Start vs Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Start
This app helps you achieve your New Year's goals by providing tools to set objectives, track daily progress, and count down to the new year. It aims to be a smarter way to stay on track and accomplish more throughout the year.
- New Year Countdown
- Set New Year goals
- Track daily progress
- Achieve more this year
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A smarter way to keep your New Year resolutions - New Year Countdown - Set your New Year goals - Track your progress daily - Achieve more this year Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Today
This productivity app offers a unique approach to task management by gamifying your to-do list. Tasks that are repeatedly postponed escalate and demand attention, while completed tasks contribute to your "K/D Ratio" and career progression. It features interactive notifications and lock screen widgets for seamless task handling.
- Escalating tasks that demand attention
- K/D Ratio tracking (Kills vs. Dodges)
- Interactive notifications with action buttons
- Lock screen and home screen widgets
- Ambient lighting themes and custom sounds
- Private by design, no accounts or tracking
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Today is one clean list for today and the six days ahead. No calendars, no projects, no clutter — just what needs to happen now. But here's the twist: Today fights back. Push a task off too many times and it escalates — flaming on your list, taking over your lock screen, re-alerting until it's handled. Handle it, and the fire goes out. YOUR STATS, LIKE A SCOREBOARD Every completion counts. Track your K/D RATIO — Kills (tasks you finished) vs Dodges (tasks you kept pushing off until they caught fire) — build streaks, and climb career ranks from Recruit to Legend on your own after-action report. ACT FROM ANYWHERE Press and hold any reminder — Done, +1 Hour, and Tomorrow buttons appear right on the notification. Widgets keep your mission on the lock screen and home screen. MADE TO FEEL PREMIUM Ambient lighting themes, a console-style startup, and a Sound Lab where every sound is yours to choose. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No tracking. Your data never leaves your device. Free: your daily list, times, reminders, notification actions, and automatic rollover of unfinished tasks. Today Pro: urgent re-alerts, widgets, themes and ambient colors, extended history and planning. Privacy Policy: https://goatedtoday.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Today at 100% against Start's 0%. Today also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Start's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Start sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year and Today sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Start's written reviews are positive against 100% of Today's.
Start ships an update daily, Today every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Atalyk Akash | ISAIAH MICHAEL PARADA |
Customer experience
Start
Today
In-app purchases
Start
- Annual Premium Plan$1.991 Year
Today
- Today Pro$8.997 Days
- Today Pro$99.991 Year
