Comparison

Doing++ vs Readonly

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

Head to head
About

Doing++

This app combines a Pomodoro timer with a to-do list and scheduler to enhance focus and productivity. It offers customizable focus modes, smart task categorization, and rewards for engagement. Track your progress with detailed charts and graphs.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro Technique timer
  • Customizable focus modes
  • Smart task categorization
  • Recurring task scheduling
  • Cloud data synchronization
  • Progress analysis charts
  • Reward system for engagement
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Doing++ is a time management application that features a Pomodoro Timer, To-Do List, and Scheduler to effectively help you manage your time and boost your productivity. This app helps you achieve your goals, such as: better time planning, improved concentration, task tracking, growing with companions, and staying focused with the Pomodoro Technique. Features: - Focus: Utilize the Pomodoro Technique and a forward-counting timer to enhance your study and work efficiency. · Multiple Focus Modes: Create various modes with customizable work/rest durations, theme colors, wallpapers, and more. · Quick Focus: Designed for one-time tasks. · Notification Sounds & White Noise: A continuously expanding selection of high-quality audio. · Focus Journal: Record your thoughts after each session and get inspired by a daily quote. - To-Do: Categorize and record every task to keep even the most complex matters well-organized. · Smart Categories: Spend less time organizing your to-do lists. · Comprehensive Task Details: Set due dates, recurring cycles, and other properties for each task. - Account: Earn "Light Bulbs" as an incentive to redeem white noise and other content, with cloud sync to ensure your data is secure. · Earn Light Bulbs: Gain rewards through focusing, checking in, and completing tasks. · Redeem Rewards: Use Light Bulbs to unlock white noise, custom notification sounds, and more. · Cloud Sync: All your data is synced across devices, ensuring consistency. - Review: All your data is consolidated into personal charts and graphs for easy review and analysis. · Focus Distribution: Analyze how your time was distributed among different tasks over a period. · Recent Focus Duration: A bar chart showing your focus time changes in the near term. · Focus Trends: A line chart illustrating your focus duration trends over a longer period. · Cumulative Statistics: Get an at-a-glance overview of all your data. · Timeline: A clear presentation of all your focus activities. Doing++ is available on both desktop and mobile platforms. After logging in, your data will be seamlessly cloud-synced across all your devices for a consistent experience. Contact Us: We always welcome your questions and suggestions. Feel free to reach out! Developer Email: ganwumeng@outlook.com

About

Readonly

Save articles from other apps to read later in a comfortable, distraction-free environment. Organize your saved content with tags, highlight key passages, and add notes for deeper comprehension. Customize the reading experience with various themes and layout adjustments.

Highlights
  • Quickly save articles from other apps
  • Highlight text and add notes
  • Organize articles with tags
  • Customize reading themes and layout
  • Synchronize data via iCloud
  • Export articles in Markdown format
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"Readonly" is a simple and easy to use read later app. There are not too many complicated features, just to give you a comfortable place to read your saved articles. Featured Functions - Highlight & Notes While reading, use different colors to highlight text, mark key points for easy review later. You can also add notes to the highlights, recording your thoughts and insights, making each reading session more rewarding. - Theme Switching We have carefully prepared some themes suitable for reading, choose your favorite from it, relax your eyes and focus on reading. - iCloud Synchronization Data synchronization to the cloud, no longer worry about data loss. - Tag Management Tag articles, categorize and manage them, keep everything in order. - Layout Adjustment Select fonts, adjust spacing, you can finely control the layout of the article to make reading more comfortable. - Quick Save Quickly save articles in other apps through sharing operations. - Export Articles Export your saved articles in Markdown format. —————————— Contact Us: brkchen@icloud.com

Screenshots

Doing++4 screens
Readonly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Doing++ at 5.0 against Readonly's 4.4. Doing++ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Readonly's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (16 vs 2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Readonly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Doing++ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doing++ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readonly has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doing++ ships an update weekly, Readonly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Doing++ versus Readonly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoing++Readonly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings216 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Ligu Network Technology Co., Ltd.龙 陈

In-app purchases

None

Doing++

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Readonly

One-time2
  • Permanent Purchase(iOS)$2.99
  • 永久购买(macOS)$2.99

Questions

Is Doing++ free?
Doing++ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readonly free?
Readonly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doing++ or Readonly?
Doing++ is rated higher. Doing++ averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Readonly averages 4.4 from 16 ratings.
Do Doing++ or Readonly have ads?
Doing++ shows ads; Readonly does not.
Which is updated more often, Doing++ or Readonly?
Doing++ ships an update weekly, and Readonly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Doing++ was updated on October 27, 2026 and Readonly on October 24, 2026.

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