Comparison

Badger Bug vs Doing

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

Head to head
About

Badger Bug

This app helps you overcome procrastination by sending repeated reminders for tasks you've been putting off. It offers adjustable intensity levels and encouraging messages to motivate you to complete your to-do list.

Highlights
  • Task deferral reminders
  • Adjustable intensity levels
  • Encouraging messages
  • Task suspension and resumption
  • Completion celebration
Features
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Badger Bug When procrastination is not an option, the Badger Bug can help… Having problems getting things done in time? Do you have a tendency to put boring or difficult things off? Taxes, repairs, calls to plumbers, veterinarians or distant family? Help is on the way! The Badger Bug application will bug you to accomplish today what you were deferring until tomorrow! Enter or dictate the task you are constantly putting off, then press START. It will send to your phone, or your Apple Watch repeated reminders to get it done! The Friendly Badger has three different levels of intensity, and a lot of encouraging words for you. He believes in you, and thus Badger Bug is and always will be free! You can suspend the Badger if you are too busy or unable to complete the task due to physical or mental circumstances. Once you get back, just resume, and the Badger will report for duty. It will be joyful and celebratory once you are able to press the “DONE!” button, and send the Badger away…

About

Doing

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This is a time-focused task management app. Log your time and stay focused. That’s it : ) -- Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Badger Bug4 screens
Doing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Badger Bug at none against Doing's 1. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Doing sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Badger Bug asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, Doing every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Badger Bug versus Doing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBadger BugDoing
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB209 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMartine HabibSu Yu Wei

In-app purchases

None

Badger Bug

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Doing

Subscriptions1
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Badger Bug free?
Badger Bug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doing free?
Doing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Badger Bug or Doing have ads?
Neither Badger Bug nor Doing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Badger Bug or Doing?
Badger Bug ships an update every 2 months, and Doing every 5 weeks. Most recently, Badger Bug was updated on November 2, 2026 and Doing on November 12, 2026.

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