Comparison

Routines vs DoRepeat

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

Head to head
About

Routines

Manage recurring tasks and chores with customizable checklists. Stay organized with daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly reminders to build habits, learn new skills, or meet deadlines. Keep routine tasks separate from your main to-do list for improved focus and productivity.

Highlights
  • Recurring task checklists (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
  • Dashboard view of daily tasks
  • Task filtering by context and tags
  • Customizable task contexts and tags
  • Local notifications for reminders
  • Auto-Highlight and Auto-Uncheck features
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Routines is a checklist app for the repeated tasks and chores in your life. Use Routines to keep recurring tasks from cluttering your calendar, email, and other to-do lists. With built-in daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly checklists, Routines makes it easy to stay on track and provides reminders for the important to-dos in your life. • Overwhelmed by routine housework? Use Routines to track chores and never miss a thing again. • Want to build good habits? Use Routines to keep “doing it” until it becomes second nature. • Learning a new skill? Use Routines to set up a recurring schedule for practice. • Keep missing your monthly report deadline? Use Routines to remind you of important tasks ahead of time. Keep recurring tasks separate from your main to-do list and calendar with Routines. Download Routines and see how this approach can help you stay focused and improve productivity. OUR USERS SAY “We use Routines at work to standardize the day. This app is exactly what I needed to stick to my routine and remain accountable for my work. Love it.” “The perfect app for creating a routine for home, work—anything! Don’t waste money on other apps!” FEATURES * Add recurring tasks to daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly checklists to keep routine tasks separate from your calendar and other to-do lists. * The Home tab provides a dashboard view of all tasks happening today across your daily/weekly/monthly/yearly lists. * In each list, tap the title to switch between different views with alternative groupings and sorting. * Add context to tasks. Create your own contexts (for example, Home and Work) and assign one context to each task. * Use tags to describe tasks with keywords or labels. Assign one or more tags to each task and create as many tags as you need. * Tap the filter bar to filter lists by context and/or tags. * Create alerts to receive notifications before or on a task’s due date. Routines uses local notifications so reminders work even when you’re offline. * Turn on Auto-Highlight to colour task titles in orange for tasks due within a range you set in Settings—an at-a-glance reminder of what’s coming up. * Turn on Auto-Uncheck to automatically uncheck tasks at a specified time. For example, reset weekly tasks every Monday at 1:00 am for a clean slate. Routines is a universal app for iPhone and iPad. No sign-up required. No ads. All data stays on your device.

About

DoRepeat

This app helps you create and manage recurring checklists for daily routines, chores, and tasks. Build a list once, check it off, and reset it for repeated use. Features include widgets for quick task completion and reminders.

Highlights
  • Create recurring checklists
  • Check off tasks without opening app
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Reminders for lists and tasks
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Unlimited color-coded lists
Features
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Build a checklist once. Check it off. Reset it. Run it again. DoRepeat is the recurring checklist app for morning routines, meeting prep, weekly chores, and anything you repeat. Unlike to-do apps, DoRepeat is built for lists you use over and over – not tasks you check off once. THE CHECKLIST APP FOR ANYTHING YOU DO ON REPEAT Life is full of things we do over and over. Morning routines. Packing for trips. Monthly bills. Meeting prep. Quality checks. That’s where DoRepeat comes in. It’s a checklist app built for the tasks you repeat, because some things are too important to leave to memory (or sticky notes that fall off your monitor). RECURRING LISTS, ZERO HASSLE Create checklists once, use them forever. Morning routine? Saved. Packing list for your weekend getaway? Saved. Monthly team meeting prep? You guessed it – saved. No more recreating the same list every time. Just check off your tasks, hit reset, and you’re ready to go again. CHECK OFF TASKS WITHOUT OPENING THE APP With home screen and lock screen widgets, you can tick off tasks without even opening the app. Because you’re busy and don’t have time for those extra taps. REMINDERS FOR LISTS AND TASKS When you need an extra nudge, you can set a reminder (or two, or ten) for any checklist or task. ICLOUD SYNC Start a checklist on your iPhone and complete it on your iPad. Your lists are everywhere you go. WHAT PEOPLE USE DOREPEAT FOR People rely on DoRepeat for anything from staying consistent with a personal habit to nailing quality control at the job. Here are some more examples: • Morning Routine • Meeting Wrap-Up • Skincare Routine • Workday wrap-up • Evening Wind Down • Monthly Budgeting • Medication Management • Weekly Household Tasks • Workouts • Preparing for Calls • Software Release Checklist • … and many more Manage an unlimited number of lists, organized in beautiful color cards. Edit your lists anytime as your routines may grow or change. You can have multiple checklists in progress at the same time and use your lists for daily, weekly, monthly repeating tasks.

Screenshots

Routines4 screens
DoRepeat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DoRepeat at 91% against Routines's 47%. DoRepeat also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6). Routines's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 18.5). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Routines costs $2.99 and DoRepeat $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DoRepeat holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Routines's written reviews are positive against 91% of DoRepeat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routines ships an update every 6 weeks, DoRepeat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Routines versus DoRepeat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutinesDoRepeat
Price$2.99 — better$5.99
Rating3.6 (8 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.1 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCooplaPhilipp Sackl-O'Neill

Customer experience

Routines

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral14.7%
Negative38.2%

DoRepeat

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Routines

No in-app purchases

None

DoRepeat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Routines free?
Routines costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DoRepeat free?
DoRepeat costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Routines or DoRepeat?
DoRepeat is rated higher. Routines averages 3.6 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while DoRepeat averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Routines or DoRepeat have ads?
Neither Routines nor DoRepeat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routines or DoRepeat?
Routines ships an update every 6 weeks, and DoRepeat every 3 weeks. Most recently, Routines was updated on November 1, 2026 and DoRepeat on November 7, 2026.

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