Comparison

DoThread vs Tap

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

Head to head
About

DoThread

This app offers a flexible journaling experience to track moods, habits, and life events. Organize your thoughts with custom threads, gain insights through analytics, and stay consistent with daily reminders. Your data is private and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable threads for notes, moods, and metrics
  • Fast capture with text, photos, and mood logging
  • Number tracking with custom units
  • Location and weather data integration (opt-in)
  • Apple Shortcuts and Siri integration
  • Powerful analytics and trend visualization
  • Daily reminders for consistency
  • iCloud and WebDAV sync
Features
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A journal that keeps up with you. Write an entry, tap a mood, tick off the swim, log the weight — DoThread holds all of it in threads you shape yourself. Free to start. No account, no one else's servers. WRITE PROPERLY Markdown where you want it: headings, lists, quotes, bold. Up to four photos in a single entry. Place and weather attach themselves, if you let them. LOG IN ONE TAP Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets record a mood or a check-in without opening the app. Put the Control Centre control on your Action Button and it is a single press. Ask Siri, or build it into a Shortcut. AN ENDLESS PAGE Canvas threads drop the timeline entirely: an endless page you write anywhere on, in handwriting-style fonts if you like. Photos, stickers and sticky notes drag, resize and rotate. Give the page a colour and a texture, and export all of it as one PDF. SIX KINDS OF THREAD Journals, mood trackers, daily check-ins, number trackers, checklists and freeform canvases. Pin the ones you live in to the top. Each with its own colour, its own moods if the standard ones don't fit, and Face ID on the private ones. SEE WHAT YOU'D MISS Two months of moods on one calendar. A streak you can watch grow. Numbers charted week by week. Search every word you have ever written, across every thread at once. YOURS, PROPERLY Everything syncs across your devices with iCloud, or to your own server over WebDAV if you would rather. Export to Markdown, or take a full backup you can restore. Nothing is locked in. DOTHREAD PRO One subscription unlocks everything: canvas threads, unlimited threads of every type, widgets, four photos per entry, analytics, custom moods, Face ID protection and WebDAV. A daily reminder, if you want one. Dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch. --- For technical assistance, reach our team at contact@chelodo.com Privacy Policy: https://chelodo.com/apps/dothread/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://chelodo.com/apps/dothread/terms

About

Tap

A straightforward and uncluttered checklist application designed for simplicity. It allows for easy task completion without accidental edits and offers a quick reset function for reusable lists. Visual cues in soft colors highlight remaining tasks.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • One-tap list reset
  • Easy task completion
  • Visual progress indicators
  • No frills or gimmicks
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Tap-To-Do is the simplest and cleanest to-do list app around. You'll find a minimal, no frills or gimmicks checklist to-do app where marking items done won’t be mixed up with editing and seeing a keyboard. Reset your list in one tap, convenient for people who re-use lists frequently. See what’s left of your to-dos in soft colors from the overview of lists and within each list.

Screenshots

DoThread4 screens
Tap3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tap at none against DoThread's 2. Tap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DoThread sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Tap asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoThread ships an update every 5 days, Tap every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DoThread versus Tap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoThreadTap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChelodoAdam Pietrafesa

Customer experience

DoThread

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tap

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DoThread

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Tap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoThread free?
DoThread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tap free?
Tap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DoThread or Tap?
Tap is rated higher. DoThread averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Tap averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do DoThread or Tap have ads?
Neither DoThread nor Tap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoThread or Tap?
DoThread ships an update every 5 days, and Tap every 3 days. Most recently, DoThread was updated on October 18, 2026 and Tap on October 2, 2026.

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