Comparison

IdeaTracker vs DIO

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

Head to head
About

IdeaTracker

Capture, organize, and develop your ideas with this app. Create dedicated workspaces, add custom fields, and track progress with tasks and milestones. Access your projects across all your Apple devices and the web.

Highlights
  • Ideation habit questions
  • Organized workspaces/folders
  • Customizable fields
  • Task scheduling
  • Milestone monitoring
  • Multimedia capture
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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HOW TO USE IDEATRACKER: 1) Answer ideation habit questions to pre-configure your app. 2) Create workspaces/folders to stay organized. 3) Add your ideas and keep them all in one place! Never misplace or lose a brilliant idea again! IdeaTracker helps you capture, organize, and bring your ideas to life - whether you're a startup entrepreneur, creative professional, or just someone who loves to innovate, this app has all the tools you’ll need to fuel your journey! If an idea can turn into money, why wouldn’t you keep them all in one place? They are powerful, but only when you act on them! Take the first step now! INSIDE: Create your own fields, share your ideas, add tasks to the calendar, monitor milestones, capture images-video-audio, use dedicated notepads, ... If you have any questions or need any help, please email us at support@ideatracker.io. NOTE: Access your ideas anywhere - On your favorite Apple device or on the web. Changes sync instantly across all your devices. TERMS: https://ideatracker.io/terms

About

DIO

This app helps quiet a busy mind by providing a space to quickly capture thoughts without immediate categorization. It offers tools for later sorting, task management, and focused work sessions, all designed to reduce overwhelm and create mental space.

Highlights
  • Quick thought dumping
  • Categorized sorting bins
  • Task management with due dates
  • Focus timer and sprints
  • Habit tracking
  • Calendar integration
  • Customizable interface
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It's 3:46 am and your brain won't stop. DIO is the trash can for that. Write the loud thought down. Crumple it. Throw it. Watch it land in the pile with the others: the email you are pretending not to see, the tab you have kept open for 9 days, the door you may or may not have locked. The throw is not decoration. Watching a thought leave your hands and land somewhere else is the part that makes the quiet come back. A thought in the pile is out of your head and not yet a commitment. Nothing asks you to categorize it, date it, or explain it. Remembering and deciding at the same time is what makes a busy head seize up, so DIO splits them apart. When you finish dumping, DIO says so plainly: "9 thoughts. That was a lot, and you put it down." SORT IT LATER, WHEN YOU HAVE THE ROOM Eight bins take the pile: Quick Wins, Today, Later, Projects, Appointments, Ideas, On Hold, My Bin. Tap a ball and a ring opens: To-Do, Sort, or Dump. Keep it. Sort it. Or let it go. Nothing is ever just gone. Every discard sits in the Trash for 30 days, so you never have to be certain. When the whole pile needs to go, Dump All clears it in one burst, Undo included. Every morning DIO quietly resets. Finished things clear. Anything unfinished steps back from Today to Later on its own. Nothing turns red, goes overdue, or follows you around. No shame for disappearing for a week. DIO just waits. YOUR DAY HAS ROOM IN IT A to-do can take a due date, a reminder, and a spot on your calendar. Habits repeat on the days you pick, and a habit can start on a day in the future and wait, visibly, until it does. The week strip on Home slides a whole year in either direction, so next Tuesday is as easy to reach as today. The calendar shows your Apple Calendar events next to everything in DIO, in day, week, and month views, with eleven color-coded categories. DIO reads your calendar and never writes to it. There is also a free-time view, because your day has room in it: DIO shows you the free space, not just the busy blocks. FOR WHEN STARTING IS THE HARD PART The five minute start asks for five minutes. That's the deal. When the timer ends, keep rolling or stop, and both count. Focus Sprints split work into short rounds with real breaks built in. Toss Up picks at random, for the moments when any option would be fine and choosing is the wall. Dopamine Dive is a list you fill on a good day with small things you like, so a flat day does not have to think of one. Box breathing is there when you need a minute. And four soundscapes are generated live on your device, with controls on the Lock Screen. SHAPED LIKE YOU Reorder or hide the home cards and bins until DIO fits the way you work. Eight themes, each in light and dark. Reduce motion, haptics, and confetti have their own switches inside the app, and quiet hours keep reminders out of your evening. WHAT DIO WILL NEVER DO No account. No sign-up. No password. No DIO server anywhere. Your thoughts live on your device and in your own iCloud, and Elitec keeps no copy. We could not read them if we wanted to. DIO works completely offline. Airplane mode, no signal, a basement. No streaks, no scores, no red badges, no guilt, and no ads. You can export everything as one readable text file whenever you like, and Delete All My Data means exactly that. TELL US WHAT IS MISSING DIO was built by an ADHDer, for brains that run loud. Everyone else is welcome too. If something is broken or something is missing, the feedback button is inside the app, and a person reads every message. DIO requires a subscription, and everything is included: 7 days free where eligible, then one monthly or yearly price, shown in your own currency before you agree to anything. Cancel anytime through Apple. DIO is a self-organization tool. It is not a medical device, does not offer medical advice, and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. If things feel heavy, please talk to someone qualified. DIO will hold your thoughts in the meantime.

Screenshots

IdeaTracker4 screens
DIO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: DIO at 5 against IdeaTracker's 1. IdeaTracker's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. IdeaTracker sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and DIO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IdeaTracker against 5.0 for DIO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DIO has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IdeaTracker versus DIO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdeaTrackerDIO
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJAMES MURRAYElitec LLC

Customer experience

IdeaTracker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DIO

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

IdeaTracker

Subscriptions6
  • English$2.491 Month
  • English$4.991 Month
  • English2 Months trial$4.991 Month
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  • English$22.491 Year
  • English$45.001 Year
  • English1 Year trial$45.001 Year
2 purchases

DIO

Subscriptions2
  • DIO Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • DIO Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is IdeaTracker free?
IdeaTracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DIO free?
DIO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IdeaTracker or DIO?
IdeaTracker and DIO are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do IdeaTracker or DIO have ads?
Neither IdeaTracker nor DIO shows ads.

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