Comparison

Doo vs Chronicle

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

Head to head
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

About

Chronicle

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Chronicle is a work journal designed to help you track what you actually did - not just what was easy to find later. Pull requests and published posts are easy to surface at review time. The Slack conversation where you unblocked a teammate, the thorough code review, the new hire you helped onboard - those are harder to remember and easy to leave off your self-evaluation. Chronicle gives you a lightweight place to log them as they happen, so that when review season comes around, your record is already there. Weekly goals, always in reach Create a pinned entry for your weekly priorities and it stays at the top of your list all week. When the week ends, pin your new goals - the old ones are archived alongside everything you logged, giving you context for how your priorities evolved over time. Organized when you need it Filter your entries by tag, date range, or both. At review time, pull up everything from the last period with a relevant tag and you have the raw material for a brag document - without having to reconstruct it from memory. iCloud sync Your entries are stored in your private iCloud account and sync across your iPhone and Mac. Your data belongs to you. Chronicle is a side project built to solve a real problem. It's opinionated, fast, and gets out of the way.

Screenshots

Doo4 screens
Chronicle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Chronicle at Free against Doo's $4.99. Doo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Chronicle is free to download; Doo costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Doo versus Chronicle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDooChronicle
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCiarlo Software, LLCMichael Frauenholtz

In-app purchases

None

Doo

No in-app purchases

None

Chronicle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doo free?
Doo costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chronicle free?
Chronicle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Doo or Chronicle have ads?
Neither Doo nor Chronicle shows ads.

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