Comparison

Doing Doing vs Spendful

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

Head to head
About

Doing Doing

This digital diary app helps you organize your days efficiently using a bullet journal style. Track your to-do list with detailed states and share your progress as an image.

Highlights
  • Digital bullet journal
  • Efficient day organization
  • Detailed to-do list states
  • Share to-do list as image
  • Completed, in progress, migrated, cancelled states
Features
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Digital bullet journal diary, DoingDoing! Organize your days more efficiently with us. - - You can feel like writing a real notepad. You are able to sign detailed states of the to-do list by using bullet journal style. Save your daily to-do list as an image, and share it with your friends! ■ States Available in DoingDoing - completed - in progress - migrated - cancelled ■ DoingDoing Pro Subscription - Monthly and yearly auto-renewable subscriptions. The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial. - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doingdoingdiary.blogspot.com/2021/09/ios-personal-information-processing.html --- If you have any questions or comments about our app, feel free to contact us by the following email. We will consider the opinions to improve our app. Email: doingdoingteam@gmail.com

About

Spendful

Features
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Think back to last Tuesday. Which purchase do you still remember, and why did you make it? Spendful is a spending journal built around that question. It is not budgeting or accounting software, and it gives no financial advice. Each day you can write down up to three purchases, with an optional line about why. The amount is optional too, so a gift, a freebie or a refund fits as easily as a coffee. HOW A DAY GOES - Tap Add Entry and describe what you spent on - Add the amount if you like, and a few words on the reason - At three entries the day is full, and Spendful tells you so gently - If you allow notifications, a reminder arrives at 8 PM in your own time zone - Swiped an entry away by mistake? Tap Undo within five seconds - A streak badge on Today counts the days in a row you wrote LOOKING BACK History lists your past days, newest first, entry by entry with the reasons you wrote. There are no categories, no budgets, no charts and no totals to feel bad about. Amounts and dates follow your phone's region, so you see your own currency and your own date order. SPENDFUL IS FREE, WITH ONE AD A small banner sits at the bottom of the History tab and nowhere else. Today, Add Entry and Settings stay clear, so writing an entry is never interrupted. In the EEA and UK, where the law asks for consent, a form appears before the first ad loads, and Ad privacy options in Settings reopens it if you change your mind. On iPhone, the system's tracking prompt shows only when that form allows it. You can decline both and lose no feature. Your entries and reasons are saved in the app's own storage on your phone. Spendful has no account and no server of its own, so nothing you write is sent to us. A GOOD FIT IF People who tried budgeting apps and found them tiring, and who would rather spend a minute a day understanding their own habits. Available in English, Korean, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, following your phone's language. Questions or feedback: contact+spendful@peppertree.so

Screenshots

Doing Doing4 screens
Spendful3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spendful at none against Doing Doing's 4. Doing Doing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Doing sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Spendful asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doing Doing ships an update every 3 days, Spendful every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Doing Doing versus Spendful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoing DoingSpendful
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (97 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings97 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChaehui SeoPeppertree

Bugs and requests

Doing Doing

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Data loss or disappearance of saved tasks
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 15 and widget display
  • Occasional crashes or performance issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync across devices (iPhone, iPad, etc.)
  • Recurring/repeating task feature
  • More customization options for fonts, colors, and themes
  • Ability to set task deadlines or reminders
  • Improved task management for large to-do lists

Spendful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Doing Doing

Subscriptions2
  • DoingDoing Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • DoingDoing Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium Pass$1.99
  • Remove Ads$14.99
None

Spendful

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doing Doing free?
Doing Doing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spendful free?
Spendful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Doing Doing or Spendful have ads?
Both Doing Doing and Spendful show ads.
Which is updated more often, Doing Doing or Spendful?
Doing Doing ships an update every 3 days, and Spendful every 4 months. Most recently, Doing Doing was updated on November 11, 2026 and Spendful on November 7, 2026.

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