Comparison

Noggi vs DIO

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

Head to head
About

Noggi

Features
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Noggi is your library of checklists for everyday life — the trivial things everyone keeps forgetting, with an especially warm welcome to the neurospicy among us. It's about checking things off. Not checking more stuff in. CHOOSE OR CREATE LISTS Create checklists for your life — morning routine, leaving the house, pre-meeting check — or pick a ready-made one from the built-in library. Every task gets a priority: mandatory, regular, or optional. BETTER SAFE. NEVER SORRY. Checking off takes some time: a deliberate hold instead of an accidental tick. And the essential things — meds, keys, stove — need to be confirmed up to three times. No chance for your brain wandering off ever again. No autopilot. GOOD RIDDANCE, TIME BLINDNESS Noggi shows your "must do" and "could do" minutes separately and tells you exactly when you'll be done. No more guessing about being ready. NO TRACKING. NO PRESSURE. No streaks to keep, no goals to chase, no statistics judging you. Noggi doesn't want you to do more — it wants you to stop worrying about what you might have missed. NOTHING TO CANCEL HERE No account you'd forget. No subscription you forget to cancel. Free from distracting ads. Just pay once, use forever — and everything stays on your device. MADE FOR REAL BRAINS Built for moments where every extra decision costs energy. Adjustable hold duration, confirmation difficulty, reduced motion, and full support for English and German. Hope this helps.

About

DIO

This app helps quiet a busy mind by providing a space to quickly capture thoughts without immediate categorization. It offers tools for later sorting, task management, and focused work sessions, all designed to reduce overwhelm and create mental space.

Highlights
  • Quick thought dumping
  • Categorized sorting bins
  • Task management with due dates
  • Focus timer and sprints
  • Habit tracking
  • Calendar integration
  • Customizable interface
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It's 3:46 am and your brain won't stop. DIO is the trash can for that. Write the loud thought down. Crumple it. Throw it. Watch it land in the pile with the others: the email you are pretending not to see, the tab you have kept open for 9 days, the door you may or may not have locked. The throw is not decoration. Watching a thought leave your hands and land somewhere else is the part that makes the quiet come back. A thought in the pile is out of your head and not yet a commitment. Nothing asks you to categorize it, date it, or explain it. Remembering and deciding at the same time is what makes a busy head seize up, so DIO splits them apart. When you finish dumping, DIO says so plainly: "9 thoughts. That was a lot, and you put it down." SORT IT LATER, WHEN YOU HAVE THE ROOM Eight bins take the pile: Quick Wins, Today, Later, Projects, Appointments, Ideas, On Hold, My Bin. Tap a ball and a ring opens: To-Do, Sort, or Dump. Keep it. Sort it. Or let it go. Nothing is ever just gone. Every discard sits in the Trash for 30 days, so you never have to be certain. When the whole pile needs to go, Dump All clears it in one burst, Undo included. Every morning DIO quietly resets. Finished things clear. Anything unfinished steps back from Today to Later on its own. Nothing turns red, goes overdue, or follows you around. No shame for disappearing for a week. DIO just waits. YOUR DAY HAS ROOM IN IT A to-do can take a due date, a reminder, and a spot on your calendar. Habits repeat on the days you pick, and a habit can start on a day in the future and wait, visibly, until it does. The week strip on Home slides a whole year in either direction, so next Tuesday is as easy to reach as today. The calendar shows your Apple Calendar events next to everything in DIO, in day, week, and month views, with eleven color-coded categories. DIO reads your calendar and never writes to it. There is also a free-time view, because your day has room in it: DIO shows you the free space, not just the busy blocks. FOR WHEN STARTING IS THE HARD PART The five minute start asks for five minutes. That's the deal. When the timer ends, keep rolling or stop, and both count. Focus Sprints split work into short rounds with real breaks built in. Toss Up picks at random, for the moments when any option would be fine and choosing is the wall. Dopamine Dive is a list you fill on a good day with small things you like, so a flat day does not have to think of one. Box breathing is there when you need a minute. And four soundscapes are generated live on your device, with controls on the Lock Screen. SHAPED LIKE YOU Reorder or hide the home cards and bins until DIO fits the way you work. Eight themes, each in light and dark. Reduce motion, haptics, and confetti have their own switches inside the app, and quiet hours keep reminders out of your evening. WHAT DIO WILL NEVER DO No account. No sign-up. No password. No DIO server anywhere. Your thoughts live on your device and in your own iCloud, and Elitec keeps no copy. We could not read them if we wanted to. DIO works completely offline. Airplane mode, no signal, a basement. No streaks, no scores, no red badges, no guilt, and no ads. You can export everything as one readable text file whenever you like, and Delete All My Data means exactly that. TELL US WHAT IS MISSING DIO was built by an ADHDer, for brains that run loud. Everyone else is welcome too. If something is broken or something is missing, the feedback button is inside the app, and a person reads every message. DIO requires a subscription, and everything is included: 7 days free where eligible, then one monthly or yearly price, shown in your own currency before you agree to anything. Cancel anytime through Apple. DIO is a self-organization tool. It is not a medical device, does not offer medical advice, and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. If things feel heavy, please talk to someone qualified. DIO will hold your thoughts in the meantime.

Screenshots

Noggi4 screens
DIO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DIO at Free against Noggi's $1.99. Noggi's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

DIO is free to download; Noggi costs $1.99 up front. DIO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Noggi asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Noggi versus DIO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoggiDIO
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus FreiseElitec LLC

In-app purchases

None

Noggi

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DIO

Subscriptions2
  • DIO Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • DIO Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Noggi free?
Noggi costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DIO free?
DIO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Noggi or DIO have ads?
Neither Noggi nor DIO shows ads.

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