onedo vs Cadence · Deep Work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
onedo
This productivity tool helps you focus on what matters most each day. It's designed to be an 'anti todo list' that guides you toward completing your most important tasks.
- Focus on daily tasks
- Anti-todo list approach
- Task completion guidance
- Simple interface
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The anti todo list, todo list. What will you get done today?
Cadence · Deep Work
This app helps you overcome the inertia of starting tasks by focusing on your current capacity. It guides you through structured work sessions, presenting one task at a time to promote deep work and minimize distractions.
- Focus-based task sorting
- Structured focus sessions
- Thoughtful completion flow
- Calm, intentional design
- Minimal execution screen
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Most to-do apps help you organize work. Cadence helps you do it. The problem isn’t your list. It’s the moment you open it and don’t know where to begin. Cadence removes the noise and gives you a clear starting point. Instead of asking, “What’s most urgent?” Cadence asks, “How much focus do you have right now?” Then it surfaces one task that fits and guides you into a focused session built for depth, not busywork. No dashboards. No streak pressure. No endless scrolling. Just a clean commitment to the next meaningful block of work. What Makes It Different? Focus-Based Task Sorting Organize tasks by Peak, Active, or Light focus. Work with your capacity instead of fighting it. Structured Focus Sessions A minimal execution screen that helps you stay with the task, especially when it’s tempting to quit. Thoughtful Completion Flow Finish fully. Mark partial progress. Break it down. Continue. All without losing momentum. Calm, Intentional Design Greyscale. Dark-mode first. Designed to lower cognitive noise, not increase it. Your to-do list isn’t the problem. Starting is. Find your rhythm with Cadence!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cadence · Deep Work at fortnightly against onedo's every 8 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for onedo against 5.0 for Cadence · Deep Work. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
onedo ships an update every 8 months, Cadence · Deep Work fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | onedo | Cadence · Deep Work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik Nelson | Kavinraj Thirumoorthi |
Customer experience
onedo
Cadence · Deep Work
In-app purchases
onedo
No in-app purchases
Cadence · Deep Work
No in-app purchases
