Comparison

LifeOS vs Chip

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

Head to head
About

LifeOS

Features
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Most people have no idea where their time actually goes. They have vague feelings โ€” "I was busy all day" โ€” but no data to back it up. LifeOS fixes that. Log every task in seconds, assign a category, and rate how it made you feel. In 7 days you'll see patterns you never noticed โ€” when you do your best work, which tasks drain you, and how much time is silently disappearing to low-value busywork. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Log any task in under 5 seconds - Get AI-powered category suggestions as you type - Rate each task's energy: energized, neutral, or drained - Quick-switch to recent tasks with a single tap - See your net energy score update throughout the day - Discover which categories light you up vs. burn you out FOUR INSIGHTS THAT CHANGE HOW YOU WORK Overall Energy โ€” see your net energy score across all rated tasks so you know at a glance whether your week built you up or wore you down. Time by Category โ€” a visual breakdown of exactly where your hours went. Most people are shocked by what they find. Energy by Category โ€” find out which types of work give you energy and which ones cost it. Protect the ones that matter. Energy by Day โ€” spot the days that drain you and the days you thrive. Patterns emerge faster than you'd expect. BUILT FOR PEOPLE WHO TAKE THEIR TIME SERIOUSLY LifeOS is for founders, knowledge workers, and anyone who suspects they're not spending their time the way they think they are. No scheduling. No planning. No overhead. Just honest data about how you actually spent your day. Log it. Learn from it. Own it.

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Chip

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Chip is the to-do app for people who hate to-do apps. One task at a time, right on your lock screen, with distracting apps blocked until it's done. No projects. No tags. No inbox to process. No methodology to learn. Type the one thing you want to do, and start. When it's done, mark it done. That's the whole app. Chip puts your active task โ€” your chip โ€” on your lock screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on home-screen widgets, where you'll actually see it. Focus Mode quietly hides the apps that would pull you away. When you finish, the next chip in your queue takes its place automatically. No reorganizing. No weekly review. No tax for using the tool. WHY THIS WORKS The hardest part of most to-do list and task manager apps isn't doing the work โ€” it's maintaining the app. Tagging, sorting, re-prioritizing, processing the inbox, keeping the system "current." That overhead is invisible until you've spent twenty minutes managing your task manager and not done a single task. Chip removes the overhead entirely. There's nothing to maintain because there's nothing to organize. One chip is active. Up to ten can queue behind it. Five routines, five scheduled reminders โ€” caps on purpose. The structure is small so you don't end up curating it instead of using it. WHAT'S INSIDE โ€ข One chip on your lock screen, in the Dynamic Island, and on home-screen widgets โ€ข Focus Mode โ€” an app blocker that hides distracting apps while a chip is active โ€ข Routines โ€” recurring tasks that put a chip on your lock screen at the times you choose โ€ข Scheduled chips โ€” one-off reminders that fire at a specific date and time โ€ข A daily planning prompt that gently asks "what's your one thing today?" โ€ข Siri Shortcuts to start a chip by voice โ€ข A 7-day chart of what you've actually done BUILT FOR ADHD BRAINS, USEFUL FOR ANYONE ADHD brains know the failure loop: install a productivity app, set it up beautifully, never open it again. The setup is the work, and the work is exhausting. Chip removes the setup entirely โ€” an ADHD-friendly task app with zero maintenance. If you don't have ADHD, Chip is still the calm, single-tasking home for the thing that matters today. No streaks. No 47-item list. No "productivity system" demanding your attention before you've done anything. DESIGNED FOR iOS Chip lives where your attention already is โ€” the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, the home screen. The Live Activity shows your active chip with a one-tap "done" button. Widgets in medium and large sizes let you complete chips without opening the app. Everything syncs across your iPhone and iPad through iCloud. FREE AND PRO Chip is free forever. The free tier covers the active chip loop, the queue, widgets, the Live Activity, stats, and Siri Shortcuts. Chip Pro unlocks: โ€ข Routines โ€” recurring chips on the schedule you choose โ€ข Scheduled chips โ€” one-off reminders at a specific date and time โ€ข Daily prompt โ€” the morning nudge for the one thing today โ€ข Focus Mode blocking โ€” the actual app-blocking Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Cancel anytime. Privacy: Chip stores your chips locally and syncs through your private iCloud account. We don't sell your data, run ads, or track you across the web. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LifeOS4 screens
Chip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LifeOS at none against Chip's 3. LifeOS also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. Chip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. LifeOS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
LifeOS versus Chip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifeOSChip
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size40 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJamison Grudemjames jager

In-app purchases

None

LifeOS

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Chip

Subscriptions3
  • Chip Pro Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Chip Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chip Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is LifeOS free?
LifeOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chip free?
Chip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LifeOS or Chip have ads?
Neither LifeOS nor Chip shows ads.

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