Do Nothing App vs Placebo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Do Nothing App
This app encourages users to pause and find calm amidst a fast-paced world. It provides an excuse to take a break, helping to make difficult moments feel easier and improve overall well-being.
- Encourages pausing and stillness
- Helps manage difficult moments
- Promotes a slower pace of life
- Provides an excuse to take a break
- Focuses on self-care and well-being
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We designed this app to help you move through hard things by not moving at all. Bet you've never had an app to help you keep track of nothing. The world says do something. We say do nothing. The world says stand for something. We say sit for it. We can’t change the pace of the world. But, we can change our pace in it. When we take a moment for ourselves, things around us start to shift. The mean world feels nicer, the hard moments feel easier, and we feel… better. Give yourself an excuse to take a beat. Better yet, take a seet and see that things will look up when you put your butt down. Namasste.
Placebo
This app offers a unique approach to managing modern life's discomforts by prescribing doing nothing. Each 'dose' lasts five minutes and can be taken as needed.
- Prescribed inactivity
- Short, 5-minute doses
- Take as needed
- Unique approach to discomfort
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Placebo prescribes doing nothing for the various discomforts of modern life. Five minutes per dose. Take as needed. The doctor is ready to see you. Let's talk: dwight@place.bo Terms of Service: place.bo/terms Privacy: place.bo/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Do Nothing App at none against Placebo's 3. Placebo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Placebo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Do Nothing App asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Do Nothing App against 5.0 for Placebo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Do Nothing App ships an update every 4 months, Placebo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Do Nothing App | Placebo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seet, LLC (App) | Dwight Torculas |
Customer experience
Do Nothing App
Placebo
In-app purchases
Do Nothing App
No in-app purchases
Placebo
- Monthly Subscription Plan$7.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription Limited Time$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription Plan$59.991 Year
