Comparison

SyncUp vs DoomIt

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

Head to head
About

SyncUp

This alarm app helps you wake up on time, even with a partner miles away. It offers shared accountability, wake-up challenges to prove you're awake, and an optional paid snooze feature for extra motivation. Track your progress with streaks and stats.

Highlights
  • Partner alarm syncing
  • Real-time wake-up status
  • Wake-up challenges (math, physical)
  • Optional paid snooze feature
  • Wake-up streaks and stats
  • Customizable alarms and challenges
Features
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Wake up together — even from miles apart. SyncUp is the alarm clock that actually gets heavy sleepers out of bed: sync your alarm with a wake-up buddy, solve a challenge to shut it off, or charge yourself for every snooze. Three ways to finally wake up on time. PARTNER MODE Pair your alarm with a friend, roommate, or partner and see each other's wake-up status in real time. Still snoozing? Get a nudge. It's shared accountability that works whether you're in the same house or different time zones. WAKE-UP CHALLENGES Tapping "dismiss" half-asleep isn't an option. Before your alarm stops, you'll solve a challenge — a math problem, or physically getting up to touch grass — to prove you're actually awake. Pick the challenge type and difficulty that fit your routine. PAID SNOOZE (OPTIONAL) For anyone who needs real stakes: every snooze charges you $0.99, straight from your account. Get up and you keep it. Sleep in and you pay for it. Available to everyone, free or Pro. ALSO INCLUDES - Wake-up streaks and stats to track your progress - Customizable alarm sounds, challenge types, and snooze pricing - Activity feed with your full wake-up history PLANS - SyncUp Pro — Unlimited alarms, all challenge types including partner challenges, and more. - Paid Snooze (optional) — Add extra motivation with a charge per snooze. Available to all users, free or Pro. Terms of Use: https://syncupalarm.com/terms Privacy: https://syncupalarm.com/privacy Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions can be managed, and auto-renewal turned off, in Account Settings after purchase. Lifetime Purchases are a one-time purchase for lifetime access.

About

DoomIt

Features
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Other apps block your phone. This one does too — but it lets you earn the time first. You start with a small daily budget. Earn extra minutes through calm nights and challenges. THE NIGHT Set a night window, say 10 PM to 7 AM. Inside it, the apps you picked are closed. Every hour the phone stays down is worth a few minutes the next morning. Not all-or-nothing: reach for it at 3 AM and you only lose the hours after that — not the whole night. THE BODY Push-ups, squats, jumping jacks, plank, steps and short mindful breaks. Challenges credit minutes right away. Every exercise runs on a timer: pick a length, tap Start, put the phone down. If you like, let the camera count along — entirely on your device. No image is stored or sent. THE FOCUS CHECK Three minutes: a minute and a half of reading, one question, forty-five seconds of reaction. The result is a focus score from 0 to 100 — measured against your own baseline, not against anyone else. The score measures your trend, not your brain. Minutes are paid for the right answer. The check is one of the three daily challenges: measured once a day, the scores become a trend. With Pro you see it next to your nights and your minutes spent, day by day. THE STREAK Clear all three daily challenges in a day — a glass of water, a minute of breathing and the focus check — and the streak lives on. It's the only thing that carries past midnight — after five days held, you collect the minutes. A joker saves it across exactly one missed day. THE RATE IS FIXED What a night hour pays and what an exercise is worth is built in. An exchange rate you can adjust yourself isn't one. YOUR HISTORY With Pro, every day shows what you earned and what you spent. Every minute has an origin. DOOMIT PRO The shield, the night window, every challenge and your base minutes are free. Pro is tooling, not extra minutes: family challenge and friends list, history, focus trend, widget, spinner, buying jokers and iCloud sync. Monthly, yearly or one-time. WHAT STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Which apps you block never leaves the device — iOS only hands the app anonymous tokens. With Pro, progress can sync through your private iCloud account; family challenges use Apple CloudKit. Purchases run through Apple and RevenueCat. No separate DoomIt account, no ads and no sale of your data. THE WIDGET IS THE APP With Pro, your remaining minutes sit right on your home screen, with your focus score in the wide size. Our idea of success is unusual: we want you to open the app less, not more. DoomIt uses Apple Screen Time (Family Controls) to lock the apps you choose during your night window. Terms of Use (EULA): https://doomit.app/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://doomit.app/en/privacy

Screenshots

SyncUp4 screens
DoomIt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DoomIt at fortnightly against SyncUp's monthly. DoomIt also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SyncUp sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and DoomIt sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SyncUp ships an update monthly, DoomIt fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SyncUp versus DoomIt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSyncUpDoomIt
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhillip BoscarinoMoritz Maximilian Fricke

In-app purchases

5 purchases

SyncUp

Subscriptions2
  • SyncUp Pro Monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • SyncUp Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time3
  • 3-Day Free TrialFree
  • Bypass Alarm$0.99
  • SyncUp Pro Lifetime$9.99
6 purchases

DoomIt

Subscriptions2
  • DoomIt Monthly$2.991 Month
  • DoomIt Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time4
  • 20 min$0.99
  • 20 min$1.99
  • 20 min$2.99
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  • DoomIt Lifetime$44.99

Questions

Is SyncUp free?
SyncUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DoomIt free?
DoomIt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SyncUp or DoomIt have ads?
Neither SyncUp nor DoomIt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SyncUp or DoomIt?
SyncUp ships an update monthly, and DoomIt fortnightly. Most recently, SyncUp was updated on November 9, 2026 and DoomIt on November 10, 2026.

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