Comparison

First Step vs Beginary

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

Head to head
About

First Step

Features
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First Step helps you start tasks you've been putting off by making them tiny. Tell the app what's on your mind, and AI breaks it into small, concrete steps you can actually do. No planning required. Just begin. BUILT FOR HOW YOUR BRAIN WORKS Big tasks feel impossible. First Step turns them into 2-3 minute actions so small they feel easy. "Clean my room" becomes "pick up 3 things from the floor." That's it. One step at a time. GENTLE FOCUS SESSIONS Tap Start Focus and work through your steps with a calm timer. No pressure, no guilt. You can stop after 2 minutes — or keep going. Most people keep going. AI DAILY SCHEDULING Check in each morning and get a gentle schedule that matches your energy. Too much? Shuffle it. Still too much? Ask for just one thing. Your day, your pace. BRAIN DUMP When your head is full, just talk or type everything out. AI sorts the mess into clear, actionable tasks. One tap to add them to your inbox. TASK WEAVE Working on multiple things? Select 2-5 tasks and AI weaves them into one smart session, finding natural transition points between steps. ROUTINES Group tasks into repeatable routines...morning routine, weekly cleanup, whatever works for you. Start a routine and move through each task in order. APPLE WATCH Your steps follow you. Start a focus session on your wrist, complete steps with a tap, and stay in flow without pulling out your phone. WORKS OFFLINE Create tasks, complete steps, and run focus sessions without internet. Everything syncs when you're back online. WHAT YOU GET WITH FIRST STEP PRO • AI task breakdown into small, doable steps • Daily schedule that matches your energy • Brain Dump with voice and text capture • Task Weave for multi-task sessions • Gentle focus timer with no-pressure exit • Apple Watch companion app • Widgets for your home and lock screen • Unlimited tasks and routines Try free for 7 days. Cancel anytime. Privacy matters: your task content is processed by AI only to generate steps and schedules. No personal data is used for training. See our privacy policy for details. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Beginary

This app helps adults with ADHD overcome the initial resistance to starting tasks. It offers features like mood checks, warm-ups, AI task breakdown, and gentle nudges to make task initiation easier. The app focuses on celebrating progress without punitive streaks or shame.

Highlights
  • One-tap task initiation
  • Mood-based task approach
  • AI-powered task breakdown
  • Gentle and firm reminders
  • Progress-focused win tracking
  • ADHD-friendly design principles
Features
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Beginary helps adults with ADHD do the hardest part of any task: starting. You already know what you need to do. The gap is in beginning, and that gap isn't about discipline. It's how the ADHD brain handles initiation, working memory, time blindness, and the small spike of resistance that builds every time you look at the thing you've been meaning to start. Beginary is built for that exact moment. HOW IT WORKS Just Start. The core screen drops the cost of beginning to almost nothing. No picker, no setup. You tap, and you go. Mood check. Before you start, Beginary asks how thinking about the task feels: Fine, Wired, Heavy, or Stuck. There's no right answer. Your mood shapes what happens next: a Heavy afternoon and a Wired one don't get the same screen. Warm-Up. When starting cold feels like too much, a short warm-up gives you an on-ramp instead of a cliff. AI Breakdown. When a task is too big to see the start of, Beginary breaks it into small, doable pieces. Gentle nudges, firm when it matters. Reminders are soft by default: a quiet heads-up, never a guilt trip. For the tasks that truly need to break through, you can opt specific ones into a firm alarm. You decide which tasks earn that. Today's Wins. Beginary frames what you started and showed up for, not what you didn't get to. No streaks to break. No red overdue. No "you missed it." BUILT FOR HOW ADHD ACTUALLY WORKS - No streaks, no badges, no leaderboards. Beginary never punishes you for an off day. - No shame language. The app stays calm, even when you don't. - Motion-sensitive by design. Reduced-motion settings are fully respected. YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL Privacy is built into the structure, not bolted on. Your task names and mood check-ins are yours. Beginary uses AI to help break tasks down, which sends the task title to Anthropic for that purpose only. Nothing else, and you can turn it off. Analytics are anonymous. We don't sell your data or use it for advertising. ON APPLE WATCH Today's list, the mood check, and a one-tap start on your wrist. The Watch app works alongside your iPhone. TRY IT FREE Beginary is free for 14 days, full access, no card required. After that, Pro is $8.99/month or $79/year for unlimited tasks, unlimited AI breakdowns, and your pattern history. Questions or feedback: hello@beginary.com Privacy: https://www.beginary.com/privacy Terms: https://www.beginary.com/terms

Screenshots

First Step4 screens
Beginary4 screens

Verdict

The call

First Step and Beginary are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. First Step sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Beginary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
First Step versus Beginary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst StepBeginary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPraise ApataBEGINARY LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

First Step

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Access7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Access$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Beginary

Subscriptions2
  • Beginary Pro$8.991 Month
  • Beginary Pro$79.001 Year

Questions

Is First Step free?
First Step is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beginary free?
Beginary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do First Step or Beginary have ads?
Neither First Step nor Beginary shows ads.

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