PiePlan vs NextCheck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PiePlan
Visualize and manage your daily schedule with an AI-powered pie chart. This tool helps you balance activities, reflect on time usage, and plan effortlessly through a chat interface. Reuse past schedules or use templates for quick planning.
- Daily schedule visualization in pie chart
- AI chat for schedule suggestions
- Template-based schedule creation
- Daily reflection memo feature
- Timeline view for events
- Time usage analysis
- Data backup
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This app is a tool that lets you visualize and manage your daily schedule with a pie chart. By seeing "how much time you spend on what" at a glance, it helps you bring more balance to your daily activities and gives you an opportunity to reflect on how you use your time. Creating a pie chart of your day can be time-consuming, but this app is designed to make the process as smooth as possible by allowing you to reuse past schedules or use templates. Additionally, the AI scheduling feature lets you create your schedule through a chat-style interface, making it intuitive and effortless to plan your day. Give it a try and make the most of your time each day! Main Features: ・Register and view daily plans and actual records in a pie chart ・Create and get suggestions for your schedule via AI chat ・Easily reuse schedules with templates ・Write daily reflections with the memo feature ・Display events in a timeline view ・Analyze how you spend your time ・Backup your data
NextCheck
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A quick glance at your iPhone is all it takes. NextCheck brings your next event, what's left today, and your current meeting together on a single dashboard clock. No more switching apps to open your calendar or juggling widgets — just a big clock and the information that actually matters, in one dense, glanceable screen. ■ Everything at a glance - Large real-time clock with date - Countdown to your next event - Ongoing event with time remaining - Today's schedule on a vertical timeline with a live "now" line - Month calendar and week strip for the big picture ■ Edit right here - Shows your existing iOS calendars (iCloud / Google / Exchange, and more) - Create, edit, and delete events — changes sync back to the system calendar - Long-press an event to preview its full title and notes instantly ■ Notifications & badge - Get notified N minutes before your next event - End-of-event alarm (a bold center banner in the foreground, a notification in the background) - App icon badge shows your remaining events today (configurable) ■ Make it yours - 24/12-hour time, seconds, week start day, light/dark themes - Adjustable clock fonts and timeline density - On iPad, a spacious two-column layout for info and timeline ■ Privacy first - Your event data stays on your device and in your own iCloud. We never collect or transmit it. - No ads, no tracking, no account required ■ Completely free - No subscriptions, no in-app purchases —————— * AI Comment (experimental) is available only on Apple Intelligence–capable devices. Generated content is for reference. * Weather display is planned for a future update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NextCheck at none against PiePlan's 3. NextCheck also leads on ads (none vs shown). PiePlan's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price 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. PiePlan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. NextCheck asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PiePlan | NextCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomohiro Sasaki | Tomoyuki Arai |
In-app purchases
PiePlan
- Premium Plan3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Premium Plan3 Days trial$14.996 Months
- Premium Plan3 Days trial$24.991 Year
NextCheck
No in-app purchases









