Comparison

Focus Dive vs NOWDO

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

Head to head
About

Focus Dive

Features
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Your brain already knows how to dive deep. Focus Dive just helps you aim it. Stay longer. Go deeper. Collect what you find. - Depth-based focus timer - Ocean treasures as rewards - Built for brains that work differently - Gentle insights, no pressure For hyperfocusers, ADHD minds, and anyone who's tired of fighting their own brain. Dive in.

About

NOWDO

Features
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When tasks pile up, the important ones get buried. The longer the list, the harder it is to choose. Every new task asks "Is this urgent? Is it important?"—and once you're done writing things down, you scan the list again and again, afraid you missed something. NOWDO does the choosing for you. And it checks one more thing: whether you have the time to do it. ■ No more sorting by hand You don't decide which quadrant a task belongs in. Just set the day you want it done and how important it is—NOWDO places it in the Eisenhower matrix. As the target date gets close, the task moves up to Urgent on its own. You decide how many days ahead "urgent" starts, task by task. ■ Overdue tasks don't quietly disappear A task past its target date shows a red "2 days overdue" tag and comes back to Today. At the top of the Week view, everything you haven't finished and has slipped past its day is gathered in one place. Nothing sinks to the bottom of the list and gets forgotten. ■ Know if you have the time NOWDO subtracts the meetings on your iPhone calendar and counts the time left within your work hours. Right as you add a task, it tells you something like "3 tasks, 1 h 45 min already booked by then—3 h 14 min available." Finding out you're overbooked after you've saved is too late. ■ Your day, laid out in time Meetings and tasks share one timeline. Press and drag to move a start time. Turn off a meeting you'll skip, and that time comes back. ■ What's next, on your Lock Screen A Live Activity shows tasks and meetings in the next two hours. Look ahead anywhere from one to eight hours in Settings. Quiet like a glance, not loud like an alert. ■ Look back on what you did Turn finished tasks into a report by day, week, or month. Pick a tag to see "How many hours did I spend on work this month?" Completed tasks, total time, days worked, daily average, busiest day, and share by tag—laid out in tables. Export to Markdown or CSV, or send it straight to a Notion page. ■ Ask Siri "What should I do now in NOWDO", "Today's tasks in NOWDO", "Can I get it all done in NOWDO" ■ Keep your tasks in Notion Store your tasks in a Notion database. Edit in the app or in Notion—NOWDO keeps both in sync. Create a ready-made database right from the app, with column names in your language. Not using Notion? Everything stays on your device. ■ Also · Home Screen widget · Repeating tasks (weekly / monthly on the same weekday / monthly on the same date) · Filter by tag, with a color for every tag · See each day's load in the Week view · English and Korean

Screenshots

Focus Dive4 screens
NOWDO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NOWDO at every 2 days against Focus Dive's every 11 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Focus Dive ships an update every 11 days, NOWDO every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Focus Dive versus NOWDO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFocus DiveNOWDO
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeung Ah ShinIL WON NAM

In-app purchases

None

Focus Dive

No in-app purchases

None

NOWDO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Focus Dive free?
Focus Dive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NOWDO free?
NOWDO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Focus Dive or NOWDO have ads?
Neither Focus Dive nor NOWDO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Focus Dive or NOWDO?
Focus Dive ships an update every 11 days, and NOWDO every 2 days. Most recently, Focus Dive was updated on November 9, 2026 and NOWDO on November 13, 2026.

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