FocusDo vs Decision Receipt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FocusDo
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FocusDo is a minimal to-do list with a Focus Mode. Write down what needs doing, enter Focus Mode, and the screen shows only the task in front of you — plus a pair of eyes watching you finish it. Slip off to another app, and the Dynamic Island reminds you to come back. No timers. No streaks. No guilt. Just a short list, one task in front of you, and something quietly keeping you on it. ADHD-friendly by design: built for people who struggle to start, drift off easily, or lose the whole afternoon without knowing where it went. 【Focus Mode: it watches you finish this one】 Swipe into Focus Mode and your list disappears. One task fills the screen — nothing else. Swipe it away when it's done. Turn your phone sideways and prop it on the desk, and it becomes a sticky note with one thing written on it. On the screen is a pair of hand-drawn eyes, watching you the whole time: stall too long and they get sleepy, finish a task and they light up, tap them and they wink back. 【Dynamic Island: it notices when you leave】 Slip out to scroll your phone and FocusDo stays in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen, showing what you were doing and how many tasks are left. It reminds you to come back every so often, and you can turn it off any time. Pro members can set their own reminder interval. Getting distracted isn't failure. Coming back is what counts. 【Auto-archive: only what matters today】 Tasks auto-archive after a day or a week — your choice. Nothing is deleted; it's all one tap away in Archive. Your list only ever shows what's in front of you right now, so it never becomes the thing you avoid. 【Lock Screen To-Do: check things off without opening the app】 Leave the app or lock your phone, and your list stays on the Lock Screen. Finish something and check it off right there. 【Repeating tasks: write it once】 Repeat tasks daily, on weekdays, weekly, monthly, or on custom dates. Set a heading to repeat, and the whole group under it repeats too. 【Minimal: write it down, do it, cross it out】 No folders, no tags, no priority levels, no settings rabbit hole. A black-and-white, hand-drawn notepad. More • Reminders for individual tasks • Section headings with icons: tasks under a heading form a group you can collapse, move as a whole, or focus on • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including the Focus Wheel widget that shows one task at a time • Black and White themes • Hand-drawn or system font, three sizes • iPad supported • iCloud sync across your devices (Pro) • Custom reminder interval (Pro) FocusDo Pro Pro unlocks Lock Screen To-Do, repeating tasks, the Focus Wheel and large list widgets, iCloud sync, custom reminder intervals, and unlimited section headings, plus every premium feature we add in the future. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel any time in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Service: https://honeysuckle-botany-fde.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-3120378c2ce281b8ae84df7359a682ed Privacy Policy: https://honeysuckle-botany-fde.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3120378c2ce2811cb695da3cb649b4c2
Decision Receipt
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Every decision deserves a receipt. Buy it or skip it? Stay or leave? Accept the offer or wait? Keep going or stop? In the moment, a choice can feel obvious. A few weeks later, all you remember is: “Why did I think that was a good idea?” Decision Receipt helps you create a clear record for your future self. Before you decide, write down the reasons, risks, expected benefits, and your confidence level. Set a review date. When the outcome becomes clearer, come back and ask: Was it worth it? What did I get right? What was just impulse talking? Decision Receipt does not make decisions for you. It does not promise perfect choices. It helps you keep the evidence behind your thinking, so future-you has something better than a blurry memory. Use Decision Receipt for: • Expensive purchases you might regret later • Job changes, offers, resignations, or career moves • Moving homes, changing cities, or shifting your lifestyle • Starting, pausing, or ending a project • Reconsidering a relationship decision • Any choice you do not want to make only from temporary emotion What you can do: • Create decision receipts with context, reasons, risks, and benefits • Set review dates: 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, or custom • Use optional local reminders when it is time to review • Mark outcomes as worked, mixed, or regretted • Add reflection notes after the result becomes clearer • Organize by purchase, career, home, relationship, project, and more • Search and filter past decisions • Track basic stats: due reviews, monthly records, reviewed decisions, and review rate • Start faster with built-in templates Why it helps: • Adds a pause before impulse decisions • Turns mental noise into a simple checklist • Helps you review the real reasons, not the edited memory • Makes repeated decision patterns easier to notice • Keeps the process lightweight: one decision card is enough to start Optional Lifetime Membership unlocks more tools for long-term reflection: • More complete advanced decision templates • Deeper checklists for purchases, career, moving, relationships, and projects • Advanced review stats and decision insights • More structure for understanding your long-term judgment patterns The free version includes the core decision recording and manual review experience. Lifetime Membership is an optional one-time unlock for users who want deeper templates and more advanced reflection tools. Privacy and notes: Your decision records are stored locally on your device. If you enable reminders, the app uses system notifications only to remind you about review dates you set. Decision Receipt does not provide medical, legal, investment, or therapy advice, and it does not decide for you. It is a simple tool with one useful job: help you leave a receipt for the choices your future self will want to understand. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lijunchenapp.com/DecisionReceipt-PrivacyPolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FocusDo at weekly against Decision Receipt's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. FocusDo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Decision Receipt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FocusDo ships an update weekly, Decision Receipt every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FocusDo | Decision Receipt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nous Studio Ltd | 俊辰 黎 |
In-app purchases
FocusDo
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Life time$19.99
Decision Receipt
- Lifetime Membership$2.99









