Comparison

nu vs ntoday

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

Head to head
About

nu

Features
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nu. is a 5-second, one-line journal built for ADHD brains and anyone who loses their train of thought mid-task. It's based on interstitial journaling: instead of trying to remember your whole day at night, you capture the small transitions between tasks as they happen. What did you just finish? What is the next tiny step? That's it. Most journaling apps demand long paragraphs you don't have time to write. nu. asks just those two questions. Type one sentence, tag your mood, and get back to your focus in 5 seconds. WHY NU. WORKS • Built for Task-Switching: Designed for brains that lose the thread every time they change tasks. • Zero Friction: Open, type, done. No blank-page anxiety. • Automatic Timestamps: A clear visual timeline of your day, built effortlessly. • Mood Tracking: Spot your energy and emotion patterns over time. • Zero Distractions: No streak guilt, no social feeds, no noisy notifications. PREMIUM (One-Time Purchase — No Subscription) • Unlimited Calendar Archive: Revisit any past day. • Minimalist Custom Themes: Match your personal aesthetic. nu. gives your scattered mind a quiet place to land, one moment at a time.

About

ntoday

Features
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Just write it. ntoday takes it from there. Throw whatever's in your head at it, however messy. The next morning it puts back just the parts you need to hold on to. It doesn't tell you to get organised. It keeps things organised for you. ā–  Writing takes no thought One line goes to three places at once — today's list, your appointments, and search. Hold + and speak. You get the transcript and the original recording, kept together. Photos go in as they are. ā–  It brings things back before you go "oh — right" Writing it down and never looking again is the real problem. So it looks for you. Ā· 7:30 in the morning — only what's left over and what's due today. Nothing due, nothing rings Ā· 8:00 at night — the unfinished ones, once, quietly Ā· Tick things off from a widget or your Apple Watch without opening the app ā–  What you wrote sorts itself To-dos, appointments, where you put it, shopping, things that repeat. No boxes to set up. Writing is enough. If something lands in the wrong box, one tap on "not this" takes it out — and it remembers the shape. ā–  One word pulls it back out Type "dentist" and everything you wrote about the dentist comes back on a single sheet. When it was, what it cost, what they told you. ā–  When something repeats, it gets a crayon mark Write "sick again" across a few days and circles appear on a calendar. It isn't a feature you switch on. The notes become the tracker by themselves. Export it as one page to show a doctor or a vet. ā–  All of it on this device There is no server. There never will be. What you write does not leave the phone. No account, no sign-in. iCloud sync is off until you turn it on, and even then it only goes to your own private iCloud. Codes and passwords you jot down are hidden from summaries, previews, widgets and the lock screen. ā–  ntoday Plus — buy once, keep it Four more boxes (money, people, codes, scraps), iCloud sync, three months of tracker history with its widget, and three paper colours. Not a subscription. No ads. The free app has no limit on how much you write, and search, the morning and evening nudges, widgets, Apple Watch, export and the archive are **always free**. Built for people who write things down and forget them. English Ā· ķ•œźµ­ģ–“ Ā· ę—„ęœ¬čŖž

Screenshots

nu4 screens
ntoday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ntoday at every 5 days against nu's monthly. nu's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. nu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ntoday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

nu ships an update monthly, ntoday every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
nu versus ntoday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameternuntoday
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDahye Yuxiah lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

nu

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$4.99
1 purchases

ntoday

One-time1
  • Plus$12.99

Questions

Is nu free?
nu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ntoday free?
ntoday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do nu or ntoday have ads?
Neither nu nor ntoday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, nu or ntoday?
nu ships an update monthly, and ntoday every 5 days. Most recently, nu was updated on October 4, 2026 and ntoday on October 9, 2026.

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