Comparison

NICE vs NowTodo

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

Head to head
About

NICE

This app helps you build reliable habits with local data storage and no account requirements. It offers features like editing, pausing, resuming, and undoing habit completions, with customizable notifications.

Highlights
  • Edit existing habits
  • Pause and resume habits
  • Undo accidental completions
  • Local notifications
  • Multi-habit selection
  • Widget integration
Features
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NICE 1.0.1 is a reliability and habit-management update. No account, sign-in, server connection, analytics SDK, advertising, or in-app purchase is used. All habit data remains in the local SwiftData store shared with the widget through the app group. What changed: • Users can edit an existing habit without deleting its completion history. • Users can pause and resume a habit. Paused days are displayed as rest days and are not counted as failures. • Local notifications are refreshed when the app opens or a habit changes. • Completing a habit removes its remaining reminders for that day while preserving future reminders. • Widget completion state now changes correctly when the calendar day changes. • Multi-habit selection and completion are separate actions. • Accidental completions can be undone. • The previously shown “pinned lock-screen” penalty has been removed because the app cannot programmatically pin a widget. Suggested review flow: 1. Create a habit and allow notifications. 2. On the Today screen, tap Edit to change its action, deadline, persona, intensity, or penalty. 3. Tap Pause, then Resume. 4. Mark the habit complete and use the undo option. 5. Add another habit to review the multi-habit selection and completion controls. Notification content and timing vary according to the selected persona, deadline, and intensity. Notifications are generated locally. No special account or review credentials are required.

About

NowTodo

Features
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The to-do app that gets things done without opening the app. NowTodo lives on your Lock Screen. Wake your phone and your current task is right there with a progress ring — one tap to complete, and the next task slides in. ◆ Your Lock Screen is the app • Live Activity: current task + progress ring, complete or defer without unlocking • At a glance in the Dynamic Island • Home & Lock Screen widgets, Control Center buttons ◆ 1-second capture • Add via Action Button, Back Tap, Control Center, or Siri — no app launch • Natural-language dates: type "report by Friday" and the date is set ◆ Focused on today • A "right now" engine that surfaces the one task to do — not a wall of lists • Complete or defer (in 1 hour · this evening · tomorrow · next week) • Repeating tasks, reminders, weekly & monthly calendar • Search across all time — even completed tasks • Public holidays shown, even offline ◆ Together (Beta) • Share to-dos with your partner, roommates, or family — a separate space for each group • Join by simply opening an invite link, no sign-up (works with iCloud) • See who completed what in real time, and pin shared spaces to the Lock Screen • Use it during the beta and it stays free forever, even after Pro launches ◆ Progress you can feel • Streaks, weekly chart, 30-day and priority stats ◆ Make it yours • 5 theme colors — they restyle the app, widgets, and the Lock Screen ring together ◆ Your data stays yours • All features free, no account needed • Your personal tasks are stored on your iPhone • Shared spaces sync securely through your own iCloud • Included in iCloud device backup & transfers, plus JSON export/import Finish today, right from your Lock Screen.

Screenshots

NICE4 screens
NowTodo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NICE at none against NowTodo's shown. NICE also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). NowTodo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). On price, 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

NICE ships an update every 4 months, NowTodo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
NICE versus NowTodo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNICENowTodo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperKihyun ChoiSeungwoo Kim

In-app purchases

None

NICE

No in-app purchases

None

NowTodo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NICE free?
NICE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NowTodo free?
NowTodo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NICE or NowTodo have ads?
NowTodo shows ads; NICE does not.
Which is updated more often, NICE or NowTodo?
NICE ships an update every 4 months, and NowTodo every 2 days. Most recently, NICE was updated on October 7, 2026 and NowTodo on October 28, 2026.

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