Due Pal vs Waku Todo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Due Pal
This app provides a persistent visual countdown to your next scheduled event, designed to combat time blindness for individuals with ADHD. It offers customizable visual styles and smart reminders to help manage transitions between tasks and appointments.
- Persistent visual countdown
- Always-visible on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
- Two visual styles: Flip Clock & Digital
- Smart transition reminders
- Flexible daily scheduling
- High-contrast readable design
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If you have ADHD, you know the feeling: you glance at the clock, it says 2:15. You look again — it's 4:47. Two and a half hours vanished. Your meeting started 17 minutes ago. This is time blindness. It isn't laziness or carelessness — your brain genuinely doesn't feel time passing. A clock tells you what time it is. DuePal shows you how much time you have left. HOW IT WORKS Set the anchor points of your day once: 9:30 — Stand-up 12:00 — Lunch 14:00 — Focus block 17:30 — Wrap up 18:30 — Pick up kids DuePal counts down to the next one, live. When it arrives, the countdown hands over to the next on its own — no timers to restart, no alarms to set again. Add a start time and a progress bar fills as the window runs out. ALWAYS IN SIGHT • Lock Screen Live Activity and Dynamic Island, with a Skip button • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets in every size • Apple Watch app with complications • Control Center control, Siri and Shortcuts You never have to remember to check. The countdown is already there. A HEADS-UP BEFORE EVERY SWITCH For ADHD brains the hard part isn't the task — it's switching. Get a heads-up minutes before each due, then a reminder when it arrives. On iOS 26 and later, dues can ring as real system alarms, even in Silent mode. WORKDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Weekday dues skip your country's public holidays automatically — 20 countries and regions supported, including make-up workdays in mainland China and Taiwan. Skip a single day off with one tap. COUNTDOWNS FOR THE DAYS AHEAD Weekend, payday, the next public holiday, birthdays, trips and exams. Pin the one you care about to the top and to your widgets. MADE TO BE READ AT A GLANCE Six clock styles, from a flip clock to a progress ring, and twelve color themes. High contrast, large numbers, no clutter — you should know how much time you have in under a second. QUICK TO SET UP Start from routine templates or a quick 25-minute timer. iCloud keeps your dues the same on iPhone and iPad. WHO DUEPAL IS FOR Adults with ADHD who lose track of time between meetings and tasks. Students who miss class changes and study blocks. Parents juggling school pickup, meals and bedtime. Anyone who has set a 15-minute timer and been shocked when it went off "already." WHY NOT A REGULAR TIMER A timer counts a set length, stops at zero, and has to be started again every time. DuePal counts to the times of your whole day, repeats on workdays, knows your holidays and moves on to the next thing by itself. FREE AND PREMIUM DuePal is free to download. The free version includes one due, two countdowns of your own, the Live Activity, Dynamic Island and the Current Due widget. DuePal Premium adds unlimited dues and countdowns, Ring as Alarm, public-holiday skipping, the Apple Watch app and complications, the Countdowns widget, and every clock style and color theme. Choose a weekly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan starts with a 3-day free trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. If you bought DuePal before it was free, Premium is already yours. No ads, no account. Privacy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms
Waku Todo
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Overdue to-dos turn into roaches. In your room. On your phone. You have tried to-do apps before. You added everything, ignored most of it, and deleted the app a week later. Waku Todo makes ignoring a task cost you something you can actually see: miss a due date, and a roach moves into your room. Finish the to-do, and the roach is gone. Clear them all, and the room is spotless again. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a to-do 2. Pick a due date (or skip it) 3. Tap it when it is done WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT THINGS OFF - Every overdue to-do puts one roach in your room - The floor shows up to 10 roaches. Past that, it just says Infested - Completing a to-do clears one roach on the spot - Nothing overdue means a spotless room STILL A REAL TO-DO LIST - Due dates: today, tomorrow, in a week, or picked from the calendar. No due date is fine too - Repeat daily, weekly or monthly - Star the ones that matter - Notes - Filter by all, overdue or completed - Undo a completion right away - English and Japanese, matched to your device language MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO - Keep deleting to-do apps after a week - Know the deadline and still put it off - Want a nudge that is funny instead of stressful - Are tired of apps with a hundred features NO STRINGS ATTACHED - No account and no email. Nothing to sign up for - Everything stays on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere - No ads and no tracking - No in-app purchases. Every feature is free - The app requests no permissions at all: no camera, no location, no notifications BEFORE YOU DOWNLOAD - There are no push notifications or reminders. You open the app to check - iPhone only Roaches move in when you put things off. They leave when you get things done.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waku Todo at none against Due Pal's 4. Waku Todo also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Due Pal's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Due Pal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Waku Todo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Due Pal ships an update every 9 days, Waku Todo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Due Pal | Waku Todo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 帅 陈 | YUYA SATO |
In-app purchases
Due Pal
- DuePal Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
- DuePal Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- DuePal Premium Yearly3 Days trial$8.991 Year
- DuePal Premium Lifetime$17.99
Waku Todo
No in-app purchases









