Comparison

OffShelf vs Dodo

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

Head to head
About

OffShelf

This app helps you focus by blocking distracting applications during timed study sessions. Track your progress, set goals, and study with friends to improve your productivity.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro and deep-work timer modes
  • App blocking during focus sessions
  • Study progress tracking by topic
  • Daily streaks and weekly planner
  • Co-study sessions with friends
  • Live activity and home screen widgets
  • Offline functionality
Features
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OffShelf is a study timer and study tracker for anyone whose phone keeps winning. Start a focus session, block the apps that pull you away, and watch your study hours add up, alone or with friends. Pick a topic. Press start. That is the whole ritual. — A FOCUS TIMER THAT KEEPS COUNTING — • Pomodoro (25/5), long deep-work blocks, or open-ended sessions • Face-down mode: the timer only runs while your phone lies face down. Pick it up and it pauses. • Runs on wall-clock time, so locking your phone or taking a call can't pause it or inflate it • Live on your Lock Screen, in a Live Activity and on your Home Screen widget • Timer styles you'll want to look at: a candle under the night sky, a train, a gravity timer that tilts with your phone, an hourglass and more • Study to rain, white noise, a fireplace or the forest — BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS (PREMIUM) — Pick the apps that steal your time, like TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat or Netflix, and OffShelf blocks them with Screen Time for as long as your session runs. — A STUDY TRACKER THAT KEEPS THE RECEIPTS — Every finished session is filed under a topic, so your progress stacks up into a record you can actually look at: • Study hours per topic, with levels that climb as they add up • A daily streak, with a weekly Streak Freeze so one bad day doesn't erase a month • An activity heatmap and a daily study chart • Milestones, achievements, coins and Focus XP • Tap "Distracted" to log what pulled you away — STUDY WITH FRIENDS — • Pair with a study buddy: see when they're studying and what they finished today, and nudge them when they go quiet • Start a live co-study session and share one clock • Take on your friends in weekly focus competitions • Climb Today's Focus League, a daily leaderboard of real focus minutes — PLAN YOUR WEEK — • One weekly planner for every topic: tap to add a study block, drag to move or resize, repeat it weekly or keep it to one day • Daily focus goals for the things that can't wait • Don't know where to start? "Pick for me" chooses your next topic based on what you've been neglecting — A STUDY FRIEND THAT CHEERS YOU ON — Your study mascot keeps you company while you focus and talks to you about your day. — WORKS OFFLINE — OffShelf starts fast and works without a connection. A weak signal never stands between you and a focus session. OFFSHELF PREMIUM • Block distracting apps during focus sessions • Distraction patterns: see what actually pulls you away • Planning and focus insights • A monthly report with PDF export • Two streak rest days every week • More timer styles • The Royal Magic mascot collection • No ads Your topics, sessions, notes and schedules stay private to your account. Notification controls, account reset and full account deletion are in Settings. Start your next session in two taps. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brjoub.com/offshelf-privacy

About

Dodo

This app organizes notes, to-dos, voice memos, and reminders. It intelligently surfaces relevant items based on time, location, calendar events, and content, ensuring you don't miss important tasks or information.

Highlights
  • Intelligent item surfacing
  • Notes and checklists
  • Voice memos with transcription
  • Location-based reminders
  • Calendar integration
  • AI-powered search
  • Cloud backup
Features
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Most notes apps are a drawer. You put things in, and they sit there until you remember to go dig them out. Dodo hands them back. Notes, to-dos, voice memos, and reminders — the usual stuff, in one place, with no workspaces or nested folders to set up. Tag a note if you want; ignore tags entirely if you don't. Open it and write. No account needed to start. THE PART THAT'S DIFFERENT Dodo's Today screen isn't a list you keep up. Dodo fills it for you, bringing notes back when they actually matter: • A reminder, right when it's due — and again tonight if you let it slide • The note about a friend, the morning you've got lunch with them on your calendar • A note tied to a place, when you're near it • A birthday, a day before it sneaks up on you • "I'll send you that link" — back in front of you, so you actually do • A draft you started and forgot, before it goes stale It guesses from time, place, your calendar, and what you wrote — and sometimes it guesses wrong. Every source has an off switch in Settings, so Dodo only watches what you want it to. WHAT'S INSIDE • Notes — a clean editor, no formatting menus to fight with • Checklists — say "milk, eggs, bread" and each one becomes a checkbox • Reminders — or just say it: "remind me to call mom tomorrow at 3pm" • Voice memos — one tap to record, even from inside a note you're already writing • Tags — one colored pill to group what you want, if you want. No hierarchy to maintain. • Today — everything Dodo surfaced, plus what's due and overdue. Swipe a row to check it off, snooze it, or push it to tomorrow. • Ask Dodo — ask a question, get an answer from your own notes. "What was I supposed to bring to the picnic?" (Dodo's a small bird doing its best, so it can miss.) • Home Widget — what's due at a glance, plus one tap to jot a note or start a memo A FREE ACCOUNT ADDS • Ask Dodo across your notes • Voice transcription — memos turned into searchable text • Cloud backup, so nothing's stuck on one phone ===== Questions or feedback? hello@dodonotes.app

Screenshots

OffShelf4 screens
Dodo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dodo at none against OffShelf's 4. Dodo also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). OffShelf's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. OffShelf sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Dodo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OffShelf against 5.0 for Dodo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OffShelf ships an update weekly, Dodo every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OffShelf versus Dodo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOffShelfDodo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB20 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBasheer RjoubLior Pesoa

In-app purchases

4 purchases

OffShelf

Subscriptions3
  • OffShelf Premium — Weekly$2.997 Days
  • OffShelf Premium$6.991 Month
  • OffShelf Premium — Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • OffShelf Premium Lifetime$39.99
None

Dodo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OffShelf free?
OffShelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dodo free?
Dodo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OffShelf or Dodo?
OffShelf and Dodo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do OffShelf or Dodo have ads?
Neither OffShelf nor Dodo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OffShelf or Dodo?
OffShelf ships an update weekly, and Dodo every 2 days. Most recently, OffShelf was updated on October 31, 2026 and Dodo on October 31, 2026.

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