Comparison

Planeta vs NOWDO

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

Head to head
About

Planeta

This app gamifies focus sessions by growing a unique planet for each completed timer. Stay focused to build your galaxy, or leave early and watch your creations scatter. It's designed to help users, especially those with ADHD, stick to productivity techniques.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • Planet generation for completed sessions
  • Galaxy exploration and history
  • Focus Shield for phone locking
  • Apple Watch and widget support
  • Friend rankings and gifting
  • Journaling and session logging
Features
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Focus, and a planet forms. Stay until the timer ends and it joins your galaxy. Quit early and it scatters. A pomodoro focus timer that turns your time into worlds. Made with ADHD and restless focus in mind, Planeta gives every study block, homework hour or deep work sprint a reward you can actually see. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a session length from 5 to 120 minutes and start the timer. 2. While the clock counts down, your planet's terrain and colors take shape. 3. When time is up, the planet is yours and joins your galaxy. The rule is simple: stay to the end and you keep what you built. Leave early and nothing is left behind. It's an easy way to stick with the pomodoro technique, one session at a time. NO TWO ARE EVER ALIKE Every session generates a new terrain, color palette and set of rings. There are 20 planet types to discover, and no two planets ever come out the same. LONGER FOCUS, RICHER PLANETS Focus for more than 30 minutes and your planet gains an atmosphere. Go past 60 minutes and it gains a ring. Shorter sessions still leave a planet, just without the extra layers. That's a small reason to stay in flow a little longer. YOUR GALAXY The planets you earn settle into star systems. Pan across the map and see which session each planet came from. Your focus history becomes a place you can explore. THE CODEX A record of all 20 planet types that fills in as you discover each one. JOURNAL Every voyage is logged with its length, its tag and its planet. Add a note to any session so you remember what you worked on. It doubles as a simple study tracker for ADHD study habits, exam prep or long work days. ON YOUR WRIST AND HOME SCREEN • Apple Watch: start and end a session from your wrist • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, so your study timer is always a tap away • Live Activity: see the time left on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island FOCUS SHIELD Lock your phone down for the session and let through only the apps you choose. Fewer distractions, more time for deep work. FRIENDS Add friends, check the rankings and gift planets you've earned. iCLOUD BACKUP Your galaxy stays safe across your devices. PLANETA PLUS Planeta is free to download and use. Optional Planeta Plus unlocks: • Focus statistics and timeline • Daily Planet Crate • 5 daily repaints and 5 daily reshapes • 2x Lumens PLANET STYLE Optional Planet Style unlocks: • Render styles: Modern, Pixel, Retro • Planet and galaxy themes • Alternate app icons Pick a length, stay with it and watch your galaxy grow one planet at a time. Contact us: celik.mert58@hotmail.com Privacy Policy: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/PRIVACY_POLICY.html Terms of Use & EULA: https://mertcelik0.github.io/Planeta-Legal/TERMS_OF_USE_AND_EULA.html

About

NOWDO

Features
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When tasks pile up, the important ones get buried. The longer the list, the harder it is to choose. Every new task asks "Is this urgent? Is it important?"—and once you're done writing things down, you scan the list again and again, afraid you missed something. NOWDO does the choosing for you. And it checks one more thing: whether you have the time to do it. ■ No more sorting by hand You don't decide which quadrant a task belongs in. Just set the day you want it done and how important it is—NOWDO places it in the Eisenhower matrix. As the target date gets close, the task moves up to Urgent on its own. You decide how many days ahead "urgent" starts, task by task. ■ Overdue tasks don't quietly disappear A task past its target date shows a red "2 days overdue" tag and comes back to Today. At the top of the Week view, everything you haven't finished and has slipped past its day is gathered in one place. Nothing sinks to the bottom of the list and gets forgotten. ■ Know if you have the time NOWDO subtracts the meetings on your iPhone calendar and counts the time left within your work hours. Right as you add a task, it tells you something like "3 tasks, 1 h 45 min already booked by then—3 h 14 min available." Finding out you're overbooked after you've saved is too late. ■ Your day, laid out in time Meetings and tasks share one timeline. Press and drag to move a start time. Turn off a meeting you'll skip, and that time comes back. ■ What's next, on your Lock Screen A Live Activity shows tasks and meetings in the next two hours. Look ahead anywhere from one to eight hours in Settings. Quiet like a glance, not loud like an alert. ■ Look back on what you did Turn finished tasks into a report by day, week, or month. Pick a tag to see "How many hours did I spend on work this month?" Completed tasks, total time, days worked, daily average, busiest day, and share by tag—laid out in tables. Export to Markdown or CSV, or send it straight to a Notion page. ■ Ask Siri "What should I do now in NOWDO", "Today's tasks in NOWDO", "Can I get it all done in NOWDO" ■ Keep your tasks in Notion Store your tasks in a Notion database. Edit in the app or in Notion—NOWDO keeps both in sync. Create a ready-made database right from the app, with column names in your language. Not using Notion? Everything stays on your device. ■ Also · Home Screen widget · Repeating tasks (weekly / monthly on the same weekday / monthly on the same date) · Filter by tag, with a color for every tag · See each day's load in the Week view · English and Korean

Screenshots

Planeta4 screens
NOWDO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NOWDO at none against Planeta's 5. NOWDO also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). Planeta's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Planeta sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. NOWDO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planeta ships an update every 4 days, NOWDO every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Planeta versus NOWDO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetaNOWDO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMERT CELIKIL WON NAM

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Planeta

Subscriptions3
  • Planeta+$1.997 Days
  • Planeta+$3.991 Month
  • Planeta+3 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Style$4.99
  • Planeta+ Lifetime$29.99
None

NOWDO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Planeta free?
Planeta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NOWDO free?
NOWDO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Planeta or NOWDO have ads?
Neither Planeta nor NOWDO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planeta or NOWDO?
Planeta ships an update every 4 days, and NOWDO every 2 days. Most recently, Planeta was updated on October 31, 2026 and NOWDO on October 31, 2026.

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