Comparison

Awarely vs KanToDo

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

Head to head
About

Awarely

This app gently prompts you every 30 minutes to log your current activity without timers or scores. It helps you become more conscious of how you spend your time, enabling you to build a more balanced and intentional routine through quick, distraction-free logging and custom reflections.

Highlights
  • Automatic 30-minute reminders
  • Quick activity logging
  • Custom activity tags
  • Reflection prompts
  • Calming design
Features
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Awarely is a lightweight productivity companion that invites you to pause every 30 minutes and note what you’ve been doing. No timers, scores, or complex charts — just gentle prompts that bring awareness to how you spend your time. Each log is quick: choose what you were doing, add a tag if you’d like, and keep going. Awarely’s goal isn’t to measure your productivity — it’s to make you conscious of it. By noticing where your attention actually goes, you can gradually shape a routine that feels more balanced and intentional. Features: • Automatic reminders every 30 minutes • Quick, distraction-free activity logging • Custom activity tags and reflections • Clean, calming design made for consistency

About

KanToDo

Features
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KanToDo turns your to-do list into a game you actually want to play. Every task you finish earns XP and coins, extends your streak, levels up your profile and unlocks achievements. Instead of a list that only ever grows, you get visible progress — and a reason to come back tomorrow. A BOARD THAT ADAPTS TO YOUR DAY Three views on the same tasks, one tap apart: • Classic Kanban — To-do, In Progress, Done, with drag & drop between columns • Today Focus — due today, overdue and up next, so you always know where to start • Eisenhower Matrix — sorted by importance and urgency for days when everything feels urgent TASKS WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED • Notes, categories, priorities and due dates • Subtasks you can add, check off and delete • Recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly) that automatically create the next one when you complete them • Custom XP and coin rewards per task • An archive for finished work, so your board stays clean PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE • XP bar, levels and rank titles that grow with you • Daily streaks — including your all-time longest streak • Achievements for milestones like your first quest, a 7-day streak or 1,000 XP • Weekly quests that track what you actually completed this week • Weekly review with a bar per weekday, category breakdown and highlights HABITS, NOT JUST TASKS Build routines next to your to-dos. Habits can be completed once a day, keep their own streak and pay out XP and coins just like tasks. Create, edit and delete them however your week works. A REWARD SHOP FOR REAL LIFE Spend the coins you earn on rewards you define yourself — a coffee break, a movie night, a new notebook, whatever motivates you. Not your thing? Hide the shop in Settings and keep the rest. MAKE IT YOURS • Light, dark or system theme • Accent colors that recolor the whole app — with matching alternate app icons • Avatars that evolve with your level, or use your own photo • Your own categories with names, symbols and colors • Optional confetti and level-up moments — turn them off if you prefer calm • Optional daily streak reminder so a good run doesn't end by accident YOUR DATA, ON EVERY DEVICE Switch on iCloud sync and your tasks, habits, rewards and progress stay in step across iPhone, iPad and Mac — through your own private iCloud account. No sign-up, no extra account, no server of ours in between. Prefer to keep everything on one device? Leave sync off; KanToDo works fully offline either way. BUILT FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Native SwiftUI throughout: a tab layout on iPhone, a sidebar split view on iPad and Mac, haptics where they help and nowhere they don't. STARTS WITH SOMETHING TO DO A short setup asks for your name and the categories you care about, then sets up a board with example quests, habits and rewards. Reset everything with one tap once you're ready for your own. KanToDo is free and supported by ads. A single one-time purchase removes them for good — no subscription, ever. Create your first quest, finish it, and watch the XP roll in. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://v4ulthunt3r.github.io/KanToDoWeb/en/app-privacy.html

Screenshots

Awarely2 screens
KanToDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Awarely at none against KanToDo's 1. Awarely also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. KanToDo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Awarely asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Awarely versus KanToDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwarelyKanToDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.518.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYu An Evan ChenPeter Hildel

In-app purchases

None

Awarely

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

KanToDo

One-time1
  • iCloudSync & Adfree$3.99

Questions

Is Awarely free?
Awarely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KanToDo free?
KanToDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Awarely or KanToDo have ads?
KanToDo shows ads; Awarely does not.

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