Return Today vs OpenBot.run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Return Today
Organize your day with tasks, events, habits, and reminders in a single, calm view. Plan flexibly, build routines, and find focus with a dedicated timer. Keep track of important dates and access key features on your Apple Watch.
- Daily, weekly, and monthly planning views
- Flexible habit creation and tracking
- Focus timer for deep work
- Brain dump for capturing thoughts
- Task and event reminders
- Apple Calendar and Reminders sync
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Make today feel lighter. Return brings tasks, events, habits, reminders and your next small step into one calm daily view. Capture what is on your mind, decide what matters now and reshape the day when plans change. PLAN WITHOUT OVERLOAD • See Today, Week and Month in clear visual views • Capture tasks first and schedule them when you are ready • Rebalance plans when your available time changes • Compare planned time with actual focus time • Sync selected items with Apple Calendar and Reminders BUILD FLEXIBLE HABITS • Start with editable everyday habit templates • Create named routines with ordered steps • Track complete or partial progress • Pause, edit or remove routines whenever you need • Schedule habit reminders and calendar entries FIND FOCUS IN SMALL STEPS • Start an editable Focus timer • Turn distracting thoughts into a private Brain Dump • Break larger tasks into clear next actions • Use on-device intelligence to organize thoughts and suggest routines • Review every suggestion before it is saved REMEMBER WHAT MATTERS • Add flexible reminders to tasks, events and habits • Attach places and open directions in your preferred maps app • Track document expiry dates with photos or files • Choose when and how often expiry alerts appear • Check your next action and Focus session from Apple Watch PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your core Return data is stored locally on your device. Return does not use an iCloud database in this version. Apple Calendar, Reminders and Health integrations are optional and only use the information you choose to connect. Advanced on-device intelligence requires a compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled. Essential planning, habit, reminder and Focus features remain available on other supported devices. Return is free to begin, with an optional one-time Premium unlock. No recurring subscription.
OpenBot.run
Connect to your AI workspace and manage your AI teammates from your iPhone. Create, guide, and collaborate on projects with your team in real-time, ensuring seamless progress and organization.
- Connect to OpenBot workspace
- Create and guide AI agents
- Real-time team collaboration
- Organize agents into teams
- Search conversations
- Supports multiple AI providers
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OpenBot brings your AI teammates to iPhone. Securely connect to your OpenBot workspace, create and guide agents, and keep work moving wherever you are. With OpenBot, each AI teammate has its own role, instructions, workspace, and conversation. Build a team for research, writing, planning, coding, and more—then stay connected from your phone. MULTIPLAYER, BUILT IN Share a project with your team and work live with the same AI teammates. Everyone sees the shared context, conversations, and progress, so work does not get lost between prompts, screenshots, and handoffs. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Chat with your AI teammates in real time • Create and edit agents with custom instructions and avatars • Organize agents into teams and shared projects • Send tasks, follow progress, and pick up conversations wherever you are • Review agent responses and answer questions as work unfolds • Search conversations and keep ongoing work organized OpenBot Mobile securely pairs with your OpenBot workspace. Agents run through your connected OpenBot host, while your iPhone keeps you connected to the work. OpenBot is local-first and open source. It supports AI providers including Codex, Claude, Grok, and OpenCode. A compatible provider account or subscription may be required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenBot.run at none against Return Today's 1. OpenBot.run also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Return Today's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Return Today sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OpenBot.run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Return Today holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenBot.run has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Return Today ships an update every 3 days, OpenBot.run every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Return Today | OpenBot.run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gustavo Venzon | Nightly |
Customer experience
Return Today
OpenBot.run
In-app purchases
Return Today
- Return Premium Lifetime$1.99
OpenBot.run
No in-app purchases





