Comparison

Finishly vs Don't Forget

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

Head to head
About

Finishly

This productivity app helps you tackle tasks by connecting them to your personal motivations. It allows you to add reasons and images to your to-do items, providing visual and emotional prompts when reminders appear. Turn daunting tasks into meaningful actions with personalized encouragement.

Highlights
  • Add tasks with personal reasons
  • Include motivational images
  • Set task reminders
  • Personalized motivation prompts
  • Offline task management
  • No account required
Features
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Finishly is a to-do app that helps you start and finish tasks by reminding you why they matter. How it works: - Add a task. - Add your reasons for doing it. - Add an image that motivates you. - Set reminders. - Tap the sun icon to choose what you want to finish today. - When the reminder appears, you don’t just see the task — you see your own reason and image. Why it works: Normal to-do apps remind you what to do. Finishly reminds you why you wanted to do it in the first place. Instead of a generic nudge like “Exercise,” you can see: “Have more energy” “Feel better mentally” plus an image that pushes you to act. Instead of “Play with the kids,” you can see: “They grow up fast” plus a photo that makes the task feel important. Finishly helps turn tasks from boring items on a list into things that feel worth doing. It gives you personal motivation at the moment you need it most. No ads. No tracking. Everything stays on your device. No account needed — just open the app and start. Finishly is free to try. Premium unlocks unlimited tasks. If your to-do list isn’t helping you start, try Finishly.

About

Don't Forget

Features
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Don't Forget is the focus companion for minds that move fast. Start one task, get interrupted, always know exactly where to come back. No lists. No system. Nothing forgotten. HOW IT WORKS Start what you're working on. Just name it and go. Don't Forget tracks your time, keeps your task front and center, and stays out of your way. Get interrupted, freely. Something urgent comes up? Tap “Switch“. Your current task is automatically parked, timestamped, and surfaced the moment you're ready. A gentle notification reminds you to return 60 seconds later. Resume in one tap. Your interrupted task is right there, exactly where you left it. Nothing to reconstruct. Nothing lost. FEATURES · Live Activity & Dynamic Island Your task runs in the Dynamic Island with a live timer — even when you're deep inside another app. · Intelligent Task Switching Switch without consequence. Your previous task is parked and waiting, not abandoned. · Smart Return Reminders A quiet nudge after every switch: "Go back to this?" Not nagging. Just enough. · Task Backlog & Planning Capture future tasks without breaking your current focus. Schedule them with optional due date reminders. · Daily & All-Time Statistics Focus time, tasks completed, interruption count, average duration, and completion rate — tracked honestly. · macOS Menu Bar Start, switch, and resume tasks without ever leaving your current window. BUILT FOR REAL BRAINS Most productivity apps were built for people who can sit still with a long to-do list. Don't Forget was built for everyone else. For the people who start something, get pulled into something else, and then stare blankly trying to remember what they were doing before. For the people who have been told to "just focus" their entire lives. No guilt. No overwhelm. Just a calm companion that remembers so you don't have to. PRIVACY Your data lives entirely on your device. No account required. No cloud sync. No tracking. Ever.

Screenshots

Finishly4 screens
Don't Forget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Don't Forget at none against Finishly's 1. Don't Forget also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. Finishly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Don't Forget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finishly ships an update every 10 days, Don't Forget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Finishly versus Don't Forget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinishlyDon't Forget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.5 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdin CubroFrancesco Leoni

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Finishly

One-time1
  • TaskCompletePro$9.99
None

Don't Forget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Finishly free?
Finishly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Don't Forget free?
Don't Forget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Finishly or Don't Forget have ads?
Neither Finishly nor Don't Forget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finishly or Don't Forget?
Finishly ships an update every 10 days, and Don't Forget every 9 days. Most recently, Finishly was updated on September 15, 2026 and Don't Forget on September 18, 2026.

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