Comparison

Doing Doing vs DiaryThreads

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

DiaryThreads

Transform your life into a series of shareable posts, just like social media. Capture thoughts, photos, videos, or voice notes in short entries organized into a private timeline. Gain insights into your journaling habits and revisit memories with customizable widgets.

Highlights
  • Post thoughts, photos, videos, voice notes
  • Private timeline organization
  • Insights into journaling habits
  • Home Screen widgets for memories and new posts
  • App Lock for enhanced privacy
  • No account required, local storage
Features
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DiaryThreads offers a new way to journal: capture life as easily as posting and let every entry become part of a timeline that is entirely your own. 【As Easy as Posting—Reply to and Quote Your Past Self】 -- Capture a thought, a photo, or a voice recording in the moment. A flexible editor helps you preserve life in richer detail. -- Find an earlier entry, reply to it or quote it, and see what has changed. -- When you have more to say, use an Article to publish a polished long-form card on your timeline. 【Understand Your Life】 -- Analytics brings together days recorded, total characters, posting frequency, and changes over the last 30 days. -- Your private trending list highlights the keywords and topics you have been returning to lately. -- State of Mind entries you choose to add also appear in Analytics, helping you look back on emotional changes. -- Topic Insights show when and how often each topic appears. 【Let Widgets Bring the Past Back】 -- The “Random Entry” widget brings an older entry to your Home Screen. Tap to shuffle or open its details. -- The “Write an Entry” widget puts writing on your Home Screen, so a new entry is always one tap away. Past and present stay close at hand. -- The “Photo Memory” widget brings treasured photos back into view. 【Light, Simple, and Entirely Yours】 -- DiaryThreads requires no account. Content is stored locally first; Premium can sync it across your Apple devices through your private iCloud. -- No ads, third-party analytics, or cross-app tracking. -- Premium imports and exports are processed locally on your device, keeping your content in your hands. 【Diary Threads Premium】 -- The free version keeps up to 30 current entries. -- Diary Threads Premium unlocks unlimited entries, share posters, keyword trends, private iCloud sync, local import and export, and all three Home Screen widgets. -- Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Actual prices are shown in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://foggy-bellflower-ae3.notion.site/Diary-Threads-Privacy-Policy-3aa1a28522d98112b480d81a7b2f74db?source=copy_link EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Doing Doing4 screens
DiaryThreads4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DiaryThreads at none against Doing Doing's shown. DiaryThreads also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Doing Doing's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 3) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Doing Doing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DiaryThreads sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DiaryThreads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doing Doing has 97 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Doing Doing's written reviews are positive against 100% of DiaryThreads's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doing Doing ships an update every 3 days, DiaryThreads daily. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Doing Doing versus DiaryThreads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoing DoingDiaryThreads
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (97 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings97 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChaehui Seo世杰 戴

Customer experience

Doing Doing

All ratings97 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative3.9%

DiaryThreads

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

DiaryThreads

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Doing Doing

One-time1
  • Premium Pass$1.99
2 purchases

DiaryThreads

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$6.99

Questions

Is Doing Doing free?
Doing Doing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DiaryThreads free?
DiaryThreads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doing Doing or DiaryThreads?
DiaryThreads is rated higher. Doing Doing averages 4.6 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while DiaryThreads averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Doing Doing or DiaryThreads have ads?
Doing Doing shows ads; DiaryThreads does not.
Which is updated more often, Doing Doing or DiaryThreads?
Doing Doing ships an update every 3 days, and DiaryThreads daily. Most recently, Doing Doing was updated on October 11, 2026 and DiaryThreads on October 6, 2026.

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