Comparison

Leeway vs NextStep

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

Head to head
About

Leeway

Features
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Leeway shows how much free time you really have today, then fits your tasks into it. Your calendar events, reminders and routines go on the timeline first. Leeway counts the hours that are left. Tap Plan and your tasks land in the open gaps, around everything that's fixed. When the day changes, Leeway moves the rest and shows you what moved. PLAN THE DAY IN ONE TAP • Plan my day places your tasks in the free time you actually have, and says where anything that won't fit goes. • Plan the week spreads work across the days ahead. • Running late? Make it fit reshuffles the rest of today. WORKS WITH YOUR CALENDAR AND REMINDERS • Apple Calendar events and Reminders appear on your timeline. • Move a task to another day and its reminder or event moves with it. SEE THE WHOLE DAY • A timeline from wake-up to bedtime, every hour in its place. • Your free time, counted live as the day goes on. • The week at a glance, before it fills up. KEEP TIME FOR WHAT MATTERS • Goals with a floor for what matters and a cap for what drifts. • A focus timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Widgets, an Apple Watch app, and iPad, in sync over iCloud. SAY IT ALL, GET A PLAN (LEEWAY PRO) • Type or speak a messy list, and Leeway picks out the tasks, times and deadlines and plans them. With Apple Intelligence, it all runs on your device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up. • Your data syncs through your own iCloud. LEEWAY PRO Planning, the timeline, goals, focus, widgets, the Watch app and iCloud sync are free. Leeway Pro adds the AI planner, voice capture, unlimited projects and milestones, custom categories, trends and history, and themes. Monthly, yearly with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Give yourself a little leeway. Terms of Use: https://leeway.innovatism.app/leeway/terms/

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NextStep

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One step on screen and your finish-by time right beside it. NextStep turns getting ready, heading out or winding down into a short run of steps that you follow on iPhone or Apple Watch. Every step counts down its own estimate. When the countdown hits zero, nothing jumps ahead: the step waits for you to tap Done. PLAN THE ROUTINE • Up to 30 steps per routine, each with a time estimate, a short note and an optional flag • Give the routine a finish-by time and keep an eye on the estimated finish while you go • Begin from a starter such as Leave for work, Evening reset or Start a focus block, or write your own • Break a task into steps: NextStep suggests steps and times from its own templates for common tasks and, on iPhones with Apple Intelligence, from the on-device model for the rest. You check every step before it is added • Reorder, duplicate or archive routines • Recurring reminders nudge you at the time you pick; a reminder never starts a routine by itself FOLLOW ALONG, STEP BY STEP • Done, Skip, Pause, Add 1 minute and End are always your call • Running behind? Adjust plan lists the optional steps still ahead and the minutes each one would save. Skip a few, or move the finish time for this run only • Pausing or adding a minute leaves your deadline where you set it, so you see straight away what it does to the plan APPLE WATCH, WIDGETS AND LOCK SCREEN • The Apple Watch app runs saved routines by itself, even with iPhone out of reach, and the two catch up when they reconnect • An optional Live Activity follows routines started on iPhone, with a Done button for the current step • The Home Screen widget shows the current step with a Done button, or your next routine • A Start routine control in Control Center or on the Action button opens your next routine, ready for you to confirm • Watch complications show your current progress at a glance ESTIMATES THAT LEARN YOUR PACE • History lists the routines you completed or ended • After enough real runs, NextStep proposes new step times based on your own pace, and you choose which ones to keep WITHOUT PRO • Two saved routines, run as often as you like • Routine editing, reminders, widgets, the Live Activity, the Start routine control, the last seven days of history, estimate suggestions and file export and import • Three tries of Break a task into steps • Watch complications, if you used NextStep before version 1.1 • A 45-second demo run that stays out of your history NEXTSTEP PRO • No two-routine limit • Full history plus planned-versus-actual time comparisons • Extra ready-made programs, such as Ready to go and A calmer evening, each one open to preview before you buy • Break a task into steps as often as you like • Watch complications, when NextStep was first installed at version 1.1 or later • If Pro ends, every routine you made stays available to view, edit and run • A paywall never interrupts a routine in progress KEPT ON YOUR DEVICES There is no NextStep account, no advertising and no outside AI service; Apple Intelligence suggestions are made on the iPhone itself. Routines and history stay on the devices that run them, and you can export a file whenever you want a copy. PAYING FOR PRO Pro is sold three ways: a monthly subscription, an annual subscription, or a lifetime unlock bought once. Before you confirm, the purchase sheet lists what Pro costs in your region and how often it bills, and payment comes from your Apple Account. A subscription carries on into each new period by itself. To stop that, turn off auto-renewal at least a day before the current period ends, since the coming period is billed in the final 24 hours. Manage or cancel from Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions. A lifetime unlock does not end a subscription you already pay for; cancel that separately. Privacy: https://mubaraklabs.com/privacy/nextstep/ Terms: https://mubaraklabs.com/terms/nextstep/ License: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Leeway4 screens
NextStep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NextStep at every 3 weeks against Leeway's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Leeway sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and NextStep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leeway ships an update every 2 months, NextStep every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 6 level
Leeway versus NextStep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeewayNextStep
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovatism LLCMubarak Almahmeed

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Leeway

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

NextStep

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Leeway free?
Leeway is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NextStep free?
NextStep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Leeway or NextStep have ads?
Neither Leeway nor NextStep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leeway or NextStep?
Leeway ships an update every 2 months, and NextStep every 3 weeks. Most recently, Leeway was updated on October 24, 2026 and NextStep on October 25, 2026.

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