DoThread vs Before You Go
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. 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
Before You Go
This app helps you remember essential items when leaving a location. It uses smart reminders based on your departure to ensure you don't forget important things like keys, wallet, or medications. Enjoy a peaceful and simple interface that works automatically in the background.
- Smart departure reminders
- Location-based checklists
- Apple Watch integration
- Calming and simple interface
- Automatic background operation
- Welcome-back reminders
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Never forget your keys, wallet, or medications again! Before You Go is the cozy checklist app that knows when you're leaving and gently reminds you if you've forgotten something important. SMART DEPARTURE REMINDERS Finally, a checklist that actually prevents you from forgetting! Create lists for home, work, or anywhere you go regularly. When you start to leave, get a gentle notification if important items are still unchecked. Perfect for: • Keys & Wallet • Daily Medications • Turning Off Appliances • Feeding Pets • Grabbing Work Equipment • Travel Essentials SEAMLESS APPLE WATCH EXPERIENCE Check items off right from your wrist! Your checklists sync instantly between iPhone and Apple Watch, so you're always prepared whether you're rushing out the door or taking your time. PEACEFUL & SIMPLE • Beautiful, calming interface that's a joy to use • Works automatically in the background • Set up once, never worry again • Welcome-back reminders when you return HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a checklist for any location 2. Add the items you always need to remember 3. Before You Go watches for when you're leaving 4. Get a friendly reminder if anything's unchecked Never again experience that sinking feeling of forgetting something important. Join thousands who've found peace of mind with Before You Go!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Before You Go at 5.0 against DoThread's 4.8. DoThread's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. DoThread sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Before You Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Before You Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
DoThread ships an update every 5 days, Before You Go weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DoThread | Before You Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chelodo | Bartosz Lipinski |
Customer experience
DoThread
Before You Go
In-app purchases
DoThread
- Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Before You Go
- Before You Go PRO$4.99









