Comparison

JustNow vs Pull to Refresh

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

Head to head
About

JustNow

Easily log your daily activities using plain language or voice input. Automatically categorize and track time spent on tasks. Offers unlimited custom categories and cross-device sync with a one-time purchase or subscription.

Highlights
  • Record activities in plain language
  • Voice transcription for logging
  • Automatic time and category calculation
  • Simple timeline view of activities
  • Home Screen widget for quick logging
  • Export records as JSON
Features
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Most time tools start with good intentions and a perfect plan. JustNow starts with what actually happened. Finished something? Drop a line. It’s that simple. JustNow helps you record what actually happened. Track an activity as you go, or log it afterward. Type or say “read for an hour,” and JustNow turns it into an entry with start and end times, an emoji, and a category. RECORD IN PLAIN LANGUAGE • Write naturally: “coffee with Sam,” “reading from 9am to 10am.” • Speak instead of typing, with voice transcription on your device. • Automatically work out times and categories with Apple Intelligence on supported devices. • Remembers your category and emoji choices. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME GOES • Follow your day in a simple timeline. • Look back at what you did and fill in the gaps you want to remember. • Keep your activities organized with automatic categories. Rename them, merge them, or add your own. MAKE RECORDING EFFORTLESS • Log your most frequent activities with one tap from a Home Screen widget. • See how much time has passed since your last entry, then tap to fill the gap. • Export your records as JSON anytime. JUSTNOW UNLIMITED Go beyond today. Revisit any past day, explore long-term trends, create unlimited custom categories, and sync across your devices. Choose the option that suits you: • Monthly subscription: US$2.99 per month. • Lifetime access: US$9.99 as a one-time purchase. No recurring fees. Both options unlock the same Unlimited features. Prices above are for the U.S. App Store; prices in other countries and regions may vary. Your local price is shown before purchase. The monthly subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account to create. No ads. No analytics. Voice transcription and intelligent processing happen on your device. Your records stay on your device, or in your own private iCloud database if you enable sync. Work, rest, distractions, and everything in between. It all counts as life. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pull to Refresh

This app locks your most time-consuming applications until you complete physical exercises. Earn back minutes for your apps by doing push-ups, sit-ups, or other movements, with the camera accurately counting your reps. Your exercise data can be saved to Health.

Highlights
  • App time allowance setting
  • Exercise-based rep counting
  • Pose detection for accurate reps
  • Health app integration
  • Optional public leaderboard
  • Strict mode for enhanced blocking
Features
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Pull to refresh. Actually pull. Pick the apps that eat your day, give them an allowance, and when it runs out they lock. To get back in, you do reps. The camera counts them on your phone. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps. Instagram, TikTok, X, games — whatever you actually lose hours to. 2. Set the allowance. So many minutes a day, a few minutes an hour, or nothing at all. 3. Run out, and they shut. 4. Do a set. Push-ups, sit-ups, squats, pull-ups or jumping jacks. 5. Spend what you earned, on whichever app you were reaching for. THE COUNTING IS HONEST Reps are scored from your body's joint positions, not from your phone shaking in a pocket. A rep only counts on a full movement — down to depth and back — so half-reps score nothing, and the app tells you why instead of leaving you guessing. Shaking the phone pays exactly zero. Time is measured in real use of those apps, not on a clock. Put the phone down mid-scroll and the minutes you paid for are still there. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE Pose detection runs on the device. No video is recorded, stored or uploaded, and there is no account to make. iOS hands the app opaque tokens rather than names, so it can tell that you picked an app — never what you do inside it. IT COUNTS TWICE Finished sets can be saved to Health as workouts, so reps done here go to your Move ring and show up in Fitness with everything else. RACE SOMEONE Put your reps on a public board and chase a friend. Opt-in, under any name you like, and leaving deletes your row. PRO Free covers a whole working loop: one group of apps on a daily allowance, every exercise, rep counting, Health and the leaderboard. Forever. Pro makes the lock harder — it never makes it softer: - Strict mode. A rule you cannot switch off the moment you want to. Changing it costs a cooling-off period first, which is exactly when you would have caved. - Minutes per hour. Short check-ins instead of one long sitting. - As many rules as you like, with different limits for different apps. - Your whole history, with streaks. Money never buys screen time here. Only reps do that. Pro is a subscription, renewing until cancelled, or a one-off payment for good. Manage or cancel any time in Settings. WORTH KNOWING Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time. You will be asked to grant it on first launch, and the camera when you do your first set. Deleting the app removes every lock, whatever you have bought — this is a speed bump you chose, not a cage. Privacy Policy - https://ef03b566.pull-to-refresh.pages.dev/privacy EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

JustNow4 screens
Pull to Refresh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pull to Refresh at every 3 days against JustNow's every 3 weeks. Pull to Refresh also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. JustNow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pull to Refresh sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JustNow against 5.0 for Pull to Refresh. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JustNow ships an update every 3 weeks, Pull to Refresh every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
JustNow versus Pull to Refresh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJustNowPull to Refresh
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXylea LLCIvan Chernoknizhnikov

Customer experience

JustNow

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pull to Refresh

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

JustNow

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlimited Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

Pull to Refresh

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is JustNow free?
JustNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pull to Refresh free?
Pull to Refresh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JustNow or Pull to Refresh?
JustNow and Pull to Refresh are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do JustNow or Pull to Refresh have ads?
Neither JustNow nor Pull to Refresh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JustNow or Pull to Refresh?
JustNow ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pull to Refresh every 3 days. Most recently, JustNow was updated on October 14, 2026 and Pull to Refresh on October 2, 2026.

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