Comparison

Please Don’t vs DoneAt

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

Head to head
About

Please Don’t

This minimalist app allows you to display custom visual messages in public or private spaces without speaking. It's ideal for setting boundaries or communicating when verbal interaction is difficult. The app offers fullscreen message display, customizable text and backgrounds, and optional text-to-speech in multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Fullscreen message display
  • Customizable messages
  • Optional text-to-speech
  • Customizable background/text colors
  • No ads or distractions
Features
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Please Don’t is a minimalist app that enables you to display visual messages in public or private spaces without speaking a word. Ideal for those who want to set clear boundaries in a respectful way or for situations where verbal communication is challenging. Key Features: • Fullscreen display of messages — instantly visible to everyone nearby • Customisable messages (e.g., “I Love You”, “Sorry”, “Thank you”) • Optional text-to-speech in English, Chinese, French, German, and Spanish • Customisable background and text colours to suit your needs • No ads. No distractions. Whether you want to quiet down a noisy space or simply communicate effectively without speaking, Please Don’t helps you do so in the most efficient way.

About

DoneAt

Features
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How long until you clock out? How much have you earned today? DoneAt puts your shift countdown, schedule and estimated earnings in one place. Spend less time doing the math and see where you are in your workday. The core countdown is free. Now on Apple Watch Check your work shift countdown on your wrist. DoneAt for Apple Watch is free to use, with no DoneAt Plus required. YOUR SCHEDULE, ON iPhone AND iPad • Count down to work before your shift, see effective work time remaining during it, and keep the next shift in sight on days off. • Set fixed weekdays, alternating weeks or work/rest rotations, including night shifts that cross midnight. • Exclude your custom lunch break from working time. • Start early, leave early, add overtime or time an unscheduled day without rebuilding your schedule. • Optionally see estimated earnings for today, with weekly and yearly earnings summaries. • Get shift, lunch and movement reminders. A GLANCE, NOT ANOTHER APP CHECK Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, plus Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models. Enjoy iPhone landscape and iPad-optimized layouts. Share your countdown as an image or link. The iPhone and iPad app supports 19 languages and follows your system language. FREE FEATURES AND DONEAT PLUS The core countdown and Apple Watch app are free. View records from the latest seven days in Week and Month views; older days remain locked in those views. Export and delete are also free. DoneAt Plus unlocks: • Older records, the Year view and editing past days. • Life view: add life milestones and career salary periods to explore past estimates, your current work stage and projected gross lifetime income. • Focus: plan tasks in focus and break blocks that respect lunch and shift-end boundaries. • Enabling iCloud sync. Sync that is already enabled continues after a subscription expires. Monthly and yearly subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase. YOUR DATA, YOUR CHOICE Data stays on your device by default. Optional iCloud sync stores your records, salary and settings in your private Apple database. Notifications show only time and progress, never salary. Shared images and links contain shift times only, never salary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doneat.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

Please Don’t4 screens
DoneAt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Please Don’t at every 4 days against DoneAt's weekly. Please Don’t also leads on iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). DoneAt's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Please Don’t ships an update every 4 days, DoneAt weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Please Don’t versus DoneAt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlease Don’tDoneAt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer曦月 张宇轩 郑

In-app purchases

None

Please Don’t

No in-app purchases

None

DoneAt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Please Don’t free?
Please Don’t is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DoneAt free?
DoneAt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Please Don’t or DoneAt have ads?
Neither Please Don’t nor DoneAt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Please Don’t or DoneAt?
Please Don’t ships an update every 4 days, and DoneAt weekly. Most recently, Please Don’t was updated on September 14, 2026 and DoneAt on September 30, 2026.

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