Comparison

Lazyflow vs neboola

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

Head to head
About

Lazyflow

This app uses on-device AI to help you manage tasks, schedule your day, and stay focused. It offers features like quick task capture, personalized daily plans, and an immersive focus timer. All your data is stored locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device AI for task extraction
  • Personalized daily plans
  • Immersive focus timer with Pomodoro
  • Calendar integration with two-way sync
  • Task lists with custom colors
  • Siri Shortcuts and widgets
  • Apple Watch and iPad optimization
Features
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Your tasks, your calendar, one app — powered by on-device AI that keeps your data private. Lazyflow is free, open source, and built for people who want to get things done without subscriptions or cloud lock-in. AI-POWERED PRODUCTIVITY - Quick Capture: jot down rough notes and let AI extract structured tasks with due dates, priorities, and subtasks - Next Up: a single focused task suggestion that learns what you skip, snooze, and complete - Morning Briefing: start each day with a personalized plan based on your schedule and priorities - Daily Summary with automatic carryover from yesterday - Automatic categorization powered by Apple Intelligence - Connect Ollama or custom AI providers for advanced workflows - AI runs on-device by default — your data stays on your phone FOCUS MODE - Immersive full-screen timer with animated progress ring - Pomodoro mode with configurable work and break intervals - Subtasks and notes panel — see everything without leaving focus - Lock in on one task at a time with no distractions - Sessions persist across app restarts — pick up where you left off - Track focus streaks and build consistent habits CALENDAR INTEGRATION - Dedicated Lazyflow calendar with two-way task-event sync - Day view (default on iPhone) and week view with persistent preference - Set scheduled start and end times for event-like task planning - Long-press any event to instantly create a task - Supported recurring tasks sync as recurring calendar events TASK MANAGEMENT - Task lists for projects and categories with custom colors and icons - Due dates, smart reminders, and recurring tasks - Priority levels with color coding - Subtasks with automatic completion tracking - Swipe actions for quick edits - Full task history with search and filters SIRI SHORTCUTS - "Add a task in Lazyflow" - "Complete my next task" - "What's on my agenda today" - Hands-free task management WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES - Home Screen widgets (Small, Medium, Large) - Lock Screen Live Activity with Dynamic Island support - Real-time progress updates throughout your day APPLE WATCH - Today's tasks on your wrist - Tap to complete tasks - Real-time sync with iPhone - Watch complications for at-a-glance progress iPAD OPTIMIZED - Sidebar navigation with adaptive layouts - Full keyboard shortcuts - Split View multitasking PRIVACY FIRST - All data stored locally on your device - Optional iCloud sync across your devices - No tracking, no analytics, no ads - AI runs on-device by default with Apple Intelligence OPEN SOURCE Lazyflow is free and open source under the MIT License. View the code, report issues, and contribute on GitHub.

About

neboola

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Having the idea was never the hard part. neboola is the easiest place to catch a thought — and the only one you'll actually want to look at. Catch ideas the moment they land, shape them at your own pace, and turn the ones worth keeping into a real project. CAPTURE NOW Get it down in one tap. No folder to choose, no fields to fill. Catch the thought now; make sense of it later. SHAPE IT LATER Your raw thoughts wait in your orbit — out of your head and out of your way. When you're ready, shape the ones that matter into groups and give the idea its form. Capturing and organizing are two different moments; neboola never makes you do both at once. WATCH IT BECOME A PROJECT Break an idea into notes, gather them into groups, and turn the ones you need to act on into tasks. Flag the thoughts worth remembering as highlights. A fuzzy idea becomes something with edges — something you can actually start. GIVE IT STAGES Big ideas don't finish in one list. Gather notes into a milestone and give your idea its stages: each one fills as you finish what's inside it, then moves to your Archive when it's done. What's in front of you is always what's still ahead. SEE YOUR IDEAS MOVE Open neboola and your ideas are right there. The ones you're working glow bright and sit close at hand; the ones you've drifted from dim to quiet embers. Your whole mind at a glance — what's burning, what's resting, nothing lost. SAFE IN ICLOUD Your ideas are backed up to your private iCloud account and sync across your devices. Nothing to set up. — neboola is free for 14 days, then continues as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends — manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://neboola.app/en/terms/

Screenshots

Lazyflow4 screens
neboola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lazyflow at none against neboola's 2. Lazyflow also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. neboola sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Lazyflow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lazyflow ships an update every 11 days, neboola every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Lazyflow versus neboola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLazyflowneboola
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrakash ChaudharySuperPug 3000 LLC

In-app purchases

None

Lazyflow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

neboola

Subscriptions2
  • Neboola Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Neboola Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Lazyflow free?
Lazyflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is neboola free?
neboola is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lazyflow or neboola have ads?
Neither Lazyflow nor neboola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lazyflow or neboola?
Lazyflow ships an update every 11 days, and neboola every 2 months. Most recently, Lazyflow was updated on October 14, 2026 and neboola on October 16, 2026.

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