NoDi vs Buckets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoDi
Enhance concentration with soothing lofi music, ambient sounds, and customizable timers. Track your focus sessions and gain insights into your productivity patterns to optimize your workflow.
- Lofi music for focus
- Ambient soundscapes
- Customizable background images
- Pomodoro and Stopwatch timer modes
- Focus time tracking
- Insight reports on productivity
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NoDi: No Distractions & Focus Feeling distracted or struggling to focus? Too many distractions? Let NoDi be your personal focus companion! With soothing lofi music and powerful productivity tools, including a stopwatch timer and pomodoro timer, NoDi helps you get into the zone and stay on track for your study, work, or creative sessions. Focus with Lofi Music Immerse yourself in calming lofi beats that make focusing easier and more enjoyable. Whether you’re studying with ADHD, enjoying a quiet night, or starting a fresh morning, NoDi offers a variety of music to set the perfect mood for concentration. Play Lofi with Ambient Sounds Take your focus to the next level by combining lofi music with ambient sounds. You can play lofi alone, ambient sounds alone, both together, or simply use the timer without any audio. Adjust your focus environment for stress relief and better concentration. Brainwave Sounds for Focus, Rest & Sleep Brainwave Sounds provide optimally tuned audio that matches your brain state, helping you naturally shift into focus, relaxation, or sleep whenever you need it. Set the Mood with Your Ideal Background Your environment shapes your focus—visually, too. With NoDi, you can now discover and set the perfect background image that suits your vibe. From cozy study corners to serene nature views, choose a backdrop that inspires calm and clarity while you work or study. It's your space, your way. Stay Focused with Flexible Timer Modes NoDi’s built-in timer is designed to match your focus style. Use pomodoro timer mode to work in structured intervals with regular breaks, or switch to stopwatch mode for open-ended sessions when you want to stay immersed without limits. Whether you prefer guided focus or total freedom, NoDi’s timer adapts to the way you work. Track Your Focus & Growth How productive have you been today? NoDi helps you keep track of your focus time, making it easy to see your productivity progress. Recording and analyzing your study or work sessions helps you stay motivated and shows you how much you’ve accomplished over time. Unlock Your Insight Report Go beyond simple time tracking with your personalized insight report. Understand your productivity rhythm, sleep debt, social jetlag, and burnout level in one clear report. Use these focus insights to improve and maintain a sustainable focus journey, and strategically plan your tasks based on real data about how you work best. With NoDi, you can: Track how much time you’ve spent focused on tasks. Monitor your productivity trends and stay motivated. Get a sense of how you’ve improved over time, helping you feel accomplished and ready to tackle your next task. Build Your Focus Routine Transform your focus into a daily habit with NoDi! Start each day with lofi beats and create a consistent routine that helps you focus better. Our simple study timer helps you stay on track, so you can build a habit of deep concentration that lasts. This is especially helpful for those with ADHD, supporting both concentration and stress relief. Perfect for Every Task Whether you’re studying for exams, working on a project, or just need to get through your to-do list, NoDi is here to help you stay focused. Use the pomodoro timer or study timer to boost your productivity during any study session. NoDi is Needed When… • You’re struggling to focus while studying. • Your mind is wandering during work. • You want to immerse yourself in lofi music and ambient sounds. • You want to track your focus time and monitor productivity trends. • You want to create the perfect environment for deep concentration. • You need stress relief or better concentration, especially if you have ADHD. Are you ready to get more done, stay focused, and track your progress? Download NoDi now and start focusing like never before! Website: https://daarbit.com/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Contact us: support@daarbit.com
Buckets
This app helps you manage your time by setting weekly intentions for different life areas. It allows you to block out time, run focus sessions, and confirm actual time spent, ensuring your week reflects your priorities. All data stays on your device.
- Set weekly intentions for life areas
- Block time on your calendar
- Run focus sessions with a timer
- Confirm actual time spent
- Calendar mirroring
- Health app integration for workouts
- Data export to JSON
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Where does your week actually go? Buckets holds the parts of your life that matter, work, movement, sleep, family, and gives each one a weekly intention: how much time you actually want to pour in. Then it helps you protect that time before the week gets noisy. HOW IT WORKS Bucket. One area of your life, with a weekly intention. Work. Movement. Sleep. Family. Study. Faith. Whatever yours are. Block. You protect time for a Bucket by placing a Block on your calendar, in advance. A promise made to yourself while the week is still quiet. Session. When the Block arrives you start a focus session, and the timer runs. Work, move, rest, read. The session just holds the time. Pour. When you finish you confirm what actually happened, and only then does it pour into the Bucket. A Pour is never recorded without you. That last part is the whole point. Buckets does not watch you, guess at you, or fill itself in behind your back. Your week is only as full as you say it is, which is what makes the number worth looking at. YOUR WEEK, IN ONE PLACE Vessels for each Bucket that fill as the week goes on A plan timeline where you drag a Bucket onto the day to protect time Your existing calendar shown alongside, so open space stays honest Widgets for today's plan, one Bucket's ring, and how the week is filling A Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the running session Morning and evening moments, a daily reflection, and a weekly close Shortcuts for starting and finishing a session by voice ON YOUR DEVICE, AND NOWHERE ELSE No account. No sign up. No server. Every Bucket, Block, Session and Pour lives in the app's own database on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is sold, nothing leaves the device unless you choose to connect your calendar or Health. FREE, AND PRO Free holds one Bucket, with the full day, sessions, reflections, and every Pour you ever confirm. Buckets Pro holds as many Buckets as your life has parts, plus repeating Blocks, calendar mirroring, workouts that arrive ready to pour from Health, and export of every confirmed Pour as plain readable JSON. Built by one person, in Swift, for iPhone on iOS 18 and later. SUBSCRIPTION Buckets Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Buckets Pro (Yearly): $39.99 per year, with a 1 week free trial for new subscribers. Buckets Pro (Monthly): $6.99 per month. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account settings after purchase. If you take the free trial, any unused portion of it is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://buckets-app-xi.vercel.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: NoDi at 14 against Buckets's 4. On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. NoDi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Buckets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NoDi against 5.0 for Buckets. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | NoDi | Buckets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Myoungsu Choi | Rami Salameh |
Customer experience
NoDi
Buckets
In-app purchases
NoDi
- Lifetime Pro Membership$7.99
Buckets
- Buckets Pro$6.991 Month
- Buckets Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year








