Comparison

Ebbi vs Doably

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

Head to head
About

Ebbi

This app helps adults with ADHD plan their day using natural language, run focus sessions with flexible timers, and review accomplishments without shame. It's designed to adapt to the user's workflow rather than demanding rigid adherence.

Highlights
  • Natural language daily planning
  • Flexible focus session timers
  • Accomplishment-based review
  • Adaptive scheduling
  • Customizable soundscapes
  • Session history and stats
Features
Read full description

Ebbi is a focus planner built on research, for ADHD adults. Plan the day in plain words, run a focus session, see what you actually got done. No streaks to protect. No shame for missed minutes. Structure that bends with your day instead of breaking when it does. Most focus apps were not built for an ADHD brain. Streaks you protect until they snap. Pomodoros that punish a missed minute. Schedules that pretend interruptions never happen. ADHD brains do not move in straight lines, and apps that demand straight lines lose the audience they were built for. Ebbi was built for the way an ADHD brain actually moves through a day. Plan once, adjust as reality changes, finish what you can, end without shame. PLAN Type a few tasks in plain words. Optionally split a long one into chunks. Drop a reset between them. Ebbi turns the list into a real schedule with honest times, not a fantasy timeline that breaks at the first phone call. FOCUS Pick a soundscape if it helps. Tap a satellite to add or shave a minute when reality changes. The timer is honest about elapsed time and what comes next. Phone-call aware pause. Resume in one tap. REVIEW The completion screen shows what you did, not what you missed. Stats accumulate over time so patterns surface without anxiety. WHAT PRO ADDS Try Pro free for 14 days. After that: • Unlimited tasks per session and unlimited focus sessions per day • Plan Ahead, author and schedule sessions for later • Saved Plans, reload your favorite routines in one tap • Task Bank and Reset Bank, never re-type the things you do every week • Full session history with weekly, monthly, and all-time stats • Estimate accuracy and time-bias insights • All 13 ambient soundscapes (Free includes Silence, White Noise, and Lo-Fi) • Lock Screen widget, Dynamic Island, and Live Activity timer • Custom reminders that respect your day $4.99 per month or $47.99 per year (save 20 percent). Cancel anytime in Settings. FOR ADHD ADULTS, BY AN ADHD ADULT Ebbi is the answer to the focus apps that did not work. Privacy-first. Sessions live on your device by default. No login. No third-party tracking. Questions? Tap Settings, then Send Feedback inside the app. Real human reads everything. Terms of Use: https://ebbi.app/terms/ End User License Agreement: https://ebbi.app/eula/ Privacy Policy: https://ebbi.app/privacy/

About

Doably

Features
Read full description

You already know what you should be doing. That is the problem. Knowing was never the hard part. Starting is. Doably is built for the sixty seconds between "I should do this" and actually beginning. Type the thing you have been avoiding. It becomes a ladder of steps so small they feel silly to skip, and then Doably shows you exactly one of them at a time. ONE STEP ON THE SCREEN No list. No due dates. No projects, tags or priorities. Just the step you are on, a quiet countdown, and a button that says Done. The next step slides in only when the last one is finished. TELL IT HOW MUCH YOU HAVE Fried, Low, or Okay. Your answer does not change the steps. It changes how many you are asked to commit to right now. On a bad day, Doably asks for exactly one. IT STAYS WITH YOU The current step lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen, so it is still in front of you while you are in another app, or in the kitchen, or halfway out the door. 80 LADDERS ALREADY WRITTEN The dishes. The tax return. The message you have not answered. Getting out of bed. Every one hand-written, starting with a step you can do without deciding anything. TOO BIG? CUT IT SMALLER If a step still feels like too much, one tap splits it in half. Again, if you need to. WRITTEN ON YOUR DEVICE For anything the library does not cover, Doably writes the ladder using Apple Intelligence, entirely on your iPhone. Nothing you type is ever sent anywhere, because there is nowhere to send it. No account. No sync. No analytics. No network. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: three new ladders a week, twenty of the written ladders, the full focus session, and the Live Activity. Premium: unlimited ladders, all 80 written ladders, ladders written on your device for anything else, cutting any step smaller, saving your own ladders to reuse, full history and streaks, and the Home Screen widgets. Premium is $29.99 a year with 7 days free, or $69.99 once and it is yours. Writing your own steps is always free, and never counts against anything. Doably is a focus tool. It does not diagnose or treat anything, and it is not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ofolabs.net/doably/privacypolicy App Terms: https://ofolabs.net/doably/terms

Screenshots

Ebbi4 screens
Doably4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ebbi and Doably are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Ebbi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Doably sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ebbi versus Doably: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEbbiDoably
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Forge Hut, LLCFaruk Orman

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ebbi

Subscriptions2
  • Ebbi Pro Monthly14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Ebbi Pro Annual14 Days trial$47.991 Year
2 purchases

Doably

Subscriptions1
  • Doably Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Doably Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Ebbi free?
Ebbi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doably free?
Doably is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ebbi or Doably have ads?
Neither Ebbi nor Doably shows ads.

Other comparisons