Comparison

Done! vs PERSISTENT Reminder

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

Head to head
About

Done!

This all-in-one productivity app integrates to-do lists, calendars, habits, and a focus timer to help you manage your day effectively. It offers goal tracking, task organization, calendar syncing, habit building, and detailed analytics to reduce procrastination and boost satisfaction.

Highlights
  • Goal creation and tracking
  • Task and event organization
  • Calendar syncing
  • Habit building and tracking
  • Pomodoro-style focus timer
  • Productive break rewards
  • Detailed productivity analytics
Features
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No more overwhelming to-do lists, no more switching between calendars, notes, habits, and reminder apps to manage your day, no more chronic procrastination. The all-in-one productivity app you’ve been searching for is here! Developed by a team of passionate productivity hackers, researchers, designers and engineers united by a common desire to create a beautiful, simple, intuitive personal productivity app with smart and powerful features. GOALS - Create Goals (can be projects, folders, categories) - Choose a custom color for each Goal - Connect everything you do to a Goal and track its progress TASKS & EVENTS - Organize all your tasks and events in one place - Create routines with recurring tasks & events - Reschedule or postpone events with one swipe - Mark any task Important to move it the top CALENDARS - Sync events with iOS and Google calendars - Choose which calendars you want to see - Match any Calendar to a Goal HABITS - Clean up your to-do list by having a separate section for Habits - Set daily, weekly, or monthly targets - Add reminders, build streaks, track your progress - Review Habits stats and discover how they affect your productivity and wellbeing FLOW TIMER - Pomodoro-style timer to focus on one task at a time - Keep track of how you spend your time - Stay in the flow by moving from one completed task to the next, without being distracted by seeing your entire to-do list PRODUCTIVE BREAKS - Earn breaks as rewards for completed tasks - Organize and track your breaks - Pause, recharge, and relax without guilt STATS & ANALYTICS - Powerful statistics to better understand self - See your average day, week, month, year - Discover your most productive times LIKED TASKS - Highlight your favorite tasks and events - Review and celebrate your accomplishments - See a list of what made you happy These features are proven to reduce procrastination and increase work / life satisfaction, based on years of science and research. Welcome to your new productive life! -- All user task data is encrypted locally using 256-bit encryption before being sent to the cloud servers for backup, which means the data cannot be read by anyone except the user. -- Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.done.co/privacy-policy https://www.done.co/terms-of-service

About

PERSISTENT Reminder

This minimalist tool helps you remember important tasks by displaying them as persistent notifications. See your goals on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Mac desktop, Home Screen widgets, and Apple Watch complications. It's a focused approach to accomplishing your goals without alarms or complex lists.

Highlights
  • Persistent notifications
  • Live Activity display
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Mac desktop reminders
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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We all have that one thing we need to do. Whether it’s remembering to pick up dry cleaning, making progress on a big project, or a daily reminder to get in your steps – it’s easy to get distracted and forget. PERSISTENT is a minimalist tool designed to solve that. It’s based on one simple idea: if you keep your goal top-of-mind, you will increase your likelihood of DOING THE THING. Type a short reminder in the app to see a persistent notification on your device. It stays on your Lock Screen as a Live Activity, in your Dynamic Island, and on your Mac desktop. Add a widget to your Home Screen or a complication to your Apple Watch to see it everywhere you look. There are no alarms, no complex lists, and no due dates. It is a simple, beautiful, and focused tool to help you accomplish your goals. We hope this helps you along your way.

Screenshots

Done!4 screens
PERSISTENT Reminder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PERSISTENT Reminder at 5.0 against Done!'s 4.6. Done!'s advantage is ratings volume (377 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Done! sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PERSISTENT Reminder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PERSISTENT Reminder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Done! has 377 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Done! ships an update every 2 weeks, PERSISTENT Reminder every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Done! versus PERSISTENT Reminder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDone!PERSISTENT Reminder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (377 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings377 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoneCo, Inc.Kyle Hayes

Customer experience

Done!

All ratings377 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews122 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral9.0%
Negative17.2%

PERSISTENT Reminder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Done!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tasks disappearing after editing
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Inability to delete tasks

Requested features

6 requests
  • Calendar view
  • Subtasks and checklists
  • Customizable repeat options
  • Better search and filtering
  • Apple Watch app
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  • Ability to unsubscribe

PERSISTENT Reminder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Done!

Subscriptions7
  • Early Adopter$3.991 Month
  • Done! Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Done! Premium$9.991 Month
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  • Done! Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Early Adopter$39.991 Year
  • Done! Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Done! Premium$119.001 Year
1 purchases

PERSISTENT Reminder

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$3.99

Questions

Is Done! free?
Done! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PERSISTENT Reminder free?
PERSISTENT Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Done! or PERSISTENT Reminder?
PERSISTENT Reminder is rated higher. Done! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 377 ratings, while PERSISTENT Reminder averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Done! or PERSISTENT Reminder have ads?
Neither Done! nor PERSISTENT Reminder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Done! or PERSISTENT Reminder?
Done! ships an update every 2 weeks, and PERSISTENT Reminder every 5 weeks. Most recently, Done! was updated on October 21, 2026 and PERSISTENT Reminder on September 30, 2026.

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