Comparison

nonDo vs LIFE/CTRL

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

Head to head
About

nonDo

Organize your life with a simple yet powerful to-do list and habit tracker. Quickly add tasks, sort them with intuitive swipes, and monitor your progress with customizable lists and habit streaks. Personalize your experience with themes and backgrounds, and access your tasks easily via widgets.

Highlights
  • Quick task entry
  • Swipe to sort tasks
  • 3 customizable lists
  • Habit tracking with streaks
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Theme and background customization
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Simple, but organized. A to-do list and habit management app you'll love using β€” nonDo. --- β–  Quick Task Entry Jot down whatever comes to mind β€” sorting into lists can wait. β–  Swipe to Sort Swipe cards up, down, left, or right to quickly sort your tasks into lists. β–  3 Customizable Lists Freely change names and icons. Manage your tasks with categories that fit your life. β–  Habit Tracker Manage recurring tasks as "Habits." Watch your calendar fill in day by day and feel the momentum of your streaks. β–  Widgets Place your lists and habit calendars on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Check your to-do list and complete habits without even opening the app. β–  Theme & Background Customization Choose from multiple color themes, and set preset images or your own photo as the app background. More themes and backgrounds coming soon! β–  iCloud Sync Automatically sync data between iPhone and iPad. No setup required. --- 【About nonDo Pro】 The app is fully functional for free. Pro (one-time purchase) unlocks: β€’ All color themes β€’ App icon color changes to match your theme β€’ Exclusive design icons β€’ All background presets and uploading your own photo β€’ View all past habit calendars β€’ Automatic access to all future themes and features --- Privacy Policy: https://ojthon-dev.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://ojthon-dev.com/terms

About

LIFE/CTRL

This app helps you build and manage daily routines using customizable templates. It allows you to create reusable activity blocks, arrange them into daily schedules, and assign these schedules to specific dates. Widgets provide at-a-glance progress and task completion without needing to open the app.

Highlights
  • AI-powered day creation
  • Reusable activity parts
  • Customizable LIFE templates
  • Calendar assignment
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • TODO items and alarms
Features
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Most days follow a familiar flow. In LIFE/CTRL you build that flow first as a pattern, a LIFE, then add each day's plans on top of it. Make as many LIFEs as you like: weekdays, days off, days out and more. Put a LIFE on a calendar date and it becomes that day's plan. Add plans or changes for just that day, and the pattern stays as it is. Inside a LIFE, the day is divided into blocks by time and task, and you add parts, your actions, to each block. Your Home Screen widget keeps showing the tasks you need right now. γ€ŠHow it works》 β–  Create with CTRL Answer a few questions and CTRL builds a day from wake-up to sleep. You can also type a request to adjust an existing LIFE, create a part, or add TODO items and alarms. β–  Build reusable parts Turn brushing your teeth, meals, work, shopping and other activities into timed parts. Choose an icon and colour, then reuse each part across multiple LIFE templates. β–  Arrange your day Place parts inside blocks such as WAKE, WORK, HOME and SLEEP. Since wake-up starts the day and sleep ends it, schedules that cross midnight, including night shifts, work naturally. β–  Assign LIFE templates to dates Assign a LIFE to a calendar date to create that day. Keep settings that apply every time separate from changes for one specific date. β–  Run the day from widgets Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show the current block and its parts. Mark actions complete without opening the app. β–  TODO items and alarms Store belongings or steps inside a part as TODO items. Alarms support sound, snooze and vibration-only options. Available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Free, with no ads or in-app purchases. Your routine data is stored on your device. Only if you allow CTRL's input interpretation is the text you type sent through our server to Google Gemini. Alarm features require iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

nonDo4 screens
LIFE/CTRL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LIFE/CTRL at none against nonDo's 1. LIFE/CTRL also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. nonDo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LIFE/CTRL asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nonDo ships an update every 5 days, LIFE/CTRL every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
nonDo versus LIFE/CTRL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameternonDoLIFE/CTRL
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size15 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHIN SUGITANIYUKIYA SHIMODA

Customer experience

nonDo

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LIFE/CTRL

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

nonDo

One-time1
  • nonDo Pro$3.99
None

LIFE/CTRL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is nonDo free?
nonDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LIFE/CTRL free?
LIFE/CTRL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do nonDo or LIFE/CTRL have ads?
Neither nonDo nor LIFE/CTRL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nonDo or LIFE/CTRL?
nonDo ships an update every 5 days, and LIFE/CTRL every 2 days. Most recently, nonDo was updated on October 28, 2026 and LIFE/CTRL on October 21, 2026.

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