Comparison

NoomaLooma vs checkies

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

Head to head
About

NoomaLooma

Engage in short, mindful creative challenges designed to boost brain health and reduce stress. Each day, receive a playful prompt to create something in just 3-5 minutes, with no experience required. Share your creations and explore others' work on a community wall.

Highlights
  • Daily creative challenges (Noodles)
  • 3-5 minute activity format
  • AI-powered prompts
  • Community sharing wall
  • Streak tracking for habit building
  • Fave and cheer features
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Turn your phone time into creative play. Making things — anything — is scientifically good for your brain. NoomaLooma gives you 3 minutes to feel it. Every day, you get a Noodle — a short, playful creative challenge designed to fit inside a coffee break, a commute, or the five minutes before your next meeting. No experience needed. No right answers. Just you, your phone, and something genuinely fun to make. Why creativity? Neuroscience has known for years what wellness culture keeps ignoring: creative play lowers stress hormones and triggers dopamine — no artistic talent required. The part of you that made things as a kid didn't disappear. Somewhere along the way you just lost permission to play. NoomaLooma gives it back. What's a Noodle? Draw something. Notice something. Imagine something. Riff on something. Each one is AI-sparked and entirely, wonderfully human. Done before you've had time to second-guess yourself. You don't have to be an artist. You don't have to be a writer. You just have to be willing to play. How it works: Open NoomaLooma when you'd normally reach for social media. You'll find your daily Noodle waiting. Complete the challenge — usually in 3 to 5 minutes. Then unlock the community wall and see what everyone else made from the same prompt. Browsing what others created isn't passive — it's part of the play. Come back tomorrow and do it again. Build your creative habit by playing every day. Small, joyful, repeatable. Who it's for? NoomaLooma is built for the person who: → Needs a study break that doesn't turn into a 3-hour doomscroll → Used to be creative and lost the thread somewhere in adulthood → Wants to do something meaningful with phone time but doesn't know what → Has tried meditation apps but finds sitting still unbearable → Believes there's a version of screen time that actually feels good What makes it different? Most wellness apps tell you to breathe. NoomaLooma tells you to make something. Most creativity apps are built for people who already call themselves artists. NoomaLooma is built for everyone who stopped. Our Noodles are designed around the JAMMA framework — Joyful, Accessible, Micro, Messy, and Alive — because the best creative practice isn't precious or perfect. It's a little weird, a little surprising, and done before you've had time to second-guess yourself. Features → Free to download and play — no catch, no paywall on your daily Noodle → Fresh daily Noodle delivered every morning → 3–5 minute format designed for real life, not ideal life → AI-powered prompts designed to spark human creativity → Complete your Noodle to unlock the community wall — then play in others' creativity too → Streak tracking to build your creative habit, day by day → Fave your favorite noomies and cheer on your creative crew More modes of play — coming soon Noodle is just the beginning. NoomaLooma is building an entire world of creative play modes — each one a different way to make something joyful with your phone time. Moodle — creative calm for your mood Hoodle — play creatively with others Shh...oodle — put your phone down for a playful detox. From the team NoomaLooma is co-founded by Piera Gelardi, Refinery29 co-founder and author of The Playful Way (HarperCollins), and Lakshmi Narayanee, a big tech executive who scaled products to 500M+ users. Our wildly different paths converged around one question: what does it look like when people are truly, joyfully alive? The answer was always the same. It looked like play. Ready to make something? Download NoomaLooma and do your first Noodle today. It takes 3 minutes. You'll be surprised what shows up. As featured in Fitt Insider. Free to download and free to play. No credit card, no paywall, no catch.

About

checkies

Features
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checkies is a personal and group calendar app that helps you record your daily life and share it with the people who matter most. From to-do lists and timestamped photos to diary entries — capture every moment of your day, all in one place. My Day — Your Personal Daily Log Organize your tasks by category with a clean checklist, mark your day with timestamped photos that archive in chronological order, and write diary entries to capture how you felt. Every piece of your day, beautifully kept. Group Calendar — Build Your Day Together Create a group with family, friends, or teammates and share your schedules in real time. See everyone's tasks at a glance, leave comments to stay connected, and move through your days side by side. Invite anyone with a single link. Your Day — A Window into a Friend's Day With your friends' permission, peek into their daily calendar. You decide exactly what you share — photos, to-do lists by category, or diary entries — so sharing always feels comfortable and personal. Calendar View — See Your Month at a Glance Browse your monthly calendar with thumbnail photos from each day's timestamps. Tap any date to instantly open that day's records. VoC: founders@foundersapp.kr privacy policy: https://www.foundersapp.kr/checkies-39322c9aca6c8096a3f6c7626abd8e56 Terms of Service: https://www.foundersapp.kr/checkies-39322c9aca6c80da9559fc3e8e3b88c5

Screenshots

NoomaLooma4 screens
checkies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NoomaLooma at none against checkies's shown. checkies's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NoomaLooma ships an update fortnightly, checkies every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NoomaLooma versus checkies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoomaLoomacheckies
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoomaLooma Inc.Founders(KR)

In-app purchases

None

NoomaLooma

No in-app purchases

None

checkies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NoomaLooma free?
NoomaLooma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is checkies free?
checkies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NoomaLooma or checkies have ads?
checkies shows ads; NoomaLooma does not.
Which is updated more often, NoomaLooma or checkies?
NoomaLooma ships an update fortnightly, and checkies every 5 days. Most recently, NoomaLooma was updated on October 31, 2026 and checkies on October 31, 2026.

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