YOU • Tags: Label tasks freely, then filter by one tag or several at once • Smart Reminders: Any date, any time, repeating patterns, full timezone support • Subtasks: Break big projects into steps you can actually finish • Notes & Links: Keep context attached to the task itself • Image Attachments: Add a photo for visual reference • Priority Levels: Flag what actually matters • Flexible Sorting: Manual, alphabetical, by date, by priority — your choice ACT WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Mark a task complete or snooze a reminder straight from the notification. No unlocking your phone just to check something off. DESIGNED FOR APPLE, NOT ADAPTED FOR IT Effica is built from the ground up for iOS — not a copy-pasted Android app, not a web wrapper. Every animation, every gesture, feels like it belongs on your iPhone. • Fluid animations, instant response • Full Dark Mode support • Optimized equally for iPhone and iPad • Built to feel like part of the system, not a guest on it YOUR PRIVACY IS THE DEFAULT, NOT A SETTING Zero tracking. Zero data collection. Zero third-party servers. Your tasks live in your personal iCloud, encrypted with your own Apple ID. Effica never sees your data — no analytics, no ads, no back-end database to breach. We don't even ask for your email address. WHO EFFICA IS FOR • Professionals juggling projects and deadlines • Students tracking assignments and schedules • Families coordinating errands and shopping • Anyone done with bloated productivity apps that ask for too much • Anyone who'd rather their task list stayed their business WHY EFFICA, NOT ANOTHER TO-DO APP Most task apps ask you to create an account and store your data on their servers before you've even added your first task. Effica doesn't. • Instant setup — no signup forms, no email verification, no waiting • Real privacy — your data stays in your personal iCloud, not ours • Offline-first — every feature works with no connection at all • Feels instant — built specifically for iOS, not squeezed in from another platform • No lock-in — your data is always yours, always in your iCloud Effica is free to download, with Premium available for people who want more. Family Sharing is supported, so Premium extends to your whole household. Download it. Open it. Start organizing. No forms, no friction — it just works. SUPPORT Questions? Feedback? We're here to help. • Email: support@effica.pro • Website: https://effica.pro • Privacy Policy: https://effica.pro/privacy-policy • Terms of Use: https://effica.pro/terms-of-use
ntoday
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Just write it. ntoday takes it from there. Throw whatever's in your head at it, however messy. The next morning it puts back just the parts you need to hold on to. It doesn't tell you to get organised. It keeps things organised for you. ■ Writing takes no thought One line goes to three places at once — today's list, your appointments, and search. Hold + and speak. You get the transcript and the original recording, kept together. Photos go in as they are. ■ It brings things back before you go "oh — right" Writing it down and never looking again is the real problem. So it looks for you. · 7:30 in the morning — only what's left over and what's due today. Nothing due, nothing rings · 8:00 at night — the unfinished ones, once, quietly · Tick things off from a widget or your Apple Watch without opening the app ■ What you wrote sorts itself To-dos, appointments, where you put it, shopping, things that repeat. No boxes to set up. Writing is enough. If something lands in the wrong box, one tap on "not this" takes it out — and it remembers the shape. ■ One word pulls it back out Type "dentist" and everything you wrote about the dentist comes back on a single sheet. When it was, what it cost, what they told you. ■ When something repeats, it gets a crayon mark Write "sick again" across a few days and circles appear on a calendar. It isn't a feature you switch on. The notes become the tracker by themselves. Export it as one page to show a doctor or a vet. ■ All of it on this device There is no server. There never will be. What you write does not leave the phone. No account, no sign-in. iCloud sync is off until you turn it on, and even then it only goes to your own private iCloud. Codes and passwords you jot down are hidden from summaries, previews, widgets and the lock screen. ■ ntoday Plus — buy once, keep it Four more boxes (money, people, codes, scraps), iCloud sync, three months of tracker history with its widget, and three paper colours. Not a subscription. No ads. The free app has no limit on how much you write, and search, the morning and evening nudges, widgets, Apple Watch, export and the archive are **always free**. Built for people who write things down and forget them. English · 한국어 · 日本語
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ntoday at every 5 days against Effica's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Effica sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and ntoday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Effica ships an update every 2 months, ntoday every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Effica | ntoday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trinh Ke Thanh | xiah lee |
In-app purchases
Effica
- 1-Month Plan$1.991 Month
- 3-Month Plan$3.993 Months
- 12-Month Plan$12.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
ntoday
- Plus$12.99









