Comparison

Do Focus vs Fridge

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

Head to head
About

Do Focus

Features
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Stay focused, manage your tasks, and boost productivity with a powerful combination of Pomodoro timer and smart todo task management. Do Focus is designed to help you take control of your time, eliminate distractions, and build consistent focus habits using proven productivity techniques. * Key Features Smart Todo Task Management Create, edit, and organize your daily tasks. Support for recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) helps you stay consistent with your routine. Task Instances Tracking Each recurring task is tracked independently, allowing you to monitor progress with clear statuses: todo, in-progress, and completed. Do Focus: Pomodoro Timer Stay productive using the Pomodoro technique. Link focus sessions directly to tasks and build deep work habits. Productivity Reports Track your focus time with detailed daily and weekly reports. Visualize your performance with insights and heatmaps. Tags & Projects Organize tasks by tags and projects to keep everything structured and easy to manage. Why Do Focus? Combine todo list + pomodoro timer in one app Build consistent focus habits Track real productivity, not just tasks Simple, clean, and distraction-free design

About

Fridge

This app places your notes and to-do lists directly on your phone's lock screen, ensuring you never miss important reminders. You can even check off tasks without unlocking your device, and customize the appearance with various designs and pens.

Highlights
  • Lock screen notes
  • Checklist functionality
  • Customizable designs
  • Home screen widgets
  • Live Activity integration
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Put your shopping list or today's to-dos on your lock screen, and tick items off without unlocking your phone. You write things down and still forget them. Fridge puts the note where you cannot miss it: the first thing you see, every single time you pick up your phone. No app to open, no widget to go hunting for. YOUR LOCK SCREEN IS A FRIDGE DOOR That is the surface households already use for the note that must not be missed. Shopping list. Gym bag. Call the dentist. Stick it there and it does its job on its own. TICK THINGS OFF WITHOUT UNLOCKING Tap a checkbox straight from the lock screen. No Face ID, no app launch, and no losing five minutes to social media on the way in. IT DOES NOT DISAPPEAR The big note is a Live Activity, and iOS ends those after about eight hours. Every app in this category runs into that limit. Fridge ships a lock screen widget that never expires. Add it under your clock (setup shows you how, and checks it is there) and your note is always there. Fridge also re-arms the big note every time you open the app, tick a box or edit a line. In the worst case your note gets smaller. It does not vanish. SHARE A LIST WITH FAMILY Share a note through iCloud and the people you invite can add items and tick them off. Every phone shows the same list, lock screen included. Sharing is free; each person needs Fridge and an iCloud account. Drawings and photos stay on your phone. YOU DECIDE WHAT APPEARS WHERE • Live note, Widget only, or Off, in one tap • Hide it in the Dynamic Island, so taps meant for other apps stop landing here • Widget-only mode keeps it off your Apple Watch entirely • Fridge never sends you a notification. Not one. 264 DESIGNS, BUILT FROM THREE CHOICES Pick a paper, pick a sheet, pick a pen. 24 papers (legal pad yellow, kraft, chalkboard, blueprint, ivory, midnight, espresso) times 11 sheet types (plain, ruled, grid, dotted, legal, taped, magnet, pinned, photo corners, bulldog clip, till roll). That is 264 designs, and with 10 pens over the top, 2,640 looks. Three designs are free; Plus unlocks the rest. IT LOOKS HANDWRITTEN, BECAUSE IT IS DRAWN Checkboxes are inked boxes with a real tick through them, not a system glyph. Finished lines get a struck-through stroke that wobbles the way a pen does. Five of the ten pens are genuine handwriting faces, and every line sits on its own slightly uneven baseline. The same note always draws the same way, on the lock screen, in the widget and in the app. DRAW, AND STICK THINGS ON Pen, marker, pencil, and a proper eraser. Drop in a photo and Fridge lifts the subject out of its background automatically, on your phone. Photos stay pinned where you put them, so drawing on top never drags them around. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN TOO Small, medium and large widgets. The medium and large ones are tickable. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION No account. No sign-in. No ads, no tracking: anonymous usage analytics only, and you can switch them off in Settings. Background removal runs on your device. Notes leave your phone only when you share them: a shared note goes through iCloud to the people you invite, and nowhere else. FRIDGE PLUS Try everything free for 7 days with the yearly plan, and cancel before the week ends to pay nothing. Or pay once for lifetime, or subscribe monthly. Plus unlocks all 264 designs, unlimited notes, and removes the small Fridge mark. Everything that makes Fridge work stays free: the lock screen note, the checkboxes, the widgets, sharing, and full control over what appears where. Requires iOS 18. iPhone only. Fridge Plus subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sushilkumar.me/fridge/privacy

Screenshots

Do Focus4 screens
Fridge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Do Focus at none against Fridge's 3. Do Focus also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Fridge's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fridge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Do Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Do Focus ships an update monthly, Fridge weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Do Focus versus Fridge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDo FocusFridge
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDanh PhamSushil Kumar

In-app purchases

None

Do Focus

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Fridge

Subscriptions2
  • Fridge Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Fridge Plus Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fridge Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Do Focus free?
Do Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fridge free?
Fridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Do Focus or Fridge have ads?
Neither Do Focus nor Fridge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Do Focus or Fridge?
Do Focus ships an update monthly, and Fridge weekly. Most recently, Do Focus was updated on October 8, 2026 and Fridge on October 17, 2026.

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