Do It Now is a gamified productivity app that converts daily tasks into an RPG experience, allowing users to level up a virtual avatar's skills and characteristics. It targets gamers and productivity enthusiasts who struggle with traditional to-do lists. While it offers deep task customization and analytics, it is currently a new entrant with a critical 1.0-star rating and no recent update activity since its October 2024 launch.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Productivity
Sentiment
1.2
6 reviews
Nemesis
LifeUp: Gamify Tasks & Habits
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
For Productivity enthusiasts and gamers who struggle with motivation and want to turn their daily to-do lists into an engaging RPG-style self-improvement journey.
Key features
Tracks skills, characteristics, and experience points (XP) for a virtual avatar based on real-life task completion.
Supports custom repetitions, subtasks, difficulty/importance levels, and auto-fail/skip logic.
Visualizes progress through charts and dashboards tracking success, gold, and experience.
Allows users to convert any task into a recurring habit with RPG-style progression.
How much does it cost?
The app is currently free with no IAPs, suggesting a potential hobbyist project or an early-stage user acquisition play without a clear monetization path.
Velocity
Dormant developmentUX improvementsinternationalizationShow more...
The app has not received a major feature update in over 18 months, with the last recorded activity being a minor patch in October 2024. Given the lack of development activity for well over a year, the app is classified as being in a zombie state. Development appears to have ceased entirely, as there have been no subsequent releases to address new platform requirements or feature requests.
Who built it?
Vanessa Calatayud Gomis
12 apps tracked · Productivity
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Do It Now - RPG To Do List
How's the Productivity market?
The rivals identified
By LifeUp Team
A highly customizable RPG productivity tool that mirrors the 'virtual self' and attribute-tracking features of Do It Now.
- Extensive shop system where users can spend earned gold on custom rewards
- More complex attribute system allowing for deeper character builds
- Support for team-based tasks and community challenges
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Key takeaways for Do It Now - RPG To Do List
Where is it heading?
- Unanimous 1.0-star rating (5/5 ratings) indicates severe user dissatisfaction or technical failure.
- No updates since Oct 5, 2024 — suggests the project may be in maintenance mode or abandoned shortly after launch.
The SWOT
- Deep RPG attribute tracking (skills/characteristics)
- Flexible task logic including auto-fail/skip
- Built-in analytics and success charts
- Implementation of a reward shop for earned gold
- Social/Guild features to mirror Habitica's success
- Integration of focus timers (Pomodoro)
Next best moves
Conduct a technical and UX audit to address the 1.0-star rating.
+ 2 more prioritized movesFeature gaps
Reward Shop (available in LifeUp) +3
Bottom line
Do It Now offers a granular RPG-productivity framework but is currently failing at the execution level, evidenced by its 1.0-star rating. If I were the PM, I would prioritize fixing the technical stability and then immediately implement a 'Gold' sink (Shop) to complete the gamification loop, as the current version lacks the retention mechanics found in LifeUp or Habitica.
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