Comparison

TimeGuide vs ntoday

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

Head to head
About

TimeGuide

This app combines tasks, events, and routines into a single, intuitive interface. It offers a clean design with features like repeating tasks, calendar sync, and visual priority to help you manage your schedule effectively.

Highlights
  • Repeating tasks and events
  • Visual priority highlighting
  • Intuitive add-task flow
  • Two-way calendar sync
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Customizable widgets
  • Multiple layout modes
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TimeGuide is a simpler way to see your tasks, events, and routines. Part planner, part calendar, and part task manager, adding to and editing your schedule with TimeGuide is fast and intuitive. Featuring a clean design, repeating tasks and two-way calendar sync on a dynamically scaling timeline. TimeGuide Features: • Repeating Tasks & Events - Your daily routines can coexist with important events giving you a big picture view of your time • Visual Priority - Highlighted tasks and calendar events are given visual significance so they aren’t drowned out by simple tasks or routines • Intuitive Add-Task Flow - Add new tasks & events in seconds • Mark Complete - Mark finished items complete to hide them from the timeline (even calendar events) • Calendar Month View - Get a bigger picture of your time • Subtasks - Auto-nested items make adding subtasks effortless. Add subtasks even to calendar events, or un-nest them in settings to see everything laid out • Calendar Sync - Add and edit events from your other calendars like Apple, Google, and Outlook • Cross-Device Sync - Tasks sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud sync • Per-Calendar Notifications - Silence notifications on an individual basis in Calendar Setup • Dynamic Timeline - Expanding and contracting layout keeps your day visible, while still letting you visualize your free time • Multiple Layouts - Minimal Mode and List Mode to fit your style • Customizable Colors - Light and Dark modes, with total freedom for accent colors • Widgets - Stylish up-to-date widgets with smooth progress bars and countdown timers to keep you on pace and on-track • Distraction Free - Made to live in the background of your life, so you can actually be productive Try all of TimeGuide free for 7 days then keep using it in read-only mode forever, or unlock Full Access for a single affordable lifetime purchase. Use of this app is subject to Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ntoday

Features
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Just write it. ntoday takes it from there. Throw whatever's in your head at it, however messy. The next morning it puts back just the parts you need to hold on to. It doesn't tell you to get organised. It keeps things organised for you. ■ Writing takes no thought One line goes to three places at once — today's list, your appointments, and search. Hold + and speak. You get the transcript and the original recording, kept together. Photos go in as they are. ■ It brings things back before you go "oh — right" Writing it down and never looking again is the real problem. So it looks for you. · 7:30 in the morning — only what's left over and what's due today. Nothing due, nothing rings · 8:00 at night — the unfinished ones, once, quietly · Tick things off from a widget or your Apple Watch without opening the app ■ What you wrote sorts itself To-dos, appointments, where you put it, shopping, things that repeat. No boxes to set up. Writing is enough. If something lands in the wrong box, one tap on "not this" takes it out — and it remembers the shape. ■ One word pulls it back out Type "dentist" and everything you wrote about the dentist comes back on a single sheet. When it was, what it cost, what they told you. ■ When something repeats, it gets a crayon mark Write "sick again" across a few days and circles appear on a calendar. It isn't a feature you switch on. The notes become the tracker by themselves. Export it as one page to show a doctor or a vet. ■ All of it on this device There is no server. There never will be. What you write does not leave the phone. No account, no sign-in. iCloud sync is off until you turn it on, and even then it only goes to your own private iCloud. Codes and passwords you jot down are hidden from summaries, previews, widgets and the lock screen. ■ ntoday Plus — buy once, keep it Four more boxes (money, people, codes, scraps), iCloud sync, three months of tracker history with its widget, and three paper colours. Not a subscription. No ads. The free app has no limit on how much you write, and search, the morning and evening nudges, widgets, Apple Watch, export and the archive are **always free**. Built for people who write things down and forget them. English · 한국어 · 日本語

Screenshots

TimeGuide4 screens
ntoday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ntoday at every 5 days against TimeGuide's every 2 weeks. TimeGuide's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TimeGuide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and ntoday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, ntoday every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TimeGuide versus ntoday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeGuidentoday
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Grantxiah lee

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TimeGuide

Subscriptions1
  • TimeGuide Pro (Yearly)$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • TimeGuide Pro (Lifetime)$19.99
  • TimeGuide Pro (Lifetime Offer)$19.99
1 purchases

ntoday

One-time1
  • Plus$12.99

Questions

Is TimeGuide free?
TimeGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ntoday free?
ntoday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeGuide or ntoday have ads?
Neither TimeGuide nor ntoday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeGuide or ntoday?
TimeGuide ships an update every 2 weeks, and ntoday every 5 days. Most recently, TimeGuide was updated on October 24, 2026 and ntoday on October 24, 2026.

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