Extra vs Busy Loop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extra
This app transforms your email inbox into a proactive personal assistant. It highlights important daily information, prevents missed deadlines and events, and allows you to take action directly from your messages. It organizes your life's communications by grouping less important items.
- Daily brief of important items
- Never miss deadlines or events
- Actionable insights from messages
- Organizes communications by grouping
- Proactive personal inbox
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Meet Extra - your life’s inbox. Your life already runs through your inbox: plans, travel, packages, bills, events, and conversations. Extra turns that overwhelming stream into a personal, proactive inbox for your life. It shows you what matters today and helps you take the next step. • Know what's important today. Extra gives you a calm daily brief with the things worth your attention. • Never miss what matters. Catch deadlines, travel changes, plans, packages, and important moments before they slip. • Turn details into action. Draft replies, schedule events, and handle the next step without digging through messages. • Keep life organized, quietly. Extra groups the noise so the important stuff is easy to find.
Busy Loop
This app helps you manage your day by creating repeatable routines and tasks. It offers a clear overview of what's due, allows for future planning with calendar integration, and categorizes tasks into projects for better organization. Keep track of all your activities with a comprehensive history log.
- Repeatable routine creation
- Daily task overview
- Calendar integration
- Task categorization by project
- Activity history log
- Push notifications
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Busy Loop is a powerful, intuitive task and routine manager built to help you stay organized and in control of your day. By focusing on repeatable routines—called Loops—Busy Loop helps prevent tasks, commitments, and meetings from slipping through the cracks. Your Daily Assistant The Home Screen shows everything due today in one clean view. Overdue tasks stay visible until completed, making Busy Loop a reliable companion for staying on track. Create Smarter Routines Build Loops for tasks you repeat often and modify them anytime—no need to start over. Add notes for future clarity and assign priority tags so you always know what requires your attention first. Plan Ahead with Confidence Browse and update future tasks using the built-in calendar. Busy Loop also syncs with Google Calendar, helping you avoid conflicts with existing meetings and events. Organize With Projects Use Projects to categorize your tasks however you like: work, personal, errands, fitness, or anything else. Projects keep your Loops structured and easy to navigate. Keep a Full Activity History The History Log tracks all task completions, edits, and updates. Whether you're reviewing progress or trying to remember what happened last week, your full activity is always available. Built for Your Device Busy Loop takes advantage of your phone’s capabilities to boost productivity: • Push notifications • Microphone support for Voice Descriptions • Calendar integration and conflict prevention Support at Your Fingertips The Support page is always accessible. Ask questions, submit feedback, or report bugs—right from within the app. Busy Loop helps you build powerful routines, stay on top of your responsibilities, and manage your day with clarity. Terms of Use Subscriptions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Extra at none against Busy Loop's 2. Extra also leads on ratings volume (408 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Busy Loop's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ads 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. Busy Loop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Extra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Busy Loop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Extra has 408 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Extra's written reviews are positive against 100% of Busy Loop's.
Extra ships an update weekly, Busy Loop every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Extra | Busy Loop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (408 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 408 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BuildForever, Inc. | Busy Loop, LLC |
Customer experience
Extra
Busy Loop
In-app purchases
Extra
No in-app purchases
Busy Loop
- Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$53.901 Year









