Comparison

Act Now vs DoneAt

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Act Now

This utility app helps you manage your time by creating custom time slots and organizing them into daily routines. It automatically displays a live countdown on your device's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, keeping your current task visible in real time.

Highlights
  • Custom time slot creation
  • Organize slots into groups
  • Automatic Live Activity countdown
  • Display current task on Lock Screen
  • Support for multiple languages
Features
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Act Now is a time management tool that allows users to define custom time slots and organize them into groups such as workdays or routines. During each time slot, a Live Activity is automatically created and displayed on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island as a countdown. The app helps users stay aware of their schedule throughout the day by making time blocks visible in real time. Features: • Create and edit time slots with start and end times • Group time slots by day of the week or custom categories • Automatic Live Activity countdown during active time slots • Display current task on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Support for multiple languages This app is designed to support structured daily planning and time awareness.

About

DoneAt

Features
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How long until you clock out? How much have you earned today? DoneAt puts your shift countdown, schedule and estimated earnings in one place. Spend less time doing the math and see where you are in your workday. The core countdown is free. Now on Apple Watch Check your work shift countdown on your wrist. DoneAt for Apple Watch is free to use, with no DoneAt Plus required. YOUR SCHEDULE, ON iPhone AND iPad • Count down to work before your shift, see effective work time remaining during it, and keep the next shift in sight on days off. • Set fixed weekdays, alternating weeks or work/rest rotations, including night shifts that cross midnight. • Exclude your custom lunch break from working time. • Start early, leave early, add overtime or time an unscheduled day without rebuilding your schedule. • Optionally see estimated earnings for today, with weekly and yearly earnings summaries. • Get shift, lunch and movement reminders. A GLANCE, NOT ANOTHER APP CHECK Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models. Enjoy iPhone landscape and iPad-optimized layouts. Share your countdown as an image or link. The iPhone and iPad app supports 19 languages and follows your system language. FREE FEATURES AND DONEAT PLUS The core countdown and Apple Watch app are free. View records from the latest seven days in Week and Month views; older days remain locked in those views. Export and delete are also free. DoneAt Plus unlocks: • Older records, the Year view and editing past days. • Life view: add life milestones and career salary periods to explore past estimates, your current work stage and projected gross lifetime income. • Focus: plan tasks in focus and break blocks that respect lunch and shift-end boundaries. • Enabling iCloud sync. Sync that is already enabled continues after a subscription expires. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Data stays on your device by default. Optional iCloud sync stores your records, salary and settings in your private Apple database. Notifications show only time and progress, never salary. Shared images and links contain shift times only, never salary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doneat.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

Act Now4 screens
DoneAt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: DoneAt at 4 against Act Now's 2. Act Now's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Act Now ships an update every 5 days, DoneAt weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Act Now versus DoneAt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAct NowDoneAt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer郭 浩然宇轩 郑

In-app purchases

None

Act Now

No in-app purchases

None

DoneAt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Act Now free?
Act Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DoneAt free?
DoneAt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Act Now or DoneAt have ads?
Neither Act Now nor DoneAt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Act Now or DoneAt?
Act Now ships an update every 5 days, and DoneAt weekly. Most recently, Act Now was updated on June 1, 2026 and DoneAt on September 30, 2026.

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