NextPlan vs Purposely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NextPlan
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NextPlan is a clean, fast planner for people who think in days, weeks, months, quarters, and years. Most to-do apps treat every task the same. NextPlan understands that planning is layered: today's tasks live inside this week, this week inside this month, and so on. Switch between time scales instantly and always see the bigger picture. WHY NEXTPLAN • Nested periods — Today, This Week, This Month, Quarter, Year. A task you set for today automatically shows in your weekly and monthly views. • One-tap status — cycle a task through To Do, In Progress, and Done with a single tap. • Priorities & tags — flag what's high priority, at risk, blocked, or delayed at a glance. • Defer with one swipe — can't finish this week? Push it to the next period. • Never lose a task — unfinished items roll forward so nothing slips through the cracks. BUILT FOR APPLE • Native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro. • iCloud sync keeps every device up to date. • Pin a floating panel on Mac and Vision Pro to keep your plan always in view. • Full keyboard navigation, swipe actions, and a focused, distraction-free design. Start with today. Plan for the year.
Purposely
This app helps you identify, plan, and reflect on your life's purposes. It focuses on the 'why' behind your actions, enabling you to track progress and build self-awareness. Designed for privacy, it offers a personal space for goal setting without ads or data sharing.
- Identify life purposes
- Plan actionable steps
- Track daily actions
- Private reflection journal
- No ads or social features
- Data privacy focused
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You identify your life purposes. You plan, and you show up for them. You reflect, building the self-awareness that makes change stick. Most goal apps start with tasks. Purposely starts with the question underneath the tasks: what is this actually for? Once you have named your purposes, the planning has somewhere to point. HOW IT WORKS Name your purposes. Choose the handful of things your life is actually organized around. Not resolutions. Not a to-do list. The commitments you want your days to add up to. Make a plan. Turn each purpose into something concrete you can act on this week, not someday. Show up. Track what you actually did, so the gap between intention and action becomes visible instead of vague. Reflect. Write about how it went. Over time your entries become a record of who you are becoming, in your own words. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reflections are yours. Purposely contains no ads, no social feed, no followers, and no sharing. We do not sell your data and we do not use your writing to train Al models. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app, permanently, at any time. FREE Purposely is free. There are no in-app purchases and no subscription. A NOTE Purposely supports reflection and personal goal-setting. It is not therapy, counseling, or medical care.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: NextPlan at 4 against Purposely's 2. Purposely's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | NextPlan | Purposely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 莎 邱 | Siddant Bharath |
In-app purchases
NextPlan
No in-app purchases
Purposely
No in-app purchases









