Comparison

DOTHING vs Parley

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

Head to head
About

DOTHING

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Managing tasks isn't doing tasks. Most to-do apps ask you to build a system first. Projects, tags, folders, priorities, filters. You spend Sunday setting it up and abandon it by Thursday. DOTHING has none of that. You add a task. It shows up on the day it's due. You tap it done. That's the whole app. Say it or type it Hold the button and talk. Transcription happens on your iPhone — "call Mom tomorrow at 6" becomes a task, dated, without you touching a date picker. Everywhere you already look Widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. StandBy on your nightstand. Your tasks on Apple Watch. Yours alone No account. No sign-up. No tracking. Your tasks sync through your own iCloud and go nowhere else. Pay once $14.99, one time. No subscription, no renewal, no second ask. Try it free for 7 days first. Most to-do apps grow. This one won't.

About

Parley

Record conversations and automatically generate structured notes with AI-powered summaries, action items, and speaker identification. All data is processed and stored locally on your device for maximum privacy and security.

Highlights
  • On-device AI for transcription and summaries
  • Speaker identification and diarization
  • Extraction of action items and decisions
  • Encrypted local storage
  • Face ID app gate
  • Searchable recording library
  • Share formatted notes
Features
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Parley records private conversations and turns them into structured notes — entirely on your device. Audio, transcripts, and AI-generated summaries never leave your phone. Record a meeting, an interview, or any conversation. Parley identifies who is speaking, transcribes them, and produces a meeting-grade summary: a short title, the decisions made, and the action items with assignees. EVERYTHING IS LOCAL • Speech recognition runs on the Neural Engine. • Speaker identification runs on-device. • Summaries are generated by Apple Intelligence on your phone. • Audio and transcripts are encrypted at rest with AES-256. • Face ID gates the app each time you open it. FEATURES • Records through screen lock and backgrounding • Live Activity on the lock screen • Speaker diarization — Parley knows when someone else is talking • Action items and decisions extracted from meetings • Rename a speaker once and the change flows everywhere • Audio playback with waveform scrubbing • Library search across past recordings • Share formatted notes to Mail, Notes, Messages, Slack Most "AI note-taking" apps send your audio to a server you cannot inspect. Parley does not. Your conversations stay on your phone.

Screenshots

DOTHING4 screens
Parley4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DOTHING at Free against Parley's $4.99. Parley's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On ads 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

DOTHING is free to download; Parley costs $4.99 up front. DOTHING sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Parley asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DOTHING ships an update every 2 months, Parley every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DOTHING versus Parley: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDOTHINGParley
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrem GurusamyDavid Bryant

In-app purchases

1 purchases

DOTHING

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$14.99
None

Parley

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DOTHING free?
DOTHING is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Parley free?
Parley costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DOTHING or Parley have ads?
Neither DOTHING nor Parley shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DOTHING or Parley?
DOTHING ships an update every 2 months, and Parley every 5 days. Most recently, DOTHING was updated on October 6, 2026 and Parley on October 22, 2026.

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