RatherDo vs Flowmo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RatherDo
This app helps you manage screen time by blocking distracting applications and setting usage limits. It includes accountability features, progress reports, and a focus timer to encourage healthier digital habits and a better online-offline balance.
- App blocking and usage limits
- Strict accountability features
- Personalized progress reports
- Task and routine creation
- Focus timer for uninterrupted concentration
- Digital well-being support
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RatherDo helps you take control of your screen time, supporting not just your digital well-being but your overall wellness. ■ Select the apps that disrupt your well-being Select apps like Instagram or YouTube that disrupt your focus and set limits on their usage during specific times. ■ Built-in accountability With RatherDo’s strict accountability feature, once you’ve set restrictions, they’re locked in place and can’t be easily altered or deleted on a whim. This strict setup keeps you on track by preventing impulsive changes, ensuring you stay off distracting apps. The result? You wake up feeling refreshed and focused, knowing you stuck to your goals. ■ Report Track your progress with personalized reports on what you chose to focus on. Help you see the positive impact of choosing wellness over screen time. ■ Set Task (Rather Do) Create activities to focus on instead, like routines or tasks you usually don't have time for. ■ FOCUS TIMER When you need uninterrupted concentration, set a timer to block app usage and stay focused. Develop healthier digital habits and find the right balance between your online and offline life.
Flowmo
This app offers a flexible timer to help you maintain focus by adjusting work and break durations. It integrates with popular to-do list apps and provides focus reports to track your productivity.
- Flexible work and break timer
- Automatic break calculation
- To-do list integration
- Daily focus statistics
- Customizable work/break ratios
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Flowmo: Flexible Pomodoro timer that won't break your flow state The problem with classical Pomodoro is that we often finish our work early or the task takes longer than 25 minutes, resulting in interruptions by the alarm. Flowmo addresses this by offering flexibility: work x minutes, take x/5 minutes break. Flowmo automatically calculate and set break timer for you based on your work duration. In this way you can stay in the flow state while maintaining the 5:1 work-break ratio. Main features: • Flexible Timer: Work 50 minutes, take 10 minutes break; work 120 minutes, take 24 minutes break. • Todo List: Focus one task at a time to stay monotasked. Todo list app integrations available (Todoist, TickTick, Microsoft To Do and Google Tasks) • Focus reports: Provides daily focus statistics • Customizable Options: Tweak the work and break ratio to fit your needs. Terms of Use: https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RatherDo at none against Flowmo's 2. RatherDo also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Flowmo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. RatherDo asks for nothing beyond the download.
RatherDo holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
RatherDo ships an update every 3 days, Flowmo weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RatherDo | Flowmo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dongsub Shin | Shang Wei Shen |
Customer experience
RatherDo
Flowmo
In-app purchases
RatherDo
No in-app purchases
Flowmo
- Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$47.991 Year
