Comparison

Ideafall vs Doo

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

Head to head
About

Ideafall

Capture, organize, and evaluate your creative thoughts. This app supports your entire ideation process, from initial brainstorming to strategic execution planning. Visualize ideas, analyze them objectively, and build roadmaps for bringing them to life.

Highlights
  • Capture ideas from web content
  • Visual brainstorming with 'spaces'
  • Objective idea evaluation with charts
  • Agile roadmap for execution planning
  • Share ideas and charts as images/PDFs
  • iCloud synchronization
Features
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Ideafall (formerly Ideabook) helps creative minds focus on their best ideas. From ideation and capturing of ideas to reviewing and decision making, Ideafall supports your entire creative process in a unique and practical way. CAPTURE YOUR IDEAS Easily capture all your ideas - wherever you are. Got inspired while reading something on the web? Simply select the relevant text and share it with Ideafall. Quickly add additional thoughts to existing ideas via Spotlight-enabled search. Collecting your ideas has never been easier. Never lose a good idea again. BRAINSTORM & IDEATE Sometimes you need a more visual setting for coming up with new ideas for a specific topic. Or you want to do a brainstorming session in a more organized way. This is where "spaces" come in: visually organize your ideas via idea cards, group related ideas together and help your brain to understand the big picture. EVALUATE. REVIEW. DECIDE Innovative people typically have too many ideas, rather than too few. But to be successful we have to focus on our best ideas. Ideafall helps you to rate ideas regarding up to 10 configurable criteria and analyze them using bubble charts. Improve your chances of success by evaluating ideas more objectively and thus, making more informed decisions. ROADMAP & EXECUTE The best ideas are not worth anything without a proper strategy on how to execute them. The agile roadmap enables you to schedule your ideas across four different horizons: Now, Next, Later, and Someday. The "roadmap" view is visualized as a Kanban board and supports drag & drop. Implement and track your ideas more efficiently with the help of a clear, agile execution strategy. FEATURES - Searchable tabular "Ideas" view with adjustable sort order - Clear drag & drop enabled "Spaces" view for spatially organizing ideas using idea cards - Unique "Bubbles" view for analyzing ideas using customizable bubble charts in four dimensions (x, y, bubble size and color) - Kanban-style, agile "Roadmap" with four horizons (Now, Next, Later, Someday) for planning an execution strategy using drag & drop - Global portfolio filter - Easy sharing of idea spaces and bubble charts as image or PDF documents - Clean and at the same time highly visual user experience - Built-in support for accessibility - Seamless syncing via iCloud Get Ideafall and focus your creativity!

About

Doo

This app helps you overcome procrastination by breaking down tasks into manageable digital cards. Its unique card-based interface and focus on one task at a time promote productivity and habit building. It offers various task types, scheduling options, and cross-device syncing.

Highlights
  • Card-based task interface
  • Customizable task groups
  • Open-ended, calendar, and location-based tasks
  • Share extension for creating tasks from other apps
  • Customizable task scheduling and alerts
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Task collaboration
Features
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Become a more productive you, one card at a time. WHY DOO? It’s easy to procrastinate your to-do list without a clear first step. Tasks with large goals can feel impossible to finish. Doo helps you procrastinate less. Your reminders become cards that are easy to start and easy to finish. The streamlined edit screen encourages you to create tasks that can fit on a digital index card. Each card shows up in a stack — instead of a list — so you can focus on one thing at a time. BUILD BETTER HABITS Pick a few tasks each day and snooze the rest. Doo helps you create more consistent, sustainable habits. Reduce your anxiety and become a more productive you, one card at a time. *** 2021 Webby Award Nominee *** Best App - Work & Productivity *** 2021 Webby Award Honoree *** Best App User Interface REVIEWS “I absolutely love this app... *incredibly* satisfying...” – Doo 2 Review, Buzzfeed “There’s just enough guilt involved in hitting snooze that I often just complete the task. That’s the point." – WIRED “Doo is a beautiful way to get things done without stressing yourself out.” – Doo 2 Review, The Next Web FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS • Be more productive with a unique, card-based interface • Separate cards into custom groups • Create open-ended, calendar, or location-based tasks • Create tasks within other apps with the share extension • Schedule tasks with custom intervals and alerts • Sync with iCloud across iOS and Mac devices • Collaborate on tasks with other Doo users (requires iCloud) • Support for VoiceOver, Dynamic Text, and keyboard shortcuts • Stay on task with Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets • Complete or snooze tasks from notifications • Drag and drop text, locations, and URLs to create tasks • Screen lock with FaceID, TouchID, or passphrase • Create and complete reminders with Siri • Multitask with Split View and Slide Over

Screenshots

Ideafall4 screens
Doo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Doo at $4.99 against Ideafall's $29.99. Doo also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (39 vs 1). Ideafall's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 55%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Ideafall costs $29.99 and Doo $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ideafall holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doo has 39 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Ideafall's written reviews are positive against 55% of Doo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ideafall ships an update every 4 months, Doo every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ideafall versus Doo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeafallDoo
Price$29.99$4.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (39 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better55.2% of reviews
Number of ratings139 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElemental Tools GmbHCiarlo Software, LLC

Customer experience

Ideafall

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Doo

All ratings39 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral10.3%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive55.2%
Neutral24.1%
Negative20.7%

In-app purchases

None

Ideafall

No in-app purchases

None

Doo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ideafall free?
Ideafall costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doo free?
Doo costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ideafall or Doo?
Ideafall is rated higher. Ideafall averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Doo averages 4.4 from 39 ratings.
Do Ideafall or Doo have ads?
Neither Ideafall nor Doo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ideafall or Doo?
Ideafall ships an update every 4 months, and Doo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ideafall was updated on November 3, 2026 and Doo on November 3, 2026.

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