Comparison

Untangle vs CalmCatch

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

Head to head
About

Untangle

This app helps individuals with ADHD manage tasks and reduce overwhelm. It features an AI coach that untangles thoughts into a prioritized plan, breaks down large tasks, and offers focus-enhancing tools like ambient audio and timers.

Highlights
  • AI ADHD Coach
  • Brain Dump functionality
  • AI Game Plan prioritization
  • Magic Task Breakdown
  • Body Doubling Mode
  • Ambient Focus Audio
  • Focus Timer
Features
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You sit down with ten things to do. Everything feels urgent. Instead of starting, you freeze. Stare at the screen, scroll your phone, reorganize the list by color. An hour disappears and nothing got done. That's not laziness. It's cognitive overload: when everything feels equally urgent, your brain can't figure out where to begin. Untangle: Beat Procrastination is built to fix exactly that moment. WHAT UNTANGLE DOES DIFFERENTLY Most to-do apps hand you a longer list to manage. Untangle does the opposite. It turns your overwhelming list into one small step you can start right now. HOW IT WORKS 1. Brain Dump. Type or speak everything on your mind: deadlines, worries, unfinished tasks, random thoughts. No folders, no categories, no setup required. 2. Meet Aaron. Your personal task mentor reads your brain dump and picks out the one thing to focus on first, breaking it into a step small enough to start immediately. 3. One Step at a Time. Instead of a long list staring back at you, you get a single, doable action. Finish it, and Aaron hands you the next one. FEATURES Task Breakdown. Turns big, vague tasks like "clean the kitchen" into small, concrete steps like "put one bowl in the sink." Aaron, Your Mentor. A calm, encouraging guide that helps you decide what to do next. No guilt, no nagging, no shame. Focus Timers. Built-in timers help you stay with one task without switching away halfway through. Body Doubling. Work alongside a virtual presence that keeps you accountable and focused, even when you're on your own. Zero-Setup Onboarding. No calendars to connect, no categories to build. Open the app, share what's on your mind, and get your first step in seconds. WHO UNTANGLE IS FOR If you've ever known exactly what you needed to do and still couldn't start, Untangle was built for that gap. It's for anyone stuck between a full to-do list and an empty sense of where to begin: students facing deadlines, professionals juggling too many priorities, and anyone tired of to-do apps that just make the list longer. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Traditional productivity apps assume your problem is organization. But if you're already overwhelmed, a better filing system doesn't help you start. Untangle is built around a different idea: the bottleneck isn't knowing what to do, it's the bridge between thought and action. So instead of asking you to organize, plan, and prioritize, Untangle removes all of that and hands you just the next step. REAL PEOPLE, REAL RESULTS Untangle has helped students push through to graduation, helped professionals clear task backlogs that had piled up for weeks, and helped countless people go from staring at a blank screen to finally getting moving. People tell us it's the first productivity app that didn't make them feel more behind than when they started. A FEW THINGS PEOPLE ASK Do I need to organize anything before I start? No. Skip the folders and categories. Just open the app and say what's on your mind. What if my list feels too messy to explain? That's exactly what the Brain Dump is for. Messy is fine. Aaron sorts it out, not you. Is this just another to-do list? No. To-do lists assume you're stuck on organizing. Untangle assumes you're stuck on starting, and solves for that instead. GET STARTED FREE Download Untangle, share what's on your mind, and let Aaron give you your first step. No complicated setup. No long tutorials. Just one small step, right now. PRIVACY FIRST Your brain dumps and tasks are yours. Untangle is built with privacy in mind, so you can share what's really on your mind without worry. Untangle helps with: procrastination, task paralysis, overwhelm, mental clutter, motivation, to-do lists, task management, study deadlines, work overwhelm, and getting started on anything that feels too big. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CalmCatch

This app helps manage overwhelming thoughts and tasks with a simple capture-first approach. It transforms scattered ideas into actionable tasks, scheduled events, and organized notes, making it easier to manage ADHD-style planning.

Highlights
  • Brain dump for messy thoughts
  • Task overload management
  • Capture first, organize later workflow
  • Separates thoughts into tasks, events, notes
  • ADHD-style planning support
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CalmCatch is a focus-friendly brain dump app for messy thoughts, task overload, and ADHD-style planning. When your mind feels overloaded, traditional todo apps can feel like one more thing to organize. CalmCatch is designed around a simpler workflow: capture first, organize later. Just write down what is on your mind in one sentence or paragraph. CalmCatch helps separate it into clear tasks, scheduled events, and saved notes, so you can quickly turn scattered thoughts into something easier to act on. Terms of Use: https://destinyi.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://destinyi.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Untangle4 screens
CalmCatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CalmCatch at none against Untangle's shown. CalmCatch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Untangle's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Untangle sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and CalmCatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CalmCatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Untangle has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Untangle ships an update every 8 days, CalmCatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Untangle versus CalmCatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUntangleCalmCatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMultivox LTD敏 刘

Customer experience

Untangle

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CalmCatch

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Untangle

Subscriptions10
  • Untangle Annual$4.997 Days
  • Untangle Annual$5.997 Days
  • Untangle Weekly Premium$9.997 Days
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  • Untangle Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Untangle Monthly Premium$14.991 Month
  • Untangle Weekly Premium+$14.997 Days
  • Untangle Annual$39.991 Year
  • Untangle Annual$49.991 Year
  • Untangle Annual Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Untangle Annual Premium+$79.991 Year
2 purchases

CalmCatch

Subscriptions2
  • Calm Catch Pro Month$7.991 Month
  • Calm Catch Pro Year$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Untangle free?
Untangle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalmCatch free?
CalmCatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Untangle or CalmCatch?
CalmCatch is rated higher. Untangle averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while CalmCatch averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Untangle or CalmCatch have ads?
Untangle shows ads; CalmCatch does not.
Which is updated more often, Untangle or CalmCatch?
Untangle ships an update every 8 days, and CalmCatch fortnightly. Most recently, Untangle was updated on September 22, 2026 and CalmCatch on October 1, 2026.

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