Comparison

Ago vs ago

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

Head to head
About

Ago

This app helps you track the time elapsed since you last performed a specific task or event. It's designed for items with a flexible cadence, offering a simple way to remember when to repeat them without nagging notifications.

Highlights
  • Track time since last event
  • Flexible cadence tracking
  • No nagging notifications
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Monthly history calendar
  • Custom icons and colors
Features
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When did you last change the air filter? Water the succulents? Call your mom? Ago answers one question: how long has it been? Tap once to reset. That's it. THE GAP BETWEEN A TO-DO LIST AND A CALENDAR Not a streak tracker. Not a to-do list. Ago lives in the gap between both - for things with a rough cadence you want to honor, not a fixed schedule. Car tires. The dentist. The friend you keep meaning to call. Plants that need water every couple of weeks or so. NO GUILT TRIPS. JUST THE NUMBER. Ago shows you how long it's been and gets out of the way. No judgment. No chain to break. No notifications nagging you. Open it when you want to know. The "three months?!" moment is the whole product. You see the number, you decide what to do about it. ALWAYS ONE GLANCE AWAY - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show the elapsed time at a glance (Pro) - A soft deadline turns a card overdue when it's been too long - a quiet cue, never an alarm BUILT TO BE EXACT, NOT FUZZY - See the precise time since you last did it, down to the day - Open any item for a monthly calendar of its history - Give each thing an icon and a color so the list reads at a glance WHAT PEOPLE TRACK WITH AGO - Home maintenance: air filter, furnace, gutters - Plant care and watering - Car service and tires - Medication and supplements - Friends and family: how long since you called? - Pet grooming and vet visits SIMPLE AND PRIVATE No accounts. No ads. Nothing to sign in to, nothing to manage. With Pro, your items sync privately across your devices with iCloud. PAY ONCE. KEEP FOREVER. Free for up to 3 items. A one-time purchase unlocks unlimited items, widgets, iCloud sync, notes, and all colors and icons. No subscription. Ever. Pick a color, choose an icon, set a soft deadline, and Ago tells you when something's been a while. No alarm, no nag. Just a card that says it's time.

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ago

Features
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Some things aren't daily habits and aren't on a calendar. Call Mum. Water the plants. Service the boiler. Change the toothbrush head. You mean to do them now and then, and you find out you haven't when something reminds you the hard way. ago is a list of those things and how long it has been. Mark one when you do it. That's all it asks. NO STREAKS. NOTHING TO BREAK. A streak counter turns a missed fortnight into a failure. But going five weeks between haircuts instead of four isn't a failure — it's information, and most of the time it's fine. ago doesn't score you. IT LEARNS THE GAP Every mark tells ago how long it had been. After three marks it has a median — your usual — and from then on it watches for the one that stretches past it. Not a target you set once in an optimistic mood, but the interval you actually keep. Change how often you do something and the app changes with you. A WORD WHEN SOMETHING DRIFTS One notification, sent only when a thing has gone longer than its usual gap. Never a daily reminder, never a badge, never a red number. Off until you turn it on, and switchable per thing. ON YOUR WRIST The whole watch app is a list and a button, because that is what a watch is for: you're standing in front of the plant you've just remembered to water. Mark it there and the phone has it a second later. A complication keeps the one you've left longest on your face all day. WIDGETS THAT ANSWER WITHOUT BEING OPENED One thing you choose, or a whole group summed up in a sentence — "Water the plants needs you, 12 days, against your usual 7." Home Screen and Lock Screen, in the app's own words rather than a dashboard of numbers. ALSO INSIDE Backdating — did it on Tuesday and forgot? Mark it on Tuesday. Notes on a mark — "small filling, bottom left". The detail you'll want in a year. Groups and search — home, the car, people. Filter the board down to one part of your life. iCloud sync — your own private database. New phone, same history. Archive — take something off the board without throwing its history away. Export — everything you've tracked, out of the app, whenever you want it. PRIVACY No account. No analytics. No servers of ours. There is nothing to sign up for, nothing tracking you between apps, and no advertising. What you track lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud account, which we have no way to read. FREE FOR THREE THINGS Not a trial that expires and not a crippled version — a free copy of ago tracks three things properly, forever, with widgets, notifications, the watch app, iCloud sync and export all included. ago+ removes the limit and adds the calendar, statistics across everything you track, warning days before something slips, all 47 themes, and the app's own colour and icon. It is a yearly subscription with a seven-day free trial, a weekly plan if you want it briefly, or a one-off lifetime purchase. ago+ is offered as auto-renewing subscriptions (Weekly, Annual) or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://sirekapps.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://sirekapps.com/terms

Screenshots

Ago4 screens
ago4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ago at 16.4 against ago's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ago sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and ago sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ago ships an update weekly, ago every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ago versus ago: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgoago
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDay TwoPiotr Sirek

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ago

One-time2
  • Ago Pro$4.99
  • Ago Pro$5.99
4 purchases

ago

Subscriptions3
  • ago+ Weekly$2.997 Days
  • ago+ Yearly$12.991 Year
  • ago+ Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ago+ Forever$49.99

Questions

Is Ago free?
Ago is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ago free?
ago is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ago or ago have ads?
Neither Ago nor ago shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ago or ago?
Ago ships an update weekly, and ago every 9 days. Most recently, Ago was updated on November 11, 2026 and ago on October 31, 2026.

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