Comparison

Chrobox vs NOWDO

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

Head to head
About

Chrobox

This app helps you focus by blocking distracting applications and using AI to schedule your tasks during your most productive hours. It guides you through brainstorming, prioritizing, timeboxing, and reviewing your day, with features like a routine garden and widgets to keep you on track.

Highlights
  • AI-powered task scheduling
  • Distracting app blocking
  • Voice input for brainstorming
  • Routine garden for habit tracking
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Weekly AI analysis and statistics
Features
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Chrobox — block distracting apps and plan your day in 4 steps with AI timeboxing. Pick up your phone to focus, then lose 30 minutes to it? Lock the apps that distract you, and let AI schedule your tasks into your best hours. ◆ The Chrobox 4-step method 1. Brainstorm Dump everything on your mind — voice input supported. 2. Prioritize Drag and drop to put what truly matters first. 3. Timebox AI learns your patterns and places each task at your most focused hours. During focus time, block distracting apps to stay locked in. 4. Execute & review Check tasks off, look back on your day, and get a warm note from AI. ◆ And more - Routine garden: watch your habits grow like grass, day by day - Lock Screen & Home Screen widgets: see your next task at a glance - Weekly AI analysis & statistics: understand your productivity patterns - AI titles: earn special titles as your streak grows ◆ Perfect for you if - You want to beat phone addiction and cut screen time - Your to-do list is long but execution is hard - You're building focus routines for study or work - You want a daily review habit Pro subscription unlocks all AI features. 3-day free trial. Terms of Use: https://relic-baboon-412.notion.site/2bc766a8bb46804daf77d521e89435ac Privacy Policy: https://relic-baboon-412.notion.site/2bc766a8bb4680839471f31909f3958c

About

NOWDO

Features
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When tasks pile up, the important ones get buried. The longer the list, the harder it is to choose. Every new task asks "Is this urgent? Is it important?"—and once you're done writing things down, you scan the list again and again, afraid you missed something. NOWDO does the choosing for you. And it checks one more thing: whether you have the time to do it. ■ No more sorting by hand You don't decide which quadrant a task belongs in. Just set the day you want it done and how important it is—NOWDO places it in the Eisenhower matrix. As the target date gets close, the task moves up to Urgent on its own. You decide how many days ahead "urgent" starts, task by task. ■ Overdue tasks don't quietly disappear A task past its target date shows a red "2 days overdue" tag and comes back to Today. At the top of the Week view, everything you haven't finished and has slipped past its day is gathered in one place. Nothing sinks to the bottom of the list and gets forgotten. ■ Know if you have the time NOWDO subtracts the meetings on your iPhone calendar and counts the time left within your work hours. Right as you add a task, it tells you something like "3 tasks, 1 h 45 min already booked by then—3 h 14 min available." Finding out you're overbooked after you've saved is too late. ■ Your day, laid out in time Meetings and tasks share one timeline. Press and drag to move a start time. Turn off a meeting you'll skip, and that time comes back. ■ What's next, on your Lock Screen A Live Activity shows tasks and meetings in the next two hours. Look ahead anywhere from one to eight hours in Settings. Quiet like a glance, not loud like an alert. ■ Look back on what you did Turn finished tasks into a report by day, week, or month. Pick a tag to see "How many hours did I spend on work this month?" Completed tasks, total time, days worked, daily average, busiest day, and share by tag—laid out in tables. Export to Markdown or CSV, or send it straight to a Notion page. ■ Ask Siri "What should I do now in NOWDO", "Today's tasks in NOWDO", "Can I get it all done in NOWDO" ■ Keep your tasks in Notion Store your tasks in a Notion database. Edit in the app or in Notion—NOWDO keeps both in sync. Create a ready-made database right from the app, with column names in your language. Not using Notion? Everything stays on your device. ■ Also · Home Screen widget · Repeating tasks (weekly / monthly on the same weekday / monthly on the same date) · Filter by tag, with a color for every tag · See each day's load in the Week view · English and Korean

Screenshots

Chrobox4 screens
NOWDO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NOWDO at none against Chrobox's 3. NOWDO also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, ads, 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. Chrobox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. NOWDO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chrobox ships an update every 5 days, NOWDO every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Chrobox versus NOWDO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChroboxNOWDO
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjunhyeong kimIL WON NAM

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chrobox

Subscriptions2
  • chrobox_monthly_subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • chrobox_yearly_subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • chrobox_lifetime$39.99
None

NOWDO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chrobox free?
Chrobox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NOWDO free?
NOWDO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chrobox or NOWDO have ads?
Neither Chrobox nor NOWDO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chrobox or NOWDO?
Chrobox ships an update every 5 days, and NOWDO every 2 days. Most recently, Chrobox was updated on November 5, 2026 and NOWDO on October 31, 2026.

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