Comparison

DoThread vs Etzly

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. 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

About

Etzly

This visual note-taking application helps you organize thoughts and ideas by creating connected trees. Expand on initial concepts with detailed branches and sub-branches, keeping information contextually relevant. It's designed for users who prefer a non-linear approach to organizing information.

Highlights
  • Organize ideas visually
  • Create connected branches and sub-branches
  • Write rich notes with formatting and links
  • Search and jump to specific thoughts
  • Keep work and personal ideas separate
  • Local data storage
Features
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Think in branches with Etzly, a visual note-taking app that turns ideas into connected trees. Start with a big thought, then add branches and sub-branches as your thinking grows. Every branch has its own note, so details stay beside the idea they belong to. Use Etzly to: • Organize ideas, projects, research, and goals visually • Move between the full tree and a focused branch • Write rich notes with bold, italic, underline, lists, checklists, and links • Search your tree and jump straight to any thought • Keep work and personal ideas connected without flattening them into one long list Etzly is made for visual thinkers, writers, students, makers, and anyone whose ideas do not fit into a straight line. No account is required. In the current version, your trees, branches, and notes are stored locally on your device. Find the structure in your thinking, keep the context around every idea, and follow each branch where it leads. https://etzly.com/terms/ https://etzly.com/privacy/

Screenshots

DoThread4 screens
Etzly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Etzly at Free against DoThread's $19.99. Etzly also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). DoThread's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Etzly is free to download; DoThread costs $19.99 up front. DoThread sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Etzly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Etzly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DoThread ships an update every 6 days, Etzly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DoThread versus Etzly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoThreadEtzly
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChelodoTEXTMYLINK LLC

Customer experience

DoThread

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

Etzly

All ratings1 ratings
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

Etzly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DoThread free?
DoThread costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Etzly free?
Etzly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DoThread or Etzly?
Etzly is rated higher. DoThread averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Etzly averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DoThread or Etzly have ads?
Neither DoThread nor Etzly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DoThread or Etzly?
DoThread ships an update every 6 days, and Etzly weekly. Most recently, DoThread was updated on October 2, 2026 and Etzly on October 4, 2026.

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