RightNow Focus vs swipe stack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RightNow Focus
This app provides a focused approach to task management by presenting only one task at a time based on your available time. It helps users overcome decision paralysis and the guilt associated with long to-do lists. Features include daily summaries, timed task loops, and starter routines.
- One task presented at a time
- Time-based task selection
- Daily morning and evening summaries
- Starter routines for various needs
- No scrolling or long lists
- Offline data storage
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You don't need another to-do list. You need someone to tell you what to do right now. Every productivity app eventually becomes the same thing: a long list you scroll, feel guilty about, and close. The problem was never the list — deciding what to do is the hardest part, and lists make YOU do the deciding at the worst possible moment. RightNow flips it. Tell it how much time you have — 5, 15, 30, or 60 minutes — and it hands you exactly one card. Do it, or skip it. That's the whole app. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add your habits and tasks as cards 2. Pick the time you actually have 3. Get one card — the right one for right now 4. Tap Done. Feel it. Repeat. No browsing. No ranking. No scroll of shame. YOUR DAY HAS A SHAPE • Morning Brief — your first open of the day shows yesterday in one line, names today's focus, and gives you one button to start it • The loop — pick a time, get a card, all day long • Wrap Day — close the evening with your day's story: what you did, your 7-day trail, and one piece of coaching for tomorrow SMART ABOUT TIME • Morning cards deal in the morning, evening cards wait for evening • A 5-minute window gets a real 5-minute card — never a 2-hour project in disguise • Skipped something? It cycles back fairly. Hid it for today? It stays gone until tomorrow. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Starter Routines — five curated packs (Fitness, Sleep, Parenting, Personal Growth, Beauty) so you're never staring at a blank app • Routines — run your own ordered sequences, card by card • Someday — park ideas you're not ready for; they never nag and never get lost • History — completed tasks are kept, and restorable YOURS, PRIVATELY Everything lives on your phone. No account, no cloud, no feed, no ads. Your data never leaves your device. Try RightNow free for 7 days. If it earns its place, one purchase unlocks it forever — no subscription, ever. Stop managing your list. Start doing what's on it.
swipe stack
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Catch the thought before it disappears. Swipe Stack is a fast notepad for notes, ideas, reminders, memos, journal entries, writing sparks, and brainstorm fragments. Open the app, capture the thought, and move on. Later, come back to a simple inbox where you review one card at a time. Keep what matters. Toss what doesn't. No folders to build. No complicated system to maintain. Just a lightweight way to organize your mind without slowing down. Swipe Stack is built for: - quick capture when inspiration hits - daily productivity without a cluttered notes app - sorting thoughts one by one instead of staring at a long list - saving your best ideas for later - turning mental clutter into a personal archive - mindfulness, journal habits, and creative writing If you want a calmer note-taking flow that feels more like making decisions than managing files, Swipe Stack gives your thoughts a place to land. Subscription Information: Full access to swipe stack requires the purchase of a recurring subscription. This subscription will be renewed automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours prior to renewal. The subscription (and all use of swipe stack) is subject to the terms and conditions below. Terms of Use: https://noahlin.ca/terms Privacy Policy: https://noahlin.ca/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RightNow Focus at none against swipe stack's 2. RightNow Focus also leads on device support and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price 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. swipe stack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. RightNow Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | RightNow Focus | swipe stack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Bradley | Noah Lin |
In-app purchases
RightNow Focus
No in-app purchases
swipe stack
- pro (1 month)$2.991 Month
- pro (1 year)7 Days trial$24.991 Year








