Comparison

My Next vs Apical

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

Head to head
About

My Next

Features
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My Next: Note is a calm, private note app for your personal life โ€” not work. Capture thoughts, ideas, and context without pressure. Just open, write, and trust that everything is saved. FAST CAPTURE Start writing immediately. Every note saves automatically as you type, when you leave the app, and when your phone locks. There is no save button because you never need one. SIMPLE RICH TEXT Format notes with Bold, Italic, and Headings using a clean inline toolbar. Enough to give your writing structure without the complexity of a word processor. ORGANIZE WITH NOTEBOOKS Group related notes into Notebooks when you want to. Or keep everything in All Notes. Pin important notes so they stay easy to find. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account required. No tracking. No ads. Your app content stays on your device, under your control. Back up anytime to iCloud, Files, Dropbox, or AirDrop. EXTRA WHEN YOU NEED IT Create unlimited notes for free and organize up to 3 Notebooks. Upgrade to Extra for unlimited Notebooks, advanced search, note export, biometric lock, and sharing from other apps. QUIET BY DESIGN No feeds. No social features. No gamification. Just a calm place to think, write, and keep what matters. Terms of Use (EULA): https://mynextstudio.com/my-next/note/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://mynextstudio.com/my-next/note/privacy/

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Apical

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Your tasks and your calendar on ONE timeline. In Apical, your to-dos, your appointments and the events from your Gmail or Outlook calendar sit in the same day view. Things at the same time are shown side by side, and an event that overlaps another is flagged โ€” so you see a double-booking while there is still time to move one. You are not disorganized. You are holding six apps in your head. One app for the to-do list. A calendar that has never heard of it. Notes somewhere else, mail in a fourth place, then groceries, workouts, the weather, the news. Eight logins, eight sets of notifications, a bill for each โ€” and the thing you needed was still in the app you did not open. Apical is the one place all of it lives. Open it and today is already there: what you have to do, where you have to be, what came in overnight, what the sky is doing. No account needed to start. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT Tick a task off from a Home Screen widget without opening the app. Gmail, Outlook, iCloud and IMAP arrive in the same place you plan your day, so mail stops being a separate errand. Give a task a place and it can remind you when you arrive, not just at a set time. FREE, AND NOT A TRAP The planner, notes, mail, weather, an alarm clock and your home screen are free, with no account required โ€” 15 tasks a day, 3 notes and 1 mailbox, with two-way calendar sync for Gmail and Outlook. Enough to run a week on before you decide anything. LIVE WELL โ€” the life around the work Unlimited tasks, appointments and notes. Write by hand anywhere on a note's page, with a finger or Apple Pencil, plus folders, and pictures, videos and files that stay where you put them. Steps, workouts, water and heart data in one view, synced with Apple Health and tracked live on your wrist. Serenity for the end of the day: sleep sounds with a sleep timer, guided breathing and relaxation, and a sleep tracker that charts your nights. Suggested wake-up times that fit your day, and the full library of alarm sounds. Grocery reminders that fire when you are NEAR THE SHOP, not at 9am when you are nowhere near one. No ad banners, ever. Your day synced across iPhone and iPad. POWER โ€” the inbox, and the thinking Up to ten mail accounts in one inbox. AI that sums up the emails you pick, up to eight at a time, every point linked to the message it came from, and reads it aloud if you like. Describe your week in plain words and get tasks and events you can accept in one tap, or ask it to change one you already have. Photograph a recipe, pick the ingredients you need, and they land on your grocery list. Or show the Shopping Assistant up to ten photos at once, and it suggests the list. Share a list, a note or a calendar with the people it actually involves โ€” they can join with a free account. A news feed that refuses ad and tracker scripts before the page loads. ONE PLAN INSTEAD OF FIVE Paid for separately, a to-do app, a calendar app, a notes app, a grocery app and a health tracker are five subscriptions for five slices of one life. Live Well covers all five. The rest can go. Start free. Give it a week. The first month of either plan is on us. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, plus Home and Lock Screen widgets. Eighteen languages. Your data is yours. Some features, such as plans, sync and AI, are not available in every country. Terms of Use: https://www.garbageapps.com/apicalplanandlivewell/legal Privacy Policy: https://www.garbageapps.com/apicalplanandlivewell/legal

Screenshots

My Next4 screens
Apical4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: My Next at none against Apical's shown. My Next also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Apical's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. My Next sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Apical sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Next ships an update every 5 weeks, Apical every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
My Next versus Apical: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy NextApical
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size46 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLars BruceGarbageApps LLC

In-app purchases

7 purchases

My Next

Subscriptions4
  • Extra Monthly$1.991 Month
  • My Next: Extra$2.991 Month
  • Extra Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • My Next: Extra$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Support$4.99
  • Super Supporter$9.99
4 purchases

Apical

Subscriptions4
  • Apical Live Well1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Apical Power1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Apical Live Well1 Month trial$44.991 Year
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  • Apical Power1 Month trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is My Next free?
My Next is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apical free?
Apical is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Next or Apical have ads?
Apical shows ads; My Next does not.
Which is updated more often, My Next or Apical?
My Next ships an update every 5 weeks, and Apical every 3 days. Most recently, My Next was updated on October 24, 2026 and Apical on October 31, 2026.

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