DoThread vs Dona
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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. One purchase. No subscription, no account, no one else's servers. WRITE PROPERLY Markdown where you want it, headings, lists, quotes, bold. Up to four photos per entry, each with something to say about them. 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 Center control on your Action Button and it's a single press. SEE WHAT YOU'D MISS Two months of moods on one calendar. A streak you can watch grow. Numbers charted over weeks. The point of writing things down is being able to look back. THREADS THAT FIT Journals, mood trackers, daily check-ins, number trackers, checklists, each with its own colour, its own moods if the standard ones don't fit, and Face ID on the private ones. YOURS, PROPERLY Everything syncs across your devices with iCloud, or your own server over WebDAV if you'd rather. Export the lot to Markdown, or take a full backup you can restore. Nothing is locked in. 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
Dona
This minimalist task manager helps you quickly capture and organize ideas with drag-and-drop functionality. Focus on what matters most today by visualizing tasks via widgets or Siri/Shortcuts. Optimized gestures ensure zero friction in managing your to-do list.
- Instant idea capture
- Drag & drop organization
- Widget support
- Siri/Shortcuts integration
- Zero friction gestures
- Focus on task completion
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This minimalist task manager lets you capture ideas instantly, then organize them with effortless drag & drop to finally focus only on what really matters today. Add tasks and visualize them in seconds via the widget or Siri / Shortcuts. Every gesture is optimized for zero friction. Focus on finishing tasks, not on managing a tool.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dona at Free against DoThread's $19.99. Dona also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Dona is free to download; DoThread costs $19.99 up front. DoThread sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Dona sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dona holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
DoThread ships an update every 6 days, Dona weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DoThread | Dona |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chelodo | Yanice BOADY |
Customer experience
DoThread
Dona
In-app purchases
DoThread
- Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Dona
- Dona +1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Dona+ Lifetime$8.99









